Results and Splits Urban Series points after 3 eventsGood to see so many AUOC runners earlier in the series again this year so you can get 3 counting events. Welcome to Aberdeen! I’ve lumped you all into the Men/Women Open categories but technically you might be in the Junior categories if still under 21? If you spot any mistakesContinue reading “Urban Sprints 18/9/19 Duthie Park and Ferryhill”
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Katrina is W21 Scottish Score Champion 2019
Congratulations to Katrina McLeod on winning the W21 Scottish Score Champion crown at Faskally last weekend!
Urban Sprints 11/9/19 Westhill
Results and Splits Interesting idea combining 50/50 woods/streets. Did you like it? Shame I couldn’t make it but I did have an interesting urban encounter of my own this evening in the shape of a cheeky young fox nosing around hopefully for scraps at Union Square bus station.
GJO Awards
Eddy Coman has been hunting down GJOs to hand over certificates for various awards: Ailsa Anderson – 10 events Paul Caffyn – Green Morven Farquharson – Light Green Rory Halliday – 10 events Patrick Lang – Orange, Green Robert Prince – 5 events Emily Robertson – 5 events, Yellow Oli Robertson – 5 and 10Continue reading “GJO Awards”
Urban Sprints 4/9/19 Westburn and Victoria Parks
Results and Splits Looks like a good turnout, hopefully the rain held off for you all or maybe you like the water cooling while sprinting flat out? Resident (in every sense of the word) Sprint Champ, Sam Griffin, is off to a flying start in this year’s competition with Katrina McLeod now back in town leadingContinue reading “Urban Sprints 4/9/19 Westburn and Victoria Parks”
Summer Series 28/8/19 Templars Park
Results Thanks to Stuart Anderson for rounding off this year’s Summer Series with a trip down memory lane hurriedly trying to glean just enough info from the master map to get us round. Next time you pick up a pre-printed map and just go you’ll be much more appreciative! Eddy Coman was handing out JuniorContinue reading “Summer Series 28/8/19 Templars Park”
Summer Series 21/8/19 Raemoir
Results The feedback was that the area is pretty rough underfoot so probably not the best for careering downhill, but no injuries and everyone managed to get back to the start. Apologies to Amber Graham who was the only one the end who I didn’t manage to get a time for as the Brikke readerContinue reading “Summer Series 21/8/19 Raemoir”
Summer Series 14/8/19 Mulloch
Results I haven’t distinguished between map memory and the regular course, partly because I think there was some peeking going on, partly because a few people seem to know the area very well*. That said, my hat goes off to the handful of brave souls who went out there without a map for backup! Apologies toContinue reading “Summer Series 14/8/19 Mulloch”
Strathearn 2019 Scottish 6 Days
Good morning, Grandtully! This was the peaceful, misty scene snapped by Pete as he was waking controls up at 7 on Saturday morning for Gramp’s big day. A few hours later there were heffalump tracks everywhere and folk milling about all over trying to keep track of subtle vegetation changes while helter-skeltering downhill, gravity assisted.Continue reading “Strathearn 2019 Scottish 6 Days”
Summer Series 7/8/19 Perwinnes Moss
Results Many thanks to Zoe and Tim (Maitre de Loops) for a fresh take on Perwinnes Moss in its newly denuded form in the old quarry. Both Technical courses had an option to complete up to 4 memory map mini loops of 2 controls each which went down well with everyone who tried them. Much discussion over tea andContinue reading “Summer Series 7/8/19 Perwinnes Moss”
The AWPR Three 24/8/19
By the time we had a control stolen in Westhill and David bought 2 bottles of wine for AWPR3 Trophies on an impulse, we may not have made much money today but boy did we have a load of fun and a very relaxed and sociable time sunbathing in Westhill Industrial Estate or BBQing atContinue reading “The AWPR Three 24/8/19”
Summer Series Glen Dye 24/7/19
Results From comments at download and earwigging conversations it seems most folk who took on the contour only map challenge for Long and Short Tech enjoyed the novelty factor and surprised themselves by managing to get their head around all the squiggles more easily than they thought they would and Katrina said she actually enjoyedContinue reading “Summer Series Glen Dye 24/7/19”
Summer Series Dunnottar Woods 17/7/19
Results Apologies for the delay. Work getting in the way as usual. “Wow! That was fun! Just think – some folk pay £50 for the Banchory Beast when they could come to Dunnottar for £4!!” One family said they wanted to give orienteering a try after seeing the Adventure Show coverage of the JOK ChasingContinue reading “Summer Series Dunnottar Woods 17/7/19”
Summer Series Tyrebagger 10/7/19
Results Apologies for the control in the wrong place. Clearly those who read the warning note on the board were less likely to waste time but that is no excuse for my mistake, sorry. Thanks to David, Hugh, Jeremy and Bob for taking in controls as well as to Matthew Thompson an ex-Grampian Junior whoContinue reading “Summer Series Tyrebagger 10/7/19”
Balmedie 7/7/19
Results Splits Routegadget BOF ranking points will be calculated overnight Tues – need 10 BOF/SOA members finished to trigger points so no points for Brown certainly 😦 Thanks to Matt for planning today’s challenges in the dunes – apart from one slightly misplaced control and the rain showers the only ‘complaint’ I heard wasContinue reading “Balmedie 7/7/19”
Summer Series Scolty 3/7/19
ResultsRevised for Yann Newey running his first Short Tech. Sorry, we ran out of Short Technical maps so some people did a shortened version of the Long Technical course, very similar to Short Technical Haven’t distinguished between those who did the Map Memory version of Long Tech as seems most had prior knowledge of the area andContinue reading “Summer Series Scolty 3/7/19”
Summer Series Crathes 26/6/19
Results from a sunny Crathes.
Summer Series Balmedie 19/6/19
Results balmedie-results-19062019 Here are results from Balmedie. Uncharacteristically fine summer weather for the barbecue afterwards. Thanks to Murray for organising the orienteering – and collecting the controls in while the rest of us were enjoying the barbecue. Thanks to David for organising the barbecue.
Gramp Junior success at the Scottish Schools Orienteering Festival 2019
Three GRAMP juniors attended the Scottish Schools Orienteering Festival held at Hopetoun House. All three represented Aberdeen Grammar school and ran really well to get second place S3 boys team . Sam continued his good form of the last few weeks to win overall and retain his title from last year. Patrick came 4th andContinue reading “Gramp Junior success at the Scottish Schools Orienteering Festival 2019”
Summer Series Tollohill 12/6/19
Another Weally Wet Wednesday! Many thanks to all those that came along – you seemed to enjoy yourselves despite the conditions. Special thanks to all the helpers – David for welcoming everyone and helping collect controls – Kate, Gareth and Bob* for helping collect controls. Results (at last. Apologies for delay. Well done everyone forContinue reading “Summer Series Tollohill 12/6/19”
Summer Series Foggieton 5/6/19
Results The hawkeyed planner types noticed that the course lengths were overstated due to the map being 1:7500 and not 1:10000, which the software had been told. So either you were glad the rainforest exploration was a bit shorter than expected, you ran really fast, or you were a Garmin/Planner/Performance person (or all three). ApologiesContinue reading “Summer Series Foggieton 5/6/19”
Scottish Orienteering Champs 2019
Solway Orienteers hosted this year’s Champs way down in the southwest corner if Scotland and several GRAMPs made the long trek down to compete. We have three podium places – congratulations to Neil, Sam and David! Neil McLean M75L 1stKatrina McLeod W21E 10thLindsey Esson Yellow 7thSam Griffin M16A 1stDavid Esson M40S 3rdTim Griffin M50L 13thBobContinue reading “Scottish Orienteering Champs 2019”
Summer Series Countesswells 29/5/19
Results Training element: Attack points. This was the biggest turnout we have had for a Summer Series Event in the last two years (only other over 50 was Scolty in July 2018). Apologies for running out of Long Tech maps (and thanks to those who had run and gave up their maps) but the usualContinue reading “Summer Series Countesswells 29/5/19”
Summer Series Hazlehead 22/5/19
Results First Summer Series event of 2019! Woohoo! Thanks to all for coming along and apologies to the first few on the Long course who found control 2 was missing……. It wasn’t missing, I just forgot to put it out! John
Forest Sprint 2019 Final Points
Final Points FS 2019 If you spot any mistakes please let me know on webmaster@grampoc.com. Many thanks to all our organisers and congratulations to the winners. Unfortunately I don’t think we have prizes for you though apart from the kudos of having won and seeing your name up in lights! . Overall: 1st Eilidh Campbell W18 MAROC Continue reading “Forest Sprint 2019 Final Points”
JK 2019 & BOC 2019
I had hoped to bring you some updates from JK 2019 but still can’t figure out the results by class so that’s still pending. I did have a trawl through Steve Rush’s photos and found this photo of the lesser spotted Daly though. BOC 2019 in Yorkshire is still going strong with Relays today (6/5/19) andContinue reading “JK 2019 & BOC 2019”
Forest Sprint 5 @ Scolty 8/5/19
Series points Results Splits RouteGadget If you haven’t used RouteGadget before then take a look at these guides on drawing or uploading your GPS route. Check the built in Splitsbrowser too to see where you lost time. Series points after 4 events Thanks to Helen and Gareth for braving the weather and doing the honours tonight.Continue reading “Forest Sprint 5 @ Scolty 8/5/19”
Proof of the Pudding – WSOC 2019
Remember all those cakes we’ve been eating recently? Here’s photographic evidence from the World Schools Orienteering Champs of Sam Griffin during the warm up day. Long race Wed 1st – starts from 11am Estonia time – that’s 9am our time. More happening throughout the week and no doubt Zoe will keep us posted via comments below.Continue reading “Proof of the Pudding – WSOC 2019”
JK 2019 Podium Success
Gramp has already had podium success at Day 1 of the JK 2019. Sam Griffin came 2nd in the M16 Sprint. His father also got a top ten placing in M50. Today is Middle Distance day, and we have three more Gramps competing, having kept their powder dry yesterday!😂 Good luck to Bob Daly, PaulContinue reading “JK 2019 Podium Success”
Forest Sprint 3 @ Hazlehead 24/4/19
Results Splits Routegadget Cumulative scores so far A two-hander tonight brought to you by Jonathan Smith who planned and David Esson who ran the event on the ground with a little help from some friends. An interesting finish gave us the chance to rerun or rethink 242 to 172 – did you swap tactics theContinue reading “Forest Sprint 3 @ Hazlehead 24/4/19”
Forest Sprint 1 @ Tollohill 10/4/19
Results Splits RouteGadget (sorry, can’t quite get all controls correctly centred on features but close enough) Many thanks to David Esson for planning at relatively short notice and hope you all enjoyed your scamper around Tollohill. It’s easy to get confused with all those paths criss-crossing as well as the loopy nature of the courseContinue reading “Forest Sprint 1 @ Tollohill 10/4/19”
Junior Sprint Selection – Go for it Sam!
GJO Sprint Maestro Sam Griffin is going down to Lancaster University this weekend for the BOF Junior Sprint Selection Race where M/W 16 – 20s from all over the UK will be competing. It’s a fantastic location to test aspiring squad members, with multiple complex route choices on a very busy map so full onContinue reading “Junior Sprint Selection – Go for it Sam!”
Think Fast | Run Hard | Go Orienteering – coaching videos
Even if you can’t manage the Run Hard bit it’s definitely worth taking a look at this suite of 8 coaching videos funded by Sport England and produced by SLOW Orienteers along with GB Team members explaining and demonstrating various techniques to help you plan your routes between controls and nail them more accurately thusContinue reading “Think Fast | Run Hard | Go Orienteering – coaching videos”
SRUC tick research project has recommenced for 2019
The idea is to build up a database to help estimate the risk of exposure of humans to ticks and tick bites in Scotland and many of you helped this citizen science project by Scotland’s Rural College last year by reporting the presence, or absence, of ticks after you’d been orienteering or doing other outdoorContinue reading “SRUC tick research project has recommenced for 2019”
Glen Dye 24/3/19 Regional results
. Final Results and Splits RouteGadget (including Splitsbrowser lite) BOF ranking points (will be calculated overnight 26/27th March) Very close 1-2-3 on the Brown course: all within 40 seconds of each other! Hope you all enjoyed the sprint style section in the complex morraine area at the north end of the map – good to revisitContinue reading “Glen Dye 24/3/19 Regional results”
British Night Champs 2019
Well done to assorted Gramps for braving a looooooooong walk in and out as well as the technicalities of Dinnet to contest the British Night Champs over the weekend. Congratulations to the medal winners and commiserations to those who ran out of steam/brainpower especially after helping at the SOUL at Cove earlier in the day. W21L KatrinaContinue reading “British Night Champs 2019”
SAT 23/2/19 BTO SOUL 3 @ Cove, Aberdeen
Results To show splits, go into your class page and look for the orange “Show Splits” button at the top or bottom of the page RouteGadget show us your wiggles Apologies to those trying to draw routes manually as it’s not letting you save at the moment – working on it but not getting veryContinue reading “SAT 23/2/19 BTO SOUL 3 @ Cove, Aberdeen”
2019 Scottish Night and Sprint Champs
We can’t claim any champions this year but we can claim some near misses. Pete, Rachel, David and Katrina ran at the Night Champs held at the John Muir Country Park just outside Dunbar 2/2/19 – very flat and fast compared to most DNC fare but good fun and an amazingly clear and starry nightContinue reading “2019 Scottish Night and Sprint Champs”
DNC Glen Dye 6/2/19
Results Splits RG (sorry – georef’d version of the map isn’t playing tonight so you’ll have to adjust your GPS tracks manually) Thanks to Sam for planning and the family for assisting on reg and anyone else who helped collect the controls as that was the final Gramp offering for this year’s DNC. Only 2Continue reading “DNC Glen Dye 6/2/19”
DNC Scolty 23/1/2019
Results Splits RG Was a great night, even with the computer freezing in the cold. David Esson spent a productive hour later on and reuploaded all the brikkes into the computer in the warmth of the house and it all worked perfectly of course. (Need to add a hot water bottle to the Planner’s kit list?) Thanks toContinue reading “DNC Scolty 23/1/2019”
DNC Crathes 9/1/2019
Results and Splits RouteGadget Good to see some different faces there tonight – trying to get in some more practice before the upcoming Scottish Night Champs no doubt. Thanks to Paul Duley for planning, David Esson for computing and David Kirk who helped the other two collect controls afterwards. Two courses (long 5.3km, short 3.1km)Continue reading “DNC Crathes 9/1/2019”
HHH Hazlehead 2019 Results
Lovely crisp morning, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves out on the courses, and they certainly enjoyed warming up afterwards with the homemade soup back at the Esson’s house. HHH Hazlehead 2019 Splits.pdf HHH Hazlehead 2019 Results.pdf
2018 AGM roundup and Roll of Honour
The Minutes of the 2018 AGM have been circulated around the club members by email so for those that missed out or have lost that email, here’s a quick summary of issues discussed, prizes awarded and the 2018 Roll of Honour.
GRAMP Champs 2018
2018 GRAMP Champs by category (for trophies).pdf Congratulations to all our trophy winners! Juniors: Morven Farquharson & Sam Griffin Seniors: Katrina McLeod & Mark Stockton Veterans: Rachel Scott* & Tim Griffin Super Veterans: Lesley Gomersall* & Bob Daley* *these folk retained their 2017 titles The trophies were presented at the AGM. If you weren’t thereContinue reading “GRAMP Champs 2018”
DNC Forvie 12/12/18
Well Murray certainly made us all think all the way round with a couple of exceptionally difficult courses. Chapeau to those who whizzed round in ridiculously quick times and commiserations to those who really struggled on those fiendish long legs. Results Splits RouteGadget
Gramp Post AGM Christmas Score 2nd Dec
Many thanks to Family Griffin for providing the post-AGM orienteering activity to run off all the delicious food from the night before. They even managed to persuade Father Christmas to take time out from seasonal preparations to lend a hand as roving bonus control 129 worth 30 points and a chocolate from his sock. SlightlyContinue reading “Gramp Post AGM Christmas Score 2nd Dec”
DNC Balmedie 28/11/18
Results Splits RouteGadget Well done to Matt for persevering through wind, rain, sandstorms and 2 waterproofs to get the controls out there for us tonight and the 22 nutters who braved it all – points well earned all round. I’m told there’s video evidence on Maroc’s Facebook page.
Scottish Score Champs 2018
Four GRAMPs made the trip down south to Roxburgh Reiver’s event at Elibank in the Borders (to get in a bit of Score practice priot to the post-AGM event next weekend?) and did very well! Congratulations to Pete Lawrence and Neil McLean who are this year’s champions for M55 and M75 respectively. Bob Daly cameContinue reading “Scottish Score Champs 2018”
Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2018
Bogendriep saw the final event in this year’s competition and here are the final rankings. and trophy/medal winners. Congratulations! Fraser Pain M8 1st Trophy and Gold Medal Olivia Coman W16 3rd Bronze medal And well done to the Maroc winners and everyone else who took part of course! Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2018 fullContinue reading “Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2018”
GMC Braemar 2018 photos
If you spotted Struan Kirk out and about with his camera then there’s a fair chance he spotted you and you’re in the GMC Braemar 2018 gallery. If you want a high res copy (anywhere between 3 to 8MB) of any of these then email webmaster@grampoc.com with the photo number(s). More photos here too fromContinue reading “GMC Braemar 2018 photos”
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