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Westburn & Victoria Parks Wed 15th Jun Results

Many thanks to Tim & Zoe for running the event on the night and to Sam Griffin our recently crowned British Sprint Champion who planned (lucky devil is in Majorca on a cycling holiday at moment!)

Thanks to Bob and Aileen for helping collect controls at the end and David Esson for computing.

Results

P.S. You’ll have noticed the website is getting a bit of a makeover to try and make it more mobile and user friendly. I was trying out new looks on my phone on the train home and accidentally pressed the ‘activate’ button prematurely and can’t go back to the previous theme as it’s no longer supported by WordPress. It was 12 years old! Watch out for more changes to come as I try to streamline the menu system and bring the homepage to life.

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Duthie Park & Ferryhill Wed 1st Jun Results

Sorry about the delay in posting results – too busy celebrating Saturday’s and Schools Championship results – oh, and Zoe’s first serious orienteering race in far too many years – and then work got in the way this morning.
Better late than never! Results

P.S. You’ll have noticed the website is getting a bit of a makeover to try and make it more mobile and user friendly. I was trying out new looks on my phone on the train home and accidentally pressed the ‘activate’ button prematurely and can’t go back to the previous theme as it’s no longer supported by WordPress. It was 12 years old! Watch out for more changes to come as I try to streamline the menu system and bring the homepage to life.

Foggieton 14/6/23 Summer Series

Foggieton is a small wood on the edge of Cults – intricate path network and a lumpy bumpy corner to add interest.

Parking next to Cults Primary
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GR: NJ882032

Registration: 18:00 to 18:50
Starts: 18:00 to 19:00
Courses close 20:00
Fees: £5 Senior, £2.50 Junior/Student

Courses on offer: Map scale 1:5,000

Easier – 1.4km –  Yellow (TD2) standard
all on paths but paths uneven and muddy in places.

Harder – 3.3 km – Light Green (TD4) standard – controls off path and route choice -relocation should be straightforward as a compact area with many linear features.

For the ‘Harder’ course we hope to be able to offer 3 map options:
1) Normal map
2) No paths map – course marked as normal – but all paths removed. Give it a go!
3) No paths map with course marked as normal – but a map of the area with paths printed on the other side (no course markings) – this is aimed at those who like the idea of trying no paths but may be a bit reluctant to try – a half way house.
There will only be number of each type of map so your choice cannot be guaranteed

Safety – A risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. We’ll be sharing parks/streets/woods with others so be courteous to other users and watch out for bikes/dogs/horseriders.

Health – Full leg and torso cover is required in wooded areas due to ticks.

Privacy – when entering our events your name may appear in the results section of this website or in newspaper reports. Grampian Orienteers data privacy policy

Photography – In line with the policies of British Orienteering, the organisers of this event request that any person wishing to take photos or video showing children should register their details with event volunteers before taking any such photos or videos. The event organisers reserve the right to ask people to refrain from taking photos or video and may, if such warnings are ignored, refer the matter to the police.


Duthie Park & Ferryhill 7/6/23 Summer Series Results

Results RouteGadget

Thanks to Dennis McDonald and the weather gods for a great evening.

Next up is Foggieton with map memory option for those who think they could run round with their eyes shut (not recommended, eyes shut that is) and plenty of paths for beginners and improvers to practise.

Safety – A risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. We’ll be sharing parks/streets/woods with others so be courteous to other users and watch out for bikes/dogs/horseriders.

Health – Full leg and torso cover is required in wooded areas due to ticks.

Privacy – when entering our events your name may appear in the results section of this website or in newspaper reports. Grampian Orienteers data privacy policy

Photography – In line with the policies of British Orienteering, the organisers of this event request that any person wishing to take photos or video showing children should register their details with event volunteers before taking any such photos or videos. The event organisers reserve the right to ask people to refrain from taking photos or video and may, if such warnings are ignored, refer the matter to the police.


Scottish Champs 2023

7 gramps made the journey to the West Coast for the Scottish Champs. Fantastic area and courses although very tough we’ve been told.

Neil McLean became Scottish Champion for M80. Well done, Neil👏

David was 2nd in M40S, Bob 6th M65L, Lesley 7th W60L, Sam Gomersall 8th M60L, Mike 12th M60L and Tim coming back from injury was 13th M55L.

Two Gramp teams ran in the 17+ Points age class relay. Gramp One, Sam/Tim/Bob, had a stormer and came 5th (maybe technically 4th as SYO are English? 😉) – and Gramp Two, Mike/Lesley/David came 14th.

Great running everyone!!

Hazlehead 31/5/23 Summer Series Results

Results RouteGadget
BOF results – don’t think they’ll count for anything but thought you might like to know we’re encouraged to upload for all events so they can do some stats on age groups, types of events etc etc.

Check our FB page for a photo of the Long course. Thanks to Sam, Lesley, Dennis and David for making it all happen.

Next up is Duthie Park and Ferryhill. See you all there!


Crathes 24/5/23 Forest Sprint Results

What a fantastic sunny evening to end the Forest Sprints on? Thanks to Rachel for planning, Ros/Bob/David for collecting controls and all you lovely people who came out to share the evening – so many that we got caught short on Sprint maps had to recycle so apologies to those who had to wait a wee while for one.

Results are up.
RouteGadget

GMC entries open

Grampian Mountain Challenge SiEntries page is open for business. Entries

Places are limited to 125 and 35 eager beavers have already entered so if your heart is set on a fun wee jaunt around the South Cairngorms as part of Scotland’s Friendly Sociable (potentially Winter-ish) MM then better bag your place now.

Part orienteering, part mountain marathon, more details on GMC can be found here.

Dunnottar Woods 10/5/23 Forest Sprint Results

Results
We’re going old school for the results from tonight’s event as the laptop wasn’t available. When David returns from his Riesling D’etre Tour we’ll download the splits and get RouteGadget up and running.

In the meantime, tell us what you thought of Sprint if it’s the first time you’ve tried this O format.

Thanks to Ian Hamilton for planning and Matt, Bob and Rachel for collecting in the controls.

P.S. Tollohill RouteGadget is up now. Apologies for the delay.

P.P.S. Unfortunately none of our Gramp events fall within World Orienteering Day/Week this year but two of Maroc’s do including the FS on 17th at Johnshaven and the Sunday event at Corsedarder on 21st. Think of the orienteers in 296 locations in 50 different countries/regions worldwide running at the same(ish) time as you if you go to either of these events.

Glen Dye Sun 30/30/23 Results

Results
RouteGadget
BOF results/rankings

Many thanks to Planner Bob Daly and Controller Andy Oliver (MAROC) for taking care of the technical challenge provided today and Organiser Laura Farquharson for heading up today’s team of volunteers: Ros, Hugh, Neil, Alasdair, Kirsty, Paul, Judy, Rachel, Helen, David, Gareth, Dennis and Ian.

As promised, the courses cherry picked all the best bits left in Glen Dye and thus gave some of us the chance to visit parts we’d never seen before. Also gave some of us (me!) the chance to realise after a bit of a break from orienteering that although basic O skills never fade, some – like making doubly sure you know which control you’ve got to visit next – definitely need working on in time for the 6 Days!! Chapeau to Bob for catching me out with the old classic ‘controls-in-a-line’ ploy. 😉

Nice to see some familiar faces getting back into the swing of things after a long break from orienteering and equally all the new faces eager to have a go. Some youngsters were so eager in fact that many would have set off without punching the Start if we hadn’t reminded them. And speaking of reminders, make sure you check for ticks – I got a couple just sitting at the Start enjoying the birdsong and a coffee while waiting for you all to arrive.

Celebrating our 50th with new-look club tops

Click on the image above to enlarge it.
N.B. this is a low res image to avoid clogging up your device with umpteen MB!
The contours will be much sharper on the finished articles so watch out for folk
following you closely at Glen Dye trying to use them to navigate.

Thanks to Ros we have the chance to refresh our orienteering wardrobes with some great new-look kit featuring two lots of contours, taken from Robin Sloan’s original 1972 Blackhall map and the updated 2022 Glen Dye map, plus a new take on our strapline:
“50 years of running on the wild side”.
Choose from tech Ts, O tops or running jacket designs – or all three if you really want to spoil yourself!

To avoid wastage we won’t be holding a large stock as we have done in the past but instead you need to decide, order and pay by 23rd April. If you want more info on the design, styles, prices etc and missed Ros’s email last week then shout out asap to webmaster@grampoc.com.

Balmedie Sun 26th Feb Results

Results BOF results with ranking points
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Thanks to everyone who planned, organised, controlled, volunteered or just came along to help us kick off our 50th birthday celebrations at Balmedie today. And especial kudos to those who ran yesterday and still had enough energy, both mental and physical, to take on the infamous dunescape. Balmedie never fails to catch you out somewhere but I guess that’s what keeps us all coming back for more.

(Hope you all left some sand behind for next time?)

CompassSport Trophy 2023

For those of you not already in the know, CompassSport is a monthly mag dedicated to all things orienteering and the editor kindly sponsors the annual national inter-club competition which comprises the CS Cup for large clubs and the CS Trophy for small clubs.

The rules are too complicated to summarise here so all you need to know is that Gramp falls into the category of small club, as do all the other Scottish clubs bar FVO, so the top 13 scorers across a broad spread of courses by age class count towards the total score. In other words you need a lot of folk in it, running in as many different classes as possible, to win it.
11 Gramps ran this year in the Scottish qualifier at Faskally and between us racked up a very creditable 886 points putting us mid-table:

Congratulations to INT, INVOC and MOR who get the honour of travelling south to the Forest of Dean later in the year to try their luck against the regional finalists from elsewhere in the country. (Watch out for the wild boar, guys.)

Several of Team Gramp made a weekend of it running in Tay’s SOUL 2 the day before – a very entertaining twirl around Muirton – and two were made enough to do Perth ParkRun before that as well.

GMC 2023 South Cairngorms 7th/8th October

SiEntries now open for business. Enter here.

It will be a similar format to previous events: a mix of O and MM on both days, transported kit, a relatively convivial mid-camp, three linear courses, pairs or solo entries. Check the GMC main page for details.

Help us spread the word – please tell your MM buddies and anyone else you can think of who’d be interested in this.

Monday 2nd Jan HHH Duthie Park & Ferryhill Results

Many thanks for all who attended our Hogmany Hangover Handicap event at Duthie Park this morning. Many thanks to Sarah Wallace for planning the Snakes & Ladders format Score, and to Ros & Hugh for the Social Party at their abode afterwards!

Below is the link to the results not including the bonus points from the Snakes & Ladders theme.

https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/GRAMP/2023/HHH2023

Results including the bonus points are below – (3) means third place going on “raw” time/score only before bonus points applied:

1 Adrian Will M45 GRAMP 00:47:40 (1) 510 25 610
2 Joanne Wallace W40 IND 00:57:49 (3) 510 25 610
3 Donald Grassie M65 GRAMP 01:00:01 (4) 500 24 610
4 Jonathan Smith M55 GRAMP 00:50:16 (5) 490 23 590
5 Helen Anderson W60 GRAMP 00:59:39 (7) 460 22 570
6 Gary Morrison M55 GRAMP 00:54:15 (2) 510 25 560
7 Iain McLeod M60 GRAMP 00:51:08 (8) 450 22 550
8 Carolyn McLeod W55 GRAMP 00:58:39 (10) 450 22 550
9 Lynn Smith W55 GRAMP 00:53:45 (11) 440 20 540
10 Payton Yau M21 GRAMP 00:55:24 (12) 440 20 540
11 Hugh Nicholson M55 GRAMP 00:48:45 (6) 480 24 530
12 Mark Stockton M40 GRAMP 00:33:55 (13) 430 21 530
13 Samantha McDonald W14 GRAMP 00:57:12 (9) 450 20 500
14 Aileen Salway W50 MAROC 00:54:07 (14) 430 22 480
15 Stuart Anderson M60 GRAMP 00:43:41 (15) 370 20 470
16 Oonagh Grassie W65 GRAMP 00:55:37 (16) 320 17 420
17 Neil McLean M80 GRAMP 00:51:05 (17) 260 15 260
18 Magnus Huthwaite M3 GRAMP 00:48:11 (18) 190 13 240
19 Natalie Vinall W18 IND 00:44:09 (19) 170 12 170
20 Thomas & Philip M12 IND 00:36:40 (20) 130 10 130
21 Chris & Margaret Aust M75 GRAMP 00:52:23 (21) 90 8 90
22 Helen Greenwood W85 GRAMP 00:43:05 (22) 70 6 70.

Balmedie Sun 11th Dec 2022 POSTPONED

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Regrettably, we have had to make the decision to postpone the Balmedie event on Sunday due to somewhat treacherous icy conditions on the path network and car park. It would not be safe for competitors presently and a Yellow Met Office warning remains in place currently right up to Sunday.

The event will be rescheduled. Maps have been printed so we look forward to welcoming you back in more favourable conditions.

DREW TIVENDALE (CONTROLLER)

(TBC depending on permissions we’re now making plans to put this event on in late-Feb the day after the Scottish Night Champs at Balmoral.)

GRAMP AGM/Social Sat 10th Dec

Venue – Rubislaw Church Centre, Beaconsfield Place (it has a car park and lift access).

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Time – 6pm prompt Who – everyone welcome

We’ve added a virtual element to this for those that live so far away that travelling makes no sense given the conditions. You shuold have received an email from Zoe with a Teams link if you want to join in this way. If you didn’t, email her now using secretary@grampoc.com.

We promise to keep the official part as short as possible so we can enjoy a Jacob’s join meal, BYOB, and 50th birthday cake. There’s also Orienteering Bingo planned with some seasonal prizes. 

For anyone who hasn’t been before, we ask folk to bring something to eat – savoury and/or sweet which can be put on a buffet. We take potluck what we all bring and whether we’ll all be eating salad or pavlova…it adds to the excitement of the evening! Please also bring your own eating utensils and plates etc. Water/tea/coffee provided but you’ll need to bring your own supplies if you like a glass of something stronger with your supper.

Happy Birthday to us!!!

CAKE!! 50 Years after Gramp was recognised by the SOA as an orienteering club in its own right, we’ll be celebrating with cake at Balmedie! It would be great to have at least 50 members there (we’ll count ex-members too!) and there will be spot prizes for some lucky competitors. Come and join in the celebrations.

Watch out for further celebration events and activities next year and if anyone has any ideas of ways to mark this milestone then please contact the committee asap via secretary@grampoc.com.

This is no ordinary tower….

Tucked away on the west side of our (extended) Seaton Park map is a small but venerable building currently on the At Risk register, the neglected Wallace Tower. Originally built in 1600’s it was moved and rebuilt stone by stone to make way for M&S in the 60’s.

Since then it’s struggled to find a role, apart from being a control site now and then, but there are plans afoot to refurb it and add a modern extension out the back to house a cafe-cum-community space. Tillydrone Community Development Trust have just approved plans from TINTO architects who will now submit them to Aberdeen Council.

Watch this space….

DNC Hazlehead Wed 9th Nov

Hazlehead is back… and not just in the park this time so using mostly the golf course area and some of the few wooded parts that have not been affected by the storms.  

Although traffic will be minimal if any, please take care at road crossings and note the under-16s should be accompanied to ensure their safety.    

Long course   5.1k  with 14 controls
Short Course  2.9 k  with 9 controls

Starts between 18:00 & 19:00
Courses close  20:00

Seniors £5, Students/Juniors £2.50 contactless payment preferred

Parking and registration in carpark on the bend just before the golf clubhouse.
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SAFETY STUFF:
If you’re not yet TD5 (Green+) standard, find a clubmate who is to go round with.
Check forecasts and dress appropriately for the weather.
Carry a waterproof, a spare torch/battery and a phone for emergencies.

DNC starts 2nd Nov

The Deeside Night Cup kicks off at Banchory East (urban) this year, then runs most Wed evenings right through to February so plenty of chances to brush up your night O skills ready for the Scottish Champs which are going to be at Pannanich 25th Feb 2023.

GRAMP and MAROC take turns to host DNCs and details of each event will be posted on respective websites nearer each date. You’ll notice more urban and smaller areas have had to be used due to ongoing access problems following storm damage but it’ll make a fun change to the series and it’ll be interesting to see if it attracts a different set of runners and what folk think about the mix.

NOV
2 Banchory East MAROC
9 Hazlehead GRAMP Dennis McDonald
16 Banchory West MAROC
23 Foggieton AUOC Charlotte Horne
30 Aboyne MAROC
DEC
7 Dunnottar GRAMP Dave Kirk
14 Johnshaven MAROC
21 ???? ????

JAN
11 ???? MAROC
18 Elrick Hill GRAMP
25 ???? MAROC
FEB
1 Glen Dye GRAMP
15 Balmedie GRAMP
25 Pannanich Scottish Night Champs

Did you get your Gramp Gossip last week?

Zoe sent round the latest Gramp Gossip on 4th Sept packed with info on upcoming events, training, Gramp’s 50th birthday celebration plans for next year, Griffin call-ups to the Junior and Senior Home International squads plus news of a trial of a online post-run analysis initiative using Zoom:

Tuesday 27th September – Post run analysis of SOUL at Cooper Park and SOL on Anagach
Tuesday 4th October – Post run analysis of regional event at Crathes
Tuesday 11th October – Post run analysis of SOL on Creag Dubh

Did you get the Gramp Gossip email on 4th Sept? No?
Look out for the invites to the Zoom post-run sessions and if you don’t get one of those either please email webmaster@grampoc.com so we can check we have the correct email address for you.

Westhill 17th Aug 2022 Urban Sprint results

Here are the results for last night’s tour around Westhill courtesy of the Grassies.

Hope you’re all getting the Urban bug as there are two more events lined up for you, at Aberdeen Uni/Old Aberdeen and Seaton Park. Watch this space for details soon.
Westhill Results – 2022-08-17.pdf
Westhill Results – 2022-08-17.xls

New tree planting at Scotstown Moor aka Perwinnes Moss

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that Scotstown Moor/ Perwinnes Moss is one of the more eclectic maps in Gramp’s portfolio with a little bit of everything – heathland, marsh, woodland and a SSSI.

There are plans being mooted to replace trees in the storm damaged area of woodland in the middle plus extend north and SW from that strip as part of the Council’s Climate Change Plan and will contribute towards a Net Zero and Climate Resilient City.

However, the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Local Group of the Scottish Wildlife Trust have misgivings about this scheme as, although tree planting is good idea in principal, the type of trees proposed and positioning in relation to the moor’s wetlands may impact the very particular biodiversity found there. You can find out more on their website.

If you have views on this project then ACC would like to hear them via a short questionnaire which includes questions on how you use the area as well as maps showing the proposed area affected and a suggestions box for anything else you’d like to see included in the revamp plans.

Click here for the survey. It’s open until Aug 22nd.

Urban Sprint @ Westhill 17/8/22

Next up, the Grassies are hosting us at Westhill.

One course 3.4km   Orange/Medium standard
with an option to shorten it to 3.3km
(That’s as the crow flies – actual distance covered in urban is about 1.5 times further and Donald tells me optimum route at Westhill is 5.1km)

MapRun so you’ll need a phone with MapRun 6 app loaded – see below for more info.
Paper maps will be provided, A4, 1:4,000

Registration: 17:30-ish to 18:40
Starts: 18:00 to 18:45
Courses close: 20:15
Fees: £5 Senior, £2.50 Junior/Student – contactless payment preferred
Please note that to comply with British Orienteering insurance requirements juniors under 16 should be accompanied by an adult.

Parking is at Elrick Primary School, Rowan Drive, Westhill.
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Urban maps have some special symbols so make sure you know what’s Out of Bounds (olive green) or can’t be crossed (thick black lines) as it’s private property.
This mock up of an urban map explains Sprint (ISSOM) symbols in more detail.

MapRun 6 info
– download Maprun 6 onto your phone prior to coming if you don’t already have it
– enter your personal details (you will have to do it anyway before you start if you haven’t used the app before)
– under options and settings (select “Line” under event type – it just shows the leg line on the courses

SAFETY STUFF:
Urban O means you may have to cross roads and although speed limit is 30mph in Westhill there’s still potential for a serious collision so ca’ canny, look both ways and don’t risk it for the sake of a few seconds please. Also take care when running round blind corners so as not to flatten any unsuspecting locals and give dogs a wide berth.
Oh, and try not to grin too much while you’re having fun dashing round the urban ‘maze’ as your face will really ache the next day.

Bob D almost a World Champion! JWOC 5th for Sam Griffin Mixed Relay Sprint Team

Bob Daly placed 6th in the M65 “A” final for the World Long Distance Champs in Puglia on Saturday – improving on the very good 13th place he got on Thursday in the Middle format. Well done, Bob!

And at JWOC in Portugal, Sam Griffin and his GB Teammates Rachel Duckworth, Jim Bailey and Iris MacMillan came 5th in the Mixed relay and also managed a run in the Sprints before the threat of forest fires meant the cancellation of Middle and Long Distance races.

Prize to the first person to spot him in the JWOC TV coverage (link half way down the BO report page) and tell us which part of the five and half hours of coverage to target!

Both events took place in scorchio wall-to-wall sunshine and hats off to anyone daft enough to even contemplate running round in that heat.

Loads of events happening on your doorstep soon…


– Autumn Sprints in August (bit earlier this year to avoid late starters running in the dark)
– then towards the end of the year we have bigger events planned at Crathes and Balmedie


Wednesday 10th Aug – Autumn Urban Cove
Wednesday 17th August – Autumn Urban Westhill
Wednesday 24th August – Autumn Urban Abz Uni
Wednesday 31st August – Autumn Urban Seaton Park

Sunday 2nd October – Full Colour Coded @Crathes (Possibly Middle distance)
Sunday 11th December – Full Colour Coded @Balmedie

SOL? SOUL? What’s all that about?

For the benefit of new members who keep seeing our posts urging you to enter SOLs and SOULs but aren’t sure what we’re on about….

SOL = Scottish Orienteering League (sponsored by CompassPoint)
– larger events – 350-400 runners on average
– a full range of courses to choose from including Black and Short Green/Blue/Brown
– better quality mapping and organisation with loos and often traders/food stalls
– online entry system and very little Entry On The Day
– your result earns you SOL ranking points and the chance to win trophies by age class

SOUL = Scottish Orienteering Urban League
– all as above but in an urban environment including parks, streets, estates, alleyways, waste ground
– usually 5 or 6 courses all TD3 or Orange standard where route choice is key to a successful run
– the chance to earn ranking points for the SOUL categories where age classes are grouped together

If you’ve not tried a big event yet why not give SOUL 5 at Grantown on Spey 25th Sept and/or SOUL 8 in Perth 18th Sept a go – almost on our doorstep, bound to be some friendly Gramp faces you know, and maybe even the chance to munch on some excellent baking in aid of ScotJOS, the national junior squad.

Balgownie 29th June Results

Below are the results from tonight’s event at Danestone. Many Thanks to Sam & Lesley for planning and to David for helping collect controls afterwards.

Good luck to Sam Griffin who is off in the next few weeks to Portugal to the Junior World Champs, and to David who is off to Italy for the World Masters Champs.

Short
1Hazel Nicholson w21 GRAMP         16.21
2Magnus Huthwaite +2 m3 GRAMP 28.32
3Margaret Aust w70 GRAMP             39.40

Medium
1Olivia Coman w20 GRAMP           29.18
2Ros Nicholson w55 GRAMP          34.26
3Lennon & Neil Atchison m10       59.23                                  GRAMP

Long
1Sam Griffin m18 GRAMP                   21.35
2Matthew Thompson m35 GRAMP  23.46
3Calum McLeod m21 GRAMP            27.08
4Hugh Nicholson m55 GRAMP           27.53
5Tim Griffin m55 GRAMP                    28.14
6Phil Campbell m35 GRAMP               32.19
7Dennis McDonald m55 GRAMP        34.10
8Bob Sheridan m55 MAROC               34.42
9Eddie Coman m55 GRAMP                38.52
10Iain McLeod m60 GRAMP              41.46
11David Esson m40 GRAMP              42.50

Balmedie 22nd June + BBQ Results

Many thanks to Neil for planning the event and to Ian/Farran/Sam & Lesley for helping collect controls.

Easy

1 Emily Arthur 31.08
2 George Esson 35.32

Short Tech

1 David Esson 30.06
2 Aileen Salway 31.25
3 Ros Nicholson 36.53 (cycled from Aberdeen)
4 Chris Aust 37.05
5 Samantha & Kailin 59.48
6 Lennon Atchison 76.23
7 Paul Atchison 76.28

Long Tech

1 Pete Lawrence 30.01
2 Gareth Yardley 31.18
3 Tim Griffin 32.29
4 Dennis McDonald 34.36
5 Sam Gomersall 37.36
6 Julian Robinson 37.43
7 Ian Hamilton 37.58
8 Phil Campbell 41.25
9 Lesley Gomersall 42.36
10 Mark Reid 46.04
11 Matthew Thompson 46.07
12 Michaela Kolistanikova46.56
13 Sarah Wallace 50.07
14 Farran McLean 50.32
15 Adrian Will 51.39
16 Rachel Scott 51.56 (kept stopping to admire the view until flushed out by Dennis)

And some yummy results came off the BBQ too. Lovely to be able to socialise without the aid of umbrellas for a change on such a cracking evening – couple of photos on our Facebook page.

Foggieton Wed 9th Jun Results

Below are the results from tonights event at Foggieton.

Many thanks to George for helping put controls out, and Sam G, Zoe and Bob for helping collect the controls.

Easy
1 Logan Thompson 15.38
2 Emily Robertson 20.20
3 Sophie DePasquale 24.41
4 Helen Greenwood 25.22
5 Owen DePasquale 26.14
Short Tech
1 Olivia Coman 36.02
2 Ros Nicholson 41.09
3 Stuart Hall 43.50
4 Oli Robertson 68.06
5 Lennon Aitchson 68.53
Long Tech
1 Ewan Bennett 23.55
2 Sam Griffin 24.03
3 Calum McLeod 26.07
4 Jonas Newey 29.34
5 Ali Robertson 30.32
6 Gareth Yardley 32.01
7 Alan Bennett 32.47
8 Yann Newey 34.23
9 Hugh Nicholson 34.24
10 Dennis McDonald 37.02
11 Keith Yardley 38.03
12 Matthew Thompson 38.36
13 Rory Murray 40.44
14 Iain McLeod 41.14
15 Kate Robertson 41.38
16 Samantha McDonald 42.18
17 Paul Chapman 42.36
18 Ian Hamilton 42.50
19 Gary Morrison 42.54
20 Bob Daly 45.45
21 Julian Robinson 46.40
22 Sarah Wallace 48.36
23 Michaela Kolistanikova 53.21
24 Jonathan Smith 55.35
25 Eddy Coman 58.48
26 Phil Campbell 63.25
rtd Catriona Chapman (injured)
mp Lucie Hamplova mp

P.S. You’ll have noticed the website is getting a bit of a makeover to try and make it more mobile and user friendly. I was trying out new looks on my phone on the train home and accidentally pressed the ‘activate’ button prematurely and can’t go back to the previous theme as it’s no longer supported by WordPress. It was 12 years old! Watch out for more changes to come as I try to streamline the menu system and bring the homepage to life.

GRAMP successes at Scottish Champs 2022

No Champs this year but some great runs/results including:

1st
Pete Lawrence M55S
Helen Greenwood Yellow

2nd
Duncan Grassie M35L
Gary Morrison M55S
Chris Aust M70S
Neil McLean M75L
Gramp3 Mike Greenwood, Gary Morrison, Dennis McDonald Relay Class: 14+ points

3rd
Matthew Thomson M35L
Kevin Reynard M55S
Bob Daly M65L
Ros Nicholson W55S

4th
Samantha McDonald W12A

Priceless Class
The willing volunteers who not only ran but also helped out at Glen Dye and then still had energy left over to run round Sluie in the Relays too in some cases.
Did you see you all got a big thank you on Scottish Orienteering’s Facebook? #valueingvolunteers

Scottish Championships 2022 Individual @ Glen Dye Results

Final Results
RouteGadget (done by course rather than age class so check your map)
BOF results (ranking points)

Big congrats to all the Champions for 2022 and the Gramp Team who made it all happen today.
And good luck to all those relaying at Sluie tomorrow.

18/5/22 Hazlehead Summer Series Results

Below are the results from tonight’s event at Hazlehead Park. Was a gorgeous evening, and everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves. Interestingly we have a few participants who had equal times. Not often we get that!

Many thanks to Tim and George for putting the controls out and Tim, Bob and George for collecting the controls.

Hazlehead Summer Series Results
Easy Course
1 Chris & Margaret Aust 27.59
Short Tech
1 Olivia Coman 18.05
2 Eddy Coman 22.05
3 Lennon Atchison 39.07
4 Emily Arthur 54.23
Long Tech
1 Dennis McDonald 20.16
1 Matthew Thompson 20.16
3 Ewan Bennett 20.25
4 Alan Bennett 21.34
4 Hugh Nicholson 21.34
6 Calum Mcleod 21.36
7 Yann Newey 22.41
8 Phil Campbell 25.02
9 Gareth Yardley 25.1
10 Rory Murray 25.17
11 Karen Maxwell 25.58
12 Julian Robinson 26.32
13 Lucie Hamplova 26.45
14 Gary Morrison 26.53
15 Bob Daly 28.07
16 Sarah Wallace 28.37
16 Samantha McDonald 28.37
18 Iain McLeod 29.09
19 Heidi Ross 29.38
20 Debbie Green 31.49
21 Rod Campbell 69.05

n/c Tim Griffin 22.55

Foggieton Forest Sprint 13th April Results


Results RouteGadget

A dry but chilly night saw old and new test their wits on the twists and turns of the many paths and linear features at Foggieton. Many thanks to David for all his IT wizardry, and to Gareth for helping with control collecting (and to those who also offered to help – always welcome!)

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