A massive thank you to all those Gramps who helped make the 6 Days happen this week in particular David Esson, Tim Griffin and Ian Hamilton who took on Controller or Planner roles and everyone who helped send out over 2,200 runners to enjoy Glen Dye today – especially those on the Green/Blue/White Start which saw a very greedy lion’s share.
Lots of complimentary remarks about the area were to be heard back in the assembly arena which was lovely and just goes to show that our best area can still work its magic despite the storm damage and felling.
Well done to everyone who managed top ten finishes: Fergus M12A 6th Adrian M50S 9th Gary Morrison and Hugh M55S 9th and 10th respectively Kevin M60S 6th Paul M71L 4th Neil M80 10th Samantha W16A 10th Ros W55S 5th
Some of the classes are enormous so some of our clubmates, although not managing top ten, still finished high up in a very experienced and competitive field. So we can add a load more folk to that roll of honour: Tim N, Bob and Laura – top 25% Duncan, Dennis, Ian H, Eric, Joanna and Becky – top 50%
Congratulations also to Ruth Gooch from our friendly rivals and neighbours, Maroc, on reaching the top of the podium for W18L.
Scottish 6 Days that is. David Esson was Controller for today’s racing at Glen Feardar East where numerous Gramps joined in some classic Deeside racing.
Fergus looks to be having a blast in M12A, as is Paul at the other end of the competitor spectrum, M70L. Gramp traditionally do well on Short courses and today’s tradition bearers are Adrian, Hugh, Gary and Kevin.
Yippee! We have enough interest in the new design GRAMP jackets to place an order so if you want one too email Ros via mapping@grampoc.com asap and by June 23rd at the latest. Tell her what you want (it’s not too late to bang in an order for a top too) and what size and she’ll give you the Gramp account details for a bank transfer. Tops: £34 Jackets £61 Designs and link to sizing chart below:
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 are much sharper on the finished articles so watch out for folk following you closely at Glen Dye trying to use them to navigate.
Gramp Tops
The tops are made by Scimitar from performance fabric, with short sleeves, a zipped collar and the striking design features two lots of contours, taken from Robin Sloan’s original 1972 Blackhall map and the updated 2022 Glen Dye map, plus our birthday strapline “50 years of running on the wild side”. Cost is £34 each including VAT and shipping – adult sizes only. (We have some older style children’s tops free to a good home.)
These lightweight jackets don’t have a hood but do feature zipped back pocket and long sleeves with elasticated cuffs, similar to those other club jackets that you often see swaggering around assembly areas. The design is the Blackhall/Glen Dye combo same as the tops. £61 (again, including VAT and shipping) per jacket, adult sizes only.
Please contact Ros Nicholson by June 23rd either via mapping@grampoc.com or at the Seaton Park Summer Series event on 18th to order jackets/tops.
Hope you’re all enjoying our Summer Series events and the chance to get out and about in our woods? Unfortunately our local tick population also enjoy your visits and will hop on board and hitch a ride home with you given the slightest opportunity.
Don’t forget to check your body for the wee critters as soon as possible after your run and for a couple of days after as they are masters at hiding out in crevices, hairlines, clothing, shoes, bedding and even cars and can appear on you for days afterwards.
If they’re still roaming on your then it’s easy to brush or pick them off. Remove attached ticks with either a dedicated tick removing tool, fine tweezers or your fingernails with a firm upwards pulling motion. If you squash them make sure to wash your hands afterwards. Keep an eye on bite sites and if you see signs of a rash that doesn’t disappear fairly quickly, especially if it looks like a target aka the classic tick bite bullseye, then contact your doctor and request a prophylactic course of antibiotics against the risk of contracting Lyme Disease.
Thank you to all who came to a very sunny Balmedie today. Dennis did a great job planning the courses, and Sam & Lesley a fantastic job organising. Many thanks to them all!
Yellow TD2 2.6km 12 controls
Orange TD3 3.1km 15 controls
Green TD5 4.3km 20 controls
Training session – Theme Using Contours as Line Features – meet at car park at 1015, for a small exercise course approx 3-500metres where you can learn how to use contours as line features – The map for this exercise will be contour only and at a scale of 1:2500
TD1/2 = easy, TD3 = medium, TD4 = medium to hard, TD5 = hard For more info on Technical Difficulty click here
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 are much sharper on the finished articles so watch out for folk following you closely at Glen Dye trying to use them to navigate.
Gramp Tops
Want to really look the professional at the 6 Days? Here’s your chance to grab a new O top as we already have several people looking for new club kit so it’s time to put an order in again. If you haven’t already done so, please contact Ros Nicholson by June 15th either via mapping@grampoc.com or at the next few Summer Series events to let her know what size and how many you want. She’ll acknowledge your order and give you details on how to pay. We need a minimum collated order of 10
The tops are made by Scimitar from performance fabric, with short sleeves, a zipped collar and the striking design features two lots of contours, taken from Robin Sloan’s original 1972 Blackhall map and the updated 2022 Glen Dye map, plus our birthday strapline “50 years of running on the wild side”. Cost is £34 each including VAT and shipping – adult sizes only. (We have some older style children’s tops free to a good home.)
If there is enough interest, we will also order “winter lightweight running jackets”. These don’t have a hood but do feature zipped front pockets and elasticated cuffs, similar to those other club jackets that you often see swaggering around assembly areas. The image below is to give you an idea of the jacket itself. Obviously the design would be Grampified similar to the current O tops and jackets, i.e. mostly red, map contours and red sleeves. The price will be about £61 (again, including VAT and shipping) per jacket.
This gives you an idea of the jacket style and fit. For the actual design imagine red sleeves, red background to the body with lots of contours plus GRAMPIAN ORIENTEERS splashed across the back in white.
Again, please contact Ros Nicholson by June 15th either via mapping@grampoc.com or at the next few Summer Series events to express an interest in a jacket and if we have enough people to reach the minimum order quantity of 10 you’ll then be asked to place your order and given details of how to pay.
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.
Results Routegadget (Long course you’ll have to pretend you went to 6, 7 and 8 as shown on the map as we didn’t adjust the results or course data for what really happened)
Many thanks to Julian for planning and to Bob, David and Tim for helping collect controls.
It was very odd running round a deserted Hillhead – no conversations or music drifting out the windows, no veggie curry or washing powder smells.
Calling all Gramps – don’t forget we have an EGM on 25th June at Templars Park next week so please check your emails for details and a voting form if you can’t make it in person to chew over the changes while chewing your burger as it’s also the end of series BBQ to which everyone is invited, Gramp member or not.
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.
Many thanks to Sam for planning and to Bob, David, Dennis and Sam for collecting controls.
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.
Many thanks to Laura for her usual great organizing, David for planning/computing and to all the Gramp members for helping out. Congrats to the winners of the Grampian Region Scout Orienteering Champs organised by Sean O’Sullivan from MAROC.
And that rounds up a very busy World Orienteering Week. Hope everyone who tried orienteering for the first time enjoyed it and maybe see you at some of our Summer Series events over the next month or so. Our next SS event is at Foggieton, parking at Cults Primary School, starts from 18:00.
Scottish Orienteering and Grampian Orienteers are hosting an orienteering taster session that’s open to all but especially aimed at those who enjoy getting outside to run or walk and fancy trying something a bit different!
Orienteering is an outdoor adventure sport using a map and compass and is suitable for all ages and fitness levels. Participants of this session will be introduced to the basics of orienteering by British Orienteering licensed coaches, before being given the chance to head out into the park to complete an orienteering course which can be done by yourself or in groups. Any under 16s should be accompanied by an adult.
Venue: Hazlehead Park (car park nearest the cafe) Date/Time: Thursday 22nd May / 1830-2000 Who: ALL WELCOME (under 16s should have adult supervision) Cost: FREE
If you want to come please sign up by clicking here for a link to a google form to give us an idea of how many maps we’ll need to print.
Could you help us spread the word about this event? Download this flyer and send it to friends and family or print it out and display it at your work/school/local park. Ta muchly!
Great fun was had at our first Summer Series event at Hazlehead tonight. Many thanks to Fiona & Zoe for putting on the event including 4 separate Maze courses!!
Many thanks to Bob/Samantha/Joanna/Dennis/Hugh for all helping collect controls afterwards👍👏 Maze courses.
Many thanks to Bob/Samantha/Joanna/Dennis/Hugh for all helping collect controls afterwards👍👏 Parking: the car park nearest the cafe w3w: starts.mole.usage
Registration/Start/Finish: in front of the cafe – look for our GRAMP banner
Starts/Reg 18:00 – 19:00 Courses close (i.e. be back at Registration) 20:00 Seniors £6, Students/Juniors £3 contactless payment or cash
Courses: Easy White/Yellow standard ~2km Technical as-hard-as-we-can-make-it 3-5km TBC
Maze – try and beat the times set by Hazlehead Academy earlier in the afternoon!
Score Course – try and find as many orienteering controls in the park as you can
This is a World Orienteering Week Come And Try It event. Come and be part of something really big worldwide! We can provide a bit of on the spot training before waving you off into the park to try your hand at this great sport (and we’ll wait for you to come back bursting to talk about the experience as we know you’ll enjoy it.)
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.
Some great results for Gramp at the Scottish Champs held at Barry Buddon over the weekend – a very tricky area jam-packed full of detailed contours which demands full on concentration all the way round and provided a trip down memory lane for several of the more experienced members of the club as we planned/organised a day there for Tay 2009 Scottish 6 Days. (If anyone wants to join them reminiscing then here are some photos on Flickr.)
Individual: M12A 2nd Fergus Gallacher M45S 4th David Esson M50S 1st Adrian Will M55L 8th Tim Griffin M55S 5th Hugh Nicholson M60L 7th Pete Lawrence, 14th Dennis McDonald just pipping 15th Sam Gomersall M65L 7th Bob Daly, 9th Ian Hamilton, 15th Iain McLeod M70L 2nd Paul Duley M80 3rd Neil McLean
Relay: All the Gramp teams ended up competing against each other in the 17+ points class which made for some very sociable rivalry. 4th Gramp3 Ian Morrison, Adrian Will, Gavin Morrison 5th Gramp2 Pete Lawrence, Fiona McDonald, Dennis McDonald 6th Gramp1 Tim Griffin, Samantha McDonald, Bob Daly 8th Gramp4 Matthew Humphreys, Lesley Gomersall, Sam Gomersall (and rather worryingly the results also show “dnf Gramp Heart Attack!” so for the benefit of anyone not in the know that’s just David having a wee joke on himself when registering the teams!)
Hats off too to ex-Gramp Jayne MacGregor for pulling it all together as Organiser.
Teams of 2 or 3 on A, B and C courses for either the full 2 day GMC experience or the Saturday only ‘taster’ version. Full rules/details can be found on the GMC page or on the SIEntries page.
Well done to the Gramps who went down to Sheffield for this year’s JK. (For those not in the know, the Jan Kjellstrom orienteering festival is an Easter bonanza of orienteering similar in size to the 6 Days with Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay races.)
Great results from Gramps, especially at the Sprint and Long! Sprint: Samantha McDonald 7th W16, Fiona 14th W45 and Dennis 76th Middle: Paul Duley M70 came 22nd, Dennis 109th M60, Samantha 33rd and Fiona 25th Long: Paul Duley 5th M70L, Samantha 22nd W16A and Fiona 19th W45L
As we’ve previously mentioned in the GRAMP Gossip emails* we are planning to have a GRAMP presence at the Hazlehead Parkrun on Saturday 17th May (aka in Parkrun parlance as a takeover.)
This is so we can advertise the club to parkrunners/walkers and their families and promote our summer series events. Plus we hope that SOA will be hosting a taster session for runners on Thursday 22nd May at Hazlehead which we’ll also promote.
We would be delighted to see as many GRAMP members as possible signing up as volunteers for this Parkrun, then coming along in your GRAMP kit (if you have some) and hopefully spreading the word to other runners/walkers about how much fun orienteering is!
If you’ve not volunteered at Parkrun before, it’s very easy to do and you’ll get instructions on the day.
Below is a link to the roster of vacant positions – it would be good if there were a few GRAMP members at the finish area so we can point people in the direction of our flyers and QR codes – so maybe ask to be a barcode scanner. But feel free to choose another role if you wish.
(Bar code scanners and timers will need to download the parkrun app before the event.)
You will need to send an email to hazlehead@parkrun.com and tell them which position you’d like to do and include your Parkrun number. If you don’t already have a parkrun number you will need to register.
The roster can sometimes fill up fairly quickly so please sign up as soon as you can.
Any questions please get in touch.
*If you’re not receiving GRAMP gossip emails every month please let Fiona know and confirm your current email address as we don’t want you missing out on the news and gossip. Send her an email via secretary@grampoc.com
What a super evening to get reaquainted with Tyrebagger after such a long wait for the felling to finish. It’s certainly suffered in the northern section but at least you now get a great view across to Bennachie from the car park on a day like today!! The northern bit is still passable despite the debris, especially if you spot and exploit the extraction tracks and re-entrant floors although it does make it a bit of a zig-zaggy route, and lots of folk decided to try “going straight” in that section using the contours rather than simply pegging it round the paths.
Thanks to Ros for planning, MacDonalds for control collecting and David manning the keyboard.
If you enjoyed the Sprints and want more chances to get out and about on a Wednesday evening then check our Events list for the Summer Series which starts at Hazlehead Park on 21st May. Details for each event will be posted separately in due course and linked to the Events list. Oh, and there’s a bonus taster event organised by SOA also at Hazlehead on Thurs 22nd so invite some friends and introduce them to our great sport.
Many thanks to Ian Hamilton for kicking off Gramp’s side of this year’s Forest Sprints. Next week it’s Bellwood courtesy of Maroc.
Good turn out for the Forest Sprint at Dunnottar. 39 people including a group of scouts. Thanks to Dennis, Fiona and Sam for collecting controls and to David for helping with registration and mentoring beginners.
This year we’re going to be sending you all off for a spin around Clachnaben and surrounding areas for the Grampian Mountain Challenge on 11th and 12th October.
Check back here for a link to entries which will open on May 1st and then get your entry in asap as numbers will be capped. In the meantime you can check out the info/rules/kit list.
Please note that the solo class has been removed from all courses this year for safety reasons but you can run in pairs or teams of 3 and even informally link up with other teams while out on the hill if it helps you all get round and back to base safe and sound in time for the hot food and craic which is a huge part of the GMC experience on Scotland’s Friendly Sociable Mountain Marathon.
There will also be an opportunity for teams to run a one-day only linear course, including both orienteering and hill sections, on the Saturday if you fancy a taster of the GMC without the camping bit.
Well done to all those Gramps who braved the good, the bad and the downright ugly (weather in case you were wondering what I’m referring to) during this season’s DNC, not least those who definitely deserve their 50 points for stepping up to plan Gramp’s side of the series.
Samantha McDonald was the leading Gramp on the Long course steadily racking up her total to finish 3rd female and 7th overall, narrowly beating Ian Hamilton by just 2 points.
On the Short course, David Esson was 3rd male, 4th overall and delighted to regain his title as Mr Consistent by finishing 16/16 events while Ros Nicholson finished 2nd female and 7th overall, again pipping fellow Gramp, Adrian Will, by just a few points.
The following is a quick read summary of the AGM held in January. A copy of the full AGM minutes was attached to Zoe’s last Gramp Gossip this month before handing over the secretarial reins to Fiona. Many thanks for all your hard work over the years collating and circulating info and organising the club’s 50th anniversary dinner amongst other things, Zoe.
Congratulations to those who won club champs trophies this year. Those that didn’t receive their trophies/prizes at the AGM should contact David Esson.
Junior Men
Junior Women
1st Fergus Gallagher
1st Samantha McDonald
2nd Cato Stockton
2nd Joanna McDonald
3rd Hannah Will
Senior Men
Senior Women
1st Ian Morrison
2nd Matthew Thompson
3rd Matthew Humphries
Veteran Men
Veteran Women
1st Julian Robinson
1st Fiona McDonald
2nd Adrian Will
2nd Claire Gallagher
3rd David Esson
3rd Sarah Wallace
Super Veteran Men
Super Veteran Women
1st Ian Hamilton
1st Oonagh Grassie
2nd Neil McLean
2nd Laura Farquharson
3rd Bob Daly
3rd Lesley Gomersall
The Chairman’s Quaich was awarded to Ian Hamilton for his outstanding service to the club, being a main official on committee for circa 15 years and ever the professional who gets on with the job with no fuss. Many, many thanks for everything you have done for the club, Ian.
And many thanks to David Esson too for carrying out both Chairman’s and SI/computing duties over the last few years with equal (laid-back) professionalism, coping with the Covid years and personal health issues but still ploughing on determinedly to get both club and himself back up and running.
Chairman’s AGM Report 2024
34 events – up from 29 in 2023. We are a healthy club, even though we have significant challenges in particular the lack of areas due to the Storms. At the moment we only have 3 areas which are big enough for a full colour coded and Glen Dye is currently embargoed for the Scottish 6 Days. Open day at newly remapped Aden Country Park, quite a few members made the journey and enjoyed themselves between the wintry showers.
During the year we produced a club survey which many members filled in. Thank you to all. Very useful information for the new committee to work on but generally people love having the Wednesday events throughout the year, but also would love more Sunday events. So we’re thinking of doing some local Sunday events at areas like Aden and Haddo and make it very much a social day out too. Look out for these this year.
Throughout the year, we did emphasise that the 3 main committee members were standing down at the end of this year. May I first of all say thank you to the people who have put their names forward. It is very much appreciated. The reason why I started asking so far in advance was I was concerned that if no one would come forward, it might have spelt a bad ending for the club, which would have been a great shame as we are a strong club in many other aspects. But if the proposed changes come to fruition, the committee and club will grow in numbers and therefore strength.
Other than the usual elections and Treasurer’s report, a couple of things were discussed at the AGM regarding identifying suitable areas to map to replace the areas we’ve lost and getting funding to cover professional mappers’ fees as these do not qualify for community grants.
2024 Successes Scottish O Champs – 1st Kevin Reynard M55S, Neil McLean M80, Claire Gallagher W45S, Joanna McDonald Yellow 2nd Paul Duley M70L
Scottish Relay Champs 17+ category 5th Tim Griffin, Claire Gallagher, Sam Gomersall 8th Malcolm Fisher, Lesley Gomersall, Kevin Reynard 20+ category 20th David Esson, Adrian Will, Bob Daly
Scottish Urban Orienteering League No podium finishers from GRAMP although Laura Farquharson was 6th Supervet after attending nearly all the SOULs and several others managed a few races each over the year with good results which, if combined, may have resulted in a podium place 😉 We’re hoping to get funds to map an urban area and be able to offer to host a SOUL in 2025/6. Watch this space….
British Relay Champs Mixed – 3rd Lesley Gomersall, Sam Gomersall, Mike Greenwood
Looking ahead
Forest Sprint/Summer Series/Local Sunday events/ 6 Days on Deeside
On behalf of the club a massive “Thank you!” to David, Zoe and Ian who bowed out at the AGM after many years of service between them on the committee. Zoe did tot it all up a while back and I’ve forgotten the exact figure but it would have earned at least a gold clock presented by the MD if it were years of service in a company! So definitely time for a change…
Tim Griffin – Chairman Fiona McDonald – Secretary Adrian Will – Treasurer Fixtures – Paul Duley
If you want to see a full list of committee members/roles and who else does what for the club then check out the ‘Committee and contacts’ page. It goes without saying that offers of assistance and ideas are more than welcome from anyone at any time.
Dates for next year’s GMC have been announced: 11th & 12th October As always the venue is a closely guarded secret for now so check back here in the summer for details, entries links, kit lists etc etc.
In the meantime, GMC organiser Dave Kirk has been in touch with WIM and WSX orienteers who have set up the Purbeck Hill Challenge, a one day trail/orienteering race closely based on the GMC idea of mixing up scales and terrain to give that interesting navigational twist. This will be held 15/2/25 near Swanage so if you’re likely to be down south in that area around that time then they’d love to see you. Entries open now at Early Bird rates, due to increase slightly 1st Jan, with a cap of 100 entries.
(BTW, one of the main people involved with the PHC is one Rob Mills who used to be a GRAMP member many moons ago.)
Results RouteGadget Many thanks to Tim for planning and to Ian for collecting
Night O Safety With orienteering at night comes some added enjoyment (for most) but also some additional hazards, we all need to be aware of and mitigate against as best we can. What if our headtorch fails? What happens if we injure ourself? What if, what if?
Hopefully, we’re not teaching anyone to suck eggs here but it is worth reminding ourselves that if something does happen and we are not prepared, then others may be inconvenienced or worse, because of this. So, a few items that we should all seriously consider carrying with us on our run – some should not really be for discussion!
– Primary headtorch (obvious!) – Compass (obvious!) – Spare headtorch or equivalent light source (essential)* – Whistle (essential) – Mobile phone – the organiser/planner’s number is on the map for a reason!
* NOTE: Spare battery for your main headtorch, is not a replacement for a separate spare torch, as it could be more than your battery that has runout/failed.
It is colder at night, so consider what you wear. What if you did injury yourself or maybe just weren’t up to feeling running at your usual speed – you will become cold very quickly if you are not running or going at your usual speed. We do night O through the winter, so keep that in mind and maybe take a bumbag with extra clothing.
If you are new to night orienteering be aware it may take you longer than ‘normal’ – much longer for some. Also, if you are not at TD5 level, you really should be doing this in the daylight before taking on night orienteering as the Deeside Night Cup (long) and the mini-cup (short) is planned with NO dispensation for it being dark. Maybe you are at TD5 level but never night O’d before – speak to someone about a shadowed run. Use the club member email to put a message round that you’d appreciate some mentoring and which DNC events you plan to attend and someone will respond.
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.
Due to member of public moving a control we have removed control 234 and the legs on either side from the results. Many thanks to Paul for planning, and to Tim for helping collect controls.
To celebrate the start of a new year we had a fun event setup at Hazlehead Park, with a Social party afterwards. Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the snowy courses, David for organising and Gomersalls for being soup monitors.
Many thanks to Ros for planning and Hugh and David for control collecting/controlling. No 4 on the long was inspected last night and found to be in the correct place so the legs 3-4-5 have been reinstated in the results and used for RG.
Congratulations to all our Gramp Juniors who competed in this year’s Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup and especially to our 2 trophy winners, Fergus Gallagher M12 and Samantha McDonald W16.
The organisers decided to declare the results as final following the Bogendreip event as the tenth event at Cambus O’May was too close to Maroc’s AGM for getting trophies engraved.
Lovely frosty night for orienteering at Dunnottar Woods tonight. Well done to first time planner Sam Pickett and to Ros, Hugh and David E for helping collect controls afterwards
Come this Saturday and enjoy the brand new Permanent Orienteering Courses on a brand new map at Aden Country Park. The Gramp coaches will be there to offer advice/help for any who wish.
There are two recommended permanent orienteering courses in Aden, a short course which is approximately 1.8km in length, and a long course which is approximately 2.9km in length. You can also create your own courses, by visiting the controls in a different order, or only visiting a selection of the controls. From 10am to 2pm and last start is 1pm.
Many thanks to Dave K for planning and to Sam P & David E for helping collect controls afterwards. Lovely dry, still, partially moonlit night tonight – perfect for enjoying the devilishly detailed dunes.
Thanks also to Beachside Bakes for staying open late providing great coffee and cakes for hungry orienteers. If you missed out but are likely to be in the Balmedie area again soon then keep an eye on their Facebook page for opening hours as they said they’ll be open most Saturdays and Sundays if it’s dry for Christmassy bakes and gifts. Mmmmmm!
Many thanks to Adrian for organising, Bob for Planning, Andy Oliver (MAROC) for controlling in advance and to David & Ian for controlling on the day!
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.
Results RouteGadget (there’s a building and uncrossable fencing missing in the NW corner on RG as I haven’t got a copy of the updated map but wanted to get this up and running tonight)
Many thanks to Julian for planning, Dennis & Hugh for helping collect controls and to Agnes and David for acting as Bouncer to one of the controls. Good to see the AUOC ‘flashmob’ – welcome (or welcome back) to Aberdeen! Hope you enjoyed it and feel inspired to try some more O with us soon.
P.S. Deeside Night Cup starts Wed 30th Oct at Hazlehead followed by Maroc’s event at Banchory on 6th Nov, then every Wed alternately right through to Feb. Check the DNC page for general details on this series and individual posts for each event on either Gramp or Maroc’s websites.
Results RouteGadget – georef’ing glitched such that it’s impossible to match all control sites accurately to the map so had to compromise some in order to get the majority showing in more or less the right place
Many thanks to David Esson for planning and Fiona, Dennis and Samantha for helping collect the controls
Thanks to Tim for braving the torrential rain at the most inconvenient time when he was putting out the controls, David for computing and control collecting assisted by Rachel and Pete.
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.
Results (updated 22/8/24) RouteGadget – you can find out how close to optimum route you were Apologies but I couldn’t get the map to load with the georef file produced by Condes but wanted to get something loaded asap for you to play with so you’ll have to tweak your trace manually. BTW, RG now up for the last few Summer Series events too
Short – 3.0km (optimum route), 20m, 11 controls Long – 5.0km (optimum route), 35m, 15 controls
Thankyou to Donald and Oonagh Grassie for kicking off the Urban Sprints on a blustery evening, David for computing and control collecting and thanks to everyone who came out to run (twice in one case – lesson learned, check you’ve got the right map).
P.S. RouteGadget also loaded for recent events at Foggieton, Glen Dye and Duthie Park
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.
Yellow-ish: 1.3km, 1:4000 map Long “lotsa loops”: 2.7km, 1:4000 map
And, for something slightly different, we had “UltraSprints”:
3 loops (do as many or as few as you like, and please be prepared to recycle maps if everyone wants a go), each between 0.8 and 1.1km. The map is 1:4000, enlarged to 1:2000.
Do a loop, catch your breath as you download, clear your dibber and repeat….
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.
Many thanks to Adrian for planning and to Ros, Hugh and David for helping collect controls.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Many thanks to Dave Kirk for planning and to Alan Bennett & Bob Daly for helping collect controls and all who journeyed north to sample Haddo’s pot pourri of features – it’s amazing how much is packed into such a small area.
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