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GJOs have a stormer at Stoney Stomp 10k

Well done to Lachlan Kirk and Naomi Lang who chalked up brilliant 3rd and 4th places in this year’s Stoney Stomp 10k, with times of 42m 18s and 43m 52s respectively. And it was a pretty hot day on a tough hilly course at Durris Forest so even more of a result. There’s a pictureContinue reading “GJOs have a stormer at Stoney Stomp 10k”

Tim Gomersall picked for SHI

Taking time out from his studenty studiousness, Tim ran M20 for Scotland at the Senior Home Internationals 23rd/24th Sept at Craig a Barns and Errochty. Scotland won pretty much everything in sight, finishing with a total of 55 points against 44 for England, 28 Cymru and 22 for Ireland. Tim got to rub shoulders withContinue reading “Tim Gomersall picked for SHI”

Gramp Mountain Marathon Success

There was success last weekend in the emerald isle for a team from Gramp in the Mourne Mountain Marathon. Experienced MM’ers Sean O’Sullivan and Rob Hickling teamed up to run their first Mourne, which is renowned as a small, friendly and relaxed event. After a good first day, they were third overnight on the BContinue reading “Gramp Mountain Marathon Success”

GRAMP Champs 2012

Gramp Champs 2012 Final Rankings by Age Class here. And weighted for Junior/Senior/Vet categories here. And in Excel format with all the counting scores from each event if you want to analyse your performance further (is it better to target events like Pannanich where you think there’s more chance of hoovering up points?) Counting events andContinue reading “GRAMP Champs 2012”

Scotland win JIRCs!

Scotland have won the Junior Inter Regional Championships down in Norfolk. Well done guys! The organising club, NOR, has full results showing Sasha as M16 Champion and Katrina in 7th place W18. (Think they may be the only two representatives from GRAMP this time?) Try checking the NOR website for more info. Individual results http://www.norfolkoc.co.uk/media/Results%202012/indres.html OverallContinue reading “Scotland win JIRCs!”

Jamie Stevenson Trophy 2012 – WELL DONE

Hi there Just wanted to send a huge WELL DONE to all the GJOs who ran this weekend. I was very proud of your team spirit and enthusiasm you showed today. Everyone ran well in an area which had a very intricate path network. We had a great overall result coming in 4th position andContinue reading “Jamie Stevenson Trophy 2012 – WELL DONE”

Scotland 2nd at VHIs

Well done to all the Scottish Vets for securing second place overall in this year’s Veteran Home Internationals over in Tollymore during the weekend. Provisional points are reported on the SOA website by Rob Hickling, VHI Team Manager http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/soa/page/vhipoints-results-from-the-vhi and you can check the individual athlete’s performances on the Tollymore O’Fest website http://www.niorienteering.org.uk/tollymore2012/results/results.htm. Obviously RobContinue reading “Scotland 2nd at VHIs”

The Battle of the C Course LAMM 2012 and Brain Bending at WTOC 2012

Have a quick look at the top few teams on this year’s LAMM C course and see how many GRAMP (and MAROC) names you can spot. We have Ian Hamilton+ Alec Erskine in 8th, Alistair + Rosalyn Marshall in 6th, Gordon Urquart + Douglas Cowan in 5th and right at the top of the listContinue reading “The Battle of the C Course LAMM 2012 and Brain Bending at WTOC 2012”

Balmoral races

The Balmoral 15 mile race on Sunday was an invasion of orienteers. The route was Balmoral to Invercauld bridge and back via Glen Gelder and the lower slopes of Lochnagar (a few hills then). Robbie Siimspon sometime LAMM partner of Oleg Chepelin came first in 1.21, with Murray Strain and Oleg taking 2nd and 3rd.Continue reading “Balmoral races”

JK 2012 – a weekend of seconds

Just back from the JK and trawling through the results the overall impression is quite a few 2nds for GRAMP, some good personal performances from some and two 1sts – congrats to Sasha and Tim Gomersall for adding to their silverware collection! Some pretty tough terrain out there, not helped by a lot of recentContinue reading “JK 2012 – a weekend of seconds”

Scottish Sprint Champs 2012

Congratulations to both Carolyn McLeod W45 and Sasha Chepelin M16 who won Scottish Sprint Champion status at St Andrews Uni Campus over the weekend. Katrina was also on the podium, 2nd equal in W18, having kept up the McLeod family tradition of racing each other over the same courses and beating Mum by 55 seconds.

CompassSport Cup 2012 Report

Team GRAMP came third in the CompassSport Cup competition today, 59 points behind arch rivals (and friends) MAROC who in turn lost to ESOC by a mere 11 points. Congratulations to ESOC who now go through to the final in September. Thanks to everyone who heeded the clarion call and turned out for the club,Continue reading “CompassSport Cup 2012 Report”

Telegramp newsletter

Telegramp has been mothballed indefinitely. In the meantime, feel free to send adverts for/reports on events, thoughts/opinions, photos, big birthdays or other things to celebrate to Rachel to put on the web instead webmaster@grampoc.com or to Sally Lindsay for Score (contact her via the SOA website). Ta in advance! 2010 Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec 2011 Continue reading “Telegramp newsletter”

GRAMP Champs Final Rankings 2011

Congratulations to all our 2011 Champs and especially to Naomi Lang (W12) and Mark Stockton (M21) who earned Most Improved Junior and Senior Awards respectively. GRAMP Champs Final Rankings 2011 in pdf by age class and by weighting (to compare results across age classes) The 2011 CHAMPS file in xls showing each event’s results inContinue reading “GRAMP Champs Final Rankings 2011”

Fun ski O at The Clash on Saturday 7th

Congratulations to Ian H and Gen J on coming 2nd on the Long and Short courses respectively. The Langs and Barracloughs were also out in force on the Short course and Bob Daly was seen in racing mode on the Long trying to dash round on what little snow was left by the end ofContinue reading “Fun ski O at The Clash on Saturday 7th”

3 GRAMPs win at 2011 Scottish Score Champs

Well done to 3 GRAMPS who won Scottish Score Championship status at Stirling today (27/11/11) – Tim Griffin M45, Dave Armitage M60 and Katrina McLeod W18. Also to Sam Gomersall M50 who came second behind Martin Dean (which is as good as winning in my book as the area is Martin’s back yard!!) 😉 TheContinue reading “3 GRAMPs win at 2011 Scottish Score Champs”

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