Category Archives: DNC

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”

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

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.  

Results   Splits   RouteGadget Woohoo! Results posted from Tyrebagger car park courtesy of David’s mobile Wifi signal – in’t technology wonderful? Many thanks to Matt Parkes, Dennis McDonald and David Esson for doing the legwork to collect while I sat and posted. Long 4.9km, Short 3.1km

Results  Splits Ta muchly to Dennis and his mate at 243 for a spooky spin round the fairways and greens tonight. Woooooooooooooooooooooo!

Many thanks to Gareth for braving the worst of the day’s weather to put out the controls for me … must be something to do with the date! Apologies to long course runners for not having full set of timed controls – entirely my fault for not collecting correct controls from the store. Splits belowContinue reading “Scolty DNC 2018-02-14 Results”

On the night of the “super-moon” there was possibly enough light to complete the courses without using a headtorch!  Joe Wright nearly had an opportunity to try that theory out, as he broke his light (and bashed his knee) before even starting.  Fortunately for him, he borrowed a light and his knee didn’t seem toContinue reading “Tyrebagger DNC Results – 31st Jan 2018”

Another delightful night for orienteering … clear, moonless (fantastic views of the constellations), little wind … and even the open sand areas were frozen, so were very fast running.  If you weren’t there you missed a treat. Here are Results and Split times. Routegadget (with Splitsbrowser) is now loaded up – enter your trails (andContinue reading “Balmedie DNC – 17th Jan 2018 – Results”

Taking a look at the weather for the rest of the country, we were pretty lucky with the conditions for the DNC race at Raemoir.  We had the most benign evening, with almost no wind, clear skies, a nearly full moon, and temperatures just hovering a degree or so above zero.  That didn’t mean thereContinue reading “Raemoir DNC – 3 Jan 2018 – Results”

A balmy night at Glen Dye after all the slipping and slithering around in the town of late made a lovely change. Hope you enjoyed the seasonal mince pies after … Results Splits Routegadget

A dry and mild evening for night-O at Crathes  (Thankfully before Storm Caroline arrives). Thanks to Jack G for very pleasant, runnable and enjoyable courses.  Getting to the Start was a bit more challenging than usual, as there were no reflectors to show the way, and no start description either!   I think everyone found itContinue reading “Crathes DNC – 6th Dec 2017 – Results”

Here are final Results and Splits Routegadget is loaded up – please input your routes. Many thanks to Dennis for two challenging courses, where I suspect many expected an easy time!

After the clear frosty evening of 7th Nov, when the northern lights coud be seen all over northern Scotland as far south as Edinburgh, we had a cloudy damp evening for Dave Kirk’s courses at Hazlehead – but nevertheless a large entry.  It was a bit of a middle distance style race, with many controlsContinue reading “Hazlehead DNC 8th Nov 2017 – Results”

A slightly damp night, but the drizzle was light and didn’t realy penetrate the trees too badly.  The forest was very wet underfoot, however – I’ve never seen the marshes so wet.  Fortunately, the event was well over before a sharp snowstorm blew through about 9.45pm!  The courses were very nice – thanks to MurrayContinue reading “DNC Scolty – 8th Feb 2017 – Results”

Another pleasantly mild and dry winter’s evening for night-O at Tyrebagger. Here are:  Results and Splits Routegadget is loaded – please enter your routes and check out the splits on Splitsbrowser.    

Twas a beautiful night, not a cloud in the sky, with a full moon and a great view of the planet Venus and the stars. (Not that the moonlight helped me much!).  There was a bitter wind and it was only 3 degrees, but it didn’t feel too bad when you were running in aContinue reading “DNC Forvie 11th Jan 2017 – Results”

Many thanks to Lesley and Jack for another great evening .. last this year! Some results and routegadget Simple Results Splits Routegadget

As well as a new planner we had some new faces at Glen Dye, enjoying both the good terrain, good weather and the Chillimobile hospitality. Welcome to the DNC “club” guys! Final Results and Split Times Apologies from our newbie planner, Bob Sheridan, for control 7 (131) on the Long being in the wrong depression.Continue reading “DNC Glen Dye 7/12/16 – Results”

Starry, starry night!  Perfect for star-gazing and not so bad for orinteering, either!  Although cold (+1 deg) there was almost no wind, and conditions were excellent for fast running.  The ground frost actually hardened up the open sandy areas, and made them faster than ever before. The EMIT equipment worked well despite the cold.  AllContinue reading “DNC Balmedie – 23/11/16 – Results”

Results Splits RG     Long course results amended 16/11/16 First big apology goes to Alistair for repeatedly calling him Craig. I do know who you are but was suffering brain fade after a long day and hassle over brikkes not starting. Second apology goes to all who had trouble getting brikkes to start – lesson learnedContinue reading “DNC Cheyne Hill 9/11/16”

We had a pleasant starry night for the “come and try it” Night-O at Hazlehead. Some fast times were recorded on Helen’s good courses.  The recent rain has wetted the ground quite a lot.  The grass was pretty squelchy in places (not good for golfers) and the ditches had a lot of water in them.Continue reading “Hazelhead Night O – Wed 26/10/2016 – Results”

A lovely night for a Scolty Scramble (or amble in my case). Many thanks to Dave for taking us round the forest tonight. Results     Splits Routegadget

Thanks to everyone for participating tonight.  Sorry I couldn’t make the printer work; results are linked below.  Such a good evening I couldn’t resist collecting in the controls.  Crossed the moor in the moonlight with my torch off watching a faint aurora just visible against the moonlight.  Nearly lost myself at one point when IContinue reading “Forvie Night-O – Results 20/1/2016”

Not such a bad night despite the forecast and oddly the worst wet bits were gigantic puddles on the main tracks and not the stream that bisects the area E-W as expected. There were about four people who complained about location of control 167 (I suspect they were right), most said they found it noContinue reading “DNC Tyrebagger results 6/1/16”

Results and splits Hard to tell whether the Lidar contours are drastically different to the old map as you tend to navigate by the BIG features in the dark so it will be interesting to try the new map out in the summer. Has Rob got any more mega-mapping projects up his sleeve I wonder?

A very wet but thankfully warm (OK – tepid) night and most folk got a real drooking half way round. It was still raining so much by the time Helen finished that she drove 20m to the Chillimobile rather than get her spare dry clothes wet! ***UPDATE***     Amended Results  Splits Control 172 was incorrectly placedContinue reading “DNC Glen Dye Part 2 9/12/15 Results”

Hot off the press – results (revised 26/11/15) and splits. Routegadget now loaded too. Interesting to see how you all coped with Pete’s long legs across those large areas of nothingness in a variety of different ways. Mine was to chicken out completely and refuse to run at all as my bearings are rubbish atContinue reading “DNC Glen Dye Part 1 25/11/15 Results”

As Denise said last night: “Typical Crathes! Just when you think you know it…..” Updated Results and Splits Routegadget2 has been loaded up … please enter your routes here.

The clocks have gone back and we have the Deeside Night Cup to illuminate your Wednesday evenings.  First event was an introductory event at Hazlehead on Wednesday 28th October on a damp and rather misty evening.  There were three courses: Long Technical – 5.0km Short Technical – 3.1 km Orange – 2.8 km Here areContinue reading “Night O at Hazlehead, Wed 28th October – Results”

Here are the provisional results from tonight. Thanks to David for some very fast almost sprint-style courses in the northern part of the forest which tempted you to overshoot while enjoying the runnable terrain. 2015-2-25-ScoltyDNC Splits.pdf 2015-2-25-ScoltyDNCResults.pdf  Revised to void the legs on either side of No 4 Apologies from the planner for placing NoContinue reading “Scolty DNC 25/2/15 Results”

A beautiful clear, cold evening, about -2 degrees, no wind, no moon, wonderful star-gazing weather! A good entry enjoyed some of the faster terrain in Glen Dye.  The long course descended down through the heather slopes of the western semi-open/rough open moorland.  First time it’s been used at night we think. Results are on theContinue reading “Glen Dye DNC 11th Feb results”

The event details read: “some genuine TD5+ with absolutely no paths, very few natural line features and acres of dunes to perambulate through”. I’ll admit to finding the prospect of all that a wee bit scary (being incapable of holding a bearing for more than 20m on a good day) but it was great funContinue reading “Forvie DNC 28/1/15 Results”

Turned into a real wild, wet and windy night although most of us managed to get round before it really set in. Commiserations to John for having to earn his 50 planner’s points the really hard way collecting in! Just when I thought I was getting to know Balmedie in the dark well enough toContinue reading “Balmedie DNC 14/1/15 Results”

Many thanks to all those who turned up for event at Raemoir, to Gareth for the challenging courses, and the hosptality of the Raemoir Hotel (including a heater!). Raemoir Results Raemoir Splits  

A good twirl round a frosty forest followed by hot soup and chilli. Can’t beat it. 2014-12-03 Countesswells DNC Splits.pdf 2014-12-03 Countesswells DNC.PDF     (corrected with Joe Wright on Long)

Many apologies for the delay, Sam had to get the Sleeper to London immediately after the event and just back now. Dedication, eh? There are a couple of names that only ever seem to run at night. I think they may be vampires? DNC 2014 Hazlehead 19-11-14 Results.pdf

For a full list of dates, venues, travel maps, final results and chat for the 2014/15 DNC take a look at the DNC Blog. There are 2 courses of about 5k for the DNC and 3k for the DN(mini)C, both TD5 or Green standard so if you’re a beginner not yet confident of doing a Green aloneContinue reading “Deeside Night Cup 14/15”

Here are the Results and Splits for the last DNC event of 2013/14 season.  Click here for Routegadget. Congratulations to all those who took part and braved the damp dark forests and heaths (not much if any snow this year, thankfully). 36 of us enjoyed the post-series curry and prize-giving at Derbar’s in Banchory. SeeContinue reading “Crathes DNC – 26th Feb 2014 – Results”

The weather turned wild and wet about 3pm, and it was raining as we left Aberdeen to drive up the valley. The rain held off for a little while about 6pm but returned an hour or so later, so we all got rather damp… But Glen Dye is such a cracking area and wonderful toContinue reading “Glen Dye DNC – 12 Feb 2014 – revised results”

A good, dry, night had by all. Everybody who went out came back (always a relief). Results linked below, routegadget to follow … Helen Simple Results Splits

Well, the weather was mild (9°C) but there was wetness in the air which dampened the outsides (but not the spirits) of the 40 people who ran at Balmedie.  Tricky courses on a moonless night…  No 154 in particular was hard, and the prizes go to those who persevered (eh, Ali?). Many thanks to DennisContinue reading “Balmedie DNC 15 Jan 2014 – Results”

Here are the confirmed results and splits. Routegadget is now loaded – admit to your wanderings! A good turnout of 41 considering the weather. Did anyone else hear ominously loud and alarmingly close thumping noises as large bits dropped off tall trees? Raemoir DNC 18Dec13 Results     Raemoir DNC 18Dec13 Splits

Hi to all night-O’ers.  Here are the results for the Scolty DNC event tonight. Scolty Results   Scolty Splits Routegadget is set up here – please add your routes. The event theme was “check your codes”.  There were controls on boulders (over 60m apart – all kosher!) and several people didn’t notice that they punched atContinue reading “Scolty DNC 4th Dec 2013 – Results”

For a full list of dates, venues, results etc for the 2013/14 DNC take a look at the DNC Blog.

After a slight pause (frustrating for some but very handy for those of us away on holiday who thought we were going to miss the fun) for snow last week, we got to scamper round some of the lumpiest bits of Glen Dye. Ali’s signature style of Middle Distance flavour control picking proved very popular and certainly made the forest seemContinue reading “DNC Glen Dye Results 18/2/13”

For the brave souls who ventured out to Forvie on Wednesday night, here are the results. Thanks for turning up! Helen ForvieDNC_SimpleResults.pdf ForvieDNC_Splits.pdf

Results and Splits for Raemoir A lovely crisp and sparkly night with a light dusting of snow and some good courses from Murray Anderson that avoided to much direct climb and picked out some of the trickiest features to find on both Medium and Long. Plenty of competitors stayed on for a drink and/or aContinue reading “16/1/13 DNC Raemoir Results”

19-12-12-TyrebaggerDNCSplits.pdf 19-12-12-TyrebaggerDNCResults.pdf Routegadget now up and running (which was more than I could manage on the brackeny bits!!)

Here are the results and splits for the unusual night-O in the sn-O-w at Balmedie.  It must have felt very strange running the open dunes, with light reflections off the white stuff, and tracks going everywhere. Why not blog your stories on the DNCchat blog? Congratulations to Peter L for winning (comprehensively) his last raceContinue reading “Snow Shoes in the Dunes (Balmedie DNC 5/12/12)”