Category Archives: Events/Results

GRAMPOCALYPSE @ Dunnottar Woods HHH 2015 Results

Thanks to everyone who turned out to help disinfect Dunnottar Woods – due to your heroic efforts the woods are now officially clear of Mank-O and the good citizens of Stoney can walk their dogs safely again. Thanks to Pete and Ian S for control wrangling for me, Ali and Kate for hosting the socialContinue reading “GRAMPOCALYPSE @ Dunnottar Woods HHH 2015 Results”

Countesswells Score event results – 7th Dec 2014

Countesswells woods was looking pretty as a picture in the winter sunshine, with a dusting of snow which fell in the small hours.  It was a bit muddy underfoot on some of the paths, but otherwise faster running than in the summer when the bracken is up.  Several of you sped round the controls atContinue reading “Countesswells Score event results – 7th Dec 2014”

GMC 2014 – a keek behind the scenes both ways….

Non-runners – to see what the runners got up to, take a look at Routegadget (too difficult and time consuming to get a more accurate bit for the O section but it was really the hill section that had the big route choices so we’ve chosen to get that bit as good as poss.) RunnersContinue reading “GMC 2014 – a keek behind the scenes both ways….”

Forvie 19/10/14 – Race the Castles, SHI Relays and Northern Lights

Race the Castles and SHI Relays Full results can be found on the RtC website. Congrats to Carolyn McLeod on second in W40 (Queen of the Castle-in-waiting?) and to our Organiser Jayne MacGregor and Planner Ian Searle for all their hard work at Forvie. I’m told that you can barely see the run-in track aContinue reading “Forvie 19/10/14 – Race the Castles, SHI Relays and Northern Lights”

Aberdeen Uni Autumn Urban Sprint 1/10/14 Results

Wow! AUOC are really going from strength to strength with 11 runners and Janne busy coaching and encouraging after putting out controls as tonight’s planner. A great wee course making good use of the complex alleyways and extra vertical dimension offered by Aberdeen Uni which foxed many scouting round at the bottom of steps insteadContinue reading “Aberdeen Uni Autumn Urban Sprint 1/10/14 Results”

Seaton Park and Hillhead 24/9/14 Autumn Urban Sprint Results

From famine last week to feast this week as the students are back in town and upping the competition levels considerably as well as the numbers. (I’m told the Vets have now decided to compete in injuries instead: “I’ll see your calf strain and raise you a hamstring! Ha!”) Results  Splits My apologies in advanceContinue reading “Seaton Park and Hillhead 24/9/14 Autumn Urban Sprint Results”

Tyrebagger Level C 21/9/14 Results

Well, I was fully expecting a very quiet, slow day as loads of folk were away taking advantage of the long Aberdeen weekend but we had 75 competitors in the end to save my day. Thanks to my team of helpers for making things run very smoothly – David E, Anne Hickling, Oonagh, Jayne, HelenContinue reading “Tyrebagger Level C 21/9/14 Results”

Westburn & Victoria Parks 10/9/14 Autumn Urban Sprint Results

You were warned to expect a dizzying course! Luckily it seems everyone rose to the challenge and enjoyed Pete’s zig-zagging 3km of confusing changes of direction and route choices in such a small area. The printouts we gave you are the raw splits, the times shown on these results include the voided leg (ooer!) betweenContinue reading “Westburn & Victoria Parks 10/9/14 Autumn Urban Sprint Results”

Duthie Park & Ferryhill Results 3-9-14 Autumn Urban Sprint

A big thank you to the Essons’ combined efforts to successfully kick start the 2014 Autumn Urban Series at DP&F last Wednesday. Comments from George: David Kirk had a failed brikke, Norman Liley & Naomi Lang estimated time for first leg as Start control did not register, and our David did it on his bike.Continue reading “Duthie Park & Ferryhill Results 3-9-14 Autumn Urban Sprint”

Balgownie SOUL7 – 30th Aug 2014 – Results

Here are the final class results and course split times for SOUL7, sponsored by bto. Results Splits Winsplits Routegadget SOUL Series 2014 Results We would very much like to thank bto Solicitors for their continued sponsorship of the Scottish Orienteering Urban League in 2014. We hope you enjoyed your run today, and also the technologicalContinue reading “Balgownie SOUL7 – 30th Aug 2014 – Results”

Templars Park – Wed 27th – Results

Results We can’t claim sole credit for the idea – I remember a similar version (without the Linear part) being put on by our Pres some years ago. With any new format, it’s tricky to know how people will pick up the idea. Unfortunately some people thought that the Invisible Score controls could be pickedContinue reading “Templars Park – Wed 27th – Results”

Perwinnes SS 13/8/14 Results

Many thanks to Ian H for stepping in to run the Perwinnes Moss event, especially on such a soggy day. Well done to all those that made it. Results Two more Summer Series events – Bennachie and Templars (with BBQ) – last chances for juniors to upgrade their attendance award and for everyone to getContinue reading “Perwinnes SS 13/8/14 Results”

Autumn Urban Sprint Series 2014

Wed 3rd Sept   –  Duthie Park and Ferryhill  Results   Splits Wed 10th Sept –  Westburn Park   Results   Splits Wed 17th Sept –  Balgownie  Results   Splits Wed 24th Sept –  Seaton Park and Hillhead  Results Splits Wed 1st Oct     –   Aberdeen Uni Kings Campus   Results  Splits Bbest 3 scores out of the series of 5 count for your total.Continue reading “Autumn Urban Sprint Series 2014”

Scolty SS 30/7/14 Results

Better late than never…  Results (I enjoyed my run round Scolty but couldn’t help feeling there was something missing from Paul’s courses…..? Something to cool the feet and keep the midges off if applied liberally….? Boggy bits, that’s it, boggy bits!) Summer Series Junior Attendance Awards The more events you attend, the higher the awardContinue reading “Scolty SS 30/7/14 Results”

Tollohill SS 23/7/14 Results

George tells me it was a pleasant evening, without the oppressive heat some people had suffered. Sunshine would have been nice but you can’t have everything! Results attached with an explanation of the Score-like twist. Did it focus the mind and make folk run a bit faster than normal I wonder? Congrats to those whippetsContinue reading “Tollohill SS 23/7/14 Results”

A real sockwringer @ Haddo House 16/7/14 – Results

Thanks to the 20 brave souls who raced around the grounds of Haddo Country Park during an electrical storm.  Calum McLeod was so quick he didn’t get wet, everyone else was drookit.  George was pleased that a well-timed lightning flash illuminated his map in gloomy conditions! Typically it was bright sun by the time weContinue reading “A real sockwringer @ Haddo House 16/7/14 – Results”

Glen Dye SS 9/7/14 Results

Results from last night hot off the press for you. If you weren’t there you missed a beautiful evening, scampering up and down blaeberry studded slopes and paddling through crystal clear burns, trying to spot the next control silhouetted in the shafts of sunlight streaming between the pines. It really was idyllic – just wishContinue reading “Glen Dye SS 9/7/14 Results”

Balmedie Summer Series and Grampian Adventure Challenge results

BALMEDIE  Results At last the sun was shining on a Wednesday evening! Some highlights and apologies from Balmedie! – Apologies to those who turned away when they saw all the cars. The beavers, cubs and their parents had turned up for a beach party, but fortunately did not want the BBQ! – Opening the padlockedContinue reading “Balmedie Summer Series and Grampian Adventure Challenge results”

Dunnottar 11/6/14 – Results

I hope everyone enjoyed Dunnottar last week, not too muddy or slippy and the nettles weren’t so bad if you thought about all the Peacock butterflies they are supporting. Did anybody stop for a bit of bodging? I liked their smoky-wood-shavings-midge-repellent idea (is that what it was for?). Here are the finalised results (thanks for your patience),Continue reading “Dunnottar 11/6/14 – Results”

Hazelhead Summer Series 28/5/14 Results

Results Well, that was a blast of fun thanks to Iain McLeod’s cunning use of two maps at different scales to keep us on our toes. What’s the verdict on Doug’s new map? Makes the old campsite area feel quite different at that scale? And hands up who got tricked into running across that nice openContinue reading “Hazelhead Summer Series 28/5/14 Results”

Grampian Mountain Challenge 2014 Glenshee 15th/16th Nov

Thanks to everyone for risking hell and high water just to get to the event never mind taking on the challenge of some of the longest and toughest GMC courses we’ve served up to date. Judging by the many “thank you”s as you left most of you seemed to relish it all (even if itContinue reading “Grampian Mountain Challenge 2014 Glenshee 15th/16th Nov”

Summer Series 2014

  7th May      Countesswells*          Results 14th May      Tyrebagger*               Results  21st May      Cheyne Hill                 Results    28th May      Hazlehead*                 Results   4th June     Foggieton*                  Results  11th June     Dunnottar*                  Results 18th June     Crathes*                     Results  25th June     Balmedie* + BBQ     Results   2nd July     Continue reading “Summer Series 2014”

Cheyne Hill Summer Series 21-5-14 Results

Results   If you spot any spelling mistakes then tell webmaster@grampoc.com please. Congratulations to those who bit the bullet and tried out ‘The Technical Twist’ – a section of the course was printed without any background map so they had to rely on bearings and pacing to get to the next control. Although many pulled wryContinue reading “Cheyne Hill Summer Series 21-5-14 Results”

Tyrebagger 14/5/14 Summer Series Results

Well done to all the brave souls who had a go at the Map Memory. It was quite testing, especially the long leg across the valley, and would have been made easier if you were familiar with the area but most of you were not! We had 66 entries – a few more competitors thanContinue reading “Tyrebagger 14/5/14 Summer Series Results”

Scolty Forest Sprint 9/5/14 Results

Plan a bog standard TD3 course I was told. So I did. And quite successfully judging by the state of many of you but the prize for overall coverage and gloopiness has to go to poor wee Joel Gooch who looked like a giant had picked him up and dunked him in chocolate custard upContinue reading “Scolty Forest Sprint 9/5/14 Results”

Grampian Adventure Challenge

Well done to all the runners in the three teams who entered the first Grampian Adventure challenge. The winning team were Maersk with Genesis second closely followed by Fugro. For their performance Maersk take home the Grampian Bonsai as a reminder of all those forests they have been running through over the past few weeks.Continue reading “Grampian Adventure Challenge”

3 GRAMPS in podium places at JK2014

Putting her money (feet?) where her coaching mouth is, Anne came 3rd overall W55S at the JK down in Wales over the Easter W/e. Looks like she and Rob were also having a private Pre-O battle which resulted in a draw with one better result apiece. (There’s a rumour that Anne will be signing autographsContinue reading “3 GRAMPS in podium places at JK2014”

Crathes Level C – Sun 18th May Results

Final Results              BOF results incl ranking points Final Splits                 Winsplits Routegadget  (all roads lead to RG2 these days – see Nopesport for tips on getting this to work or how to alter the url to get back to RG1) A big apology to all those who thought they’d EEEed via the form here on theContinue reading “Crathes Level C – Sun 18th May Results”

Balmedie Middle Distance Event – 13 April 2014 Results

Lovely day out at Balmedie with a very good turnout. I hope the dog enjoyed nicking Paul’s sandwiches!  … hard luck Paul, but some consolation in winning the Green! Results Splits Officials Planner : Neil McLean Day Planner : Alex MacLachlan Controller : Chris Lowe (Maroc) Organiser : Helen Anderson  

Tollohill Forest Sprint – 11th April 2014

What a pleasant evening for the first Forest Sprint of the series of 6 races throughout Deeside this year.  The views from the hill over Aberdeen harbour were great.  Here are the results and splits: Results    Splits Thanks to David for planning a smashing little course that avoided the nasty stuff in the north!

Crathes DNC – 26th Feb 2014 – Results

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”

2014 Forest Sprint Series Fridays

Sprint O is great fun – lots of controls in quick succession in a relatively short distance and fast running alone is no use in this discipline if it’s of the headless chicken variety! You really have to look closely at the map, make snap decisions about route choice, execute them quickly and cleanly whileContinue reading “2014 Forest Sprint Series Fridays”

Scolty Level C Results 23/2/14

You were all obviously thinking it was time to get some spring exercise today, as we had 116 runners at Scolty.  Despite the less than perfect weather late morning….!  Those of you who took a long time on their runs, like me, saw the sun come out later on. Here are Results  and  Splits  andContinue reading “Scolty Level C Results 23/2/14”

Glen Dye DNC – 12 Feb 2014 – revised 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”

Tyrebagger Score Event – Sunday 19th January

Here are the results for the Tyrebagger event held in rather damp conditions (to say the least): Score Results and Points Calculation White Course Results    White Course Splits Congratulations to winners Luke Charles and Hannah Smith (tied on time on the White course), to Alex Maclachlan (SS), Peter Collins (JS solo) and Eilidh andContinue reading “Tyrebagger Score Event – Sunday 19th January”

Balmedie DNC 15 Jan 2014 – Results

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”