Katrina McLeod and Sasha Chepelin led the GRAMP challenge by winning their Green courses and there were some good backup performances by many others to contribute to GRAMPs total of 572: Katrina Mcleod Green Girls 100 Sasha Chepelin Green Boys 100 Calum Mcleod Green Boys 96 Alex Lang Yellow Boys 93 Jack Gomersall Green BoysContinue reading “GRAMP come 6th in Jamie Stevenson Trophy”
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Team McGramp take BOC 2013 Mixed Adhoc Relay prize
Team McGramp – aka Carolyn, Calum and Iain McLeod – fought off the opposition down south to romp home to victory in the British Orienteering Relay Mixed Adhoc class by some 2.5 minutes. Probably sweetest of all was beating Maroc 7 (who should surely have been disq’d as there are only 3 runners to aContinue reading “Team McGramp take BOC 2013 Mixed Adhoc Relay prize”
Fantastic result for Sasha at the World Schools
3rd in the Middle Distance Race Well done, Sasha! Here he is in the traditional medal winners’ pose along with Dane Blomquist of the England team. Take a look at the results and pics on the WSC2013 website – if you think it looks hot and sunny in this photo then imagine that run-in alongContinue reading “Fantastic result for Sasha at the World Schools”
Junior Inter-Club Competition 2012
Well done to Maya Chillingworth and the Robertson Kids for flying the GRAMP flag at the Junior Inter-Club Competition at MOR’s Quarrelwood event recently. Between them they scored only 1 point less than the full team of ten from MOR! The big surprise of the day was INVOC managing to beat MAROC to the trophyContinue reading “Junior Inter-Club Competition 2012”
Sasha and Katrina help Scotland win 2nd at Junior Home Internationals
Sasha and Katrina went waaaaaaaay down south to Surrey over the weekend to help the Scotland Team gain 2nd place at this year’s Junior Home Internationals. It’s a two day event with an Individual race on the Saturday – Sasha was 4th M16, Katrina 5th W18 – followed by a Relay on the Sunday whereContinue reading “Sasha and Katrina help Scotland win 2nd at Junior Home Internationals”
Sasha makes it into the British Talent Development Squad 2012/13
Fantastic news on the BOF website that Sasha has earned a well-deserved place in the M16 group of the British Talent Development Squad! You can see the announcement and the company he’ll be keeping on the BOF website. Sadly, this probably means we’ll be seeing even less of him at our local events now, byContinue reading “Sasha makes it into the British Talent Development Squad 2012/13”
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”
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”
2012 Forest Sprint Series
Another great little series was wrapped up on Friday 25th May. GRAMP’s Sasha Chepelin M16 managed to finish 2nd thereby securing his title of 2012 Forest Sprint Winner, closely followed by Callum Roberts M18 and Josh Dudley M18 tying for 2nd which means Evgueni was forced into 4th in the end. The youngsters also dominatedContinue reading “2012 Forest Sprint Series”
Sasha invited to BOF Talent Camp
British Orienteering have announced selections to their Talent Camp, to be held at Badaguish Outdoor Centre this summer, and the list includes several SCOTJos names not least our own Sasha Chepelin for M16. Well done Sasha!
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.
Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2012
Congratulations to all GJOs who took part in this year’s Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup and here are the Final Results. Usually, we present the trophies at the GRAMP and MAROC AGMs so if your name is on one then a special congratulations and GJOs please come to collect your trophy on Saturday 8th Dec.Continue reading “Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2012”
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”
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”
Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2011
Latest (JD)2C standings after the Crathes event and a reminder that there are only two more events left this year!
Josie clocks 100!!
The following GJOs were given Participation Award badges at the Junior training event at Countesswells: 5 courses completed Hannah Will 10 courses completed Duncan Will 10 courses completed Kirsty and Morven Farquharson First club member to qualify for the 100 Award is Josie Gomersall – that’s real dedication to orienteering. Well done everyone! Oonagh
CONGRATULATIONS GJOs @ the Junior Inter-area Competition 2011
Kate and Rob Wilkinson, Naomi Lang, Laura Barraclough and Sasha Chepelin were all picked to run for the North Area Team (GRAMP, MAROC, MOR, BASOC, INVOC) at the Junior Inter-Area Competition down in the borders 29th/30th October. North Area Team came 2nd overall after Saturday’s Relays and Sunday’s Individual results were added into the mix. Continue reading “CONGRATULATIONS GJOs @ the Junior Inter-area Competition 2011”