GRAMP come 6th in Jamie Stevenson Trophy

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”

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”

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”

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!”

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.

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”