East Lothian Orienteers (ELO)
ELO are one of Scotland's smaller orienteering
clubs. We offer a welcome to all persons, young and old, with an
interest in orienteering. If you are based in Edinburgh or the Lothians
or just visiting the area come and join us for one of our regular
orienteering events.
Use the links on the left to explore our web and learn
about us, our activities, and how to join us at Scotland's friendly
club!
There are details of more local orienteering on the East of Scotland web site
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Events
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Latest results
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| 27 April 2013 |
Vogrie Country Park
An
excellent turnout of expert, occasional and beginning orienteers
enjoyed a glorious day at Vogrie and Julian's courses received much
praise.
Thanks for coming.
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Coming events
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| 22 June 2013 |
Yellowcraig
The complex
area of dunes and woodland offers a challenge to anyone running
there. There will be a BBQ after the event to which all are
invited.
Starts from 12:00 to 2:00
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| 24 August 2013 |
Prestongrange Museum Family Activities Day
Once again we will be putting on simple introductory orienteering, fitting in with all the other exciting activities. |
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| 17 November 2013 |
Duns Wood, East of Scotland Championships
A full set of Colour Coded courses will help find the winners of all the trophies, from under 10 to over 70
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| 28 December 2013 |
Festive Frolic
The date is
fixed, but the venue released nearer the event, and the form of the
event will, of course, remain a mystery until, and sometimes after, you
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Past events
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2nd March 2013
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Lochend Wood, Dunbar
This event was in the Local Events in Edinburgh and the Lothians series
which are designed for beginners to have an introduction to the sport
as well as giving more experienced orienteers an opportunity to develop
their skills.
The area has a mixture of woodland with a complex path network which
are most runnable at this time of year and more open areas. The
longer courses visited an urban section
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Location map
Results
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29th December
2012
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Festive Frolic 2012.
Newhailes Estate
This year's event visited the National Trust's Newhailes Estate between Musselburgh and Edinburgh.
The basic event was a 60 minute score with a bonus if you visted
the pairs of controls identified by puzzles.
We
hope that looking for the Phot-O sites added to your enjoyment of your
visit to Newhailes. When you downloaded the results were nonsense as
the units for the letters and numbers had been transposed. Once
that was corrected we found that more than half of you identified them
all correctly and Davie Frame was the fastest at the Micr-O.
The results include all the bonuses now!
Thanks for coming and best wishes for 2013.
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25th November
2012
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Binning Wood, near East Linton
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Location map |
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Our
South of Scotland League event was held in the wood whose complex
system of rides and clearings was originally set out in the early 18th
century.
Provisional results.
WinSplits
RouteGadget
BOF ranking points
SoSOL points
Colour Standards
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Poster
Final Details
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18th August 2012
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Prestongrange Mining Museum
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Location
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As
part of the activities for the Open Day there was an introductory
Orienteering event using a new map of the area round the museum.
We hope you all enjoyed it.
Many thanks to Julian and Sue and their helpers who were putting on their first event
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23rd June 2012
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North Berwick Law
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After
the previous day's torrential rain and electric storm, conditions were
good for the event. The wind did make progresss in some directions
easier than others and the grass seemed particularly lush this year. I
wonder why!
The results have taken longer to sort out due to a number of extra
puzzles we gave you (two different controls at the finish for example)
Thanks for the courses, Pete, although I am not so sure about my earlier "lack of sadism" comment).
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Results
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28 April 2012
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Vogrie Country Park
It
sounded as if you all enjoyed Trina's courses. We were slightly
overwhelmed at times with numbers which we think are the highest we
have ever had on a Saturday
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Results
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26 Feb
2012
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SoSOL3 Lothian Edge
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Results
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27 Dec 2011
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Yellowcraig, Direlton
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ELO thank you for joining us for our traditional Festive Frolic.
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Results
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15 Oct 2011
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Butterdean
Wood, Gladsmuir
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| 20 Aug 2011 |
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Thanks to everyone
who came and we hope you enjoyed your run in the sun. Apologies to
those of you confused by the incomplete mapping round number 15 on
Lime. |
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| 25 June 2011 |
Yellowcraigs, Dirleton
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| 30 Apr 2011 |
Vogrie Country Park, Gorebridge
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South of Scotland Orientering League
event 5
John Muir Country Park
Sunday 27th February
Results
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Planner's
Comments
We had hoped to extend the map before using John Muir Country
Park
again for a SoSOL. In 2011 we were scheduled to use Lothian Edge but
access there would have been a problem in
the event of the severe weather continuing – so in January we made a
late change to JM CP.
Since we last used this venue access across the sensitive
marsh area has been prohibited and that has further restricted the
course setting options in what is already a rather limited area. I
didn’t want to use a map exchange – but that made it a struggle to set
the harder courses as sufficiently long. The Brown course visited all
corners of the map – and still ends up at the short end of the
recommended range. It was tempting to put in lots of short legs to
extend the length but that would have eliminated most route decisions.
It’s always hard to find new TD5 sites here and several
weeks of snow cover have crushed much of the undergrowth leaving the
woods particularly fast and open at the moment.
Enough of the excuses. I hope you enjoyed your course in
a glorious part of the country.
Many thanks
to Trina Rogerson for all her advice and help as Organiser and to Robin
Strain for his patient experience and expertise as he stepped into the
breach when it proved impossible to find an external Controller.
Pete
Younger
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Latest Events
| 28th Dec 2010 |
Festive Frolic, Yellowcraig
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Result and
comments |
| 27th Nov 2010 |
Barns Ness
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cancelled due to snow |
| 7th July 2010 |
Tranent Urban Race
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Results
at Interlopers Urban Series |
| 26th June 2010 |
John Muir Country Park
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Results
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| 24th Apr 2010 |
Vogrie Country Park
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Results
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| 7th Mar 2010 |
Gullane Dunes SoSOL
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Results and
comments |
| 20th Feb 2010 |
Seafield Ponds, Dunbar
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Results
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| 28th Dec 2009 |
Festive Frolic
Yellowcraig, Dirleton
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Results and
Comments |
| 28th Nov 2009 |
North Berwick Law
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Results
Routegadget
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| 24th Oct 2009 |
Newhailes, Musselburgh
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Results
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| 26th Sept 2009 |
Barns Ness, Dunbar
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Results
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| 22nd Aug 2009 |
Levenhall &
Morrisons Haven, Musselburgh
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Results
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| 20th June 2009 |
John Muir Country Park, Dunbar
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Results
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| 30th May 2009 |
Butterdean Wood, Gladsmuir
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Results
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| 9th May 2009 |
Vogrie Country Park
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Results
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| 15th Mar 2009 |
Binning Wood, East Linton East and South
of Scotland League Event.
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| 31th Jan 2009
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Yellowcraig, Direlton
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Results
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| 28th Dec 2008
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Vogrie, Gorebridge
ELO's Festive Frolic
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| 29th Nov 2008 |
Pressmennan, Stenton
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Results
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| 25th Oct 2008 |
Lochend Wood, Dunbar
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Results
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| 20th Sept 2008 |
Barns Ness, Dunbar
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Results
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| 23rd Aug 2008 |
Levenhall, Musselburgh
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Results
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| 21st June 2008 |
John Muir Country Park
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Results
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| 31st May 2008 |
Gullane Dunes
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Results
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| 2nd May 2008 |
Vogrie Country Park
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Results
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Look on the East of Scotland
web site for other results
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Other Results
South of
Scotland League Event
Sun 24th February 2008
John Muir Country Park
Local
event
2nd February 2008
Pressmennan
Festive Frolic
39th December 2007
Carberry Hill
Local
event
24th November 2007
Yellowcraig
Local
event
27th October 2007
Barns Ness
Local
event
22nd September 2007
Binning Wood
SoSOL
25th February 2007
Lothian Edge & Pressmennan
Local
event
10th February 2007
Lochend Wood
Festive Frolic
30th December 2006
Vogrie Country Park
Festive
Frolic
27th December 2005
John Muir Country Park, Dunbar
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January 05 Pressmennan
28 December 04
Festive Frolic, Dirleton
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August 04 Barns Ness
5 May
04 Butterdean
27 Mar
04 Vogrie Country Park
28 Feb 04 Duns Wood, Duns
25 Jan 04:
SoSOL5 Pressmennan/Lothian Edge
28 Dec 03: Festive
Frolic
29 Nov 03: Butterdean
25 Oct 03:
Pressmennan
27 Sep 03: Lochend
Woods
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