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Thanks to everybody who made this event such a success including all the runners and helpers – and particular thanks to our course planner Jonathan.
Five years after Storm Arwen flattened most of the forest it was good to be once again running on the southern part of the map as well as the dune strip.
Having two events going on in parallel – a SoSOL and the Junior Inter Area championships – complicated the role for Andrea as event organiser. But it also made for a very cheerful and lively atmosphere throughout.
Read more…Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
- Results for the whole Junior Inter Area competition including Saturday’s relays are here.
SoSOL points for this event are published here and the league tables after 6 events are here.
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2027 membership is now open – whether you are renewing your membership or joining ELO for the first time. If you pay now you will be a member until the end of 2027.
There are two membership options depending on whether you wish to join British Orienteering (BOF) as well as Scottish Orienteering (SOA) and ELO…
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Other News and Results
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New club champions
ELO’s club champions for 2026 were decided at JMCP on Sunday 1st November. Congratulations to our new champions …
- Alex Meikle – female club champion – W16 and above
- Hamish Meikle – male club champion – M16 and above
- Magnus Madhra – junior running Orange – W12 and M12
- Finnan Hale – junior running Yellow – W10 and M10
Individual trophies will be ordered for each champion and presented at a future club event.
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A strong turnout on a sunny day. Great to see many new faces amongst the more experienced runners.
Particular thanks to Duncan for planning courses at short notice after a change of venue, and to Jamie and team for providing the Map Walk junior training activities.
Thanks also to everyone who contributed to funds raised for Mary’s Meals in cash and online donations.
Read more…Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
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Many thanks to everyone taking part in today’s event whether as competitors or helpers (or as both). Michael’s courses made the most of the limited area of Butterdean and he managed to plan White and Yellow courses which were quite different from each other allowing many youngsters to tackle two distinct challenges.
Thanks also to the cake providers – Neil and Jeff. Much appreciated on an afternoon when the kind weather encouraged post-race chat.
Read more…Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
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Sprintelopes are lightweight informal events featuring Urban style races around the streets of towns in East Lothian and other areas in and around Edinburgh on Wednesday evenings.
In 2026, ELO are contributing four races to the series – this is the fifth of them, around Tranent. Expect some deviously similar looking sections on a map with plenty of scope for making parallel errors!
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
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Thanks to everyone who came today to a Saturday event that was unusual in several ways – courses restricted to running on paths (because of the presence of ground-nesting birds) and earlier start times.
Special thanks to Trina who stepped in to plan the event at very short notice when the scheduled venue became unavailable. Thanks also to Neil for running the timing and to Alex for successfully handling the entry paperwork despite a very blustery breeze threatening to send it all into the North Sea.
Read more…Planner’s Report
The event was planned in a rush, and it showed up as a couple of errors in the white course. The leg between controls 9 and 10 was taped as there was a decision point at a path junction but it would have been too crowded to insert another control. However the instruction to follow tapes to the next control was inserted in the list of control descriptions as between controls 10 and 11. Not everyone noticed this, and it didn’t appear to have inconvenienced anybody. The other error was at control 12, the number 12 should have been moved as it was virtually illegible where it overlay the track and the car park. One junior got the wrong 12, which may have been due to this problem.
Three juniors on the white course missed control 8, presumably taking the shortcut in front of the lighthouse to control 9 instead of following the path behind the lighthouse to control 8. Checking the control codes would have helped to sort this. It’s possible that the importance of checking control codes was not explained to newcomers as we were low on helpers on the day.
Results
- Simple results are here.
- Routegadget allows you to plot your route, either by hand or by downloading a gpx file from a watch or phone and to look where you and others went.
- Winsplits Online gives another way of comparing your times for each leg.
- British Orienteering collect results from all events and publish ranking scores for larger events.
