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Lochend is a flat wood mainly made up of conifers with patches of birch and ash. There is an extensive path network and some vehicle tracks where care is needed but it is an ideal area of juniors and newcomers.
Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone. The Light Green course crosses roads so is only suitable for those aged 16 and over or juniors who are being closely accompanied by an adult.
Dunbar is the driest, sunniest town in Scotland, but we can’t guarantee the weather so please dress appropriately!
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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 first of them, around Cockenzie. 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.
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ELO’s largest ever attendance for a local Saturday event enjoyed fine spring weather in the beautiful grounds of the Gosford estate. Such a large field included lots of new faces and several more experienced orienteers tempted out by the novelty of a rare visit to this venue.
Michael’s courses made the best use of the mapped area – a tricky job when there are many small local restrictions on runners’ routes.
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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Event Report
On a day when several of our most experienced orienteers were away competing in Wales it was great to attract so many competitors and a big team of helpers stepping up to provide an enjoyable local event.
Special thanks to Neil for planning courses and for managing to find some new control sites amidst the familiar terrain of Binning Wood.
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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ELO finished 3rd out of 13 clubs competing in the Scottish heat of the CompassSport Trophy on Sunday. Our best 13 scores across seven different courses counted to our points total so it was a real team effort. Peter Atkinson was our top scorer with 100 points as the winner of his course.
Congratulations to all our runners in the Trossachs which is one of Britain’s most demanding areas for orienteering. The map contains very few paths or linear features to aid navigation and the terrain is either boggy or steep and treacherous underfoot making it difficult to progress at more than walking pace.
Results are available on this link.
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The aim of the South of Scotland Orienteering League is to promote participation in orienteering beyond the local level by providing:
- larger, but still welcoming, events;
- high-quality courses;
- good areas;
- up-to-date maps.
ELO is planning to host our own event in the series at the start of November and this weekend sees the first event in the series taking place in Holyrood Park (and its not too late to enter even on the day).
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For longer than most of us can remember ELO have put on a fun orienteering event between Christmas and New Year. As well as finding the controls there has been a puzzle to add to the challenge. A mass start, a social gathering and a lively prize giving have made up for a great way to work off some of the Christmas excesses.
This year’s Festive Frolic is at Levenhall Links on Sunday 28th December and will continue our grand tradition.
Please arrive early if you wish to enter on the day.
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.
