Committee
ELO is looked after by a small committee, elected at the AGM to which all members are invited.
Come and speak to us at one of our events.
Committee Members
Pete Younger
Pete Younger
Chair
Pete took over as Chair at the 2017 AGM. He also represents ELO at meetings of the East of Scotland Orienteering Association, which has responsibilities including organising the Scottish Championships every three years and fielding a team at the Junior Inter-Area competition each year.
Ian Rowland
Ian Rowland
Treasurer
Ian looks after the Club’s finances, making sure that we pay our bills and collect what is due.
Trina Rogerson
Trina Rogerson
Equipment and Permissions
Trina lets the club use her garage to store much of our equipment. She maintains contact with the owners, tenants and rangers of all the areas we run on, ensuring we can hold events on a wide range of terrain.
Robin Strain
Robin Strain
Secretary
As well as taking minutes at meetings, Robin’s responsibilities involve communications with British Orienteering and the Scottish Orienteering Association. More obviously, he champions the use of SPORTident timing systems at orienteering events not just in East Lothian but all across Scotland. At any events, he’s most easily found wherever the computers are.
Martyn Pegg
Martyn Pegg
Committee member and Child Protection Officer
Martyn works for the East Lothian Outdoor Education Service and in his day job he is responsible for introducing hoards of pupils across the county to Orienteering. Martyn is working his way up the coaching scheme and is looking out for members wishing to improve their O.
Sheila Strain
Sheila Strain
Membership Scretary
She encourages new members, writes the club newsletter, explores new areas for mapping and is highly competitive within her age class, regularly representing Scotland at the Veteran Home Internationals. She’s often found hovering near the computers at events, as well as keeping Robin supplied with coffee.
Tim Harding
Tim Harding
Committee Member
Tim coordinates activities for ELO’s juniors, and is often seen at events with his family (usually son Jonny or daughter Anna). Tim is a relative newcomer to orienteering, and always seeking to improve! He has planned a couple of local events, and is happy to have a go at all flavours of O: urban, night, sprint, …
Michael Atkinson
Committee Member
Michael has been orienteering since 2015 when he came along to a summer evening event in Tranent and has enjoyed getting lost and finding his way again ever since. Often to be found trying to work out where the rest of the family have got to (trying to buy ice cream is a good bet), Michael is also webmaster.