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Tranent Sprintelope
Wednesday 18th June 2025

Tranent Sprintelope  Wednesday 18th June 2025

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 2025, ELO are contributing five races to the series – this is the fifth of them, around Tranent!

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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Whitekirk Hill
Saturday 31 May 2025

Whitekirk Hill  Saturday 31 May 2025

Many thanks to all those who came to today’s event – a very strong turnout including lots of new faces and many experienced orienteers. Godfrey’s courses took us to some unfamiliar parts of Whitekirk not reached by previous events or by the weekly parkrun course.

Junior training activities before the main event were well attended too and enthusiastically carried out.

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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Dunbar Sprintelope
Wednesday 4 June 2025

Dunbar Sprintelope  Wednesday 4 June 2025

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 2025, ELO are contributing five races to the series – this is the fourth of them, around Dunbar!

Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone including under 16s who have a course with no road crossings.

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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Haddington Sprintelope
Wednesday 21 May 2025

Haddington Sprintelope  Wednesday 21 May 2025

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 2025, ELO are contributing five races to the series – this is the third of them, around Haddington!

Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone including under 16s who have a course with no road crossings.

Results

  • Live results should be available here on the day of the event.
  • 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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Musselburgh Sprintelope
Wednesday 7 May 2025

Musselburgh Sprintelope  Wednesday 7 May 2025

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 2025, ELO are contributing five races to the series – this is the second of them, around Musselburgh!

Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone including under 16s who have a course with no road crossings.

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.
Read more

North Berwick Sprintelope
Wednesday 23 April 2025

North Berwick Sprintelope  Wednesday 23 April 2025

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 2025, ELO are contributing five races to the series – this is the first of them, around North Berwick!

Orienteers of all abilities are welcome to join us on the day when we will have a range of courses to suit everyone including under 16s who have a course with no road crossings.

Although online entries are now closed you can enter on the night.

Please note that Control Descriptions are on the BACK of the maps for the Long and Short courses.

We will have tea/coffee/hot chocolate available after the event!

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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Rankings watch
April 2025

Rankings watch  April 2025

ELO is enjoying its healthiest ever status in the British Orienteering rankings. Joel Atkinson is our first ever current member* to reach the top 100. Emily Atkinson and Ross Lyall are also in the top 500 with two more members in the top 1000.  28 ELO members have at least one ranking run in the last year and 13 of them have their full complement of six counting events …

Position Name Points
87 Joel Atkinson 8022
202 Emily Atkinson 7775
472 Ross Lyall 7381
682 Jonathan Ellis 7158
738 Duncan Edmondson 7090
1074 Michael Atkinson 6747
1077 Peter Brownsort 6745
1216 Jennifer Atkinson 6618
1400 Tim Harding 6427
1573 Pete Younger 6263
1638 Robin Strain 6206
2134 Sheila Strain 5726
2357 Jamie Wilson 5401

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Vogrie Country Park
Saturday 26 April 2025

Vogrie Country Park  Saturday 26 April 2025

Vogrie Country Park is a woodland estate managed by Midlothian Council.  The Tyne Water runs through the park in a steep sided valley which can provide a physical challenge.  Vogrie usually hosts a Saturday parkrun and has a popular playground but its varied terrain and 12 mile path network make this a popular venue for orienteering, particularly for those new to the sport.  For the more experienced there are plenty of ways to navigate between controls both on paths and off them!

Registration, start and finish are near the main house and we look forward to seeing you there.

Loose control descriptions will be available for the orange, red and green courses.

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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Barns Ness
Saturday 29 March 2025

Barns Ness  Saturday 29 March 2025

As usual we thank all the competitors who braved the chilly wind and our large team who stage the event – especially Neil and Trina for planning courses and organising the event. And this time we also have to thank the many people who grabbed hold when the registration tent tried to blow away!

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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East Lothian Schools Orienteering Festival

East Lothian Schools Orienteering Festival

East Lothian Orienteers were involved in the East Lothian Schools Orienteering Festival held at Levenhall on Wednesday 19th February in conjunction with East Lothian Outdoor Learning Service.

Although there were only bulk entries from two primary schools, six schools were represented and approximately 120 pupils took part. There was some hot competition, although we did hear of one boy saying he took a bit longer than he could to stay out of school as long as possible.

In addition to the main competition there were a number of fun, orienteering-based activities and challenges. From all the reports we heard, all the pupils had a great time and we look forward to a bigger entry when the event returns next year.

Results – East Lothian Schools Orienteering Festival – 19 Feb 2025