Whitekirk Hill is a relatively new area for orienteering and boasts a variety of rock and contour features on broadly open hillside with picturesque views over East Lothian.
The majority of the paths are mown strips through the grass though they appear to be more permanent and there are many informal paths around the former golf course.
Parking for the event is at the Whitekirk Hill resort and we’d encourage you to make use of the excellent cafe which is there.
As well as the “usual” Saturday courses, we are offering a “no paths” version of the Green course which will allow you to test your navigation using just the contour detail on the map. There are plenty of catching features which should allow you to relocate and the main hardcore track round the site will be included on the map. You are advised to wear studded shoes for the Green and “no paths” courses.
We have ordered plenty of maps so entry on the day will be available – just turn up!
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.
Prestonpans Sprintelope
Wednesday 26 June 2024
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 2024, ELO are contributing six races to the series – this is the sixth of them, around Prestonpans!
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.
Start and finish is now just round the corner outside St. Gabriel’s Primary School, Prestonpans.
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.
Musselburgh Sprintelope
Wednesday 12 June 2024
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 2024, ELO are contributing six races to the series – this is the fifth 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.
Haddington East Sprintelope
Wednesday 29 May 2024
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 2024, ELO are contributing six races to the series – this is the fourth 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
- 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.
John Muir Country Park
25th May 2024
Many thanks to all those who came to take part and to the many helpers in staging the event. Particular thanks to Neil for planning the courses and his heroics with Tim in quickly fixing various timing issues.
It was good to have courses venturing into the woods for the first time since the storm of 2021. Now that most of the fallen trees have been removed the wood is beginning to show signs of recovery.
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.
North Berwick Sprintelope
Wednesday 15 May 2024
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 2024, ELO are contributing six races to the series – this is the third 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.
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.
- Munro Leagues show the overall series results
Dunbar North Sprintelope
Wednesday 1 May 2024
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 2024, ELO are contributing six races to the series – this is the second 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.
Please note that due to a rescheduled football fixture, parking and registration will now be at Dunbar Library.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.
Lochend Woods
27 April 2024
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!
The published results now have the legs affected by the missing control on the Light Green course excluded:
Organiser’s Report
Thanks to everyone who made the event work; good weather always adds to the success of an event and Dunbar lived up to its reputation as the sunniest town in Scotland. A particular well done and thank you to Ian for planning and delivering a great set of courses that were suitably challenging and made use of a fantastic area. We received very positive feedback on the combination of rural and urban opportunities available on the Light Green course. For a local event, it was great to see so many taking part; there were 95 ‘results’; when pairs and accompanying adults are included, there were just over 130 people out around the courses on the day.
Less positive was the moving of one of the controls on the Long Green course. Who would have thought that a control at a ditch junction in the middle of the wood would be moved by local kids? Unfortunately, this meant that a number of the early runners spent additional time trying to find a control that just wasn’t there. Once we found out, Ian went out to the control site and told runners to head to the next control. Fortunately, the control was found in a bush some way off when controls were being collected in. Times have been adjusted on the results which now reflect not doing legs 18 – 19 and 19 – 20. Well done to Tim, Michael and Ian for making that happen.
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.
Haddington West Sprintelope
Wednesday 17 April 2024
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 2024, ELO are contributing six races to the series – this is the first 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
- 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.
- Munro Leagues collate the league results for the sprintelope series.
ELO Club Champions 2023
Trophies for our club champions of 2023 were presented on Sunday 24th March after the ELO SoSOL at Balgone. The trophies were decided by performances at the ESOC SoSOL and ESOA Championships at Corstorphine Hill in November 2023.
Our three current champions are …
- Adult Female – Emily Atkinson
- Adult Male – Joel Atkinson
- Junior (Yellow course) – Jessica Naylor
No eligible juniors completed the Orange or Light Green courses.
2024 champions will be decided in November at a ranking event close to East Lothian to encourage strong competition in all categories.