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SoSOL 2020 - The end

Well, we managed two events. The committee have decided to end the series now, and hopefully have a more complete set of races in 2021. Combining the 2020 and 2021 series was considered but was not the solution chosen.
The SoSOL page has links to the results and the league tables.

Posted on 6/11/20.

SoSOL 2020 - Event 2

The second event of the 2020 South of Scotland Orienteering League (SoSOL) was held on Corstorphine Hill, organised by ESOC.
The SoSOL page has links to the results and the league tables.

Posted on 24/2/20.

SoSOL 2020

The first event of the 2020 South of Scotland Orienteering League (SoSOL) was the third event of the EUOC Big Weekend, the Classic race on Arthurs Seat.
The SoSOL page has details of the events in the series which have been registered so far.

Posted on 30/1/20.

SoSOL 2019 updated

The 2019 South of Scotland Orienteering League (SoSOL) has reached its conclusion with the third of the three November events held by ELO in Duns Wood .
The League Tables have been calculated and, subject to checking, certificates will be distributed shortly.

Posted on 24/11/19.

East of Scotland Orienteering Champions 2019

The list of trophy winners after the East of Scotland Championships on the Loch Ordie map at SoSOL4 in November has now been published.

Thanks to TAY for putting on the event and, after a chilly start, organising the weather and the views. Thanks to Janet for looking after the trophies and master-minding the prize giving. Congratulations to all the winners!
Updated on 18/11/19.
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East of Scotland Orienteering Champions 2018

The list of trophy winners after the East of Scotland Championships on Dechmont Law in November has now been published. Not that there were any controversies; just my inefficiency at putting Janet's list on the web. Congratulations to all the winners!
Updated on 23/12/18.

SoSOL 2018

The final event of the 2018 South of Scotland Orienteering League was held on by FVO on snowy Barr Wood on 16th December, bringing to an end the 9 event series (best 4 scores to count). The league tables have been updated and certificates will be sent to clubs for distribution
Updated on 20/12/18.

Fight with the Night

Fight With The Night (FWTN) is the winter night orienteering league organised by Edinburgh Uni Orienteering Club's (EUOC). Events are every second Thursday kicking off at 7pm and the first race is on October 18th at Calton Hill. Provisional details have been sent out via clubs with more information to follow. If you are impatient, contact EUOC Events .
Updated on 12/10/18.



ESOA Championships

The 2018 East of Scotland Individual Orienteering Championships will be held with the Interlopers SoSOL on 4th November at Dechmont Law, Livingston. Put the date in your diary now if you want to get your hands on one of the trophies. More information on the courses for each ageclass(pdf).
Updated on 3/10/18.


ESOA Juniors

After numerous years of involvement with junior training, firstly with Scotjos and more recently with the ESOA Juniors, Maureen Brown and Bill Stevenson have sadly decided that it is time for them 'to take a step back and allow some new thinking and younger legs to take their turn'.
As a result ESOA are is now looking for someone to take over the role as Lead Coach for ESOA junior training from the start of 2019. read more... (pdf).
Posted on 24/9/18.

ESOA AGM

Thursday 11 October at The Steading, Fairmilehead, 7pm.
All members of ESOA clubs very welcome come to hear the reports, contribute to the discussions and enjoy the post meeting meal. Don't worry, you won't be put straight onto the committee just because you are there (although if you would like to.... )
More information on the poster (pdf).
Janet Clark ESOA Treasurer Posted on 10/9/18.

SoSOL5 2018

The fifth event of the 2018 South of Scotland Orienteering League was organised by Clydeside Orienteers using the Muirshiel Visitor Centre as a base. The map is called "Windy Hill" and it did indeed live up to it's billing although it was dry and sunny (for some of the time at least). Results on the CLyde website and league tables are on the SoSOL page.Updated on 10/9/18.

Sprintelopes

The Wednesday evening set of mainly urban events in Edinburgh and East Lothian has its own Facebook page. Thanks to Ben Brown (ESOC) for collating the results and drawing up the league tableUpdated on 8/6/18.


SoSOL 2018

The first four events of the 2018 South of Scotland Orienteering League have now taken place. A fuller list is on the SoSOL page.
The league table shows all runners who have competed at least two events.Updated on 8/6/18.


SoSOL4 2018

The fourth event of the 2018 South of Scotland Orienteering League was organised by Tayside Orienteers on Moncreiffe Hill, south of Perth. Not only did they lay on challenging courses and magnificent views, they also ordered up good weather for us. Results on the TAY website Updated on 3/6/18.


ESOA Championships

The East of Scotland Individual Championships were hosted by EUOC at Riccarton on Sunday 19th November 2017. Results are here including the names of trophy winners.

Updated on 28/11/17.

SoSOL Tables

FOllowing the event run by EUOC, the league tables have been updated. After allowing time for corrections, certificates will be sent to clubs for distribution. See the SoSOL page.

Updated on 19/11/17.


ESOA AGM

Thursday 12 October at The Steading, Fairmilehead, 7pm.
All members of ESOA clubs very welcome come to hear the reports, contribute to the discussions and enjoy the post meeting meal. Don't worry, you won't be put straight onto the committee just because you are there (although if you would like to.... )
More information on the poster (pdf).
Janet Clark ESOA Treasurer Posted on 5/9/17.

Sprintelope 2017

We are at the end of the spring-summer Sprintelope series with events put on by ELO, ESOC, INT and RR. The results have been changed into points tables and as the final event was worth double points many places changed. After the event there was a prizegiving at which certificates and Sprintelope branded prizes were awarded. The evening finished with thanks to Graeme Ackland for coordinating the whole series.Updated on 26/7/17.

Scottish Championships 2017

Every three years the clubs for the East of Scotland host the Scottish Championships and for the first time ever in 2017 the venues are in East Lothian. To find out more, visit the Championships home page on the Scottish Orienteering web site. Updated on 18/4/17.


South of Scotland Orienteering League - event 4

The fourth event of the series was organised by Roxburgh Reivers on Eildon Hills on 26/3/17. The League Table now includes the first four events. The series restarts after the summer break with event five at Cademuir, Peebles on 17/09/17, organised by Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club. Updated on 18/4/17.

South of Scotland Orienteering League

The certificates for 2016 have finally been sent to Club Secretaries for distribution and the first two events of 2017 have been completed. The SoSOL page has been updated with fixtures for the rest of the year, although more may be added later. Updated on 27/2/17.


EUOC Website

Edinburgh University Orienteering Club have built a new website to replace the one hosted on the university server. Please update any bookmarks to euoc.wordpress.com Updated on 25/11/16.

ESOA Championships

The East of Scotland Individual Championships were held in conjunction with SoSOL 7 at Penicuik Estate on Sunday 6th November 2016.
Congratulations to the trophy winners.

Updated on 14/11/16.

South of Scotland Orienteering League

After the final event of the 2016 season, final league placings have been calculated.
After waiting for any errors to be reported and fixed, certificates will be sent to Club Secretaries for distribution.

Updated on 6/11/16

Fight with the Night

While there are problems with the EUOC website, details and results of the Thursday evening races will be here.

Updated on 17/10/16

ESOA AGM

The ESOA AGM will be held on Tuesday 11th October 2016 at The Steading, Fairmilehead at 7pm. All members of ESOA clubs very welcome. Bar meals available afterwards to make a sociable evening.

Updated on 30/9/16.

ESOA Championships

The East of Scotland Individual Championships will be held in conjunction with SoSOL 7 at Penicuik Estate on Sunday 6th November 2016. Details of which course you need to run to be eligible for an ESOA Trophy can be found here.

Updated on 30/9/16.

SoSOL Table

Following AYROC's SoSOL (sometimes called SoSOL3, sometimes SoSOL6)
the League tables have been updated.

Updated on 18/9/16.

SoSOL3

AYROC's SoSOL was rearranged for 21/8/16
Full results are on their website.

Updated on 6/8/16.

SoSOL6

Interlopers' SoSOL was held at Calder Wood, nr Livingston on 15/5/16.
There was a good entry for the races, on a generally flat area between two rivers, although there was some scrambling up and down the steep banks. Some runners found the numerous paths and vague vegitation confusing and there were some long leg times. Well done the planner!
Full results and updated SoSOL league table are linked from here.

Updated on 16/5/16.

SoSOL5

Solway's SoSOL was held at Drumlanrig, Dumfries on 17/4/16.
Over 100 runners enjoyed the very varied terrain, trying to keep in touch with the map (or not when there were unmapped paths. The results are on the Solway web site and the League table is linked from the SoSOL page.

Updated on 17/4/16.

SoSOL4

ELO's SoSOL was held on Lothian Edge with views over the Firth of Forth on a glorious winter/spring dayon 28/2/16.
Full results and updated SoSOL league table are linked from the ELO Website

Updated on 29/2/16.

SoSOL

Unfortunately AYROC have had to postpone the SoSOL event at Muirkirk scheduled for 21st February 2016. The forecast predicts that conditions could be dangerous.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Updated on 19/2/16.

SoSOL 2016

In 2016 , for a trial year, the series will run for a calendar year instead of the previous autumn/spring period.  (This first series will however include the SoSOL held in October 2015, which was the only one before Christmas).

These are already 7 events registered in the series (see SoSOL page) and there are plenty of spare dates between May and November, and all South of Scotland Clubs are encouraged to put on an event to add to this series.   Some have already indicated their intention to host one in the autumn and they will be added to the list when they appear.

Any enquiries to the ESOA Secretary:Kirsteen Kershaw  0131 667 4670

Updated on 22/1/16.

ESOA Individual Championships:

At Hopetoun House on Sunday 11 October
Details are on the ESOC website. See separate chart for Course/Age class details
ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN on Fabian4.
Current trophy-holders – get polishing!Posted on 3/10/15.

ESOA AGM

Tuesday 27 October at The Steading, Fairmilehead, 7pm.
All members of ESOA clubs very welcome
Janet Clark ESOA Treasurer janetclr @ aol.com Posted on 3/10/15.

SoSOL 14-15

The points for Tulliallan have been calculated and added to the league tables.
Certificates will be distributed to clubs once all my mistakes have been noticed and corrected.Posted on 14/5/15.

SoSOL 7

The final SoSOL of the season was hosted at Tulliallan by Interlopers. Results. Posted on 27/4/15.

SoSOL 6 and ESOC 50th Anniversary

A good turnout enjoyed fast and furious orienteering in Dalkeith Park. Results and updated SoSOL table. Posted on 1/2/15.

SoSOL 5 and ESOA Club Championships

Although much of the forest has been opened up and the rhododrendons have been cleared, Saltoun was still a tough venue. Most people seemed to enjoy the challenge and the glorious late autumn weather helped.
For the first time since 2010, clubs in the East area competed for the ELO-phant trophy which was retained by ESOC with INT 2nd and RR 3rd.
Full results including updated league tables are here. Posted on 1/12/14.

FwtN 4

The last Fight with the Night before the Christmas break was on Blackford Hill. Some very steep muddy slopes added to the challenge. Results will be on the series table. Posted on 30/11/14.

SoSOL 4 and ESOA Individual Championships

The Hirsel was a new area for orienteering outside Coldstream and offered a mixture of steep slopes, mixed forest, muddy tracks and a very detailed area of rhododendron which the longer courses visited. Results are on the Roxburgh Reivers site, SoSOL points here and ESOA Champions here. Posted on 26/11/14.

FwtN 3

The third Fight with the Night took place on the Braids. Despite panic emails asking for a stock of bags to protect the non-waterproof maps, the weather was kind; dry and the strong wind in general blew us back up the hill. Results were added very quickly to the series table. Posted on 14/11/14.

Croy Hill SoSOL

The results from the South of Scotland League event on Sunday 9 Nov Full details are on the Clydeside Orienteers website.

An interesting mixture of terrain with some evidence of the article on the BBC news which said that October was the wettest in Scotland in records.Posted on 9/11/14.

Fight with the Night

The first two events of the EUOC organised series "Fight with the Night" have taken place through the streets of Edinburgh. The next two offer a different challenge on the Braid and then Blackford hills.Posted on 31/10/14.

SoSOL Certificates

Information about Winners of Certificates for the SoSOL13-14 has been published.
See the SoSOL page.
Posted on 24/10/14.