Major Events List

List of Major Events with Details and Entries Links - Currently Work in progress - Andrew

Major Events:

Saturday 21st to Sunday 22nd January 2012
EUOC Burns weekend - Event Website (Seems to have been hacked at the moment!)  Edinburgh Sprint race on Saturday, Heat of the Nopesport Urban League.  SOSOL on Arthur’s Seat on the Sunday for those who survive the cheilidh!  Link to Event Details and Entries
Closing Date: 13th January

Sunday 5th Feb 2012
Darnaway South - Forres Great Area, well worth travelling to. A national ranking event as well!  Event Details and Entries
Closing Date: 25th Jan

Oban Area Weekend Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March 2012
Saturday 17th Clyde Middle Distance Event on Collie Nathais
Sunday 18th ECKO SOL 1 - Torinturk, Oban - Event Website
Closing Dates:  TBA
Clyde are looking to book accomodation at Oban Youth Hostel - If you would like a place please e-mail Liz Orr

JK 2012 - Friday 6th till Monday 9th April 2012
Livingstone, Dunalastair, Craig a’Barns and Newtyle - Event Website
Next closing date for entries:  31st Jan 2012

CompassSport Cup and Trophy
Scottish Heat - Sunday 19th February 2012
Faskally, Pitlochry - Event Website Steve will be supplying more details of which course to run to be competative.
Final Sunday 30th September 2012
Teviothead - Event Website

Scottish Night Championships - Saturday 25th February 2012
Glen Dye, Banchory Link to Gramp Website.

Scottish Sprint Championship - Saturday 3rd to Sunday 4th March 2012
St. Andrews Weekend: Sprint Championships on Saturday, Urban Race on the Sunday Link to ESOC Events page for Detail
Entries open 1st Jan 2012

South of Scotland Orienteering League 2012 - Link to SoSOL webpage
SoSOL 1 - Sunday 18th January - EUOC - Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh - See Burns weekend above
SoSOL 2 - Sunday 12th February - Clyde - Windy Hill, Lochwinnoch Events Page of Clyde Website
SoSOL 3 - Sunday 11th March - Roxburgh Reivers - Eildon Hills, Melrose Events Page of RR Website
Further Events are planned by ELO, ESOC, KFO and possibly Interlopers

Scottish Orienteering League 2012 - Website
SOL 1 - Sunday 18th March - ECKO - Torinturk, Oban - Event Website
SOL 2 - Sunday 15th April - Solway - Dumfries area - More Details to follow - Closing Date:  TBA
SOL 3 - Sunday 13th May - Invoc - Battan, Inverness - More Details to follow - Closing Date: TBA
SOL 4 - Sunday 9th September - Gramp - Forvie, Aberdeen - More Details to follow - Closing Date: TBA
SOL 5 - Sunday 23rd September - STAG - Errochty, Pitlochry - More Details to follow.  Part of Senior Home International Weekend - Closing Date: TBA
SOL 6 - Sunday 21st October - FVO - Stirling - More Details to follow - Closing Date: TBA
SOL 7 - Sunday 28th October - Tinto - Lanarkshire? - More Details to follow.  Part of Tinto Twin Weekend - Closing Date: TBA

Scottish Championships 2012 - Saturday 2nd till Tuesday 5th June 2012
Individual (Glen Feardar) and Relay (Creag Choinnich) plus Mountain Bike (Scoulty), Sprint (Banchory) and Middle Distance (Inchmarnoch) - Jubilee 5 Event Website
Closing Date:  TBA

British Championships
Individual, Relay and Urban - 5th and 7th May 2012 - Link to Event Website
Individual - Saturday 5th - Dalegarth, Seascale
Relay - Sunday 6th - Heslington Burrows, Kendal
Urban - Monday 7th - Kendal
Night - 25th February 2012 - Hampton, Salisbury - Link to Event Website
Sprint and Middle Distance - 24th and 25th March 2012 - Link to Event Website
Sprint - Saturday 24th - York Universities
Middle Distance - Sunday 25th - Strensall Common, York

World Trail O Championships - Wednesday 6th till Saturday 12th June 2012
Tentsmuir Forest, Fife - Event Website

Northern Championships 2012
Saturday 19th May -  Twin Peak Day 1 -  Finswaite, Newby Bridge
Sunday 20th May -  Twin Peak Day 2 - High Dam, Newby Bridge
Sunday 6th April - Blakenholme - Lake District

UK Masters Cup - Website

Nopesport Urban League - Website

Scottish Urban League  - Website

Posted on 09th Jan 12
by Andrew Macpherson

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