Glasgow University GOATS/GUOC are University Orienteering Club of the Year

Huge congratulations to Glasgow University GOATS/GUOC on becoming British Orienteering University Orienteering Club of the Year and to CLYDE member Dan Graves on being British Orienteering Young Volunteer of the Year. See here for Dan's full citation. We look forward to continuing to work closely with both going forward!

CLYDE at JK 2023

The Jan Kjellstrom International Festival of Orienteering ("The JK") is the premier annual orienteering event in Britain, and CLYDE was well represented at this year's competition held in the Lake District over the Easter Weekend. There were several excellent results, but the highlights were Donald Petrie's win in M65L, and a very impressive 3rd place in M60L by Robin Orr.

CLYDE Successes at the British Championships 2023

A small but dedicated group of CLYDEsiders travelled south the the British Championships held in South Central England. Highlights were strong runs on the elite courses from Thomas Wilson (6th in M21E) and Emma Wilson (4th in W21E, only 9 seconds off a medal) and a fantastic win for a CLYDE Men's Short Relay team comprising Emma Wilson, Donald Petrie and Thomas Wilson, with Thomas coming through from 4th (10 minutes down) on the final leg to win the trophy by about a minute! Full results can be found here.

CLYDE at the Scottish Middle Distance Championships

There was a good turnout of CLYDE runners at the Scottish Middle Distance Championships organised by our neighbours FVO at Beecraigs Country Park on 18th March, and some excellent results with Emma Wilson crowned Women's Open Champion, Dave Robertson Men's Supervet Champion, and Donald Petrie Men's Ultravet Champion. Well done to all who took part! Full results can be found here.

Supervet title for Steve Wilson at Scottish Night Championships

Steve Wilson was crowned 2023 Scottish Supervet Night Orienteering Champion after winning a technically challenging race held at Balmoral Estate in Saturday 25th February by six minutes. Speaking after the event, Steve said "It was a classic case of the hare and the tortoise, and on this occasion the tortoise won! The fact that this can happen is why night orienteering is my favourite form of our great sport."

Winter Night Series

Clyde and GOATs (Glasgow Orienteering and Trailrunners)/GUOC are running a joint series of 4 Night events starting on 9 February 2023. The first 3 are urban with the final one planned on South Mugdock:

· 9 Feb Kelvingrove Park – Dan Graves

· 23 Feb Bearsden – Dan Graves

· 9 Mar Milngavie Station – Emma Wilson

· 23 Mar Mugdock South – Klaas Wynne

Head torch is compulsory

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CLYDE at the Compass Sport Trophy Heat

A huge "thank you" to all those who turned out for the club at the Compass Sport Trophy Heat at Faskally earlier today, with a special mention to Dave Robertson, Emma Wilson and Alastair McCartney, who were 1st, 2nd and 4th on their courses, respectively, and to all the GOATS who made the trip north.

CLYDE Captain's AGM Report

This is a summary of the report of CLYDE results during 2022 delivered by the Club Captain at the AGM held in December 2022.

CLYDE Club Award Winners 2022

Congratulations to the following CLYDE Club Award Winners announced at the recent AGM.

CLYDE training at Doon Hill

On Sunday 20th November we teamed up with the Scottish Junior Orienteering Squad (ScotJoS) for a morning of orienteering technique training at Doon Hill near Aberfoyle. The rain stopped, the sun came out, and everyone said how unexpectedly technically interesting and yet surprisingly runnable the terrain was. Watch out for the announcement of further CLYDE training sessions in due course.