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

Sign up for all 4 for the price of 3! You can also sign up individually for each event.

Please support and sign up using this registration form

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.

CLYDEsiders in action in three different countries last weekend

CLYDEsiders were in in action in three different countries last weekend. Emma Wilson (W21) was part of the Scotland team which came a close second to England at the Senior Home Internationals held in the New Forest. As well as a strong individual run, Emma was first back on first leg of the relay. Closer to home, Dave Robertson (M55) and Donald Petrie (M65) were crowned champions at the Scottish Score Champions held in Cumbernauld. Full results can be found here. Rather further away from Glasgow, Thomas Wilson (M21) defended his title at the Barcelona City Race, which involved four races over two days with the final two races in a head-to-head knockout sprint format. Well done to these and all the other CLYDE members who were competing last weekend!

Saturday Informal Club Training Session at Dunrod Hill on 22nd October

The next informal club training will be held at Dunrod Hill near Greenock on Saturday 22nd October. See the recent email for further details and, in particular, how to sign up for this club activity.

Location of access to the area is Overton Rd, Greenock, PA16 9JZ, NS266748, able.proper.daily

This is a small (10 car) carpark and likely to be full and is not suitable for minibuses. It is signposted as “Greenock Cut Trail P” from Papermill Rd/Glen Kinglas Rd (this is the same road that changes name at the junction with Overton Rd!). There is roadside parking on Papermill Rd.

Clyde and GOAT people should make their way up through the car park, across the Greenock Cut Aqueduct, and follow the road for about 400m to the start of the exercises, just past a reservoir on the left, as shown on the map. Meet at the arrow at about 11am.