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

Wed 15 FebRead more…

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.

Sun 12 FebRead more…

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.

Sun 15 JanRead more…

CLYDE Club Award Winners 2022

CLYDE Most Improved Female Trophy

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

Tue 20 DecRead more…

CLYDE training at Doon Hill

CLYDE Doon Hill November 2022

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.

Sun 20 NovRead more…

CLYDEsiders in action in three different countries last weekend

Barcelona November 2022 Podium

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!

Tue 8 NovRead more…

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

Dunrod sketch

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.

Sun 16 OctRead more…

CLYDE Gilmorehill MapRun

Gilmorehill

Thanks to Klaas Wynne for putting on a great MapRun activity around Kelvingrove Park and Glasgow University on Thursday 13th October. A good turnout of runners, especially from Glasgow University, did battle with the damp conditions (and, for the later starters, the dark) and explored some familiar and some less familiar parts of the West End. Fastest on the night was Al Dunlop, but anyone can run (or rerun) the course anytime using MapRun.

Fri 14 OctRead more…

CLYDE at SOL 6

There were some strong CLYDE performances at the INT Middle Distance and BASOC SOL races on Loch Vaa and Creag Dhubh (two of the best orienteering areas in the UK) on the weekend on 8th and 9th October. Top results at the SOL included Emma Wilson's 5th place (and first woman) on Brown and Donald Petrie's win on Short Blue, while Steve Wilson was 10th on Blue at the Middle Distance race, but the best performance was undoubtably by Dave Robertson, who won Blue at the Middle Distance race and Short Brown at the SOL (the latter by more than 7 minutes). Well done Dave!

Sun 9 OctRead more…

CLYDE at SOL 5

Last weekend a group of CLYDEsiders travelled north to run in Anagach Woods, one of the best orienteering areas in Scotland, in the 5th Scottish Orienteering League (SOL) event of the year organised by INVOC. The well-planned courses made the most of the area, and CLYDE highlights included 6th and 10th for Alastair McCartney and Emma Wilson, respectively, on Brown, 5th and 6th for the comeback kid Patrick Walder and Dave Robertson, respectively, on Short Brown, and 6th for Donald Petrie on Short Blue. Full results can be found here.

Wed 28 SepRead more…