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Scottish Thistle Awards 2012 Regional Finalist

Scottish Thistle Awards 2012 Regional Finalist

The Oban 2011 event is in the final three for the Best Sporting Event Award in the Central South West Regional finals.
Winners will be announced on 23rd May at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow and will be shortlisted for the national finals in November.
The 2009 event won the National award, so let’s keep our fingers crossed for a repeat performance.

07th May  Read more...

2015 World Orienteering Championships coming to Scotland

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British Orienteering awarded the 2015 World Orienteering Championships
At a press conference today the International Orienteering Federation announced that British Orienteering will host the 2015 World Orienteering Championships. There was competition to stage the event with Sweden submitting a strong bid; however the strength of the British Orienteering bid won favour with the IOF.
The Championships will be based in Inverness during August 2015 and will utilise the world class terrain along the Moray coast and in the Cairngorms National Park. The Scottish 6 Days will run in parallel to the Championships and will bring 5000 competitors to the area boosting the local economy by an estimated £2 million.

28th Mar  Read more...

Oban 2011 event up for award

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The Oban 2011 event was in the final three for the Event of the Year, in the Sunday Mail & sportscotland Scottish Sports Awards, facebook page.
The other two finalists were the Walker Cup and the Davis Cup Tennis.
The award ceremony took place on Thursday 1st December at the Glasgow Thistle Hotel, and the Walker Cup won the award.

01st Dec  Read more...

History of the Scottish 6 Days book

A Few Surplus Maps book cover

A Few Surplus Maps, compiled by John Colls on behalf of the SOA and the 6-Day Company (all sales’ proceeds are for the benefit of the Scottish 6 Days), tells the story of the event from its beginnings in 1976 to the present day. With 216 full-colour, A4 pages the book is a coffee-table adornment as well as an entertaining read and work of reference.
Download a FREE sample chapter, Royal Deeside 1983, including a table of contents.

28th Oct  Read more...

Moray 2013

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28th July - 3rd August
Whisky country and much, much more
True, it is home to dozens of the finest distilleries in Scotland, including many of the most famous, but it also has wonderful sandy beaches, fast-flowing and beautiful rivers, moors and mountains, including the superb Cairngorm National Park.

17th Aug  Read more...

RUN 4 IT discount voucher

Run 4 It

Scottish Orienteering have teamed up with RUN 4 IT to put together a little reward for your efforts – we are sure you gave an extra 15% out there, so we would like to give you that back!
Download the RUN 4 IT discount voucher

17th Aug  Read more...

Thank you

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Company, there are many to thank for the Oban 2011 event:

11th Aug  Read more...

ScotJOS quiz answers

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Thank you to everyone who bought a ScotJOS quiz last week, we are very grateful for your support. Well done to the winner, Pete Huzan from SLOW. He received a £20 Compass Point voucher (Thank you to Compass Point for their help!).
The answers are below:

09th Aug  Read more...

Certificates / Diplomas

Example certificate/diploma

These are awarded to the first three competitors in each class on each of the days. They were available for collection from the Information Point each day, but you can also download a copy here.

09th Aug  Read more...

Lost property

Lost property - small items. If you think these belong to you, please send a more detailed description of the item to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
All large items went to the National Orienteering Centre and you should enquire from Hilary Quick regarding these items. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

09th Aug  Read more...

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Oban & Lorn, Gateway to the Isles

31st July - 6th August

Location map The forests and moorland near Oban offer a fantastic variety of terrain that will appeal to all orienteers.

  • Mature oak woodland
  • Younger birch thickets
  • Wild open moorland
  • Intricate contour detail

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History of the Scottish 6 Days

Book cover

A Few Surplus Maps, compiled by John Colls on behalf of the SOA and the 6-Day Company, tells the story of the event from its beginnings in 1976 to the present day. With 216 full-colour, A4 pages the book is a coffee-table adornment as well as an entertaining read and work of reference, more…

Moray 2013

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Copies of the logo as a car sticker were distributed at the event, see what 2013 has to offer…

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