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2015 World Orienteering Championships coming to Scotland
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.
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28th Mar Read more...
Oban 2011 event up for award
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.
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01st Dec Read more...
Chris Spencer, Official 6 Days photographer
Chris approached the 6 Day company several months ago offering to be the official photographer of the event. We are very appreciative of his time and the effort required to produce the number, quality and variety of shots he has captured. He had them uploaded within hours of leaving the assembly field every day. You can visit his Photo Gallery here or click on the links on each of the day results pages.
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07th Aug Read more...
Press Release, 1 Aug 2011
Oban 2011 - Scotland’s International Orienteering event doing it’s bit for the year of Active Scotland.
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01st Aug Read more...
The Programme
You can download a copy of the programme as a PDF now.
A printed and folded copy will be given to every competitor when they collect their bibs.
It is not intended that you print out this programme.
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24th Jul Read more...
Something old, something new…
This article appeared in the New Zealand orienteering magazine.
Read or download the article As a PDF.
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22nd May Read more...
Live video and large screen for Creag Mhic
Cameras will be located out in the competition area, bringing you live coverage from the forest of some of the best (and possibly worst) runners as they navigate through this intricate and challenging area.
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23rd Mar Read more...
The Greener Orienteering Alternative
The Scottish Six Days is not all about Orienteering. It’s a holiday, an experience, a social gathering, a chance to explore parts of Scotland you may not have been to before. Oban 2011 offers you all of that and something else as well – a greener conscience!
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16th Feb Read more...
2121 Entries by 31st January
The first entry deadline passed with 2121 competitors entered. That was 15% up on the 2009 event at the same date.
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01st Feb Read more...
Press Release, Jan 2011
Plans are progressing well to host around 3500 competitors on world class orienteering terrain in Lorn area this coming August. Entries are being received from Australia, USA and all over UK and Europe.
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18th Jan Read more...
Scottish 6 Days wins prestigious award
At the end of October, the Scottish 6 Day event - Tay 2009 - won the Thistle Trophy in the “Events & Festivals (National) Award” category. The finalists in this category were the ‘Loch Ness Marathon’ and ‘Etape Caledonia’. The Thistle Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in Scottish tourism.
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15th Nov Read more...
Media & Press
Here you can find essential information about Scottish Orienteering and the 6-Day competition. Press releases at the bottom of the page.
If you require more information please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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30th Jun Read more...
History of the 6 Days
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…
