News Archive: 2020
Blackford Hill Challenge ResultsWeekend 10-11th October 2020
Eleanor Pyrah, Planner, reflects on how the Challenge evolved over the weekend.
ESOC’s October Turf ChallengeSunday 4 October
ESOC’s 3rd Turf Challenge brought lots of action around the city and beyond, with international success!
Eager Ferret – How to catch the medal!
Our Scotland Zone-Setter, Kingslayer, gives some tips on how to win the coveted Eager Ferret medal.
Cammo Challenge ResultsWeekend 19-20th September 2020
Results and a report from Janet Clark
Some Thoughts on Turf Competition
Crawford Lindsay reflects on recent competition in Turf. (This article was in the September issue of Capital-O.)
European Junior Orienteering Championships 2020
ESOC Junior selected for international competition.
ESOC’s 2nd Turf ChallengeSunday 6 September
Lovely weather saw 19 ESOC members compete in our second Turf Challenge, with some impressive results.
(NOT) Sprintelope is back!Have you tried this yet?
Sprintelopes are alive and kicking in 2020
ESOC’s Turf ChallengeSunday 2 August
David Robertson reports on ESOC’s inaugural Turf Challenge.
More about Turf
This article, giving some more explanation about Turf, appeared in the July 2020 issue of Capital-O.
June Social 2020Monday 29 June
The June virtual social was hosted by Katherine Kirk and Thea Thomas.
Celebrating ESOC’s Star Volunteers
A big shout out for Craig Nolan, Eleanor Pyrah and David Robertson whose stars are shining especially brightly
Coaching & Training 1: An Introduction
This is the first of a series of articles by Roger Scrutton, on how you might improve your orienteering through coaching and training, by yourself (so-called self-coaching), with a friend, or with a coach. In this introduction a distinction is made between coaching and training, and we look at the S
Coaching & Training 2: White and Yellow courses
This is the second article in a series by Roger Scrutton. Following on from "Coaching and Training 1: An Introduction", this article discusses coaching and training at Steps A-D in the Step System, equating to Stages 1 and 2 in the Long Term Athlete Development framework. There are useful ideas here
Coaching & Training 3: the Orange course
This is the third article in a series by Roger Scrutton. Following on from "Coaching & Training 2: White and Yellow Courses", this article describes the transition from White and Yellow courses to Green and above, entering Stage 3 of the Long Term Athlete Development framework. As in the previou