East Lothian Orienteers ‘Wonderful Weekend’Scottish Night Champs Balgone and SOUL2 in Musselburgh
Credit: David Robertson
East Lothian Orienteers ‘Wonderful Weekend’ took place over Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February with a ‘Come and Try It’ event at Balgone Estate south of North Berwick on the Saturday afternoon followed later by the Scottish Orienteering Night Championships in the early evening. And on Sunday it was the 2nd Scottish Orienteering League fixture of 2025 around the east side of Musselburgh incorporating, for the first time, an area of newish housing in Pinkie. The event centre was in Musselburgh Sports Centre. It was a bright and dry day.
East Lothian Orienteers ‘Wonderful Weekend’ took place over Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February with a ‘Come and Try It’ event at Balgone Estate south of North Berwick on the Saturday afternoon followed later by the Scottish Orienteering Night Championships in the early evening.
The Balgone map has two long lakes which were created for curling. South of the lakes is a wall of high crags used by sport climbers.
CATI results.
Orange (15 competitors) – Catriona Gillespie 7th
Scottish Night Championships
ESOC had three members on the podium. Congratulations to
Eleanor Pyrah, Scottish Champion in Women’s Hyper Veteran class
Ian Pyrah, 2nd in Men’s Hyper Veteran class
Megan Brown, 3rd in Women 18
Other ESOC members in the top half of the their results were
- Men’s Veteran (16) – Matt Tinsley 8th
- Women’s Super Veteran (10) – Helena Nolan 5th
On Sunday it was the 2nd Scottish Orienteering League fixture of 2025 around the east side of Musselburgh incorporating, for the first time, an area of newish housing in Pinkie. The event centre was in Musselburgh Sports Centre. It was a bright and dry day.
The course planners were Emily and Joel Atkinson ELO and ESOC’s Crawford Lindsay was Controller
ESOC members in the top half of their courses were
- Women Young Junior (7) – Ivy Naylor 1st , Hazel Naylor 2nd
- Men’s Veteran (18) – Luigi Lerose 4th
- Women’s Veteran (10) – Rachael Imrie 4th
- Men’s Super Veteran (16) – Keith Brown 8th
- Women’s Super Veteran (12) – Helena Nolan 3rd , Katherine Kirk 6th
- Men’s Ultra Veteran (10) – Kevin Harding 4th , Martin Caldwell 5th
- Women’s Ultra Veteran (13) – Janice Nisbet 3rd , Alison Harding 5th
- Men’s Hyper Veteran (9) – Ewart Scott 1st , Ian Pyrah 4th
- Open 5 (8) – Sam Baker 2nd
You can find the full results, Winsplits and Routegadget links on the ELO East Lothian Orienteers website
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