JHI and Edinchip SOL 5 2026Saturday 10th to Sunday 11th October
Credit: Hannah Durnall
Saturday saw the Junior Home International individual races at Edinchip Estate near Lochearnhead, followed by SOL 5, while Sunday at Lochan Spling saw JHI relays and a one person spectator relay. ESOC were represented by Megan Brown and Emma Daley, both representing Scotland in the JHI races and contributing to the Scotland win.
Edinchip Estate promised mature woodland, marshy open and complex contour detail. The longer courses visited an open moorland area, which was a contrast. The clouds were across and the rain coming down as the juniors started, but it cleared up later on. The JHI individual races took place first, with Emma coming in 4th (W14). This position (top 2 from each nation) counted as part of the overall Scotland result.
A few ESOC members took part in the Scottish Orienteering League event that followed, with notable placings for Margaret, Mary and junior Kirsten.
Robert Wyllie says:
This was an impressively organised event. The weather was kind to us throughout - although rain occasionally looked as though it might arrive, it never really came to anything. The area provided a real mix of terrain, from open runnable ground to steep hills and some very memorable patches of bog. Those of us heading up the hill were rewarded with some lovely views. For me it was more than a little nerve-shredding coming down the hill! All in all, it was a strong challenge but one that gave a real sense of achievement getting to the finish.
On Sunday, the JHI relays at Lochan Spling near Aberfoyle had blue skies and sunshine. Megan and Emma were each in different teams of girls. The teams were made up of 1 each of M/W14 : M/W16 : M/W18. The 16s go first then the 14s and finally the 18s. Only Ben and Keith took part in the one person relay - 3 short gaffled courses all undertaken by the same runner.
ESOC results:
JHI Individual
- W14 (15): Emma Daley - 4th
- W18 (13): Megan Brown - 11th
Overall, Scotland won the individual races.
SOL 5
- Short Brown (17): Matt Tinsley 11th
- Blue (42): Hannah Durnall 24th
- Short Blue (33): Kevin Harding 11th, Finlay Ross 12th, Katherine Kirk 17th, Peter Halling 30th
- Green (18): Alison Harding 5th, Maggie Scrugham 10th, Catriona Gillespie 14th
- Short Green (11): Margret Dalgleish 3rd
- Very Short Green (14): Mary Williams 3rd
- Yellow (13) - Kirsten Tinsley 2nd, Luke Durnall 8th
JHI relay (14)
- Scotland 2 (Emma) 3rd
- Scotland 4 (Megan) 7th
Overall, Scotland won the relay races too. The final JHI results are here, with Scotland winning outright.
One person relay
- Long (22) - Ben Brown 11th
- Medium (15) - Keith Brown 9th
Full results for the SOL and JHI can be found here, Winsplits here and Routgadget here. The updated SOL standings are here.
The JHI relay and spectator race results are here.
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