Scottish Spring (SOL 1) weekend 2024Torinturk / Tarbert Castle / Corranbuie, 16-17 March
Credit: Catherine MacColl
Masterplan Adventure organised a packed weekend of 3 orienteering events in tough and technical west coast terrain, incorporating SOL1 at Corranbuie.
After the universally acknowledged triumph of their 2022 Coast & Islands summer multi-day event, the Masterplan Adventure team revisited the same areas for this first SOL weekend of 2024. There was a Middle race on the Saturday morning at the intricate knoll-infested coastal forest of Torinturk, 3 UltraSprint loops on offer Saturday evening around the fast & furious Tarbert Castle earthworks, and finally a Long distance race on Sunday (first of the Scottish Orienteering League) at the typically "Scottish tough" forest of Corranbuie. Mairi Eades and Alasdair Pedley planned some varied and challenging courses, including scenic vista opportunities for the leisurely.
There were some excellent efforts from the ESOC contingent, both the more and less experienced! After wins at Corranbuie, we have a few ESOC-ers now leading in their respective SOL classes: Megan Brown in W16A, Judy Bell in W55S, Mary Williams in W70L, and Eleanor Pyrah in W80 (Eleanor pictured recovering from her effort!). Notably, Catherine MacColl finished her first Masterplan Adventure course in 9 attempts (including a saga of snow, dropped glasses, and various other mishaps more or less related to the orienteering!).
SOL 2 is coming up at Balfour Forest on 21st April, with all to play for! See you there!
ESOC results in the top half:
Torinturk Middle race
- Long (64) - Alison O’Neil 30th
- Medium (72) - Keith Brown 21st, Megan Brown 25th, Sally Lindsay 31st
- Short (18) - Mary Williams 3rd, Judy Bell 6th
Tarbert Castle UltraSprint
- Loop 1 (75) - Megan Brown 17th
- Loop 2 (80) - Keith Brown 34th
- Loop 3 (71) - Megan Brown 18th, Keith Brown 28th
Corranbuie SOL
- Blue (41) - Maja Robertson 15th, Calum Robertson 16th
- Short Blue (39) - Megan Brown 4th, Crawford Lindsay 17th
- Short Green (17) - Judy Bell 6th, Mary Williams 7th
- Orange (18) - Emma Daley 9th
Results for the Saturday events (Torinturk Middle, Tarbert Castle Sprint) are on the Masterplan Adventure results page of the sportident website. Results for SOL1 are on the Scottish Orienteering website results page, and Routegadget is here.
Further details about the 2024 Scottish Orienteering League, including a list of this year's events and a link to the latest league tables, are on the SOL page of the Scottish Orienteering Association website.
This event was the third in the 2024 Scottish Inter-Club Championships. After this event, ESOC was still lying 2nd in the Large Clubs division, and was 5th in Junior Large Clubs. For further details and the league tables, see this news item on the Scottish Orienteering website.
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