SOL 5 – 2014Craig a Barns, 14 September
The first Scottish Orienteering League event after the summer was organised by ESOC, and had a good turnout of helpers as well as competitors.
Craig a Barns is just north of Dunkeld, and is a tough area, on a steep craggy hill, often quite rough underfoot, though it was relatively dry. The terrain is complex; a forested plateau split by a series of parallel valleys, with many crags, fallen trees and some areas of bracken. The longer courses started high, with a long and scenic walk to the start, to reach the best of the area. Although there were some very long times, there were also some impressively fast runs from a party of Swedish internationals who were visiting. The weather was dull but dry.
ESOC members in the top half of the results were:
Brown (35 competitors) – Claire Ward 7th
Short Brown (29) – Jonathan Ellis 9th
Short Blue (38) – Roger Scrutton 18th, Angus Shaw 19th
Green (41) – Sally Lindsay 19th
Short Green (28) – Bill Stevenson 2nd, Eleanor Pyrah 3rd
Light Green (38) – Kerry Wood 14th
Orange (32) – Rachel Brown 13th
White (11) – Laurence Ward 6th
Full results from the event are available in the 2014 ESOC Results Archive.
The 2014 SOL tables can be found in the SOL Results Archive on the Scottish Orienteering website.
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