News Archive: Turf
TURF BONANZA 2025EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
6-8 Jun 2025
July Social 2024Monday 1st July, Musselburgh Lagoons
July’s social took place at Musselburgh lagoons, where our Canoe-O practice is going from strength to strength. Organised by Hanne and David for the second year, the date was met with immediate acclaim, both by paddlers who had enjoyed themselves last time and also those who had missed out but heard
SCOnanza 2024Edinburgh, 31 May - 2 June
SCOnanza 2024 was the second Scottish Turf Open Championships. The format was similar to the first Open events, held the previous autumn, and it was another great success - a busy weekend of events and socials, again attracting competitors from far and wide.
May Social 2024Roseburn, Tuesday, 21 May
Sarah McAdam writes: Our May Social brought us to Roseburn in the West of Edinburgh for a Harry Potter themed 60 minute orienteering score event. Firstly the Sorting Hat got to work, allocating club members to one of the four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Some competitors
April Social 2024Edinburgh, New Town, Tuesday, 16th April
Matt Ball writes: It was a lovely evening and perfect for running in North Edinburgh (I discovered it was pouring with rain in south Edinburgh on my cycle home!) for the April social. People could again choose between an orienteering and a TURF event. For those of us orienteering we started off the
March Social 2024Newington, Tuesday 19th March
Vicente Lopez reports: It was a lovely evening at the Clarks' house, where the start, finish line, and post-event were located for this social, with the race going through Newington and Mayfield. A remarkable number of ESOC runners, dressed in the green, red, and white to celebrate this Italian-them
February Social 2024Pollock Halls, Tuesday 20th February
Alison Harding reports: “It was a chilly evening when ESOC members gathered outside the Commonwealth Pool, looking enviously at the warm interior. However Sabine soon made us forget that as she explained the event we were about to do - it seemed complicated! Everyone gathered in teams of two or thr
TURF! What is it all about?
Find out about Turf from our zone maker for Scotland, Kingslayer! (This article appeared in the September 2020 issue of Capital-O.)
Turf, an outdoor addictionOutdoor Addiction
This article, by Crawford Lindsay, gives an introduction to Turf. It appeared in the May 2020 issue of Capital-O.
Turf Jargon Buster
Here are some explanations of many terms used in Turf.
Turf FAQ
Here are some questions that are often asked by new (and also not-so-new) UK turfers.
November Social 2023The Meadows/Bruntsfield, Monday 6 November
At this social, there was a choice of a Hash run or foot Turf event, both offering interesting exploration of the surrounding area.
October Social 2023Silverknowes, Tuesday 10 October
Everyone enjoyed this social, which offered a choice of orienteering or turfing, with drinks and chat afterwards.
Scottish Turf Open Event weekend 2023Edinburgh, 29 September - 1 October
The Scottish Open Turf event weekend was a great success, with many visitors from other parts of the UK and Scandinavia.
TURF 2023 CompetitionSeptember 2023
Scotland finished in 2nd place in this year’s Turf Ultimate Region Fight.