Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club News

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.

The final ESOA coaching session of 2026 took place on Sunday 4th October at Gullane bents. The session was enjoyed by novice to advanced juniors as well as several adults and I would strongly recommend them to other club members. 

Myself (Helena) and Helen Bridle planned the sessions, a big thanks to Helen and all the other coaches who gave their time to help.

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Scotland finished in 4th place in this year’s Turf Ultimate Region Fight, with many ESOC members in the team.

For the orienteers, Heidi organised telephone-O. Telephone-O is where one person is at a central base directing their partner over the phone on where to go to find the control. Concurrently a Turf event took place catering for those on foot or bike. Both events enjoying a warm still evening as we transitioned into Autumn.

The VHIs were held just outside Sheffield at Cowms Rock for the individual races and Hagg Side near Derwent Reservoir for the relays. Fran Daley, W50, and Alison and Kevin Harding, W65 and M65 from the club represented Scotland.