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The World Masters Orienteering Championships

The World Masters Orienteering Championships took place in beautiful Kosice, Slovakia from 11th to 18th of August. A member of AYROC, Yulia Buhaiets, took part and wanted to share her experience.

 

‘Being a part of this incredible event made myself, my daughter Anastasiia and many others, very happy. I was returning to orienteering after a break and was determined to achieve new goals.

 

The main objective for me was the Final A for both Urban and Cross Country races. I managed to get there except for the Cross Country Middle Final Race where I had issues with my dibber. I was 3rd in W45 B in the Long Distance final , which was fabulous for me.

 

The maps were excellent with somewhat tricky contour details. My daughter was a helper at the event which was a good volunteering experience for her. 

 

Orienteering connects amazing people and takes you to unbelievable places.’

18th Aug 23


Moray 6 days, 2023

About a dozen AYROC members made the trip to the County of Moray this year for the 6 Day festival of Orienteering. All of the areas are world class forests, mostly pine forests on sand dunes.

We also organised three successive days of Mountain Bike Orienteering around Forres and Elgin as part of the festival.

 

Next years 6 Day will be in the Brecon Beacons National Park and it has been announced that 2025's Scottish event will be around Ballater.

 

The photographs are courtesy of 6 Days official photographer Oscar Wilkinson.

13th Aug 23


Craigie Community Open Day

AYROC took part in Craigie Community Open Day at Craigie Estate, Ayr on Saturday 12th August 2023 offering South Ayrshire families a chance to try orienteering. We hope everyone enjoyed their orienteering courses.

12th Aug 23


Ayrshire Schools Orienteering Competition 2023

The 2023 all Ayrshire Schools Orienteering Competition was held on the 25th of May in Maybole. The golf course was specially closed for the morning to allow the Orienteering competition to take place for which the school kids were very grateful.

The local schools did well, in beautiful weather.

26th May 23   Read more…


Ayrshire Schools Orienteering Competition 2023

The 2023 all Ayrshire Schools Orienteering Competition was held on the 25th of May in Maybole. The golf course was specially closed for the morning to allow the Orienteering competition to take place for which the school kids were very grateful.

The local schools did well, in beautiful weather.

The individual results are below.

25th May 23


JK in the Lakes 2023

Among the 3,500 people entered for this years JK event in the Southern Lake District were eight from AYROC.

The event areas were typical Lake District terrain of fairly fast mixed woodland with rocky outcrops.

Elanor had the best outcome coming second overall in her category for the "overall" result.

The 2024 JK will be held next Easter in Derbyshire.

13th Apr 23


Ayrshire Schools Orienteering Training Events

Ayrshire Schools Orienteering Training Events.

Wednesday 19th April Rozelle Park, Ayr

Saturday 22nd April  Fullarton Woods, Troon

Wednesday 26th April  Kay Park, Kilmarnock 

Tuesday 9th May Belleisle, Ayr

Saturday 13th May Eglinton Park, Irvine

05th Apr 23   Read more…


AYROC expedition to Cumberland.

Eight AYROC members travelled to England to take part in the four-yearly Lake District Five Days Orienteering festival.

19th Aug 22   Read more…


Coast and Islands Orienteering Week

Coast and Islands Orienteering Week

Kintyre and Arran
Monday 25th to Sunday 31st July 2022

25th Jul 22   Read more…


Daisy Wins Young Orienteer of the Year Award

The winner of Scottish Young Orienteer of the Year 2021, sponsored by Tulloch Homes, was Daisy McNamara from AYROC.

22nd Jun 22   Read more…


Jamie Stevenson Trophy 2022

Three junior orienteerers from AYROC took part in this year's Jamie Stevenson Trophy, which took place at Moncreiffe Hill, Perth on Sunday 19th June.

22nd Jun 22   Read more…


AYROC 2021 Results

We have some good results over the past year.

16th Dec 21   Read more…


Permanent Orienteering Courses

AYROC has in conjunction with local country parks established two Permanent Orienteering Courses at Dean Castle Country Park and Eglinton Country Park 

A Permanent Orienteering Course is a perfect way for getting active, enjoying the scenery and green spaces with your family, or as a chance to get outdoors for a competitive time trial.

Both the new Dean Castle Country Park and Eglinton Country Park courses are now available and you can download  the Permanent Orienteering Courses below.  Your challenge is to discover checkpoints in the form of posts or plaques, in the parks . Orienteering offers a combination of physical and mental exercise which is like  no other, and you can find, navigate and complete courses at any time, and at your own pace. You just need to download a map to get you started!

10th Sep 21   Read more…


AYROC at the 6 Days

 11 members of Ayroc attended the 6 Days Orienteering event based in Lochaber, at the beginning of August

18th Aug 21   Read more…


Orienteering sessions on Arran

Daisy McNamara with prospective young orienteers at a Saturday morning session at Whiting Bay

17th Aug 21   Read more…


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