| Date | Event location | Near | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Mar 23rd | Glen o’ Dee Club Training | Banchory | |
| Sun Apr 28th | Coull | Banchory | Regional Race |
| Sun Jun 30th | Potarch - planner and organiser required - contact Denise | Banchory | Regional Race |
| Sun Aug 25th | Glen Fearder | Crathie | Regional Race |
Full calendar of events & location map
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The after-school club in Aboyne will restart on Thu 28th Feb with a block of 5 sessions up to the end of March. There are still a few spaces available, but please get in touch quickly should you wish to sign up. The club meets at Aboyne Community Centre at 5-6pm, and uses areas of woodland in around the village to learn and practice basic skills. The club is suitable for complete beginners up to orange standard, in P5-P7, and is led by coaches Sarah Dunn and Jon Musgrave.
Please complete the form here and return to Sarah
Maroc will be organising a block of 4 introductory orienteering sessions for newcomers to orienteering, during February and March. The sessions are particularly targeted at family participation but will also be suitable for new adults. Full coaching will be provided and there will be an opportunity for both children and adults to have a go.
Final details of venues are still being confirmed but the plan is to host the first session on Sun 3rd Feb at Carlogie near Potarch. Subsequent sessions will be on 17th Feb (Bellwood, Aboyne), 24th Feb (participation in event at Birsemore) 10th Mar (Torphantrick near Cambus o' May). Full details and an application form are here (Word doc) or here (Pdf)
The Jon Duncan Dunior Deeside Cup (JD2C) is a points competition for Juniors of MAROC and Grampian Orienteers which runs each calendar year. The competition this year will be run over 9 events and is already underway with the event at Glen O'Dee on Sunday.
The full list of fixtures is in the table below and this along with summary of rules in the attached.
| Event number | Date | Organising club | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6th January | MAROC | Glen O'Dee |
| 2 | 24th February | GRAMP/MAROC | SOL1 Birsemore |
| 3 | 24th March | GRAMP | Glen Dye |
| 4 | 28th April | MAROC | Sluie |
| 5 | 30th June | MAROC | Potarch |
| 6 | 7th July | GRAMP | Balmedie |
| 7 | 28th August | MAROC | Glen Feardar |
| 8 | 6th October | GRAMP | Forvie |
| 9 | 10th November | MAROC | Cambus O'May |
Prize giving for the competition (the much coveted wooden statues) will be at the GRAMP And MAROC Club AGMs.
If you are not sure of the age class that you should be running in, this is tied to your year of birth, so effectively your age at the end of 2019 - see the attached table.
With apologies to those affected, belated posting of revised Final standing for the JD2C. Congratulations again to the category winners below as well as to all medal winners in the attached full table.
| M8 | Fraser Pain (GRAMP) | W8 | Dara Tivendale |
| M10 | Findlay Cormack | W10 | Romily Kellas |
| M12 | Ranolph Whitehead | W12 | Ruth Gooch |
| M14 | Ewan Musgrave | W14 | Catriona Chapman |
| M16 | Matthew Gooch | W16 | Eilidh Garrett |