A young athlete from the region has been named Scottish Orienteering’s Young Orienteer of the Year.
Isla O’Donoghue, from Dalbeattie, along with a fellow first year student at Aberdeen University, re-introduced orienteering to students and Isla qualified as a coach, building a following to make sure the sport is available for the students on an ongoing basis.
The club would like to congratulate Isla and Charlotte on the award.
Cows and calves meant last week’s competition moved from Hills Wood to Castledykes Park.
The small, enclosed but intricate area posed a problem for course setter Tim O’Donoghue.
He solved it by adding arithmetic problems to navigation options.
The medium length course asked runners to visit controls in ascending or descending order while runners tackling the longer course were asked to visit control points in groups of three numerically – all to be done in 35 minutes without penalty.
Alastair Murgatroyd came out on top on the long course with a full complement of 210 points.
Second and third were Suzanne Christie and Derek Kennedy who both managed 150 point within their time slot.
Top three on the medium course all managed 210 points within the time frame and Dave McQuillen triumphed in the shorter time. Second was Isla O’Donoghue only 20 seconds adrift with Drew Crooks third. James Colbeck won the short course recording 160 points.
After this week’s visit to Corncockle, the action moves to Dalbeattie and then the end of Wednesday action moved to the usual slot in Mabie with the promise of a summer barbecue.
