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140 ORIENTEERING CLUB Imprint EDINBURGH Winter 2006 NEWSLETTER OF INTERLØPERS 140 ORIENTEERING CLUB imprINT EDINBURGH Winter 2006 Inside this issue: Ken’s Troll-hunting A Very Welly Christmas expedition “Whose woods these are I think I know. INT bring home the His house is in the village though; bacon at the SHIs He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. Feel the power of My little horse must think it queer the Dark Side! To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake Chairman’s Chat The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake That Was The Year To ask if there is some mistake. That Was The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. Oxford City Race— The woods are lovely, dark and deep, dib-a-don-tastic But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, More Urban-O fun And miles to go before I sleep.” Robert Frost at the Glasgow Park Champs Clearly the term “global warming” hadn’t been on everyone’s lips when Frost penned Stuff the rain— find this ditty 70 or 80 years ago. There’s nary a But what should orienteers do? sunny O in ‘07... whiff of the white stuff visible on Stuc a’Chroin from my upstairs window in the Results, Fixtures, wilds of Dunblane—heck, with the amount of year’s highs, lows and probably some mid- Statistics etc. rain we’ve had recently, the mountain has dles too. probably dissolved. There’s serious risk that Also inside, Il Presidente, Dr C., reports on Ken’s famous New Year Score event in Inshri- the thriving night-O series, whilst Ken’s ach South won’t be under six feet of snow… article on his Norway O-holiday helps us Strop Press! hmm, maybe Silva will start selling O-Wellies remember what it’s like to run when that soon. Newsletter name yellow thing is warm and high in the sky. Step onto the podium, On the positive side, the fact that we do There are plenty of foreign O-holidays to Donald Watson esq., most of our orienteering in the forest will look forward to in 2007; I’ve had a stab at your “imprINT” sug- give us some shelter from the tornados! listing some. Bordeaux, the Meditteranean gestion was the worthy and the Scottish 6-day, anyone? Oh, and winner of the competi- Despite the dreadful weather, it seems to I’ve even whittered on about some of my tion. Thanks for all the have been a busy and successful time for INT favourite events of the year—the “odd” other entries, though— orienteers over the last couple of months. ones, i.e. charging around Oxford on a busy some of them even The Scottish team that was victorious at the Saturday lunchtime, and playing join the made ME blush! SHIs was a showcase for Interloper talent. Mr park-dots in Glasgow. Fabbo, although the & Mrs H took a clean sweep of the 35L class staff of the Kelvingrove Museum weren’t Another Captain-let in the SOL series, with Graham Mac and Ann over-chuffed with metal studs scraping On Nov. 19th young H also seizing the laurels in their respective across their marble floors. Mr. Squire’s better classes. We had 15 folks turn out at the Scot- half, Vicky, gave birth tish Score Champs in Linlithgow and were Whatever you’ve been up to in 2006, I wish to our newest club only just pipped to third place by GRAMP everyone a very merry end to the year and member: Charlotte. (behind uber-clubs ESOC and FVO). Look a happy and successful New Year! Congrats! inside for Captain Squire’s summary of the Ed Page 2 imprINT Committee 2006-7 INTerloper moves… Email List Chairman: Captain Squire new address is on the left, The Club email list is frequently used to circulate event and social information, Paul Caban and only one e-mail move to report; the particularly in the gaps between newslet- 50 Buckstone Road Galloways are now at : EDINBURGH EH10 6UE ters. The list is closed and moderated, 0131 445 3098 which means that it gets no spam, and the [email protected] only emails sent to it are by club members [email protected] on the list. Secretary: Many club members are on the list. If you Online entries John Barrow think you're not, and would like to be, for the Six 3 Charlton Grove then contact: ROSLIN Days are now Midlothian EH25 9NY open! See the [email protected] 0131 440 2136 Chairman’s [email protected] Chat for the Juniors wishing to be added to the club web address. email list must provide us with approval of Treasurer: their parent/guardian. This is to comply Ben Hartman with our obligations towards Child Protec- 25 Newmills Road tion. BALERNO EH14 5SU 131 449 3919 [email protected] Xmas Party Club Captain: Anthony Squire With Secret Santa 42 Chenies Drive, (although how a big bloke in a red suit Steeple View can be secret escapes me) BASILDON, Essex SS15 4AE 01268 546589 [email protected] Friday December 15th, 6:30 - 9pm The Bloor Residence, 9 Blacket Place (near the Commonwealth pool). Social Secretary: Bring some festive food, Christmas cheer, and a wrapped pressie worth Emily Seaman [email protected] about £1 or so for the SS. Junior Representative: Stephen Haley Graeme’s Brownian Motions Is it a bird? Is it a… well, actually it IS Newsletter Editor: Spotted in New Scientist, 25/11/06: Brad Connor a bird 12 Newton Crescent ‘Not everyone agrees that early farmers so closely Dunblane FK15 0DZ A very rare breed indeed, 01786 823171 matched the hunter-gatherers, however. "For the female Lesser- [email protected] hunter-gatherers it is not difficult to up sticks and Spotted Godfree (Lat.: move," says Graeme Ackland, a physicist at the Uni- Member: Gillianus FastRunneris), versity of Edinburgh, UK, who has been modelling Chris Godfree until recently thought [email protected] the advance of farming populations. Ackland thinks extinct, has recently been it is unlikely these communities moved in the same glimpsed at an orienteer- way. His simulations used Brownian motion driven ing event. This bird being by population pressure to model how early agricul- shy, retiring (and im- CONDES Course tural peoples moved across Europe, and found they mensely swift), the sight- advanced at around 1 kilometre per year.’ the SOA has organised a CONDES ing was only fleeting, but Tutorial and Workshop at Glen- the simultaneous pres- more Lodge on the 20th January Graeme’s Brownian Simulations are open for public 2007. It is suitable for people viewing at selected forests in Scotland most Sun- ence of a Daveus Hairius whose current knowledge is 'nil days—Ed (sorry, Graeme!!) and Rufus Woofius lends to reasonable'. credence to the report. We hope for regular ap- If you are interested in attending please contact Stewart at the National Orien- pearances in the future! teering Centre, [email protected] Newsletter No. 140 Page 3 Chairman’s Chat Nearer to home in the New Year we have two dou- It's been a busy autumn, with lots to report. ble-header weekends. The Club has hosted two CATIs, at Cammo and at January 27/28th we have a CATI at King's Buildings Mortonhall, the latter also being used for ESOA Jun- and our SoSOL at Calder Wood (Livingston). Then ior Squad training. Both seemed to go well and March 24/25th a CATI at Riccarton Campus (Heriot- were well received by the >40 paying customers, Watt) and our SOL at Archerfield (Gullane). All the which taking into account family groups probably major officials are in place for the events, though had sixty or so people participating. Thanks to eve- the traditional call for help will go out in due course ryone who cam along to help, and particularly to for each weekend. Though a specific plea now: Stephen and Donald for planning, the rest of the would anyone like to volunteer to be in charge of the Haley/Heyworth family for mentoring, putting out String Course at Calder Wood? We have an area of controls, and procuring the Cammo Visitor Centre, ground identified, and a schematic map will be pro- and, er, me for organising. vided. Coming up next we have the Club Champs. at Vogrie The task suits someone/family with a slight artistic Country Park (Gorebridge way) on December 17th, tendency to create some controls, together with a where Colin Inverarity unleashes his planning talents tolerance of small children .... Offers to me, please. on an unsuspecting Interlopers public. The event is open to Club members and invited guests, i.e.it Finally, a reminder that entries for next year's Six won't be advertised in any public fixture listing. Days have opened, and the first closing date, for After that, for the more well travelled, Ken Daly is cheapest entry fees, is the end of January. hosting his traditional New Year Score event in Speyside, this time on the delights of Inshriach Lots of information at http:// South on Hogmanay. www.scottish6days.com/2007/2007index.htm The INTerlopers Club Champs™ An Inverarity Production—Sunday December 17th The Club Championships will be held on Sunday 17th December at Vogrie Country Park, near Gorebridge in Midlothian (NT375631). http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=338061&y=663583&z=3&sv=Vogrie&st=3&tl=Vogrie+Country+Park,+Midlothian+ [Place+of+Interest]&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf.
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