News Archive: 2011
Gareth Bryan-Jones
At this weekend's Scottish Score Championships, Gareth Bryan-Jones was presented with a framed copy of the map used for the 1973 Scottish Score Championships. Gareth was the Controller at this weekend's event and had orienteered for the first time , 38 years ago, at the event in 1973 which had als
British Schools Orienteering Championships
The British Schools Orienteering Championships took place recently at Beecraigs Country Park. A number of FVO juniors represented their schools at this event, which saw pupils from all over the UK take part.
Hazel Dean - Master Sports Person of the Year
In the fabulous setting of Stirling Castle, the Stirling Sports Awards 2011 hosted by Active Stirling, ClubSport Stirling and University of Stirling recognised the outstanding achievements, efforts and commitment of Stirling’s sports clubs, teams, athletes, coaches and volunteers.
FVO helps West win area title
FVO juniors were instrumental in helping the West area team to secure victory in the Inter Area competition on 29 / 30 October. This is the first time the West has won this since anyone can remember! The dominance of the North has finally been broken – hurrah!!
Jon and Marie Claire Marry
Jon Cross (FVO) and Marie Claire Shankland (SYO) tied the knot in Hathersage on Saturday 15th October. We look forward to welcoming Marie Claire to FVO.
FVO retains CompassSport
For an unprecedented five times in a row, FVO has won the Compass Sport Trophy Club. It is also FVO's seventh win in the last eight years. Scottish clubs put up a great show, with Interlopers coming in second place, and Clyde in fifth place.
Berlin Marathon - Updated Times
Congratulations to Ross, Roger, Jon, Louise and Heike for completing the Berlin marathon. Ross led the FVO field in the excellent time of 2:44:58, with both Roger and Jon coming in under the 3 hours mark (Roger on 2:58:38 and Jon on 2:59:16).
Falkirk Active Sunday
Rona, Jen and Pascal went to the Falkirk Active Sunday event on 4th Sept at Callendar Park, which attracted a crowd of over 3000 people! This was much more than the Falkirk Active Schools team had anticipated, probably helped by the lovely weather. With our stunning banner, tent and big O signs (no
FVO members selected for VHI
FVO has strong representation in the team to represent Scotland in the VHI which this this year will be held in Deeside, Scotland, over the weekend of 8-9th October. The individual race is at Birsemore Hill and the Relays at Coull.
Jack at the Commonwealth Gams
Congratulations to FVO member Jack Barrett for being selected for Scotland's Commonwealth Youth Games Team.
Scottish Inter Club Relays
Today, at Mugdock, FVO were victorious in the Scottish Inter Club Relays where they retained the 11 Person Trophy. FVO had a further two teams, one in the 11 Person category and another in the 8 Person. Congratulations to all who took part.
A Six Day Thank You
Now that I have just about recovered from what seemed a very tough 6 days of orienteering in Oban, I thought I'd reflect on the event and look ahead for the rest of the year.
FVO through to Compass Sport Trophy final
Slightly below the radar, Day 2 of the Six Days was used for the SOA round of heats for the Compass Sport Trophy/Compass Sport Cup.
JIRCs 2011
Congratulations to Craig Thomson, Daniel and Clare Stansfield who were all in the Scottish team which came second overall at the event. Especially well done to Clare (W12) who stepped into the team at short notice and ran in the W14 class in both the Individual and the Relay Courses. Her first ever
The Jamie Stevenson Trophy
Thirteen of our juniors were competing on behalf of FVO in the Jamie Stevenson Trophy event today. We had some fantastic individual performances, with 4 people collecting medals for ‘top three’ positions on their respective courses. Overall we came third, only one point behind INVOC in second! Th
The Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon
Congratulations to FVOs Ben Stansfield who, with his running partner Pat Bartlett, took third place in the Score class at last weekend's Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon (LAMM). This year's LAMM was held in the Beinn Dearg area just inland from Ullapool in great conditions. After a fiercely fought firs