News Archive: 2012
Scottish Junior Orienteering Squad
The Scottish junior Squad (ScotJOS) for 2013 has been announced and includes four members of FVO! Congratulations to Daniel Stansfield, Ben Parkinson, Clare Stansfield and Grace Molloy on their selection.
Stirling Sports Awards
The Stirling Sports Awards were held tonight in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle with Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee presenting the awards.
West Area Juniors win
FVO juniors were part of a strong West Area team which took on the North and the East in the annual Inter-Area competition at the weekend. West Area won this competition last year, for the first time that anyone could remember, and I’m pleased to say that our juniors scored another convincing vict
FVO on the podium again!
FVO's team of Roger Goddard, Marcus Pinker and Duncan Coombs took a great third place in a hard fought race at this weekend's UK Relay League Final at Tockholes. .
Yes! FVO retain the CompassSport Trophy!
A message from our Club Captain..........
WEE results
Congratulations to our series winners for this year - and especially to our junior winners: Short Course Robin Purves Jamie Goddard Oliver Holden
FVO Autumn Training & Club Champs
FVO will put on a series of three training events this autumn.
FVO bid for world domination gathers pace!
Many congratulations to FVO's Brian Porteous, who was elected as IOF President at this afternoon's IOF General Assembly (held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in conjunction with this year's World Championships). You can read the details of Brian's nomination here
International Successes
Our intrepid club members are racing well all over Europe at the moment.
Harvester Victory
The FVO Team, consisting of Trevor Hoey, Marcus Pinker, Jon Marsden, Roger Goddard, Jon Cross, Jason Inman and Duncan Coombs, were victorious at last night's Harvester Relays. This year's, seven leg, overnight relay took place at Bordon Heaths, Hampshire.
British Championships
This weekend past saw the British Long Distance and Relay Championships being staged in the Lake District. Saturday’s Individual race was at Dalegarth and Sunday’s Relay at Helsington Barrows near Kendal.
Night O League Results
League results for the 2011/12 night O series are now available.
Orienteering Championship Selections
Two member of FVO have been selected to represent Great Britain at international competitions this summer. Many Congratulations to Mark Nixon and Jamie Stevenson. Mark has been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Orienteering Championships in Mora and Falun, Sweden from 14-20 May an
JK 2012
So....four great days of orienteering at the JK this weekend are over - and with a range of impressive results from so many different FVO people, not to mention the great organisational effort on Saturday for which many thanks are due to David Nicol as day organiser. And as if that was not enough,
President’s Annual Report
Following my election at the AGM one year ago, I highlighted 5 areas of focus for the club. In reviewing the year I would like to touch on how we have done against these areas of focus.
Jim Heardman Trophy
The last two years have seen the Jim Heardman trophy awarded to very strong candidates, with Gareth and Jan the recipients two years ago and then Gary last year.