News
Team Interlopers at the CompassSport Trophy Final 2024
Published Oct 28, 2024
Did Interlopers manage to go one better than last year, when they lost by a single point to Swansea Bay Orienteers (SBOC)? Read on to find out ...
Introducing Orienteering at the Craigmillar Castle Park Autumn Celebration
Published Oct 15, 2024
Interlopers went along the the Craigmillar Castle Park Autumn Celebration to introduce attendees to our sport ...
Holyrood Parkrun Takeover and Taster Session - Saturday 12th October 2024
Published Oct 15, 2024
Interlopers took over the Holyrood Parkrun on Saturday, and provided an orienteering taster session afterwards ...
Interlopers Club AGM 2024
Published Sep 28, 2024
Find out who's who in our new committee, and which club member won the coveted Gullane Rock ...
2024 AGM this Thursday
Published Sep 24, 2024
This year's AGM is on Thursday 26th September ...
Taster Session at Braidburn Valley 'Tea in the Park'
Published Sep 1, 2024
Interlopers went along to the Braidburn Valley 'Tea in the Park' event to provide an orienteering taster session ...
Latest Club Newsletter - World Orienteering Champs 2024 Special Edition
Published Aug 11, 2024
Read all about the recent World Orienteering Champs in Edinburgh in our latest newsletter ...
Taster Session at Craigmillar Castle Park Family Festival
Published May 30, 2024
Interlopers is running a taster orienteering session at the Family Festival at Craigmillar Castle Park this Saturday, 1st June, 1-4pm. Come along and have a go at mini courses around the woods ...
Scottish Champs Weekend
Published May 29, 2024
Polkemmet Country Park event cancelled
Published Apr 30, 2024
Sadly we have had to take the decision to cancel our Polkemmet event due to lack of numbers ...
New Club Development Officer Opportunity - APPLY NOW!
Published Apr 9, 2024
JK 2024 Report
Published Apr 4, 2024
Great results from a very muddy JK, with Luke Fisher winning M21E, Lucy Ward winning W14 Sprint and Middle, and 2nd in W14 middle/long overall, Laura Kitchin 2nd overall in W12 middle/long and 2 podium places in the men's relay ...
SoSOLs are Go!
Published Mar 10, 2024
Today saw the first race in the 2024 SoSOL (South of Scotland Orienteering League) ...
Big Weekend 2024
Published Feb 7, 2024
This year's Big Weekend was an all-urban extravaganza, in and around Edinburgh. Read on for a report and photos ...
Winterlopes are here for 2024
Published Jan 27, 2024
Winterlopes are here for 2024 ... read on!
AGM 2023 and Gullane Rock winner announced
Published Oct 5, 2023
The club's AGM was held last week - read on for details and to discover the winner of the club's unique Gullane Rock trophy ...
Scottish 6 Days Report
Published Aug 13, 2023
News and results from the Scottish 6 Days in Moray ...
Orienteering Edinburgh - an exciting new challenge
Published May 5, 2023
A new initiative to encourage 18-35 year olds to take up orienteering launches in Edinburgh next Thursday, 10th May. Read all about it here ...
Golden Results at JK 2023
Published Apr 11, 2023
A great weekend for Interlopers at the JK, with 3 individual golds (6 medals), 4 combined (middle and long) golds (5 medals), along with gold in the Men's Open Relays ...
British Long Distance and Relay Championships Report
Published Mar 30, 2023
News from the British Championships last weekend including a silver medal in the relays ...
Scottish Middle Distance Champs and Pentland SOL report
Published Mar 21, 2023
A busy weekend of racing with the contrast of Saturday's Scottish Middle Distance Champs on the relatively flat terrain of Beecraigs followed by the decidedly non-flat terrain of the Pentlands for Sunday's SOL...
Liberton Winterlope - maps now available
Published Mar 12, 2023
Our last Winterlope, at Liberton Golf Course, is now ready to download ...
Kinneil Woods - entries now open
Published Mar 11, 2023
See event page for details - entries now open!
Interlopers win Compass Sport Trophy Heat
Published Feb 19, 2023
Interlopers won the Scottish Heat of the Compass Sport Trophy competition ... next stop Forest of Dean for the final.
Duddingston Winterlope - maps now available
Published Feb 19, 2023
Our third Winterlope, at Duddingston Golf Course, is now ready to download ...
Prestonfield Winterlope - maps now available
Published Feb 11, 2023
Our second Winterlope, at Prestontfield Golf Course, is now ready to download ...
Club Champion 2022
Published Feb 5, 2023
Yes, you read that right. Our club champion for 2022 has finally been determined ...
The Big Weekend
Published Feb 5, 2023
Last weekend's EUOC Big Weekend was a full return to normality post-COVID. Read on for details ...
Craigmillar Park Golf Course Winterlope courses ready
Published Jan 29, 2023
First Winterlope, at Craigmillar Park Golf Course, is now ready to go...
Winterlopes are back for 2023
Published Jan 14, 2023
Winterlopes are back again for 2023 ... read on for details.
ESOA Championships 2022
Published Nov 13, 2022
Roxburgh Reivers hosted this year's ESOC Championships at Teviothead. Read on to find out more ...
Livingston SOUL - final details available.
Published Nov 2, 2022
Entries have closed for our Livingston Deans Urban race on Sunday 20th November. See the event page for more details, and final details and
Halloween Social
Published Oct 23, 2022
It's that time of year ... you're all invited to the club's Halloween social on Sunday 30th October...
We are the Champions!!!
Published Oct 17, 2022
Well done to everyone who helped the club regain the CompassSport Trophy yesterday, and to Louise Adams for winning the Golden Boot. Read on for details and photos...
JHI Weekend Report
Published Oct 12, 2022
A fabulous weekend of orienteering up on Speyside, with a great win for Scotland in the Junior Home Internationals. Read on for a full report ...
Speyside Training Day
Published Oct 4, 2022
The club recently held a training day on Speyside, ahead of the SOL at Anagach ...
AGM 2022 and Gullane Rock Winner announced
Published Sep 30, 2022
The club's AGM was held last Thursday at the Charwood Grill. Read on to find out who's in and who's out on the committee, and to discover the winner of the club's coveted Gullane Rock award ...
Braidburn Valley Park event REARRANGED for Saturday 1st October
Published Aug 22, 2022
Our Braidburn Valley Park event will now be held on Saturday 1st October, with start times between 1:30 and 3pm. Please see event page for more details.
Entries close midnight Monday 26th September - enter on Fabian4.
Buckstone Sprintelope entries open
Published Jun 26, 2022
Our third Sprintelope of the season takes place in Buckstone on Wednesday 6th July. Entries are open, and full details can be found on our event page. Please pre-enter (up to 4pm Tuesday) if you can, though there should be enough maps for anyone wishing to enter on the day too.
Entries for South Edinburgh Sprintelope open until midnight Monday 9th May
Published May 5, 2022
Entries for the third 2022 Sprintelope, in South Edinburgh, are now open -see event page for details.
Entries for Craigmillar Sprintelope open until midnight Monday 25th April
Published Apr 23, 2022
Entries for the first Sprintelope of 2022 at Craigmillar are now open - see event page for more details.
Sprintelopes are here again
Published Apr 19, 2022
2022 Sprintelopes are upon us - read on for more details...
CompassSport Trophy Heats
Published Mar 13, 2022
We're going to the CompassSport Trophy finals in October ...
ESOA Juniors' Training at Craigmillar Castle
Published Mar 10, 2022
Interlopers hosted a very successful ESOA Juniors' Training Session at our Craigmillar Castle Park event on Saturday 5th March - read on for full details ...
Duddingston Winterlope now live
Published Mar 7, 2022
Last Winterlope of the season is now open at Duddingston Golf Course
Liberton Winterlope open until midnight Sunday 28th February
Published Feb 20, 2022
Our fourth and penultimate Winterlope is now open until midnight on Sunday 28th February, on Liberton Golf Course.
Little France Winterlope now open
Published Feb 7, 2022
3rd Winterlope of the season now open until Sunday 13th February.
EUOC's Big Weekend
Published Jan 25, 2022
Great trio of races for EUOC's Big Weekend, back after last year's enforced absence
Prestonfield Winterlope open until midnight Sunday 30th January
Published Jan 23, 2022
2nd Winterlope of the season at Prestonfield Golf Course closes at midnight on Sunday 30th January ...
Entries now open for Dark 'n' Dunes weekend
Published Jan 22, 2022
Entries are now open for the Dark 'n' Dunes weekend - Scottish Night Championships (Saturday 12th February) and the first SOL of the year at Gullane (Sunday 13th February)...
Winterlopes are back! First course NOW uploaded!
Published Dec 31, 2021
Fancy a bit of Golf-O after dark? Well, Winterlopes are back for another season ...
Scottish Championships and Junior Cup Prizegiving
Published Oct 28, 2021
Photos from the somewhat delayed prizegiving for the Scottish Championships and Scottish Junior Cup ...
Interlopers at the Compass Sport Trophy final
Published Oct 23, 2021
An intrepid team of Interlopers headed south (or north in some cases!) to Sheffield last weekend to see if they could improve on their third place from 2019. Find out how they got on ...
Juniors Update: JIRCs, JHIs and ScotJOS squad selections
Published Oct 14, 2021
Our club juniors have been busy representing Scotland at the JIRC and JHI, justifying their place in the ScotJOS squad for next year ...
AGM and Gullane Rock Presentation
Published Sep 26, 2021
The Club held its AGM in person(!) this year, at the Charwood Grill last Thursday evening. Read on to find out who was awarded the Gullane Rock this year, and who your new committee are ...
Scottish Junior Cup
Published Sep 21, 2021
The final round of the Scottish Junior Cup was held at Anagach last Sunday, and the club has no fewer than 3 Junior Champions ... read on for more details.
British Sprint Championships
Published Aug 28, 2021
Great results for the club at the British Sprint Champs weekend, including 2 individual wins and a win in the relays ...
Scottish 6 Days Report and Results
Published Aug 14, 2021
- Read on for results and a report from this year's Scottish 6 Days event in and around Fort William ...W
Blackford Sprintelope entries now CLOSED ...
Published Jul 7, 2021
Entries for our decidedly non-urban Blackford Sprintelope have now closed. Event details here ...
Club Juniors selected for Junior WOC and EYOC
Published Jun 17, 2021
Congratulations to Pippa and Mairi on their selection ...
Moredun Sprintelope #9 - entries close 1pm Tuesday 22nd June
Published Jun 15, 2021
Entries are now open for our Moredun Sprintelope on 23rd June, closing at 1pm on Tuesday 22nd June.
British Middles, Northern and Scottish Champs Results
Published Jun 14, 2021
Nothing for months then 3 big events in 9 days. Plenty of Interlopers in action, with some excellent results ...
Scottish Junior Cup Round 1 - Results from Auchingarrich
Published Jun 1, 2021
Results from the first round of the Scottish Junior Cup, with wins for our juniors ...
Entries for Polkemmet event now open - entries open until Thursday
Published May 31, 2021
Entries for our Polkemmet event on Saturday 12th June are now open - see the event details for more information. Final Details, Start List and Control descriptions now available ...
Website reorganisation
Published May 9, 2021
Following on from our style makeover a couple of months ago, we're now launching the first phase of our site reorganisation ...
Entries now open for the Fairmilehead Sprintelope
Published May 4, 2021
Entries are now open for the Fairmilehead Sprintelope on 12th May
Quiz Night on Sunday 9th May
Published May 3, 2021
Don't miss our next quiz night on Sunday 9th May, hosted by Mike Stewart
Dechmont Law Event - entries now closed.
Published Apr 26, 2021
Our Dechmont Law event on Saturday 8th May is now closed for entries. Hope you managed to get a place ...
2021 Sprintelope Series starts next week
Published Apr 22, 2021
The 2021 Sprintelope series gets underway next week.
Craigmillar Castle event is GO (and fully subscribed!)
Published Mar 22, 2021
Our Craigmillar Castle event is on - postponed by a week to Saturday 10th April - for members of all SOA-affiliated clubs in the City of Edinburgh council area. See event page for final details.
New website design
Published Feb 17, 2021
As you may have noticed, our website looks very different today ...
Latest COVID-19 news - spring events rescheduled
Published Feb 14, 2021
Latest update on COVID-19 - we've rearranged our Spring events ...
Social - Chat and Photos
Published Feb 2, 2021
Our next social is on Sunday 7th February - chat and photos with from Pip and Chris on pack-rafting and the Wards on experiences in Sweden ...
New Winterlopes and more Fight With The Night (FWTN)
Published Jan 25, 2021
Fight With the Night (FWTN) has resumed after the Xmas break, along with new Winterlopes. Read on ...
Club Strengthening and Conditioning Sessions
Published Jan 16, 2021
Interlopers now has its own Strength and Conditioning sessions from Laura and Zoe. More details ...
Christmas Day run in memory of Robin Morris
Published Jan 15, 2021
On Christmas Day, nearly a dozen club members ran from Holy Corner to the top of Braid Hill in memory of Robin Morris ...
BOF Incentive Scheme Latest
Published Nov 15, 2020
An update on the latest club recipients of BOF Incentive Scheme awards ...
ScotJOS Selections
Published Oct 29, 2020
5 Interloper Juniors selected for ScotJOS 2020/2021 ...
GB Talent Squad Selection
Published Oct 29, 2020
Congratulations to Pippa Carcas on selection to Tier 1 of the GB Orienteering Talent Squad. Full details in the BOF News article ...
Paul's Virtual London Marathon
Published Oct 17, 2020
Paul Caban took part in the Virtual London Marathon on Sunday 4th October, running from his house in South Edinburgh to North Berwick, in the company of a small support team of Interlopers and other friends. His time of just under 3hours 30minutes wasn’t quite what he was hoping for: having started more quickly than his planned pace, he hit...
News From the AGM
Published Sep 27, 2020
The club's 45th AGM was held on Thursday 24th September on Zoom. Ali Masson started proceedings with an inspiring talk on his and Sasha Chepelin's attempt to run a record number of Munros in 24 hours, including many photos and details on the intricacies of planning such an event. It was then on to regular business, with Max Carcas giving his last...
Virtual Event at Colinton Dell
Published Sep 10, 2020
Well done to everyone who took part in our virtual Colinton Dell event in the first week of September. It's an intricate area, with the courses interspersing urban and parkland terrain to keep everyone on their toes. Results can be found via the MapRun Console website (http://p.fne.com.au/#/fne) - search for Colinton. The club also...
Celebrating our Volunteers
Published Jun 6, 2020
A big thank you to all our volunteers, without whom the club would not exist. A special mention to Ken Daly and Paul Caban, whose efforts over the years are featured on the SOA website as part...
SOA Young Orienteer of the Year
Published Jun 5, 2020
Congratulations to Angus Ivory who has made it to the final 3 of the SOA's Young Orienteer of the Year competition. More details in this SOA website article ...
Lockdown
Published Mar 18, 2020
In a message to all members on Tuesday 17 March, Peter Hart, the Chief Executive of British Orienteering, announced that all orienteering activities in the UK must be suspended with immediate effect, as a precaution against the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
If there are any changes to this policy, an...
Craigmillar Castle Woods - a review
Published Mar 9, 2020
A volunteer’s view of our Craigmillar Come-And-Try-It – thanks to Colin Inverarity for this report (and for his and other volunteers’ help on the day):
New Interloper event banners
Published Oct 8, 2019
JHI and JIRC selections
Published Sep 5, 2019
It’s the time of year when our Juniors get to test themselves against their English, Welsh and Irish contemporaries. The JIRCs (Junior Inter-Regional Championships) will be held in South Yorkshire on the 28th – 29th September, and the JHIs (Junior Home Internationals) will be held in the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland...
JOK Chasing Sprint on live TV
Published Jun 24, 2019
Orienteering on the Adventure Show (by Graeme Ackland)
The BBC Scotland "Adventure Show" will be covering the JOK Chasing Sprint this coming FRIDAY 28 June at Callendar Park, Falkirk. The chasing sprint has a two race format, with the prologue time determining...
Club Juniors in Action!
Published Jun 11, 2019
Our Club Juniors have been in action at two recent events.
On Friday, club members at local schools attended the Scottish Schools Orienteering Festival at Hopetoun House, along with around 300 other juniors from...
World Schools Championships, Estonia
Published May 6, 2019
Many congratulations to Angus Ivory, who finished 4th in the M2-School Long course on Wednesday 1 May. He followed this up by coming 8th in the same category in the Middle Distance on the...
Fife Urban Weekend
Published Mar 27, 2019
Whilst many were in the Lake District, a little closer to home saw the Club’s “urban” aficionados taking on a Fife double-header on 23/24 March.
Saturday was a sprint-distance race in historic Culross, with Rachel Kirkland on good form to be first vet lady on the Long course, and good runs by assorted McIntyres...
INTs at World Champs
Published Aug 31, 2016
Team GB performed with distinction in the World Champs recently finished in Sweden. The Mixed Sprint Relay Team came 4th, and the Men's Forest Relay Team, including Hector Haines on the second leg, achieved the same result. In the Individual events, Hector was 19th in the Long race, in which Alan Cherry finished 37th.
As a result of...
Interløpers Juniors at Jamie Stevenson Trophy
Published Jun 19, 2016
Club Juniors perform well at JST on 19 June
Interløpers at Scottish Champs
Published Jun 6, 2016
INTs go marching on!
Published Mar 16, 2016
CompassSport Cup Qualifier. Dumyat.
Our mission: finish in the top three.
Everyone else's mission: finish in the top four.
How hard could it be? Well, for most of the day we made hard work of it, but eventually we scrambled passed ECKO to bag a place in the final in Sheffield on 16 October.
INT course winners were Scott Fraser, Freddie Carcas and Sam Bartlett
CLYDE, RR and ECKO will be at the final, and some English and Welsh clubs too, so we'll have to work a bit harder to support our superstars Scott, Freddie and Sam, and bury the misery of last year's tie-break defeat.
CompassSport Cup 2015
Published Oct 19, 2015
Interløpers at WOC 2015
Published Sep 14, 2015
Final Interløper selections at WOC 2015 (1-7 August)
The final GBR selection for WOC had a strong Interløpery theme to it, with Hector joining Scott and Murray on the team. They were pitting their wits against the best/worst efforts of other Interløpers: Middle/Relay Planner (Graeme), Long Controller (Colin),...
Interløpers at Jukola
Published Jun 17, 2015
50 quiz
Published Dec 21, 2014
SOUL men
Published Sep 27, 2014
Murray Strain and Samuel Galloway won the Open and Junior men categories in the Scottish Orienteering Urban League at BASOC's Highland Wolf event.
New Year Social & Prize Giving
Published Jan 10, 2014
12th January at Inch Park Community Centre
Scottish Success at WOC
Published Jul 8, 2013
Interlopers win JK relay again
Published Apr 1, 2013
Murray leads Interlopers to third JK Trophy on the trot
Interloper O Kit
Published Feb 23, 2013
URGENT
Do you look good in the forest?
Order an Interlopers O top now!
Interlopers are about to order more of our fabulous new design O tops (see photos)
The price will be circa £35 each (hopefully a small discount for...
Junior training Sat 9th Mar
Published Feb 3, 2013
19th Jan 2013, Cammo
Published Jan 25, 2013
Broxburn Cross Country
Published Jan 13, 2013
ELO Festive Frolic
Published Jan 9, 2013
Scottish 6 Days - Your Club Needs YOU!
Published Dec 31, 2012
Lonely 6 Day organiser seeks Team Leads for LTR in support of S6D. Male or female. Must be
organised, GSOH, and a little bossy. Interests: outdoor activities, logistics. Only serious applicants please!
Scottish Score Championships 2011
Published Nov 29, 2011
After a very stormy night, Sunday dawned calm and sunny. Ideal for racing! Lots of Interlopers made the journey to Stirling University and several excelled. ...
British Schools Champs 2011
Published Nov 20, 2011
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