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.
28th Dec 12 → read more...
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.
FVO were nominated in a number of the categories: Clare Stansfield and Lizzie Stansfield for Yoiung Sports Person of the Year, Hazel Dean for Masters Sports Person of …
22nd Nov 12 → read more...
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 …
30th Oct 12 → read more...
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. .
This weekend's race was the culmination of this year's relay racing where the boys secured FVO second place in the …
8th Oct 12 → read more...
Yes! FVO retain the CompassSport Trophy!
A message from our Club Captain..........
Great day today - despite the weather!
At Teviothead south of Hawick, FVO's fantastic team fought their way round their courses in pouring rain and outrageous winds,and brought home some great results which saw us retain the Compass Sport Trophy. Again.
It was a …
30th Sep 12 → read more...
WEE results
Congratulations to our series winners for this year - and especially to our junior winners:
Short Course
- Robin Purves
- Jamie Goddard
- Oliver Holden
13th Sep 12 → read more...
FVO Autumn Training & Club Champs
FVO will put on a series of three training events this autumn.
- Sat 22th Sep Falkirk Wheel
- Sun 11th Nov Polmaise (Cambusbarron)
- Sun 2nd Dec Barrwood
Coaching from 11am for all levels from junior beginners to senior intermediates.
Our club champs will be held on 17th November at Colzium. Free …
6th Sep 12 → read more...
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
and also an interview where he discusses his candidacy here
In addition …
20th Jul 12 → read more...
International Successes
Our intrepid club members are racing well all over Europe at the moment.
Last week the World Masters was held in Bad Harzburg, Germany and we saw some strong results from 3 club members:
Sprint W45 Hazel Dean – 7th M55 Martin Dean – 8th M65 Dave Coustick – 25th …
10th Jul 12 → read more...
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.
Congratulations to all the team and thank you to Trevor for …
1st Jul 12 → read more...
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.
FVO produced three British Champions:
Lizzie Stansfield W10 Hazel Dean W45 Martin Dean M50
FVO had nine Relay teams, …
8th May 12 → read more...
Night O League Results
League results for the 2011/12 night O series are now available.
Congratulations to Heather Thomson (of ESOC) for winning the Short Course and Will Hensman for winning the Long Course and for everyone else who braved the dark (and cold) to complete.
I can’t vouch for their accuracy (not …
6th May 12 → read more...
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 and he has also been …
17th Apr 12 → read more...
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 …
10th Apr 12 → read more...
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.
Encouraging good club representation and winning positions at competitions
We recognised lots of …
12th Feb 12 → read more...
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.
This year is no exception and I am delighted that we have another very worthy winner. This year the Jim Heardman …
11th Feb 12 → read more...
Revised Coaching Dates for Junior
The weather was unkind last week - it had been good all week, then poor on the Saturday and lovely again on Sunday. So, at short notice the training had to be cancelled, but there is a new plan:
- Plean on 10th March now, and
- Callendar Park on the morning …
9th Feb 12 → read more...
Coaching Dates for FVO Juniors
There are lots of exciting orienteering events coming up this year, so to maximise our performance at these, it’s time for some coaching!!
The dates we have identified are Saturday 4th Feb. (2 - 3.30 p.m.) and Saturday 10th March (2 - 3.30 p.m.) Areas are still to be confirmed, …
15th Jan 12 → read more...
What is an orienteer
Victoria Hall Committee Meeting 2011-12-01
Item - discussing lets.
The Secretary/Treasurer reported that some lets leave the Hall in dreadful state - chairs and tables left scattered and the whole place left unswept and filthy. But one group was the best ever. Everything put away, floor swept, kitchen cleaned, and …
12th Jan 12 → read more...
Social & Training Weekend
FVO will be putting on a social/training weekend to coincide with the Clyde middle distance race on 17th March, and the SOL at Torinturk (Oban) on the 18th March. We now propose that club members book accommodation direclty at Corran House mentioning FVO. Twenty spaces currenlty provisionally booked. Individuals wanting space in the dormitory or twin rooms, please coordinate with Dawn Goddard
8th Jan 12 → read more...
