Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2025

Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline - Thursday 5 June


The Scottish Schools Orienteering Festival is back for 2025 and will be held at Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, on Thursday 5th June. Join hundreds of pupils from across Scotland for an exciting day of fun, adventure and friendly competition in the great outdoors. Whether you're a seasoned map reader or completely new to orienteering, this is your chance to explore, race and challenge yourself - all whilst having a blast with friends and classmates. Don't miss out and enter now! Details below..

Note that the event is on a Thursday this year and schools can opt for early, middle or late morning starts.

Entry details have been distributed via the Active Schools network, but entries from individuals or from schools who haven't received the details can be sent in.

Complete the details on the School Entry Google Form which summarises your school's entries.

You will also need to download and complete the spreadsheet (Scottish Schools Orienteering Festival 2025 Entry Form.xlsx) with the names of pupils entering from your school and then either upload in the Google Form or email to Louise.

If you have any difficulties with the form or the spreadsheet please email
louise@scottish-orienteering.org

Thanks.

The final date for entries is 26th May 2025.

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2024

Drumpellier Country Park, Coatbridge/Glasgow - Friday 7 June


This year, all the information including start lists were on the St Andrews Glasgow Orienteering Club website.

There is a report on the event with photographs on the SOA website.

Results

Individual and School Year Group Results

RouteGadget allows you to look at the courses, plot where you went and compare your route to that of others"

WinSplits gives you another way to compare your times for every leg with your friends and rivals.


A PDF of all results is easier to scan.

The calculation of the overall school results show that congratulations are again due to Newton PS and to Stewart's Melville College.

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2023

Callendar Park, Falkirk - Friday 2 June


Results
overall_results.pdf

Individual and School Year Group Results

RouteGadget allows you to look at the courses, plot where you went and compare your route to that of others"

WinSplits gives you another way to compare your times for every leg with your friends and rivals.


A PDF of all results is easier to scan.

The calculation of the overall school results show that congratulations are due to Newton PS and to Stewart's Melville College.

Advance Information

This year’s festival will take place for the first time at Callendar Park, Falkirk on Friday 2 June. Being in a central location Callendar Park is easily reach from the M9 and M876. The area is a combination of parkland and mixed woodland with a good path network. Courses will be planned to stay in the best areas avoiding the summer undergrowth.

Entries are now closed and the Start Times are now available.

Final Details and Course Details are now available.

Updated: 5th June 2023

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2022

Scone Palace, Perth - Wednesday 1st June

In 2022 we returned to the grounds of Scone Palace, just outside Perth, where the Festival was due to be held in 2020. A great day's orienteering and other activities were enjoyed by over 300 pupils from all round Scotland.

There is a brief report with some photos on the Scottish Orienteering website.

Results

The results now show the individual results and the school's results
Routegadget allows you to see all the courses and to draw or upload your route and look at others.
WinSplits gives you another way to compare your times for every leg with your friends and rivals.

Updated: 3rd June 2022


Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2020
CANCELLED

Covid-19 forced the cancellation of the event in 2020 and with continuing restrictions, nothing was possible in 2021.

Updated: 22nd March 2021


Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2019

Hopetoun House, South Queensferry - Friday 7th June

Results are published.

Read more…

Updated: 7th June 2019


World Schools' Championships

Estonia, 29th April to 5th May

You can follow the team on the SSOA Facebook page.

Updated:26th April 2019

World Schools' Selection Races

Estonia 2019

Faskally Woods, Pitlochry - Sunday 9 September 2018

Final Details and start lists are now available.

Contact Blair Young if there are any problems info@ssoa.org.uk

Updated:30th Aug 2018

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2018

Pollok Country Park, Glasgow - Friday 1st June

Results.

Read more…

Updated: 1st June 2018


Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2017

Drumpellier Country Park

Updated: 2nd June 2017

Results

Final Details and Start List are now available.

Read more…

World Schools' Selection Races and Criteria

Italy 2017

Updated:28th Aug 2016

Results of the selection races

It seems no time at all since we returned from the highly successful 2015 Championships but it is already time to begin the preparations for 2017. This time the Championships will be held in Palermo, Sicily from 22 to 28 April 2017.

Read more…

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2016 - Friday 3rd June

Dalkeith Park, Dalkeith

Updated: 5th Jun 2016

The SSOA are pleased to announce that results, photographs and the event report are now available for the 2016 festival.

Read more…

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2015 - Friday 5th June

Dechmont Law, Livingston

Updated: 6th Jun 2015

2015 Results

This years' SSOF was be held at Dechmont Law with Deans Community High School acting as our Event Centre in Livingston.

The SSOA are pleased to announce that the Festival was organised on our behalf by Interlopers Orienteering Club who are currently working within West Lothian to develop orienteering and acknowledge the help received from West Lothian Council.

Read more…

World Schools’ Orienteering Championships 2015 – Turkey

Updated: 30th Apr 2015

This years’ WSOC took place around the Antalya- Kemer area of Turkey between the 18-24 April.

Read the full report from the event.

Read more…

World Schools' Orienteering 2015

Team Scotland Selection Races

Posted: 9th Sep 2014

The selection races for next year's World Schools' Championships are now confirmed for Sunday 5 October at Tentsmuir, Fife. The races are being held in conjunction with the KFO SoSol details of which will be posted here

Read more…

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2014 - Friday 6th June

Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge/Glasgow

Updated: 6th Jun 2014

Results are now available.

Read more…

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2013 - Friday 7th June

Hopetoun House, South Queensferry

Updated: 8th June 2013

Results are now available.

Read more…

World Schools' Orienteering Championships, 2013

Faro, Portugal

Report of the 2013 World Schools' Orienteering Championships

Posted: 22nd April 2013

Scotland had a successful week, bringing home 2 team medals and 5 individual medals.

Read more…

World Schools' Team Scotland Selection Races

Posted: 23rd Sep 2012

For the World Schools' Orienteering Championships 2013, Portugal

The selection races for next year's World Schools' Championships are now confirmed for Saturday 3 November at Tentsmuir, Fife. This area has been selected as it has similar characteristics to the areas that will be used for the Championship courses in Portugal.

More information about selection race...

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2012 - Wednesday 6th June

Lanark Racecourse and Moor Country Park

Updated: 8th Jun 2012

The Festival was aimed at pupils who have been introduced to orienteering through their school and the courses were set at a level that will allow success for all pupils who have grasped the basic skills. Over 350 pupils from P5 to S6 took part in the slightly damp conditions.

More details and results for SSOF 2012

Team Scotland Selection Criteria

Posted: 4th May 2012

For the World Schools' Orienteering Championships 2013, Portugal

The selection criteria for next year's Championships will follow the same pattern as previously used to select the Scottish Teams.

More information about selection criteria...

British Schools' Orienteering Championships Weekend, 2011

Updated: 20th Nov 2011

Results now available, also Routegadget and WinSplits.

Scottish Schools' Sprint Championships results and WinSplits.

The Sprint was held on Saturday 19 November at Lanark Loch, on a bright, dry autumn day. Eleven schools took part.

The weekend events were organised by the Scottish Schools' Orienteering Association with the assistance of Scottish Orienteering, Biggar High School, Linlithgow Orienteering Club(LINOC), TINTO, Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club(ESOC), Edinburgh University Orienteering Club(EUOC), St Andrews Orienteering Club(Glasgow)(STAG) and friends from other Orienteering Clubs around Scotland.

More information about the weekend

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2011 - Wednesday 22nd June

Scone Palace, Perth

Posted:22nd Jun 2011

After being re-scheduled due to storm damage to the trees at Scone Palace, the event took place with nearly 400 pupils running courses designed for P5/6 to S5/6.

2011 event page.

World Schools' Orienteering Championships, 2011

Northern Italy, 2011

Report of the 2011 World Schools' Orienteering Championships

Posted: 1st Jun 2011

A fantastic gold medal winning run for Banchory Academy's Jennifer Ricketts was the highlight of a highly successful World Schools Championship for Scotland.

Read more…

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2010 - Friday 4th June

Posted: 5th Jun 2010

This was at Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld on Friday 4th June.
Full details and Results on the 2010 event page.

British Schools' Orienteering Championships, 2009

Posted: 24th Nov 2009

IMG_2704_thumbCongratulations to all of the Scottish Schools who travelled to Northumberland for the 2009 British Schools Championships held at Druridge Bay Country Park on Sunday 22 November.

This was easily the largest contingent from Scotland for many years and with the success gained this will hopefully encourage even more Schools to travel to future events.

Read more and photos…

Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival, 2009

Posted: 8th Jun 2009

The 2009 Festival was held at Beecraigs Country Park, Linlithgow on Friday 5th June.

The results from this years event are on the 2009 results page.

 

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