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.
The organisers have produced an Information Sheet and you should find the answers to most of your queries in a Frequently Asked Questions document.
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.
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
Updated: 1st June 2018
Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2017
Drumpellier Country Park
Updated: 2nd June 2017
Final Details and Start List are now available.
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.
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.
Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2015 - Friday 5th June
Dechmont Law, Livingston
Updated: 6th Jun 2015
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.
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.
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
Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2014 - Friday 6th June
Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge/Glasgow
Updated: 6th Jun 2014
Results are now available.
Scottish Schools' Orienteering Festival
2013 - Friday 7th June
Hopetoun House, South Queensferry
Updated: 8th June 2013
Results are now available.
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.
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.
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.
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
Congratulations
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.
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.
