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BASOC was formed in June 2000 to promote the sport of orienteering in the Badenoch & Strathspey area. The club’s area was enlarged in 2003 when we merged with LOCHOC, the Lochaber club.

Between the National Orienteering Centre and BASOC, we have some of the best terrain in the UK. On offer is top-quality competition with well-planned courses and EMIT electronic punching on up-to-date overprinted maps for our main events.

New members are always welcome at any age and at any level.

BASOC also works with the local community in various ways. We have produced orienteering maps of every primary and secondary school in our area.

Our orienteering maps include some for the villages of Kincraig, Kingussie, Nethy Bridge and Grantown-on-Spey. QUIZ ORIENTEERING using some of those maps is available at any time on a do-it-yourself basis using packs on sale at various points in Badenoch and Strathspey. ALL OF THE QUIZ ORIENTEERING MAPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT OUR TWO "ONE-STOP-SHOPS" - THE RECEPTION DESK AT GLENMORE LODGE OR FROM "ACTIVE AVIEMORE".

The 2010 BASOC season of Tuesday evening series of enjoyable social orienteering on areas within easy reach of Aviemore started on 6th April and is planned to happen weekly until September. Meet 5:00 – 5:30 pm to start before 6:00 pm.  (A few will be 5:30 mass starts.)

August 31st 2010:  

The evenings are drawing in so there’s a strict time limit for next Tuesday – on offer will be an ELASTIC course that can be anything from 3km at TD3 to 6km at nearly TD5 – you choose as you’re going round.  But you have to finish within the hour.  Severe penalties will be applied for late return.

Venue is Uath Lochan (at the lochans themselves), guaranteed no midges, no rain, just a few flying pigs perhaps.  We’ll be avoiding the rougher parts of the forest.  Starts between 5 & 6 p.m. as usual.  

If you’d like to come back to mine afterwards and admire the almost complete extension, you’re more than welcome, though the official extension-warming party will follow later in the year, after the grand opening, ribbon-cutting etc...  Feel free to bring some grub if you want to eat, though I’ll try to rustle something veggie up.  

See you Tuesday, Hilary.


 HIGHLIGHTS OF BASOC MEMBERS RESULTS RECENTLY: Scottish Orienteering Championships 2010, M21L won by Brian McCarthy - Congratulations! Congratulations also to Adrian Hope on finishing 2nd in M75 and receiving his trophy as first Scot. BASOC is proud too of Alistair Shepherd's achievement in coming 2nd in the Boys' Under 15 Category at the Moray & Highland Junior Championships in Culbin Forest on 13th June.

 

This website was last updated 29 August 2010

 

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