Moravian Orienteers club claims victories in Scottish Orienteering Sprint Championships and City Race Euro Tour Series
A Moray orienteering veteran has claimed a double victory in the Scottish sprint championships and City Race Euro Tour series.
Andrew Campbell put his Moravian Orienteering club on the international map with success north and south of the border.
Macrosty Park in Crieff played host to the Scottish orienteering sprint championships, based on a fast, two-race sprint format where combined times overall crowned the Scottish national champions in their respective age categories.
The courses involved competitors navigating through urban housing estates, woodland and the park.
Campbell was one of three Moravian Orienteers taking part, and both he and and Colin Hall won a race apiece in a closely-fought men's supervet category.
Campbell also took the overall title, retain it from last year.
Lorraine Thomson produced two good runs in the women's veteran class but a mis-punch on race two took her out of podium contention.
On to events five and six of the City Race Euro Tour Series, firstly in the quays around Salford, near Manchester followed by a stint at the Barbican area of London.
This nine-event series takes place across Europe with the best five events producing overall age category Euro Tour champions.
The sponsored series, which is open to everyone, attracts competitors from home and abroad and offers participants the chance to orienteer around some attractive and diverse cities and places.
With four events already completed in the UK, Belgium, the Azores and Poland, the fifth event at Salford saw competitors orienteer around the university and the re-developed quay area to finish adjacent to the BBC and ITV studios.
In a competitive men's supervet category, Campbell was Moravian’s sole entry and ran strongly with minimal errors to finish clear of his nearest rivals. This was his second victory in the series, having won in Glasgow in May.
The sixth event in the heart of London involved multiple levels and passageways in an area which offered complex and technical orienteering to nearly 1000 competitors of all experiences.
The elite categories saw competitors including previous world and European orienteering medallists. Campbell finished in fourth place in the men's supervet category.
