BUCS 2011

[PeterG]

And it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference to who the top two were

I'm sorry, how is this relevant at all? Its still the British university orienteering championships not the British university hold hands and sing Kumbayah championships. Its been a couple of years since I was a student and close to a decade since I was an elite orienteer. I don't think I ever scored for Edinburgh while I was studying there. Yes there are participation issues in university orienteering but devaluing the national championships is not the way to fix them.

[Lucy.F.]

News just in (prizegiving taking place as I write) that EUOC have secured their overall victory yet again, winning both the mens and womens relays.

I believe in the Womens it was EUOC,EUOC, ShUOC, EUOC, EUOC and in the Mens EUOC, ShUOC, Oxford, EUOC, EUOC. (This was over the phone so hopefully I've remembered correctly - sure results will be up soon!)

[SIman]

Provisional results for the relay are now posted. There is some work needed to sort problems on the results for some of the slower teams, but nothing to alter
Women: EUOC/EUOC/ShUOC
Men: EUOC/ShUOC/OUOC

(Edit: Relay now final - I hope)

[Becks]

Nice work for OUOC splitting up the big boys in the Men's! Great stuff.

And of course, the obligatory: EEEEUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!

Cracking.

[Mrs H]

Congratulations Edheads - who will beat you?

(ps who would you cast as C.J.?)

[madmike]

just got home! What a great weekend, superb areas and great planning

Cullane Dunes - a little gem of an area now added to my list of favourites (so good I ran it twice!).

Thanks to all involved and to cap it all we got to stay in Edinburgh castle as well.

Very well done EUOC (and friends) on putting together such a top weekend.

[EddieH]

Oh Mike what a pity you didn't go there before they felled most of the trees. And a few years erlier there was an extensive area of open forest long gone under a golf course.

If its a favourite area now, then it would have been even more so.

[Scott]

madmike very modestly neglects to mention that he personally took home TWO medals from the weekend

A truly top-notch weekend - many thanks (and congratulations) to all at EUOC. I can't honestly say that Balkello will be going on my list of favourite areas, but I think the planner did an excellent job in the (rather heathertastic) circumstances. Gullane was absolutely brilliant - great planning on great terrain - and the Saturday night food/party was the best at any BUCS/BUSA I've been to (more ceilidhs please).

[graeme]

Off they go...
http://yfrog.com/hstwfyej
but sadly, not on the fastest route ...

[Mrs H]

(more ceilidhs please).

Then why aren't you coming to SinS until Sunday evening when the ceilidh is on Saturday night?

Greame is that a video - I can't seem to make it move

[Scott]

Unfortunately I have to graduate on the Saturday

It's just a photo - you'll be please to hear that the man in the ShUOC top out in front on his own is Dan H...

[Mrs H]

Oh he starts and finishes well (shame about the bit in the middle ) he didn't take all his clothes off again did he?

Graduation shmaduation

[andy]

Oh he starts and finishes well (shame about the bit in the middle ) he didn't take all his clothes off again did he?

I wouldn't say *all*

[FATBB]

Congratulations to EUOC who also won the beer race. Oh wait no, they neglected to organise one...

[Lucy.F.]

If you would like to take up the issue of the boat race with Scottish Parliament........silly drinking regulations in Scotland. Many options were considered - including doing it at the individual before driving back (therefore potentially stopping drivers from taking part) and Teviot, where the social was held, was asked twice if we could please hold it but to no avail. A big shame really but that's the way it was. (And we had been 'practising' too - hoping that somehow it would work out!)
Glad to see so many positive happy comments about the weekend!