Day 6: Grandtully

Sat 3rd Aug

Grandtully Panorama

Last edited: 02nd Aug

Today counts towards the UK Orienteering League 

Reversed Seeded Start for M21E and W21E only.

Today is a reversed seeded start for the two elite classes based upon the performance of the first five days:
 

Men

Women

The Livestream today is focused on the M/W 20L but not exclusively.

Livestream Selected Athletes M20L Tracking W20L Tracking

Grandtully (pronounced Grantly) is well known for white-water canoeing, including sections of grade 3 water. Grandtully is on the River Tay rather than Strathearn, but this area has long been seen as a possible orienteering venue by Event Coordinator Terry O’Brien of St Andrew's (Glasgow) Orienteers or STAG. In 2017 they celebrated their 35th Anniversary at Grandtully, using a very small part of the mapped area. Since then the area has been extended further to the north.

Travel Route:

The A822 from Crieff passes through the Sma’ Glen – for those unable to venture further into the Highlands this is like some of the more mountainous areas of Scotland in miniature. Access up and down the A9 is also possible, but exploratory works for the dualling (upgrade) of the A9 are still expected to be in progress.

The area is close to the A9, allowing an easy departure at the end of what will be a great week of orienteering in some very different terrain.

The southern part of the area is on Forest Enterprise Scotland land, and their permission to use the area is appreciated. There are significant areas of light to dark green, but there is on-going thinning and clearance and an extensive network of paths, tracks and rides. The area opens out to an ancient hill fort at Castle Dow or Caisteal Dubh – this was long occupied by Celtic tribes of the Picts. To the north of the area there are gentle slopes covered predominantly with birch, and to the East the area above Balnaguard is notable for the juniper woodland.

Thanks go to David Nairn as well as farmer Shona Calder, as well as nearby Kinnaird Estate.

Main Day Officials

Organising Clubs: GRAMP, KFO & RR
Organiser: Sam Gomersall (GRAMP)
Asst Organiser: Lesley Gomersall (GRAMP)
Planners: Pete Lawrence & Zoe Griffin (GRAMP)
Controller: Andy Oliver (MAROC)
Asst. Controller: Simon Gardner (CLYDE)

GPS tracking, selected competitors

Each day at the Scottish 6 days we will be tracking  selected runners. On day 3 and 5 we will track the top elite runners and on the other days we will track one age group class. Tracking may be used as part of the Live Streaming broadcast each day and will be available on line later to re run and compare routes.

Please see the attached listing to see if you are on the tracking list. Please collect and return trackers and tracker vests from the media tent by the Finish except Day 2 when near the start, Day 3 and 5 when trackers and WRE numbers will be issued at the WRE Warm Up area near the Elite Start.

Categorised under: Day 6

Grandtully Hill Fort

Grandtully map sample