Big Weekend is Edinburgh’s premier orienteering competition, held at the end of January. We have over 600 participants each year many who have been to every single event!
2023 Event
As we draw closer to WOC 2024 we are more committed than ever to putting on quality events on newly surveyed maps for Big Weekend 2023.
Join us on the 27th-29th January 2023 for an Edinburgh experience you won’t forget! Enter online at
https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=10672
Provisional details can be viewed here
Programme:
- Friday: Fight with the Night (Stewart Melville college and Dean’s village)
- Saturday: City Race (Edinburgh South) and Ceilidh (buy your tickets here)
- Sunday: Seat classic race (Holyrood Park)
2022 Event
After a one year gap due to COVID-19, we are back offering another top quality weekend of orienteering and fun around the City of Edinburgh, including races 1 and 2 of the UK Orienteering League, and race 1 of the UK Urban league. This is one you won’t want to miss!
Final details (Updated 19/01/22, updates marked in red)
Results and splits, Routegadget
Friday/Saturday photos, Sunday photos
Friday 21st January Fight with the night (Pollock Halls) 18:00-20:30
Saturday 22nd January City race, (UK Urban League and UKOL 2022) (Meadows, The Exchange and Dean village) 10:30-14:30
Optional Turf event run by ESOC 15:00 – 16:30 for both foot and cycle Turfers (https://www.esoc.org.uk/turf-event-turfembra05)
Sunday 23rd January: Seat race (Arthur’s Seat) + Trail-O (Holyrood Park) 10:00-13:00. Mass start options available on longer courses (UKOL and SoSOL)
Prize giving for City Race and presentation of trophies for SOUL 2021 winners will be held on Sunday at 10:00am
Check out our event sponsors Kong Running and Uplands Roast
2020 Event
Results can be found here
A report by Daniel Spencer and Thomas Laraia can be found below
Lost property can be viewed here
2019 Event
Results can be found here
A report by Laura King can be found on the British Orienteering website here
Photos from Saturday’s urban race taken by Steve Rush (BOK) can be found here
2018 Event
A report by Thomas Wilson: http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/?pg=news_archive&item=4042
Results: http://www.rstrain.ndtilda.co.uk/results_18/euoc_bw/
Photos: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/4bc781354de419a0ee0e4ae373dd056a20180125000817/7e1b1b
EUOC Legends 