Donald Petrie of Clydeside Orienteers (CLYDE) has been awarded the prestigious President’s Medal for outstanding achievements in Scottish Orienteering for 2007/2008.

Donald is recognised for having contributed 15 years of hard work serving Scottish Orienteering as Professional Officer.

He is best known and respected by orienteers around the world as the Assistant Coordinator for 8 Scottish 6 Day Events and has been the established face behind the 6 Days event, ensuring its continual status as one of the top International events.

It was Donald’s foresight and drive that led to the establishing of the National Orienteering Centre at Glenmore. This has provided the SOA with a base at Glenmore for our Development Officer and a central store to serve the 6 Days and Scottish Clubs.

So, while there were many contenders for the Medal, Donald had a host of reasons to gain the award.