Having spent much of the past three days working on the final details, we can announce that we will be holding the Selection Race Weekend on 28th-30th August in the Southern Lakes.

Minutes of the 39th Annual General Meeting (AGM)

British Orienteering recently launched a national campaign 'Outdoor Adventure Awaits' on 18 June promoting Permanent Orienteering Courses across the UK. 

Permanent Orienteering Courses are one of the first steps on the way to re-starting our sport of orienteering in a socially distanced way.  Jennie Taylor Communications Officer caught up with Stephen Borrill member of West Anglian Orienteering Club and Volunteer Permanent Orienteering Course Coordi...

Making your British Orienteering Membership Work for You.

Mark Pruzina member of Lagan Valley Orienteers comments: 

No doubt many of you have seen this announcement from the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) on Friday (31 July 2020). This has meant the cancellation of JWOC 2020 and the replacement of Portugal with Turkey in 2021. Also, EYOC is going ahead, but will be rebranded as EJOC (European Junior...

International Orienteering Federation (IOF); 31 July 2020. The IOF Council, at its digital meeting held today July 31st, decided that the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2020 scheduled to be held in Turkey in October and the World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC) 2020...

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Final reminder to all members.  The 2020 British Orienteering Annual General Meeting (AGM) takes place this Saturday 1 August at 5pm.

The Junior Weekend saw juniors from across the globe battle it out in a series of virtual challenges testing skills like routechoice, map memory and contour interpretation.

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) have reset the embargo for Edinburgh from now, July 2020.

The Isle of Man Orienteering Klubb (IOM OK) have organised their first orienteering event since lockdown.

As a sport, we must work together to resume orienteering responsibly and within the relevant Government guidance.

By Kay Hawke member of Pendle Forest Orienteers and who was instrumental in setting up the project with the local School Sports Coordinator.

Report by Fiona Keir, Chief Operating Officer, Scottish Orienteering Association (SOA)

To help support our members and participants in these social distancing times, British Orienteering is developing and providing a range of eLearning resources to go alongside our qualifications and awards to support, engage and provide extra information for those who wish to extend their learning.

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) have recently announced the rearranged dates for the two main junior international competitions, EYOC and JWOC, with them being provisionally tabled now for 6-10th October (JWOC, Turkey) and 23-25th October (EYOC, Hungary). The IOF’s intention is to ma...

To further support clubs and members with returning to orienteering, British Orienteering will be hosting a COVID Safe Q&A Webinar on Tuesday 21 July 2020 at 19:30.  

British Orienteering are delighted to announce today that orienteering will return to England on Saturday 1 August 2020.