British Orienteering

This Saturday, just under 200 people will enjoy the navigational challenge of the NI Classic/Long Distance Championship.

The CompassSport Cup Final on Sunday 17 October 2021, hosted by South Yorkshire Orienteers (SYO), at Hesley and Tankersley, Sheffield, has attracted over 800 entries from 24 clubs, 10 in the Cup and 14 in the Trophy competition. Moravian Orienteers are the furthest competing teams making an 850-mile...

British Orienteering is pleased to announce the appointment of a new management team for the revamped Talent programme, part of the recently updated Performance Pathway.

Orienteering can be delivered within the school curriculum or as an extra-curricular activity. Along with developing a young person’s physical well-being, new skills will be learned and confidence gained to make decisions independently and in partnership with others. 

Entries are open for the final British Orienteering Championships of the year - Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 November 2021.

The last few weeks have seen the successful hosting of four further top-quality UK Orienteering League races, as part of the Caddihoe Chase weekend in Hampshire, closely followed by the British Champs weekend in Devon.  In total 10 of the UK Orienteering League (UKOL) races in the 2021 season have t...

Report and Photos by Alan Rosen member of Happy Herts Orienteering Club and Controller for the British Long Championships.

This campaign aims to help parents understand their role in their child's sport.

EUOC BUCS Champions 2019 The Performance Orienteering Programme at the University offers professional coaching, strength & conditioning, physiotherapy, sport psychology and performance lifestyle support, weekly training sessions and international training camps in a high performance orienteeri...

Photos from the Middle distance race at the World Cup Final Round in Italy.  Photo credits:  William Hollowell (IOF).

Yesterday the Long-Distance Competition at the Orienteering World Cup Final in Cansiglio, Italy took place, with two dominating performances by Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR) winning the women’s and men’s races respectively.

As previously announced in June of this year, IOF Secretary General/Chief Executive Officer Tom Hollowell, will retire from the position. In the first round of applications which ended July 31, no qualified candidates were identified. Over the past years the operations of the IOF have grown and the ...

The headline news is that the weekend of orienteering at Braunton Burrows is still on. The team has put a lot of effort into making it a great orienteering experience, and we look forward to welcoming you to the dunes.

Men's Premier and Women's Premier Relays: British Championships 2021

The Orienteering World Cup Final Round for 2021 will start with the Long distance tomorrow (Thursday 30 September), followed by the Middle distance on Saturday 2 October and then the Sprint Relay on Sunday 3 October this weekend.

At the weekend there was a team of 15 athletes who represented Great Britain at Euromeeting, Bettmeralp, Switzerland.

Report by Ric Gamble, Development Officer and Chair of Lagan Valley Orienteers

A Virtual Orienteering Course is a set of checkpoints spread around a park or town, created for you to complete, and capture with your smartphone or GPS watch. Together with a map showing where they all are, with the right App your smartphone can magically become a brilliant orienteering device and ...

More and more people are discovering that orienteering is a fun and challenging activity that gets them exploring the great outdoors.  

The Euromeeting is being held in Switzerland this weekend with the Middle distance race on Saturday 25 September followed by the Long distance race on Sunday 26 September, both races are in Alpine terrain predominantly at over 2000m altitude.