SOC MEMBERSHIP FOR 2009
Changes to the membership structure of the British Orienteering Federation (BOF) were introduced at the beginning of 2007 and these changes, together with event entry fee changes, may affect the way that you consider membership. Any membership taken out now will be valid until Dec 2009.
The most tangible benefit of BOF Membership is the discount on entry fees for district and regional events that will be available to senior (age 21 or over in 2009) participants.
BOF Local Membership of SOC will in 2009 attract a discount of £2 for seniors at district and regional events organised by clubs within the South Central Orienteering Association (SCOA) region. Note that this does not include national events and does not include eligibility to enter the British Championships, but does include eligibility to enter the JK (see Note 1).
BOF National Membership of SOC will in 2008 attract a discount of £2 for seniors at district, regional, and national events in all regions, and eligibility for the British Championships and JK (see note 1).
In practice, this has meant that base entry fees for seniors will have risen with the discounts bringing them down to previously existing levels.
Junior entry fees have remained at their previous levels and no discounts will apply. Junior entry fees have therefore been unaffected by these changes, but note that the eligibility criteria will apply.
Due to the geography of the SCOA region, the majority of clubs to the east and west of SOC are not in SCOA, and therefore discounted entries to those clubs' events will not be available to BOF Local members of SOC. This may affect their choice of membership.
SCOA clubs are:
Basingstoke and Andover Orienteers (BADO)
Southampton OC (SOC)
British Army Orienteering Club (BAOC)
Southern Navigators (SN)
Berkshire Orienteers (BKO)
Southampton University OC (SUOC)
Oxford University OC (OUOC)
Thames Valley OC (TVOC)
Reading University OK (RUOK)
Isle of Wight Orienteers (WIGHTO)
Shedfield Orienteering and Footslogging Association (SOFA)
Jesus OK (JOK) (Closed club for OxfordUniversity graduates)
Associate members of SOC will not be BOF members, but will receive the SOC newsletter and be eligible to attend SOC social events. Associate members will not qualify for any entry discounts at any event, including those organised by SOC.
Note that the BOF membership form is not Club or Association (Region) specific. If you are completing the BOF form, then you should enter the following information:
Club Name:
SOC
Club Fee:
Senior/Junior/Family
£5.00/£0.00/£7.00as appropriate
Association:
SCOA
Association Fee:
£0.00
BOF Fee:
Local - see Note 2
Senior/Junior/Family
£7.50/£0.00/£13.00as appropriate
or
National
Senior/Junior/Family
£20.00/£4.50/£28.00as appropriate
Both the BOF and SOC membership year run from Jan 1st to Dec 31st. BOF membership cards will be required to be shown if discounts are to be claimed on entry fees at events in 2009.
If applying for SOC Associate Membership only, then the completed SOC form (click for form) should be returned to the SOC Membership Secretary (see form), together with a cheque, payable to SOC, for the fee.
If applying for BOF and SOC Membership, then the completed BOF form (click for form) should be returned to British Orienteering (see form), together with a cheque, payable to British Orienteering, for the total fee (SOC + Association + BOF). Alternatively, you may join online using the facility atwww.britishorienteering.org.uk
Note:
- JK - Jan Kellstrom Festival of Orienteering, a 3 day International event held at Easter
- If you have not been a member of an orienteering club or British Orienteering during the last three years you will receive free BOF local membership until the 31st December 2009 and all BOF Local fees should be entered as £0.
