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Orienteering is a challenging outdoor adventure sport that exercises both the
mind and the body. The aim is to navigate in sequence between control points marked on a unique orienteering map and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time. It does not matter how young, old or fit you are,
as you can run, walk or jog the course and progress at your own pace.

Orienteering can take place anywhere from remote forest and countryside to
urban parks and school playgrounds.  It’s a great sport for runners, joggers and walkers who want to improve their navigation skills or for anyone who loves the outdoors. Orienteering - The adventure sport for all!


 

 

 
Three races, three medals for Emily Benham
 
     
 

One Bronze and two Silver medals for Emily at the European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships!           

 

 
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International Programme Director Position
 
     
 

The commencement of a new funding cycle from 2009 has presented an opportunity to review the current International Programme; this review has provided clear evidence that a change of structure will be beneficial and add renewed vitality to the programme.

Therefore, British Orienteering is looking to appoint an International Programme Director to lead these changes.

More information on the review of the International Programme can be found here.

More information on the International Programme Director position can be found here.

Item posted by Laura Young
 

 
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Junior Squad and EYOC Team selections announced
 
     
 

The British Orienteering Junior Squad and the team for the European Youth Orienteering Championships have been announced. the Junior Squad is available here and the EYOC team here.

British Orienteering is sending a full team of M/W 16's and M/W 18's to the European Youth Championships as well as a group of M/W 20's to the associated Junior Match.

Congratulations to all the selected athletes.

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Start Squad Selections Published
 
     
 

The 2008/9 Start Squad has been selected and published on the British Orienteering website here.

Congratulations to all athletes who were selected.

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Increasing Participation Questionnaire
 
     
 

As part of the "Increasing Participation Plan" we are trying to find out how people started orienteering and what prevents others from getting involved in the sport.   Please can you complete the following short questionnaire that should only take two minutes to complete. We greatly appreciate your support and the results will be made available to all our members.

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News

 
Tuesday 7th October
runningsports Official Partner
 
 
British Orienteering is now a runningsports Official Partner.
 
 
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The Minutes for the International Committee meeting are now available
 
 
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Daniel Hubmann (SUI) and Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR) take the 2008 World Cup titles with style.
 
 
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The BSOA are now looking for Coaches for the 2009 World Schools Championships
 
 
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Monday 6th October
Development Commitee Minutes
 
 
The Development Committee minutes are now available.
 
 
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The Worlds elite meet in Zurich, Swizerland this weekend for the final of the World Cup series.
 
 
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One Bronze and two Silver medals for Emily at the European Mountain Bike Orienteering!
 
 
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Three medals in three days! An impressive set of results for Emily.
 
 
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Thursday 25th September
MTBO EOC - Silver for Emily
 
 
Another fantastic result from Emily Benham as she wins a silver medal today in the Sprint!
 
 
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Wednesday 24th September
MTBO EOC - Bronze for Emily
 
 
What a fantastic start to the week for Team GB as Emily Benham wins a bronze medal in the middle distance at the European Mountain Bike Championships.
 
 
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