British Orienteering Club, Coach, Mapping and Volunteer Awards

Each year British Orienteering presents a number of awards to recognise the incredible effort and impact delivered by clubs, coaches, mappers , and volunteers across orienteering.  

British Orienteering would like to thank everyone involved in the recent review of our awards process.  Based on the review recommendations  we have made a number of changes, including:  

• This year we are moving to online nomination forms, which should be quicker and easier for you to complete.    

• We are excited to announce that there are two New Awards for 2021, namely the Continued Contribution to Orienteering Award and the Development and Innovation of the Year Award.  

• This year the awards will be presented before the event prize ceremony at the end of Day 1 at the JK in South Wales. The awards will also be announced online. 

Nominations for the awards below should be made by Sunday 6 March 2022. 

Further Information, Guidance, and Nomination Forms can be found below for each category. 

Mapping Awards 

• Traditionally, the three annual cartographic mapping awards, Chichester, Silva, and Walsh Trophies, would be awarded for maps first used in the previous year.  The Coronavirus epidemic has severely limited the number of events held in 2020 and 2021.  Consequently, the Map Advisory Group has agreed to invite nominations in 2022 for maps first used in the two years between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021. 

• The Bonington Trophy is for contributions to mapping which may have been made over an extended period of time.  

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL MAPPING AWARDS AND THE NOMINATION FORM 

Volunteer Awards 

Thank you for considering making a nomination for one of the following British Orienteering Volunteer Awards.  These annual awards are reflective of the achievements from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.  

• Development and Innovation of the Year Award -- NEW to 2021  

• Coach of the Year Award   

• Volunteer of the Year Award  

• Young Volunteer of the Year Award 

• Club of the Year Award  

• University Club of the Year Award 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON VOLUNTEER AWARDS AND THE NOMINATION FORM 

Continued Service Awards 

Thank you for considering making a nomination for one of the following British Orienteering Continued Service Awards.  These two awards recognise  and celebrate the volunteer efforts of those in our sport who contribute greatly over an extended period of time.  

• Continued Contribution to Orienteering Award - NEW to 2021  

• SILVA Award  

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CONTINUED SERVICE AWARDS AND THE NOMINATION FORM