British Orienteering Launches 2022 Volunteer and Mapping Awards Today

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. 

Today is the last day of #VolunteersWeek and British Orienteering is delighted to announce the launch of their Volunteers and Mapping Awards for 2022.  Nominations are now open.  All nominations for the awards this year should be made by Sunday 5 March 2023. 

This year British Orienteering is excited to announce another new category this year – the Respect the Environment Award.

British Orienteering would like to thank everyone involved in last year’s review of our awards process which was a great success and led to a number of improvements including:

• The move to online nomination forms, which are quicker and easier for you to complete. 
• New Awards – this year we are excited to announce another new category – the Respect the Environment Award 
• The award winners celebrated – award winners will be presented their awards before the medal ceremony at the end of the JK Day 1 and all nominations will be announced and celebrated online.

Nominations for the awards below should be made by Sunday 5 March 2023. 

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. We invite you to make nominations for maps first used in the year between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.
• 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 2022 to 31 December 2022. 

• Development and Innovation of the Year Award
• 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
• Respect the Environment Award - NEW Award Category

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
• SILVA Award 

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

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