GPS Orienteering app for Gawthorpe Hall

Danny has created the Gawthorpe Hall POC's in the 'GPS Orienteering' app.

Introduction to Orienteering

Yet again we had wonderful weather for the 4th in our introduction to orienteering session in Towneley Park, Burnley.

This was the last week of the series, but we will endeavour to do something similar later in the year.

Results are available here.

Championship win for PFO

William Ellis is crowned M14A champion at the recent Northern Championships at Wharncliffe.

NWNL 2020North West Night League 2020

The NWNL consists of typically 6 night events staged by different NW clubs around the region. All events have just 3 course options, Blue, Green and Orange., which are technically, just the same as day courses. A powerful head torch (and back up lighting) is essential.

Start OrienteeringA Newcomer's Guide

Orienteering is an exciting and challenging adventure sport. It's easy for anyone to start and fun to do. You learn to navigate, develop confidence and discover new places. Orienteering is a sport that exercises both your mind and body.

CAPRICORN History

List of CAPRICORN Events 1980 to 2019

PFO Orienteering Tops

We still have some PFO orienteering shirts available.

Urban Orienteering Leagues

There are a number of Orienteering leagues that run throughout the year which are well worth participating in.

The scoring for each of these is based upon your best ‘x’ places out of ‘y’ events so you don’t need to do all the events to stand a reasonable chance of finishing fairly high up the table.

North West Urban League

The NWUL was re-started last year (2017) after lapsing for a few years.

Read on for last years results, details of 2018 events and how to nominate areas for the 2019 series.

Urban Orienteering

There are a growing number of Urban Orienteering races across the country with various leagues having being established.