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British Middle Championships and Northern Championships: Final details,
British Orienteering to offer part-year membership to newcomers,
Teams named for JWOC and EYOC,
Whole World O-MapThe Whole World Mapped O-style
Preview O-terrain anywhere in the world before you travel!.
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.
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
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.
North West Orienteering Association badge award scheme
The NWOA have re-launched their Colour Badge Scheme, which recognises the progression of orienteers through colour coded events from WHITE to LIGHT GREEN.