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.

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.

New Map StandardsISOM 2017 Mapping info

Check out what’s new in mapping standards for 2018.
Includes new symbols to improve map clarity and improve route choice decisions.