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Rules & Regulations

 This section lists all the documents that contain the rules and regulations that relate to the staging of an orienteering event/competition.  

Documents

Rules of Orienteering

The latest Rules of Orienteering were approved by the Board of British Orienteering for implementation from January 2011.

Appendices to Rules of Orienteering

Appendix
Issue
A: Control Descriptions - Also see IOF Website
B: Course Planning
C: Event Officials
D: Please refer to Anti-Doping page  
E: Event Safety
F: Environmental Good Practice *
G: Protests, Juries and Appeals
H: Mapping
I:  Electronic Punching
J: The Badge Scheme
K: The Ranking Scheme
L: Seeding and Selection
M: Elite Competitions Seeding and Selection
N: Neighbouring Club Alliances in UK Relay League
O: Embargoed areas and non-competitive runners
1.2 

Event Guidelines 

 These Event Guidelines contain generic information about different types of events. 

Event Guidelines
Issue
A: Overview of Event Structure
B: Long Distance Cross Country Events
C: Middle Distance Events
D: Sprint Events
E: Urban Events
F: Relay Events
G: Score Events
H: Ultra Long Distance Events
I: String Courses
1.1 

 

Competition Rules

Guidance on rule changes 2013

 

Competition Rules
Issue
A: British Long Distance Orienteering Championships
B: British Middle Distance Orienteering Championships
C: British Sprint Distance Orienteering Championships
D: British Relay Orienteering Championships
E: British Night Orienteering Championships
F: Jan Kjellström Sprint
G: Jan Kjellström Individual Cross Country
H: Jan Kjellström Relays
I: Area Championships
J: UK Orienteering League 1.3
K - Harvester Relays
L - Yvette Baker Trophy
M -Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay
O - Junior Inter-Regional Championships
P - British Schools Score Championships
Q - British Schools Orienteering Championships
R - Junior Home Internationals