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

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

Appendix	Issue
A: Control Descriptions - Also see IOF Website	1.3
B: Course Planning	1.2
C: Event Officials	3.0
D: Please refer to Anti-Doping page
E: Event Safety	2.0
F: Environmental Good Practice *	2.0
G: Protests, Juries and Appeals	2.2
H: Mapping	2.0
I: Electronic Punching	2.1
J: The Badge Scheme	1.1
K: The Ranking Scheme	2.1
L: Seeding and Selection	2.0
M: Elite Competitions Seeding and Selection	1.0
N: Neighbouring Club Alliances in UK Relay League	1.1
O: Embargoed areas and non-competitive runners	1.2

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

Event Guidelines	Issue
A: Overview of Event Structure	1.2
B: Long Distance Cross Country Events	1.2
C: Middle Distance Events	1.3
D: Sprint Events	1.2
E: Urban Events	1.3
F: Relay Events	1.1
G: Score Events	2.1
H: Ultra Long Distance Events	1.1
I: String Courses	1.1

Competition Rules	Issue
A: British Long Distance Orienteering Championships	1.4
B: British Middle Distance Orienteering Championships	1.4
C: British Sprint Distance Orienteering Championships	1.4
D: British Relay Orienteering Championships	1.4
E: British Night Orienteering Championships	1.4
F: Jan Kjellström Sprint	1.4
G: Jan Kjellström Individual Cross Country	1.4
H: Jan Kjellström Relays	1.4
I: Area Championships	1.4
J: UK Orienteering League	1.3
K - Harvester Relays	2.1
L - Yvette Baker Trophy	1.3
M -Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay	1.2
O - Junior Inter-Regional Championships	1.3
P - British Schools Score Championships	1.4
Q - British Schools Orienteering Championships	1.3
R - Junior Home Internationals	1.2