Join Now

Click here to find out how to become part of British Orienteering.

Incentive Schemes

Incentives Scheme
National Badge Scheme
 

Incentives Schemes

The British Orienteering Navigation and Racing challenges are incentive schemes that enable you to track your progress through the colour coded courses and their corresponding technical difficulty (TD).

The Navigation Challenge:

Members are eligible for a Navigation Challenge certificate after successfully completing 3 colour coded courses at the same Technical Difficulty (TD) standard. The certificates are ‘star’ based e.g. 1 star for TD 1 up to 5 Star for TD 5. 

 The Racing Challenge

Members are eligible for a Racing Challenge certificate after successfully completing 3 colour coded courses (of the same TD) within the following times: 

• Gold Award. Participants time < Course Length (KM) x 12.5mins
• Silver Award. Participants time < Course Length (KM) x 15mins
• Bronze Award. Participants time < Course Length (KM) x 20mins

 Receiving Your Certificate

 The certificates will be automatically generated via the results that clubs have uploaded into the website. Results can be viewed here. Results uploaded from the 1st January 2012 will count towards the incentive schemes.

Your certificates will be available for you to download via the members area of the website. If we hold an email address for you in our database we will also send you an email informing you of your success.

Your Club Secretary will also be notified of your achievement. 

Back to top

 National Badge Scheme

The British Orienteering National Badge Scheme awards badges on the basis of performance over a series of events. Badges are graded Championship, Gold, Silver and Bronze. The scheme is open to British Orienteering members only. Group members are not eligible. 

Championship Badges

Championship Badges are awarded each calendar year to Elite, Long or A course competitors who have achieved the Championship Badge qualifying times at three of the events listed below (all of which must be registered at level A).

• The British Long Distance Orienteering Championships
• The British Middle Distance Orienteering Championships
• The British Sprint Distance Orienteering Championships (A Finals only)
• The British Night Championships
• The Jan Kjellström Sprint
• The Jan Kjellström Individual Events (treated as two separate races)
• The Northern, Midland and Southern Area Championships
• The Scottish and Welsh Championships (if they are registered as Level A events)
• Or at any British Orienteering Championship if staged separately (i.e. if for instance there are separate Elite Championships)

A qualifying time in one age class may not count towards a Championship Badge in another class. In all cases, only the results of those entering the competition as British Orienteering members will be counted in determining the qualifying time.

**The formulae used to determine the qualifying time for competitors can be found on the British Orienteering website under Documents/Events/Rules of orienteering/ J (The Badge scheme)

Gold, Silver and Bronze Badges

These badges are also awarded on performances in the events listed above. Competitors must compete, on their own, and reach the required standard in three events in the same class within the two years.

**The formulae used to determine the qualifying time for competitors can be found on the British Orienteering website under Documents/Events/Rules of orienteering/ J (The Badge scheme)

Applying for your Badge

Applications should be made to the National Badge Scheme Secretary:

Chris Boycott

13 Dawlish Avenue

Stafford

ST17 0EU

Please include an email address in case of queries.

Please enclose the following:

1) The appropriate fee (cheque made payable to British Orienteering)

2) An appropriate SAE (A4 sizewith a Large letter postage stamp for certificates).

3) Name and age class of claimant

4) British Orienteering club and membership number of claimant.

5) The organizing club (it is not helpful to just name the event area or an event, such as November Classic or SOL 10) and the dates of the 3 events. Back claims are possible IF I can retrieve the relevant records from the Internet.

6) The position and time of the claimant in each event.

7) The standard being claimed.

Woven cloth badge  - £1.50

Certificate - £0.50

Age (e.g W12) flash - £0.50

Back to top