Get Your College Orienteering
Interested in introducing a new sport to your College? Try Orienteering!
This page will take you through a range of resources that you can use to create simple orienteering activities with very little equipment!
What is Orienteering?
Orienteering is an exciting outdoor challenge that puts both your body and brain to the test. Using a map, participants find their way to checkpoints located around an area, choosing their own routes as they go.With no set paths to follow, participants use quick thinking and decision-making to find the best way between checkpoints!
Orienteering can take place in a variety of settings, from woodlands and sand dunes to parks, college campuses and city centres. There are two main types of orienteering course:
Linear Course
A traditional form of orienteering where participants find the controls in a specified order. There is no time limit, allowing participants to complete the course at their own pace.
Score Course
Participants aim to visit as many checkpoints as possible within a set time limit. This format is great for trying orienteering for the first time, as it reduces the pressure of finding controls in a specific order.
If you have any questions or would like any help or support, please get in touch with Gracie at ggrant@britishorienteering.org.uk.
Resources
Get Your College Orienteering Guide
This resource contains low-equipment activity ideas, and includes step-by-step instructions on how to organise, plan, set-up and deliver an orienteering activity at your college!
Virtual & Permanent Orienteering
There are many Orienteering opportunities available anytime in local parks, woods and urban spaces. This stretches across both physical markers, as well as virtually through your phone.
Find an Orienteering Club Near You
There are Orienteering Clubs across the UK, who would be more than happy to speak with you about upcoming events and opportunities. Find your closest club on the link below!
E-Learning Courses
Introducing Orienteering Course
This course has been designed to be the first step on the Orienteering leadership pathway and aims to equip leaders with the knowledge and confidence to introduce Orienteering within their setting. You'll also recieve further resources and activities.
Young Leader Award
This course is aimed at staff, to provide the basic skills of orienteering to transfer to 8-18 year olds. The course provides all the necessary knowledge of orienteering to be able to deliver a successful award to younger leaders.