Having taken advice, I’m sorry to have to ask all competitors not to wear headcams whilst participating in orienteering. Further to this I’m instructing all event organisers to require participants to remove headcams prior to the start in all events registered with British Orienteering.

There are a number of issues around headcams including safeguarding and land access that have led to the taking of this decision. I do not see this ban on headcams being in place long, just until we are able to issue an updated policy and procedures relating to the wearing of headcams and other wearable cams. Hopefully this will be within a matter of weeks.

Apologies to all of our participants that might use a headcam or might be thinking of experimenting with a wearable cam.

Item posted by Mike Hamilton, Chief Executive.