The 36th Annual General meeting will take place on Friday 14th April 2017 at Brunel University London, Kingston Ln, London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH at 5:00pm. The meeting will take place during the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering weekend and will be held after the Sprint Event.

There will be two Board Director positions for election with one director, Judith Holt, standing for re-election. The deadline for any agenda items, director nominations and member proposals must be received at the National Office before 5:00pm on Thursday 23rd February 2017 (50 days before the AGM) 

The volunteering and mapping awards will be presented at the Annual General Meeting, information on the categories and how to nominate are below:

British Orienteering is looking for nominees for our 2016 Club and Volunteer Awards and wants to recognise and award some of the great work being done across the sport of orienteering by our clubs and volunteers of all ages. 

The Award Categories open for nominations: 

Club of the Year Award
A proactive club that is an important part of the local community, demonstrates a commitment to the development of the club, members, volunteers and coaches and provides a range of activities that promote the club and engage both members and the wider community.
The Club of the Year nomination form is available here.

University Club of the Year Award
A proactive university club that demonstrates a commitment to the development of the club, members, volunteers and coaches and provides a range of activities that promote the club and engage both members and the wider student population.
The University Club of the Year nomination form can be found here.

Young Volunteer of the Year Award
A volunteer under the age of 25 who has demonstrated a commitment to supporting delivery of orienteering activity with passion, energy and enthusiasm.  The Young Volunteer of the Year Award nomination form can be found here.

SILVA Award
A person or persons who have made a very significant contribution to orienteering over a period of years with an emphasis on ‘field' activities rather than committee work.  Silva Award nomination form.

Coach of the Year Award
Coach of the Year award is looking for coaches who demonstrate success in engaging new people in orienteering, improving the performance of orienteers and mentoring and developing other coaches.  The Coach of the Year Award nomination form can be found here.

All nominations need to be submitted and received at National Office by 5.00pm on Friday 10 March 2017.

The nominations will be judged by the Development Steering Group and the awards will be presented at the British Orienteering’s 2017 Annual General Meeting on Friday 14 April 2017 at Brunel University, Uxbridge.

Further details and nomination forms are available here.

The following awards are for maps first used in competition during 2016. To be eligible, maps should be of new areas or significant extensions/major revisions to existing maps. Submissions should state briefly the mapper involvement.
　
Chichester Trophy Presented for the best map by an amateur mapper.
　
Silva Trophy Presented for the best map produced by professional mappers.
　
Walsh Trophy Presented for the best urban or sprint map.

Mapping awards

The map awards for 2016 are to be decided on submissions provided by clubs and mappers. The judges are Steve Barrett, Colin Hicks and Tony Thornley. The scoring is based on specification, cartography and presentation.

Please send electronic copies of maps, preferably either pdf or OCAD files with this nomination form to; mapchair@britishorienteering.org.uk.

Bonington Trophy This trophy was donated to British Orienteering by its honorary President, Sir Chris Bonington, the world-famous mountaineer. The trophy consists of a piece of rock collected from the summit of Mount Everest on Chris' 1985 expedition, mounted on a wooden plinth. It is awarded annually for the 'best contribution to mapping' which can cover a whole range of activities related to mapping

Bonington Trophy submissions should use this nomination form to mapchair@britishorienteering.org.uk.