The government has issued new guidance for the national lockdown in England, which comes into force on Tuesday 5 January.
The guidance states that:
All organised orienteering activities, including events, competitions, leagues and coaching, are therefore suspended with immediate effect (except for orienteering for disabled people, on which we will provide further information in due course).
POCs and VOCs can still be used for individual exercise. Courses should be registered with British Orienteering as activities to provide insurance cover for the club and planner. They must not be used for competitions or leagues.
We would recommend that you add any courses on to the British Orienteering POC portal via your club POC Manager or contact nweir@britishorienteering.org.uk
The full national lockdown: stay at home guidelines are available on the UK government website.
Guidance for orienteering clubs
Up to date support and guidance for UK orienteering clubs is available via our COVID page.
The First Minister has today announced that Tier 4 restrictions have been brought forward to the 20 December 2020.
However, the guidance that the Welsh Executive has published is clear that people who live in Tier 4 areas must not travel out of their Tier 4 area other than for legally permitted reasons, and that people who live in Tier 4 areas must not leave or be outside of their home except where they have a specific purpose or ‘reasonable excuse’.
For those living in a Tier 4 area, unlimited outdoor exercise is still permitted, including in parks and the countryside. Exercise must be alone, or in a public outdoor place with your household, support bubble, or one other person. Exercise should be done locally wherever possible, but you can travel a short distance within your Tier 4 area to do so if necessary (for example, to access an open space).
Orienteers are obviously required to comply with the new restrictions and with other government guidance.
British Orienteering will the guidance as further details of the new restrictions become available.
The 2021 Virtual Coaching Conference continued this week with three further sessions providing great insights for coaches and clubs across the country. So far, the live viewing figures for the first seven sessions is nearly 500.
Following the success of the conference so far, we are pleased to announce an additional session onto the programme.
Titled ‘What is a Coach? A look at what modern coaching entails’ Join an expert panel to discuss;
The panel for the evening includes:
The session takes place on Tuesday 2nd February, 19:30 – 21:00
Register Here The session will be delivered via Zoom
Don’t forget there are two exciting sessions taking place next week with registrations still open.
Tuesday 26th January @ 19:30 Using Virtual Platforms for Coaching
Register here Delivered through Go To Webinar
Thursday 28th January @ 19:30 Simulating Sweden
Register here Delivered through Go To Webinar
For further details of all the sessions visit the conference webpage: www.britishorienteering.org.uk/coachingconference2021
British Orienteering wishes to reassure all competitors, volunteers and spectators that safety of all attending our events is a priority. We are aware of the concerns surrounding the current Coronavirus outbreak and are regularly reviewing our processes and procedures and staying up to date on government advice.
At present (5 March 2020), the British Championships (21 – 22 March) and JK events (10 – 13 April) are due to go ahead.
Please note: For those who are unable to access the document entitled 'Advice for attending public events' from the COVID 19 Advice PDF please find this document below.
Peter Hart
Chief Executive