Today is the start of UK Coaching Week 2025. At British Orienteering, we are proud to offer a range of opportunities and routes into coaching.
Coaching is at the heart of orienteering at every level from children and adults beginner participating in their first activity, through to preparing athletes for the World Orienteering Championships.
Coaches are vital to the success of orienteering in the UK and are, in many ways, the people who will promote the benefits and enjoyment of taking part in orienteering.
Celebrating the power of our coaches
Our coaches work incredibly hard to empower junior and adult orienteers. Below, you can discover more about recent winners of our Coach of the Year Award.
Jon Musgrave (MAROC)
Jon’s knowledge of the sport and performance, and the way he can relate this to everyone to
make concepts and ideas accessible to all is unsurpassed. Find out more about his jouney as a coach.
Pete Tryner (South Yorkshire Orienteers)
Developing the orienteering skills of juniors and adults across all levels of the sport comes naturally to Pete. Discover more about his work over the years in this news story.
Roger Goddard (Forth Valley Orienteers)
Roger was awarded the Coach of the Year Award in 2023. Learn more about how he has empowered orienteers through coaching here.
Could coaching be for you?
There are many routes into coaching; as an enthusiastic parent, as a participant, as a teacher, as a young leader or simply someone inspired to be that person to make a real and positive difference.
Whichever way you come to orienteering, as a coach you will have the satisfaction and pride in knowing you have helped others to participate, achieve and excel. Click on the button below to discover ways to get involved with coaching orienteering.
Getting involved with coaching
Last year, we were delighted to launch our Orienteering Coach Qualification.
Our vision for this was to enable those wishing to become coaches access to a full range of techniques and skills in orienteering, through a series of high-quality linked coaching sessions. You can learn more about the qualification via the button below.
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