Staging a TrailO event may, initially, seem to be complex and place difficult challenges for the planner and organiser.  However, if the initial objective is to provide a TrailO experience, then the challenge can be quite limited - and will give new planners and organisers a chance to gain experience before potentially staging something larger.  On this page, some guidance is given.

It would also be helpful for competitiors new to the sport to take a look.  Knowing what guidance is given to planners can assist the competitor is correctly solving the challenges.

Guidance

The links below take you to two articles on how to organise a simple TrailO event (PreO or TempO) or a 'Taster TrailO' set of controls usually organised in connection with a standard Foot Orienteering event.

TrailO events can be staged at club level using very little manpower, and are excellent for training map-reading skills as well as providing challenging competition in their own right. In 'Taster TrailO', up to 6 controls in this format are put out on the route to the start or close to the assembly area, and this additional attraction is popular amongst participants at the events that provide them. In Scotland this format is known as PreO, for historical reasons. Elsewhere it is known as IntrO.

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