Category: Beginners

In light of the constantly changing coronavirus situation, Scottish Orienteering has made the difficult decision to postpone the Edinburgh-O Midday Map Runs which were scheduled to be held across six weeks, starting on Wednesday 18 March.

A series of lunchtime events is being launched this spring to introduce new people to the sport of orienteering ahead of Edinburgh hosting the World Orienteering Championships in 2022.

A week of World Orienteering Day events kicked off on 15 May and in Edinburgh school children, pre-school children, a team from Active Scotland and even MSP Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing, got involved.

World Orienteering Week runs from Wednesday 15^th May to Tuesday 21^st May and schools, clubs and groups across Scotland have registered “World Orienteering Day” events with the aim of breaking a world record and getting new people into the sport.

Are you new to orienteering but not sure where to start? Claire Ward, SOA Performance Director, put together this guide, as featured in the latest issue of SCORE.

With World Orienteering Week set to take place from 15th-21st May 2019 we’re helping schools, clubs and other groups across Scotland become part of the 350,000 people aiming to break a world record in this year’s event.

If you want to try orienteering for the first time but aren’t sure what you need to know, a new video has been released to help explain the basics for beginners.
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