For newcomers to the sport it may seem odd, or may not even be apparent at all that there are three separate officials at events. It is often not clear who does what or why. Read on for a guide to officials at an orienteering event. (This is a revised version of an article I wrote in Lokation, the LOK newsletter, in 1993. I’ve updated it to add references to the 2003 BOF Rules.)
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 My normal experience with controlling is that the planner has a first go at the courses. There is then a reasonably short discussion between planner and controller, and the planner comes up with a second set of courses that are pretty close to the final thing. With these two events it didn't work like that, for many reasons. Planner Andy Jones and I probably went through at least five iterations of course shape to determine start, finish, spectator controls and course flow, before even more detailed reviews of exact courses. Read on to see just some of the problems we had to overcome. |
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A few thoughts about the Micro-O that was part of the M21L course at the OK Nuts Trophy at Esher Common.
There is a copy of the map here. |
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Here's the video I made to give you an idea of what it's like to run in the annual Venice street-O event. Definitely an event to try if you ever get the chance.
Whilst checking the link to the results I also found this great animation of the course, plus a good write-up of the M40/W21E course (which happens to be the one I ran).
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 | Sometimes the hardest part of orienteering is punching the controls, never mind finding them in the first place.You will no doubt have spotted that the three year old having trouble on the left is the same person as the resourceful ten year old on the right who found a novel way of punching at the City of London Orienteering race. There is lots more about the London race on the website , including a fantastic video by Graham Gristwood. |  |
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In July I went to Tampere in Finland for the World Orienteering Championships 2001. As a long-time attendee of this event (I've been to all eight since 1987) this was a chance to see the first of the new "spectator-friendly" World Championships. So what difference did it make? |
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(First published in Lokation 51, August 1986)
Pick up the map, check first leg. 500m to a small re-entrant. Path, then follow wall, then another path and in. Fold up map, whistle goes, jog off with the bunch. Path is a bit odd, they must have felled here recently.
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In a surprise press release today the Institute for Advanced Physical Research (IAPR) has announced the outcome of a year-long survey into membership, entry and results software used by orienteering clubs and federations around the world. |
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Following extensive research conducted by the Institute for Applied Physical Research (IAPR), it now seems possible that all competitors at this year's World Orienteering Championships in Scotland will be tracked in real time. This should provide even greater spectator interest. |
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Researchers at the Institute of Applied Physical Research (IAPR) may have at last explained why Scandinavia has dominated the orienteering world for so long. |
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(This is an article I posted to the now-defunct O-Net in 1997. Even I had forgotten what I wrote, but it's interesting to read it now given what has been going on recently.) |
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