Local clubs

The Swansea Bay Orienteering club site

The Harlequins Orienteering Club (“HOC”), whose areas include the Malvern Hills.

North Gloucestershire “NGOC” home page, plenty of events in Forest of Dean

The Bristol Orienteering Club (“BOK”) home page, a big club with plenty of events

If you fancy a change of training, this Cardiff running club site gives you some of the local running races

Technical

IOF Control Descriptions

The official mapping legend and symbols, increasingly useful as fewer maps seem to have the legend

The BOF technical page that includes everything you could ever want to know on running an event.

The OCAD mapping software home page

There are some great OCAD and Route Gadget tutorials on this page designed by Paul Frost

The official specifications for sprint orienteering

Fixture lists and big events

BOF Fixtures List

Croeso, the Welsh 6 day event being held in Brecon in August 2004.

The WOA fixtures page, includes all Welsh fixtures and many of the adjoining regions fixtures

 Results and rankings etc

 The BOF results page for individual event, often quicker than going to the club site.

The Welsh League tables

The BOF rankings page

Associations and Federations

The Welsh Orienteering Association site “WOA”

British Orienteering Federation (“BOF”) home page

International Orienteering Federation (“IOF”)world rankings, magazines etc

Training

A compass training page

Sundry sites

Adobe Acrobat® Reader®.You will need to have this free software installed on your machine to read our newsletter

Multimap, one of the better free map sites and aerial photos

The Ordnance Survey site, good for free maps

Compass sport magazine and occasionally some up to date news

Planet Fear for adventure sports and some great articles

Equipment

Ultra sport for all your orienteering needs. Turn up at most Badge events

Compasspoint for even more orienteering equipment and clothing needs

Fun sites to browse

An American orienteer who is fond of maps

Am American from Kansas who does a daily orienteering entry, again plent of maps and translations of Nordic sites..