2023 marks the 39th year of Volunteers’ Week (1–7 June), when British Orienteering will join thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK.

British Orienteering’s 2023 AGM will be held on Saturday 16 September 2023 at Decathlon, 9 Maritime St, London, SE16 7FU starting at 15.30pm. This is at the conclusion of the City of London races.

We are delighted to have two new staff members join the team at British Orienteering in the past month.

British Orienteering is excited to announce a team of ten has been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Trail O Championships (WTOC 2023). The competition is due to be held in the Czech Republic from 1 to 7 July 2023.

Last week some of the Juniors headed out to Baia Mare, Romania to take part in the Electro Sistem Cup, in preparation for the Junior World Orienteering Championships which will be held in the area from 2–9 July.

Earlier this year, Trimtex launched a competition for UK Orienteering Clubs the opportunity to win customized orienteering kit. We are jointly delighted to announce that the winners of the competition are South Yorkshire Orienteers and Edinburgh University Orienteering Club!

On behalf of the Championship officials and volunteers from NI Orienteering Association, thank you to everyone who made the trip over to Northern Ireland to participate in the British Sprint, Middle and Trail O Championships. 

We’re part of the team, are you? British Orienteering are ready to support UKAD’s Clean Sport Week

From 7-10 April 2023 over 2,500 orienteers descended in the South Lakes for the annual Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2023.

On Saturday the Men’s and Women’s Middle event took place with Sweden’s Sara Hagström taking her first World Cup Win over teammate Tove Alexandersson.

The start times for Round 1 of the 2023 World Orienteering Championships have been announced ahead of tomorrow's Middle Distance race.

Thursday saw the start of the 2023 International Season with the first World Cup of the year being held in Østfold, the South East of Norway. 

Great Britian's World Cup Round 1 Team in new Trimtex kit British Orienteering is today delighted to present the new Great Britain Orienteering Team’s kit designed for and by our own team, alongside our new sponsors, Trimtex. 

The British Spint & Middle Championships are only 10 days away!

The start times for Round 1 of the 2023 World Orienteering Championships have been announced ahead of tomorrow's race.

A reminder for all aspiring international athletes…this year, the key selection races to pick the GBR team to compete at the World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland in July will be held in Switzerland over 3rd to 6th June.

We would like to congratulate all the winners of the 2022 Volunteer and Mapping Awards.

British Orienteering are pleased to announce that the winner of The Chichester Trophy Award is Simon Errington from Hertfordshire Orienteering Club.

British Orienteering are delighted to present the very first ‘Respect the Environment’ Award to Susan Lambe from the Lagan Valley Orienteers.

British Orienteering is delighted to announce the following selections to represent Great Britain for World Cup 1, JWOC, EYOC and JEC. Athletes are listed in alphabetical order of surname.