Links
This page does not attempt to provide a comprehensive list of all Orienteering web sites. It aims to provide links to the most commonly used sites, both domestically and internationally, the most interesting and some with a north western bias !
Index
British Orienteering | Traders | Mapping Services
International Orienteering | International Events (Restricted) |
International Events (Open)
Orienteering Portals | Software | Electronic Punching | Miscellaneous
British Orienteering
| UK Results | Results for all sorts of running events throughout the UK |
| British Orienteering Federation (BOF) | Various links incl. British Regions, Clubs, Fixtures and Results. |
| Orienteeering England | International selections etc |
| British Orienteering Fixtures | Details of events throughout the UK |
| British Orienteering Rankings | The BOF Ranking Lists, incl. past years. |
| Orienteering in the Lake District | Results and Fixtures for all Cumbrian Clubs and first location for Cumbrian Galoppen results |
| British Schools Orienteering Association (BSOA) | Key facts about BSOA and making school maps. |
| Compass Sport Magazine | Britain's National Orienteering magazine. |
| JOK Chasing Sprint | Everything you need to know about this exciting annual race. |
| Mountain Bike Orienteering (BMBO) | British Mountain Bike Orienteering, formerly Trail Cyclists Association (TCA) page with fixtures, results, history etc. |
| National Orienteering Centre | Based at Glenmore Lodge in Aviemore, offering BOF courses and training facilities. |
| North West Orienteering Association (NWOA) | The quickest way to other NW clubs, both open and restricted. |
| Trail Orienteering | A guide to Trail Orienteering, one of the recent innovations in the sport. |
Traders
| Compass Point | The UK's first online O-shop. 10% discount to SROC members. |
| Ultrasport | Twenty five years supplying O-kit nationwide. |
| Wilfs | Popular Staveley cafe, supporter of local orienteering events |
| Scotts | Incorporating Wilfs event catering |
Mapping Services
| Harveys | Comprehensive site with on-line shop for O-teaching supplies. |
| Stirling Surveys | Comprehensive O-mapping services and much more. |
International Orienteering
| Fredrikstad Skiklubb (FSK) | FSK, our 'sister' club in Norway, and pioneers of the famous Blodslitet. |
| International Orienteering Federation (IOF) | O-news, links to the Int'l. Federations, Events and Technical issues. |
| Swedish Orienteering Federation | The 3rd most visited sports website in Sweden |
International Events (Restricted)
| Park World Tour | Superb site |
International Events (Open)
| OMM | Cracking site. Lots of info. & advice |
| Scottish 6-Day | The Scottish 6-Day Event |
| O-Ringen | The largest O-event in the world held in Sweden. |
Orienteering Portals
| Alternativet | Alternativet is Sweden's leading website for orienteering, and has recently added an English section. |
| Orienteering Online | The best site for O-news, articles and interviews, updated every few days. |
| Orienteering Unlimited | Commendable American site, aimed at both new and club orienteers alike. |
| World of O | Run from Bergen University, lots of links and O-trivia. |
Software
| OCAD | Cartography software. OCAD v10 now available. |
| Purple Pen | Free course planning software, works with Ocad maps |
| WinSplits | Make split times come alive. Get a free demo version and see how ! |
| Yapop | Alex Finch's program for displaying progressographs. |
Electronic Punching
| Emit | Widely used in Scandinavia and international competitions. |
| Sport Ident | The system we all know and love so well ! |
Miscellaneous
| AA Traffic and Travel Information | Don't miss your start ! Create a journey plan or check roadworks. |
| Orienteering Wallpapers | Go here for some great orienteering and landscape wallpapers for your monitor. |
| MultiMap | A complete interactive atlas. Grid Ref. facility is extremely useful. |
| Ordnance Survey | Comprehensive site with on-line shop. |
| The Lakeland Fells | Andrew Leaney's photographic guide to all the fells in the Lakes |
| Cycle Adventure | Cycle hire and guided rides in the Forest of Bowland |
| RAC | Very popular journey planner tool and traffic condition info. |
| Translating Dictionaries | Free on-line dictionaries for many European countries. |
| Universal Currency Converter | Convert the GBP to all your favourite currencies. |
| Weather | Cagoules compulsory ? Provided by the Met. Office. |
| OnlySport | Links to just about every sport in the UK |
Last Updated : 02.11.10