(MARGATE SCHOOL SPORTS FACILITY, KWAZULU-NATAL) 19- 22 JANUARY 2017 The P.O.C committee and all its affiliated athletes, would first and foremost, love to appreciate the wonderful support we continue to receive from all our stakeholders (all affiliated orienteering clubs &…
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Limpopo’s Orienteering team came close to snatching a victory at the National Orienteering Championships in North West recently where they won silver in their category. The team also managed to claim top positions in the Light Green categories, however there…
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The SAOF has signed the national Code of Conduct binding all sports and participants to a common code of conduct.
With the introduction of the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act 2010 (Gazetted June 2010) the SAOF has put together a booklet containing guidelines to event liability.
The YOC initiative continues to attract and retain new young orienteers and their families.
Who may take part? Anyone! Orienteering can be enjoyed by men, women and children, whether old or young, fit or unfit. As you set your own pace, it is ideal recreation for individuals or groups.
A Control Description Sheet will be given to you before your start containing all the necessary information about the control sites you will need to visit on your chosen course. On beginners’ courses words are used, but internationally accepted symbols are used in the advanced courses.
Always stop and assist a fellow Orienteer clearly in distress. If the person is able to move (e.g. minor cut or sprain) – assist them to the finish area. In more serious cases (e.g. broken limb), call out for assistance from other competitors in the area.
Handrails’ are linear features, which can be identified on the map and in the terrain and used to assist in navigating from one control point to another. These include paths, tracks, fences, powerlines, streams and clear vegetation boundaries, but can also be features such as lines or cliffs, ridges, and valleys or re-entrants.
Orienteering is a fun sport with a number of rules that keep competition and participation above board. On the whole, there’s not too much to remember other than the golden rule “Control points shall be visited in the correct sequence – no random control visits are allowed without pain of disqualification”.