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BOF Participant Code of Conduct - Events February 2021
British Orienteering have produced a Code of Conduct for participants which take into account the best practice in recognising the dangers from the Covid-19 virus.
New videos teach orienteering skills in local parks
MDOC / GMOA have launched 'Get Out & Go', a series of four new films targeted at novices and newcomers, thanks to a grant from Sport England.
You can see the videos on the club's new YouTube channel.
Filmed in urban parks during Summer 2020, the short videos show beginners all the basics of orienteering, from the special way maps and courses are drawn, though a range of useful skills and techniques, to simple route choice, planning ahead and reading the map on the run ...
MDOC members launch smartphone ‘O’ website
A range of smartphone orienteering courses in and around south Manchester are now available via a dedicated website thanks to the efforts of MDOC members Ian Watson, Peter Ross and Doug Edwards during lockdown. The courses use the latest version of the MapRun app that was trialled at last season's night street league, MapRunF.
Challenges include finding as many postboxes in your area as you can in an hour and navigating the streets of Altrincham on a map drawn 120 years ago.
For full details, go to the Manchester Navvies website - https://navvies.org.uk
Policies and Codes of Conduct
MDOC is committed to be "safe, effective and child-friendly" and has adopted an appropriate set of policies and codes of conduct.
2020 Club Championship
Events, scoring system and results
- Club Championship Results after the second event at Breasty Haw (with a correction) ...
British Orienteering has advised that all orienteering activities in the UK have to be suspended with immediate effect. Further events in this year's club championship will be advised when circumstances allow.