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Part-year membership offer from 1 September
Manchester & District Orienteering Club have updated the Part Year membership* offer that entitles you to £1 discount at all MDOC events, free coaching, free GMOA Permanent Orienteering Course maps, membership of British Orienteering and discounts with a range of retail and adventure organisations ...
MDOC Fixtures 2024/25
The Link below is to the MDOC Fixtures list up to Summer 2025 (Google spreadsheet).
There are a number of vacant positions for officials which need to be filled. Please look at the list and see whether you could volunteer.
Please either email if you are volunteering for any of the vacant positions (purple/pink cells) or edit the cell yourself with your name.
Additional fixtures in 2024/25 will be added once they are agreed.
MDOC - Safeguarding and Welfare
Everyone has a shared responsibility for safeguarding and creating safe, enjoyable environments in Orienteering whether as an Orienteer, parent, coach, club official or spectator.
MDOC wants you to feel safe and welcome and we encourage you to raise any concerns you have or incidents you witness at the earliest opportunity to our Club Welfare Officer, Cecilia Fenerty,
Please read our Safeguarding and Welfare Policy in full here ...
Manchester Navvies - MapRun in Manchester
Navigational Challenges
Use the free MapRun6 app to add fun and exploration to your outdoor exercise!
https://navvies.org.uk/index.php
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 ...