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Manchester in May 2024
A 4-day series of events between 3rd and 6th May 2024
A four-day series of urban events from the 3rd to the 6th of May ...
Day 1 MetrO MapRun Evening
Day 2 Middle Distance Urban
Day 3 Long Distance Urban
Day 4 O Fest in the park (Wythenshawe Park)
Online entries are open on RaceSignUp ... so get your entries in now!
MDOC Fixtures 2024
The Link below is to the MDOC Fixtures list up to Spring 2024 (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 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 ...