Get up to speed videos

Fri 8 Feb 2019

In case you've missed it, South London Orienteers have been releasing a series of get up to speed videos, presented by members of the GB Orienteering team, focussing on some key skills. There are six available currently, with a further two to be released over the next two weeks.

The full playlist reads as follows:

Think Fast Run Hard Go Orienteering - an introduction presented by Graham Gristwood

Setting the Map presented by Charlotte Ward

Using the Compass presented by Hector Haines

Attack Points presented by Megan Carter-Davies

Aiming Off presented by Charlotte Watson

Large Contour Features presented by Chris Smithard

All are available to view on YouTube here

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Beginner?

Orienteering is a sport that combines map reading and running. Competitors have to find their way between a series of checkpoints, called controls, as quickly as possible. There’s no set route between the controls, so you have to decide which way to go and then find your way there without getting lost.

You take part individually, and you don’t get to see the map with the course on it until the race starts, so you can’t plan your route or check out where the controls are in advance. The fastest person to visit all the controls in the right order is the winner.

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