Resources to help club officials stage events
Organisers
Guidance for organisers from DVO (PDF downloads):
- Notes for Event Co-ordinators – for Level C and above events – includes recommendations for individual team leaders for events
- Notes for Organisers of Level D Events
- Signing for an event
- Covid-related Documents
- Configuration details for SI Mini Printers (Martel MCP7830)
Templates for printing – mainly Word documents for amending:
- British Orienteering Risk assessment form – to be completed for each event and signed-off by controller
- Event Flyer Template – Optional for Level C events; more useful for Level A & B
- Informal Level D Event Flyer Template – Not usually used since event details added directly to event database
- Competitor registration Slips (PDF)
- Expenses Claim Form (Word document – updated October 2021)
Planners and controllers
Rules governing orienteering competitions:
- Latest British Orienteering Rules – Essential to consult Competition Rules PDF, especially Appendix B: Course Planning
For reference, if needed:
- International Specification for Control Descriptions – From the International Orienteering Federation (IOF)
- International Specification for Orienteering Maps (ISOM) – from the IOF. Sprint guidance also available also includes Sprint and Urban Maps (ISSOM/ISSprOM)
Additional planning guidance:
- Notes for Level C and D Planners – DVO guidance for first-time planners
- Course planning guide – Explains the planning process, with useful examples (Graham Nilsen’s guide updated by Hilary Quick)
- White courses, Yellow courses, Orange courses, Light green courses, Green-black courses – Barry Elkington’s course-specific guides give more guidance and examples of individual courses and are particularly useful for easier courses
- Purple Pen for Planners – A guide to the recommending planning software by Mike Godfree of DVO
- MapRun Planners guidance – Nov 2020 – see also Video showing how to create a MapRun event on a smartphone with MapRunF (the latest version of the app) You will need a map image from