Young Orienteers Festival
- Bank Holiday Monday, 2 May 2005 - Battersea Park, South London
Young orienteers from around the country will be able to compete in this national festival, which will be held in conjunction with the World Cup Sprint Final. Young people will be able to rub shoulders with the world's top orienteers, cheer on the GB team in what promises to be the most spectacular and spectator-friendly orienteering event ever held in the UK - and then take part in their own competition festival.
Local Young Orienteers Festivals will be held in April around the country in which all young people can take part. The best from each Local YO Festival will be selected to represent their town/borough at the Young Orienteers Festival on 2 May.
Clubs, Local Authority Sports Development Units, or youth organisations are encouraged to hold their own Local YO Festival and send a team to the inter-town festival on 2 May.
Local Young Orienteers Festivals currently planned are:
- 12 Mar Surrey & London Scouts & Guides
- 15 Mar Sussex
- 3 Apr Mole Valley
- 13 Apr Wandsworth
- 14 Apr Kingston
- 15 Apr Bexley
- 19 Apr Aldershot
- 19 Apr Oxford
- 20 Apr Fleet
- 21 Apr Woking
- 21 Apr Guildford
- 22 Apr Sutton
- 22 Apr Surrey Heath
- 25 Apr Merton
- ? Barrow, Bristol, Cambridge, Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Swindon
A suggested timetable for the Local YOFs (this is here as some people have asked for guidance; it is up to you how you run the Local YOFs)
- 10-12am Primary (Years 5&6) - equivalent to White standard
- 1-2pm Lower Secondary (Years 7&8) - equivalent to Yellow standard
- 2-3pm Upper Secondary (Years 9, 10 & 11) - equivalent to Orange standard
Schools can send any number of competitors to the Local YOFs.
Young Orienteers Festival, Battersea Park, 2 May 2005
From each Local YOF, up to 24 competitors may be selected to represent the town/borough at the Young Orienteers Festival at Battersea Park on 2 May:
- Primary (Years 5&6) 4 boys and 4 girls - equivalent to White standard
- Lower Secondary (Years 7&8) 4 boys and 4 girls - equivalent to Yellow standard
- Upper Secondary (Years 9,10 & 11) 4 boys and 4 girls - equivalent to Orange standard
At the Primary level (White standard), competitors may compete in pairs if they wish.
The local council, club or youth organisation will be responsible for:
- organising and planning their own Local YOF
- sending results to the World Cup Development Team to go on the World Cup website
- selecting up to 24 members of the team to compete at Battersea Park
- providing their team with a uniform T-shirt or some other distinguishing garment, preferably bearing the name of the town (eg as used in London Youth Games etc)
- sending the names and ages of the members of their teams to the World Cup Development Team by Wednesday 27 April
- transporting the team to and from Battersea Park on 2 May
The British Orienteering Federation Regional Development Officer may be able to support and help organise your local festival; details from www.britishorienteering.org.uk or ring .
There will be an entry fee of £1 per person (payable to BOWC2005 Ltd).
Start times will be approximately pm
Prizes for Young Orienteers Festival, Battersea Park
- Individual prizes for the first three boys and girls in each of Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary.
- Team prize for Primary and Secondary (Lower & Upper combined); team scores will be based on a team's top two girls and top two boys in Primary and the top two girls and top two boys in each of Lower and Upper Secondary.
- Overall team prize based on all competitors in the team.
For further information contact:
- World Cup Schools Development Officer
- or, World Cup Development Officer
- or your local British Orienteering Federation Regional Development Officer
