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INSIDE: Volunteer, Club and Page 6 Mapping Awards British Orienteering Page 8 Celebrates 50 Years! Special Golden Jubilee Page 9 20 Page Feature INSIDE: Volunteer, Club and Page 6 Mapping Awards British Orienteering Page 8 celebrates 50 years! Special Golden Jubilee Page 9 20 page feature Cover photos sourced from British Orienteering archive MORE PEOPLE, MORE PLACES, MORE PODIUMS www.britishorienteering.org.uk Welcome to Welcome We are celebrating our Golden Jubilee in 2017, 50 years as a Federation. The actual date is 17 to this special edition of Focus June 2017. To mark the occasion we have already shared a celebration cake at the Annual General Meeting – you can read more about this on page from Judith Holt, 8. We are also producing a short film which will be released on the website on the actual anniversary Chair of British Orienteering date together with a history timeline. To mark this key milestone this edition of Focus includes a Welcome to this special to orienteer and to take on a special 50 years 20-page ‘pull-out’ feature starting edition of Focus celebrating 50 bigger part in our organisation on page 9. years of British Orienteering. and governance but we are We have tried to touch on the early years and Discussing the preparations one of the sports where report on how the sport of orienteering has for the celebrations I have had our Board of Directors has truly developed over the 50 years. It must be an opportunity to learn much achieved 30% women on our understood that it is quite impossible in just a more about how the sport board for the past four years. few pages to portray adequately all facets of the developed during the early Federation’s life over 50 years! The orienteers who Judith years of British Orienteering. I In the 50th anniversary feature on these pages are representative of all the Holt am proud of the achievements year it is right that dedicated people from every part of the UK who have contributed so much to British Orienteering of the organisation over we look back over Federation’s growth and development. the years and proud to be a our successes and honour around at various events I was member. This edition of Focus those who have made key delighted to get responses Let’s celebrate and share this magnificent covers a variety of aspects of contributions. However I am from elite orienteers, Junior milestone as we reflect together on The Past, enjoy our sport over the 50 years. sure those key contributors Squad members and young The Present and look forward to The Future. To add one of my own, it is would agree that it is equally people who orienteer with their gratifying to see how the important to use this families. Read more about this This is the last edition of Focus and Ozone magazine being produced for members and juniors involvement of women has anniversary moment to look on page 16. alike. In the next few months we are looking to built over the 50 years. From ahead to the next 50 years. introduce electronic communications. We hope the low level (about 10%) When I was asked to write Enjoy reading about 50 years of that this will allow us to communicate with you typical of many sports in 1967, about my expectations for British Orienteering and enjoy more frequently. More details to follow. participation of women built British Orienteering in the your orienteering this summer As always, if you have any up to 25% within 10 years. future I wanted to make sure wherever it takes you. contributions and/or good Now women make up closer that I was taking account news stories which you to 40% of those who orienteer. of the views of people who Best wishes, would like to share with other We may have more work to might still be orienteering in members please email: jtaylor@ Judith Holt britishorienteering.org.uk do to encourage women both another 50 years. Having asked Chair of British Orienteering With best wishes, Jennie Taylor New Active Clubs Marketing Manager Coordinator British Orienteering would I am particularly interested like to welcome Juls Hanvey in the empowerment of to British Orienteering and individuals and social change Contents wishes her all the best in through sport. JULS HANVEY her new role as Active Clubs Welcome to Focus 3 Coordinator in Northern I live in Belfast, Northern Conor Fadian whose work has Chief Executive Update 4 Ireland. Ireland. I love being outside seen a year on year increase in Volunteer, Club and Mapping Awards 6 – on the beach and in the participation and membership Juls Hanvey Active Clubs mountains. I am very lucky to in Northern Ireland. Juls will 2017 AGM and start of the 50th 8 Coordinator, says: “After have lots of both nearby. I am be continuing this work with celebrations studying Health and Leisure really enjoying getting to know coaches and volunteers across Education at Stranmillis the Orienteering community in the country using her prior British Orienteering celebrates 50 years 9 University College, I started the country and exploring a lot experience of community Special Golden Jubilee 20 page feature working in Outdoor Education more through the sport. ” projects to develop community in 2009; this led to working orienteering opportunities, Scottish 6-Days 2017 29 in the youth and community Craig Anthony Head of especially focussed on some of JK2017 – 50th JK event 30 sector. I spent the last 5 Development, says: “After an the key targets we have in our years in Australia working in extensive recruitment process funding agreement. On behalf National Rankings and UK O League events 33 various community settings; British Orienteering welcomes of all our members I would like Fiddler’s Ferry – Energy in Orienteering 34 designing and delivering needs Juls as our new Active Clubs to wish Juls every success in her British Orienteering Contacts 35 led personal development Coordinator in Northern new role.” programmes in communities Ireland. Juls takes over from with a focus on young women. More People, More Places, More Podiums 3 mental challenges and stress that such an event can bring and for Chief Executive’s these people there is often a real personal cost involved in terms of By Mike Hamilton, health and general well-being. British Update Chief Executive Orienteering has a responsibility and a duty of care for such people – even though at times some of these volunteers seem not to understand the stress they are putting themselves through. The weather is looking fantastic and hopefully the Jan Kjellstrom (JK) has been enjoyed by many of our I’ve not mentioned financial and legal risk; the financial risks are readers. The cake celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the significant as we depend on the formation of British Orienteering seemed to go down income generated from our major well with those of you attending the AGM. events to fund part of the British Orienteering operation and in the worst-case scenario there is When it’s sunny at a JK, spring is in the air with members probably over £100,000 tied up in risk for a JK. Legal risk is also and visitors looking happy and the general atmosphere significant with directors having around our major event being light-hearted and fun. At some legal responsibilities, for such times orienteering is an easy sport to promote! example health and safety, anti- bribery and safeguarding. Many of Congratulations to the team that delivered the event these laws provide that directors and it was good to see the event coordinator, Helen will be personally liable if they are responsible for the company’s Errington, looking relaxed, particularly since I’m aware of failure to comply with the law. As some of the challenges she’s faced behind the scenes in British Orienteering ‘owns’ the major delivering the event. events are we sure, for instance, that these events meet health & safety requirements? has direct control of the event; British Over the last 10 years we’ve as is required by our auditors ‘tinkered’ around the edges of Orienteering and funding partners. Without major events, experimenting with this arrangement, the event ATHLETES IN Major Events different ways of doing things, for would have had to have been ACTION AT instance the role of the Major Events After a recent eNews I’ve had a cancelled. JK 2017 couple of people ask me what Manager. This was a brave decision problems have led to ‘near-misses’ taken by the Board, to try to support PHOTO BY ROB LINES As members, you may compete with our major events in recent and manage our major events to at the major events that British years. It’s always challenging for me meet some of the problems and Orienteering is directly responsible to respond to such queries as I’m challenges. However, with some resources and capacity this is feasible you read this we will have • Administrator – Scott Parker for, the JK and BOCs. Hopefully electronic version of Focus once a very appreciative of the tremendous volunteers reluctant to work with and will enable us to address many an agreement or contract in • Administrator – Liz Goodwin Focus if you compete in one or more year, probably in the form of a ‘year volunteer time and effort that goes a staff member and with 3 major of our challenges including thinning place. In the meantime, we are (3 days a week) of them you come away having It is unfortunate and sad but this book’ containing stories, reports into delivering our major events and events a year, there are too many down our overcrowded fixture list. moving forward with British enjoyed a great event as most of will be the last printed publication and facts, accompanied by a series the last thing I want to do is enter events to allow one person to But, who knows, there may be other Orienteering carrying the risk of This is supplemented by funded the significant aspects of the event of Focus.
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