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Photo: The men racing for victory in the JK Relay. Credit: Digisport Welcome to 2010 SUMMER Welcome to Amanda Cooper Amanda Cooper started work as the Regional Development Officer (RDO) for Yorkshire and Humberside from the beginning of April, taking over from Colin Best who retired at the end of March. Amanda is a coach and member of the I always enjoy putting this edition Eborienteers club and is enthusiastically looking of Focus magazine together as it forward to the challenges of the post. reports on our major national events; the JK and British Championships. Amanda says, “I enjoyed half marathons/cross The reports from these competitions country races when I was younger but I found can be found on pages 10-16. I them repetitive and boring. Then one day, I would like to offer my congratulations happened to see a TV programme with a short to all those who won their class clip of someone orienteering and I thought or achieved a personal best ‘that’s it! performance. coaching course to train nine new coaches and I found my local club and went to my first event a first aid training course for club volunteers. I would also like to draw your in 1994. I thought I would attempt the Orange attention to the Contacts List on course and was persuaded to have a shadow, a I didn’t have the time to do everything I wanted page 26, where a number of updates young teenage girl called Jenny Whitehead (now with working full-time and looking after 3 have been made to the Directors, Jenny Johnson). The time and advice that Jenny children, so I took my opportunity when I was Committee and Group Chairs as well gave me at that first and subsequent events offered the role of Regional Development Officer as their email addresses. meant I have been hooked ever since! and left my full-time job. By the time you receive this copy of In 2008 I became a UKCC Level 1 qualified So now I concentrate on both orienteering coach and was keen on getting more involved Focus I will be on maternity leave until development and coaching. Well, that is the Autumn, although I will still be in orienteering development. Realizing that my between the Night O, Foot O, Urban O and producing Focus magazine. Therefore club needed more coaches, I then organized a Trail O events!” if you have any feedback or reports for future editions, please email Edward Nicholas Appointed [email protected] Development Manager Caroline Povey Marketing Manager Edward Nicholas will start work as the new Development Manager from the beginning of June taking over from Hilary Palmer who retired at the end of March. Edward says, “I’d like to start by saying that I’m delighted to be taking on the role Contents of Development Manager within British 4 Chief Executive’s Update Orienteering and I’m looking forward to the many challenges it presents. 6 AGM 8 Coaching I truly believe that orienteering is an incredibly 9 Participation Update exciting sport that appeals to many people and I also believe that we have a great opportunity to 10 British Championships introduce many more people into the sport we 12 JK Festival of Orienteering all enjoy. OZONE Our established clubs are very strong symbols of should all be very grateful for their efforts. I 15 International Programme Update orienteering and they have strong identities that also believe that we have to work hard now to 16 British Sprint and Middle Champs have helped to include those already within the encourage the next generation of volunteers into 18 MTBO sport. Moving forward, we can hopefully look to the sport by endeavoring to support those new open up our clubs to more newcomers so that to the sport, particularly young people who are 20 Competitiom Structure Review they too can enjoy the welcoming atmosphere progressing within orienteering. 23 Event Update that many clubs currently provide. Finally we all have a part to play in continuing to 24 Trail O I am also looking forward to working with all further our sport. I look forward to working with 25 Incentives all of you in making this happen and I welcome the dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly 26 Contacts to improve orienteering. We have a sport that your views on how best to move orienteering relies a great deal on volunteer input and we forward.” More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 3 Chief Executive’s Update Targets for 2010 include: The period since we prepared the last edition of Focus has gone quickly and has been extremely busy. The JK seems to have been a very enjoyable experience for those of you that took part and even the weather on the More People, More Places: Grow and Sustain Saturday did not appear to dampen spirits too much. As I write this, the first Objective: To increase the number of weekend of the British Championships appears to have gone successfully and participants and increase the satisfaction we are awaiting the second weekend. I would like to thank the many event level of those participants already involved in volunteers who help to make these events so enjoyable. The effort you make is orienteering. always appreciated and valued even though at times you might wonder! Work • Increase the number of adult participants taking is going on across various committees and the staff to simplify the staging of part in ‘O’ from 12,500 to 13,600 and be able to these events and make your work as valued volunteers easier. evidence that 550 new adults are taking part • Introduce 3,400 young people to orienteering During the last month the first club newsletter has been circulated to try to • Increase from 130 to 365 the number of people improve communications between the National Office, committee/groups and in Higher/Further Education taking part in clubs and associations. These newsletters contain the information that your orienteering club committee and officials should be aware of and a copy of the newsletter Mike Hamilton • Increase from 650 to 725 the number of young is published on the British Orienteering website. Chief Executive people (under 16) involved in leadership and volunteering • Develop 22 satellite centres and weekly club been very fortunate to have such a capable part of the senior management team. Hilary AGM activities at fixed venues Chairman. Perhaps Neil’s most significant started orienteering quite late and perhaps The AGM attendance was excellent with over • Maintain and then increase the level of satisfaction achievement has been to modernise British because of this was always understanding of 100 people attending and almost 500 proxy amongst participants; in England using the Sport Orienteering through the changes that led to the many questions I threw at her. Whenever votes cast. We probably have the 4 tier event England Satisfaction Survey to achieve a rating of the instigation of the Board, but for me his I or other staff members had queries about structure proposal to thank for the upsurge in 83.5% (from 83.4%) support and understanding of the relationship how something worked in orienteering or why interest. You can find a summary of the AGM • Retaining more members for longer using between the Chairman and Chief Executive we did something within the development on page 6 of this edition of Focus and a copy membership turnover as the measure, baseline to has been outstanding. programme, Hilary would make time to of the draft AGM Minutes are available on the be established in 2010 ensure that we understood the issues and website. We are currently putting together a • Support 3 more clubs in achieving Clubmark Jenny Peel also stood down as Treasurer due consequences of decisions. The Development project plan to implement the 4 tier structure accreditation, taking the total to 36 in 2010 of which there will be more news in the next to work and personal commitments and I Team of Participation Managers and Regional would like to thank Jenny for all her hard work Development Officers have relied heavily on Cull Peter Credit: edition of Focus. More Podiums: Excel and dedication. Hilary to keep the widely spread team pulling Objective: To modernise and increase the in the same direction and maintain focus. Changes to the Board number of athletes within a quality assured Lyn West who has served as Vice Chairman Roger Hargreaves retired as a Director at talent pathway. for the last four years now takes over as Chair Edward is fortunate to be taking on a well the AGM. Roger was valued greatly as a • To increase to 15 the number of clubs that have a and Martin Ward takes on the Vice Chair managed programme although he does Board member and played a significant club talent squad receiving regular coaching responsibilities. Mike Forrest has walked have a hard act to follow and some fresh role throughout his time on the Board. With • To have 225 athletes within these club talent SILVA Award straight in to a significant workload taking on challenges on the horizon. I hope Hilary journey times bordering on the impossible squads working to a nationally coordinated for Services to the role of Treasurer and will also serve as the enjoys her retirement and I pity the people from Devon to Board meeting venues, Roger development programme Orienteering. interim Chair of Events Committee whilst the she competes against as she intends using showed great commitment but it has been • To work with 2 regional talent squads in delivering review of the committee and groups is taking the extra time she now has to improve her The Board of British his pragmatic approach to discussions and a quality assured development programme his willingness to express the views of clubs place.