Welcome to the website of the East Anglian Orienteering Association (EAOA), where you will find information about the region's clubs, details of events taking place in the region, as well as contact details for the officials who run the sport in the area.

If you are new to orienteering, you might like to start with this introduction.

If you want a national perspective on the sport, try visiting the British Orienteering website for the official view, or nopesport for a less formal look at orienteering and some lively discussion forums.

Recent news items

• the EAOA AGM will take place online on Wednesday 24th June at 7.30. Please contact your EAOA Committee representative for the url and password for the meeting. The Minutes of the 2019 AGM are available on the News page. Please contact the EAOA Secretary with any items you wish to raise at the AGM
• EA Champs trophy return - As the EA Champs have been postponed, please can all Class Winners look after their trophies until the event is rescheduled.
• EA League page updated with results after first event.

Upcoming key EA events

• 19th April - the EAOA Championships at Epping Forest is postponed

There is almost always an event in the region or close by on most weekends. See our fixture list.

The Region

Clubs

In orienteering terms, East Anglia comprises the whole of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire, southern Northamptonshire and most of Essex.

There are six open clubs (which anyone can join) in the region, as well as three closed clubs (whose membership is drawn from particular institutions). The approximate locations of the open clubs are shown on the map. Use the links on the clubs page to find out what's happening in your area.