Welcome to the website of the East Anglian Orienteering Association (EAOA). If you are new to the sport, please take a look at our Introduction.

We act on behalf of the orienteering clubs in our region, in particular by:

• Operating a regional Junior Squad, to provide training and development for younger orienteers from clubs across the region.
• Organising Leagues and Championships for individual club members and clubs as a whole.
• Laying on orienteering events which require the resources of more than just one club.
• Appointing event controllers, who ensure that courses are well planned and safe, and that competitions are fair.
• Coordinating fixtures across and beyond the region, to avoid event date clashes.

Association officials are orienteers who are members of constituent clubs.

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

EAOA are hosting the British Middle Distance Orienteering Championships at Rushmere Country Park near Milton Keynes on Sunday 6 March

• Read Taylor's article about her Lagganlia summer camp on our Junior Squad page.
• The EA League webpage has been updated with scores after the final event of 2021.
• Anne Braggins RIP - read more.

COVID-19 Update

Orienteering lends itself to being a socially distanced activity, unlike many other sports. Clubs in East Anglia were able to resume organised events during late Summer and Autumn 2020. All events are run according to British Orienteering rules and a comprehensive risk assessment.

You may also wish to check out a locally available Permanent orienteering course or a MapRun course, which you can run with a smartphone. For more information on what is allowed during the current restrictions see the British Orienteering website.

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.