Number of BOF member/active orienteers

[jeff_pd]

I'm trying to writing a brief summary of rogaining in Great Britain - i.e. there have been none so far (if anyone knows any different let me know!). So want to add information about related sports, such as orienteeting: any one have an idea of how many BOF members there are and also how many active orienteers there are. I'm sure this information should be around somewhere but I haven't managed to find it.

Cheers

[SeanC]

Sounds like you want to look at BOF's whole sport plan. Look under "downloads" then "about British Orienteering". Can't claim to have read it properly, but skimming down I can see some numbers and graphs.

[AndyC]

I know that we have two "family members" who haven't orienteered for 2 years?

[Copepod]

Hi Jeff
You probably realise this, but several members of CamRacers AR squad who orienteer several times a year, but aren't members of BOF or any orienteering club - I've orienteered about 8 times in 2009 so far, for example, and often take a carfull of CamRacers. One member competed world rogaining champs in Estonia in 2008.

[Spookster]

Sounds like you want to look at BOF's whole sport plan. Look under "downloads" then "about British Orienteering". Can't claim to have read it properly, but skimming down I can see some numbers and graphs.

Here's the Whole Sport Plan, and the Sport England funding submission. Lots of figures in each which ought to be accurate enough for your needs.

You could get exact BOF membership figure by asking BOF office, but of course some participants are not members, and some members don't participate.

[NFKleanne]

do families count as one or more, I have 6 kids - my husband and oldest do not orienteer, but are members - my nephew orienteer s but is not a member!!

[Jon Brooke]

Jeff,

Are you thinking of organising a rogaine then?

[graeme]

there have been none so far (if anyone knows any different let me know!).

What's the difference between a short rogaine and a score course at a mountain marathon?

[Blanka]

What's the difference between a short rogaine and a score course at a mountain marathon?

Not much, I think, although the original rogaining was, if I'm correct, 24 hours/12 hours and you can sleep/kip anywhere you want, for as long as you want or just keep going through the night, i.e. there is no official overnight campsite (might be a problem in Britain with regard to permissions?).

For the six hour version, it probably doesn't differ that much from a mountain marathon score.

That's what I understood from friends who did rogaining in the Czech Republic, so don't shoot me down for being vague!

[Big Jon]

"i.e. there is no official overnight campsite (might be a problem in Britain with regard to permissions?). "

It might be an issue in England, but in Scotland the Access Code allows wild camping for one night virtually anywhere that is "wild land".

[ifor]

There is no need for a camp site you just keep going for 24 hours....

Ifor

[jeff_pd]

Hi all,

Thanks for the link, I'll have a look at the whole sport plan.

Yes, a rogaine is just an orienteering score event in teams of 2 to 5, so the Rab MM this weekend could be thought of a 7 hour and a 6 hour rogaine having to carry kit. They are continuous, so rest and sleep is all in race time, and the time period to extend through the day and night. The normal 24 hour format starts around midday, and a 12 hour one would start then or later (to make sure it includes a period in the dark). Ideally the start and finish is near the centre of the map and food will be available there so teams can go back there and feed/sleep if they wish. But as Ifor says, once you've been through the night the first time it's not that bad and there is little need to sleep.

I seem to have become the 'observer' for the international rogaining federation for GB as I've done a few rogaines abroad (Copepod - weren't there two of us from CamRacers in Estonia .

Jon, I'm considering organising a low-key rogaine next year, if it feels like people would be interested in competing and if I can get things sorted.

Jeff