Dodgy CVs.

[Red Adder]

I've just spent an idle half-hour googling "orienteering" within my county and found a large number of references beyond the normal mainstream. Many were kosher and positive but one or two others caught the eye - generally when coming from schools. A suprising number of schools offer orienteering even though they have never had any contact with the club or attend any local events. Do they (like the scouts) mean something different - basically map reading skills - or are some of them just bulstering their prospectus by adding the odd sport or three to a long (and oftern rather outre) list.

[sketchweppers]

I expect they only offer it on a school trip to an activity centre such as PGL, YHA etc. However it might be worth contacting them to see if they would like to pursue orienteering closer to home too.

[NFKleanne]

I work at a sports centre and a chap sent leaflets advertising orienteering training. My boss who is not interested in NOR helping, was interested in this chap. Until I searched for him in BOF ranking list and found I was higher!!!!

[lostlad]

But you surely do not need to be the best orienteer around to be the best (or even an adequate) coach

[denzil53]

I used to (I'm now retired) teach school children to orienteer - in Games lessons - around the school grounds and fields, and then take those interested to regular Sunday events. While most enjoyed and benefited from the experience in lessons, not all children were able or wanted to go on Sundays - they were often already committed to other things.

While trips to local events no longer happen, the school still uses my map of the grounds and fields (and probably courses!) to introduce children to orienteering. It doesn't mean that they have to commit to mainstream orienteering.