SCOA consists of the following constituent clubs. Please click on the link to see the club's web site.

Basingstoke and Andover Orienteers (BADO)

Areas around Central/Northwest Hampshire into Southern Wiltshire and parts of West Berkshire including Hungerford and Newbury.

British Army Orienteering Club (BAOC)

Open to all Army personnel. Based in this region due to presence of Aldershot.

Colour coded awards are made for good performance at District Events

How to Qualify for an Award

• A White Award can be made to anyone who completes three White courses.
• The Colour Coded Standard for courses other than White is either the time that is achieved by 50% of those who started the course (including the retirals and disqualifications), or 150% of the winner's time - whichever gives the largest number of qualifiers.
• A competitor qualifies for a colour award (other than White) by attaining the Colour Coded Standard for that course on three separate occasions.
  

The following permanent courses are available in the SCOA region.

• Oxfordshire
  • Oxford
    1. Shotover Country Park, Headington, Oxford.  Map Packs 60p - 85p from Walkabout, East St Helen Street Abingdon; Touchwood Sports, 107 St Aldates, Oxford; Camping & Outdoor Centre, Turl Street, Oxford. Enquiries & bulk supplies contact TVOC ‘Ludwell, Faringdon Road, Abingdon OX14 1BQ Tel 01235 520447
    2. Cutteslowe Park, Oxford Maps 50p from the kiosk in Cutteslowe Park from 10.00am till dusk. This is an area with minimal technical and

SCOA is the body responsible for orienteering in the South Central area of England. This area comprises approximately the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, and the Isle of Wight. Orienteering within the region is mostly carried out by the constituent clubs.

Links to each club can be found in the Clubs section of this web site.

News, information and suggestions for the web site should be sent to the webmaster, Tim Booth

A Year in the Life of a Regional Development Officer Denise Harper, SCOA RDO

Having now been in post for just over a year, it seemed like a good time to tell you all what I do, what has been achieved, and where next? I am employed for 400 hours per year, which works out at approx 10 hours per week in term time as the BOF Regional Development Officer for SCOA, a role which was previously part of Julianna Grant’s remit as Southern Development Officer. The rest of the time I work in a teaching/ admin role at Ufton Court, an Education Centre for off site school visits (4 days a week) and am also heavily involved with my own club, Berkshire Orienteers, in various roles.

This page contains links to photographs of orienteering in the region. Most galleries are also linked from the main story that they refer to.

SCOA League Presentations 2005

Bracknell Festival of Orienteering 2005

Denise Harper SCOA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Report for October 2004 - March 2005

DEVELOPING SCHOOLS ORIENTEERING

1. Increase awareness and understanding of orienteering in education
• Met with Julie Edwards, Sports Manager, Sport England. Given contact details for all County Sports Partnerships/ School Sports Partnerships. Contacted all CSPs in region.
• Met Alastair Phillips, Sue Pike, Bracknell LA re orienteering development in Bracknell Schools; identified suitable new POC areas for school use with Bracknell Parks and Countryside Manager.
• Met Caroline Walters, Wallingford SSCo, re orienteering development in feeder primary schools. Arranged future training for teachers.

SCOA GRANT APPLICATION FORM

Members of SCOA are able to apply for grants from SCOA for activities listed below.