Description:

Orienteering is an exciting, challenging sport that involves competitive navigation, usually in woodland or on open hillside. Each competitor uses a map and compass, choosing their own way, to find the red and white flags at the sites indicated by red circles on their map. Southdowns Orienteers is a friendly club offering local events throughout Sussex

Orienteering is a very flexible sport and is suitable for all ages and fitness(or lack of). The best way to learn about orienteering is to come to an event.  There are various event types but all have courses suitable for beginners.

There is no need to run while doing a course and while you are improving your map reading skills, it is usually better (and eventually faster) to concentrate on reading the map accurately rather than rushing round the course.

Newcomers are welcome to come and try orienteering at a few events before joining the club.