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ORIENTEERING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Synopsis of the Orienteering Development Project Annual Report for the period October 2003 to September 2004

Acknowledgements
Much has been achieved in the last twelve months, not least of which has been the club's award of the Sport England Clubmark accreditation as a safe, effective and child-friendly club with an ongoing junior programme.

This could not have been realised without the committed help and support from our two part-time professional officers, Elaine Day and Jon Williams, and the untiring work of our volunteers - Martin and Joan Adamson, Eileen and John Bedwell, Will Dehany, Marjorie and Malcolm Conway, Ann and Joe Dobbs, Gill Hardy, Karen Heppenstall, Bill and Alison Hodgson, Peter Partington, Mike Rickard, Judith and lan Robb, Joan Seiby, Linda and Paul Thornton, with apologies to any I have left out. The club is indeed fortunate to be able to field such a team, frequently mid-week.

Recently we have had several meetings with the newly appointed Regional Development Officer for BOF, Heather Monro, and are looking forward to receiving her support in the coming year.

Statistics
In the year to date, we have had 4800 individual experiences of orienteering outside the club's normal activities, of which 52% have been mainstream school-children, 36% from economically disadvantaged areas, 7% special needs and ethnic minorities, and 6% adults. We have added a new permanent orienteering course in Stockton and another in Richmond, and have almost completed the installation of a permanent Trail-O course in Richmond. Our schools mapping programme continues, and we now have 161 schools mapped for orienteering, with 8 additional schools maps in progress. We have run two Teacher/Leader courses in the year.

Mike Hardy
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