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Organiser's help list A handy document (Microsoft Word, 22kb) for anyone organising a colour coded event using EMIT.
BOF Standard Entry Form (SEF)
(Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file, 89kb)
Print as required for all those event entries.
Older version as rich text (rtf) (61kb) or MS Word (doc) (42kb) also available.
INVOC Library

Not a lot of people know this but......

INVOC has a library of O books, magazines & publications.

It is an elderly collection but, as techniques etc. don't change much, most of it is still relevant and interesting. There are plenty of items to help you improve your orienteering.

Ray & Ann Walder have recently taken it over and catalogued it - details below. If you would like to borrow something please contact Ray or Ann at library"at"invoc.org.uk and we will make arrangements to get it to you.


INVOC Library List

CATEGORY TITLE AUTHOR DATE COMMENT
RULEBOOKS ETC. ORIENTEERING RULES & GUIDELINES BOF 1997  
  CHECK LISTS FOR BADGE & NATIONAL EVENTS BOF 1997  
         
GENERAL THE COMPLETE ORIENTEERING MANUAL Edited by PETER PALMER 1997 Comprehensive - contributions are from leading orienteers
  ORIENTEERING TOM RENFREW 1997  
  ORIENTEERING G UNDERWOOD & S BIRD 1997 2 Copies - Described as "A Mental Training Workbook"
  GET FIT FOR ORIENTEERING STEVE BIRD 1996 Focuses on specific fitness training for orienteers
  QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES FOR COACHES SUE WALSH ?MID 90s Full title is "Using Effective Questioning Techniques for Coaching Orienteers"
  PATHWAYS TO EXCELLENCE-ORIENTEERING PETER PALMER 1994 Focus on coaching & family orienteering
  ORIENTEERING TECHNIQUES GARETH BRYAN-JONES 1994 3 Copies - SOA publication by a leading Scots orienteer
  GO CHANNEL 4 / SPORTS COUNCIL 1994 A glossy 'How to get started' manual covering many adventure sports
  MOUNTAIN NAVIGATION FOR RUNNERS MARTIN BAGNESS 1993 "The definitive navigation handbook for mountain competitors"
  ORIENTEERING - THE SKILLS OF THE GAME CAROL McNEILL 1993 Recommended - by one of Britain's most successful orienteers
  THE COACHING COLLECTION PETER PALMER & JIM MARTLAND 1989 BOF Resource book of "tested training exercises and activities"
  ORIENTEERING SKILLS & STRATEGIES R LOWRY & K SIDNEY 1989 Canadian book focusing on 'coach-yourself'
  TEACHING ORIENTEERING C McNEILL, J RAMSDEN & T RENFREW 1987 Excellent handbook for teachers, instructors & coaches
  SPORTING BODY SPORTING MIND JOHN SYER & CHRISTOPHER CONNOLLY 1987 "An athlete's guide to mental training" - not orienteering specific
  ORIENTEERING TRAINING PERFORMANCE RON LOWRY & KEN SIDNEY 1987 Canadian book aimed at those seeking elite success
  KNOW THE GAME ORIENTEERING SOA 1985 Know the Game series - input is from SOA
  ORIENTEERING IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CAROL McNEILL & TOM RENFREW ?1985 Designed to enable teachers to introduce & develop orienteering skills
  ORIENTEERING INSTRUCTOR'S MANUAL JIM GILCHRIST & JACK LEE 1984 A Canadian publication.
  MONITORING YOUNG ORIENTEERS' SKILLS J R MARTLAND (for BOF) 1984 Full title is "Monitoring the Technical Skills & Strategies of Young Orienteers"
  ORIENTEERING TRAINING & COACHING BOF 1982 Contributors include Gareth Bryan-Jones & Carol McNeill
  ORIENTEERING - BASIC TECHNIQUES TOM RENFREW ? 1980s Course with slides & accompanying booklet (2 copies)
  IT'S EASY TO FIND YOUR WAY INGE BLOMBERG 1982 Provides simple exercises, etc for young children (translated from Swedish)
  GAMES & EXERCISES SWEDISH O FEDERATION 1981 O Games, etc for a range of abilities
  ORIENTEERING TECHNIQUES GARETH BRYAN-JONES 1979 3 Copies - forerunner of the 1994 booklet
  FUN WITH ORIENTEERING JO & TONY THORNLEY 1979 Orienteering book written for children
  ORIENTEERING M HENLEY 1978 Produced in collaboration with the SOA
  ORIENTEERING JOHN DISLEY 1967 Of historical interest from the days when we used B & W OS maps
         
PLANNING INVOC PLANNERS' COURSE   EARLY 90s Typewritten summary+BOF Guidelines for technical/physical difficulty
  PLANNING YOUR PLANNING KEN HALL 1990 MAROC Typewritten planner's guide
  COURSE PLANNING TOM RENFREW ? 1980s Course with slides & accompanying booklet (2 copies)
  COURSE PLANNING - O-TECH SHEET 4 BOF 1977  
  COURSE PLANNING BOF ? MID 70s Dated translation of a Swedish guide
         
MISC RESOURCES INSTRUCTOR COURSE   1998 Folder holding the course material for an Instructor Course held at Lagganlia
  VARIOUS TRAINING ARTICLES, ETC VARIOUS c.1996 File containing various photocopied articles on training, etc
  TEMPLATES     File containing templates and stocks of forms such as finish lists, etc
         
MAGAZINES COMPASS SPORT BOF 1993-00 30 Editions (i.e an incomplete collection)
  INVOGUE INVOC 1998-00 6 Copies of our own newsletter (not a complete collection!)
  SCORE SOA 1980-88 13 Copies of Score from this period (i.e a very incomplete collection)
  SOA NEWSLETTER/THE SCOTTISH ORIENTEER SOA 1974-78 21 Copies from the early days of Scottish Orienteering incl WOC 76
  THE ORIENTEER BOF 1972-76 21 Copies from the early days of British Orienteering incl WOC76
         
INVOC ARCHIVE INVOC COMMITTEE MINUTES   1980-95 A fat file containing 15 years' worth of deliberations
  CIVIC DINNER MENU, ETC   2003 A memento of the Civic Dinner held to mark INVOC's 25th anniversary
  PHOTO ALBUM   1996 Numerous old snaps of INVOC members  - can you still recognise them?
  INVOC HISTORY   ?1985 A brief (1.5 pages ) history of INVOC up to the mid 80s
  INVOC YEAR BOOKS   1993-95 What we did in our younger days
  VETERANS WORLD CUP 1994 RESULTS   1994 2 Copies of this major event at Strathspey co-ordinated by Ken Davidson
  HIGHLAND 87 PROGRAMME & RESULTS   1987 Mementoes of INVOC's first 6 day
  WOC 76 PROGRAMME & START LIST   1976 Historic documents from the event that spawned INVOC

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