INVOC Resources
| Help for Event Organisers | Organiser's Help List: A handy document (Microsoft Word, 26kB) for anyone organising a colour coded event using emit. |
| Useful British Orienteering Documents |
Standard Entry Form (SEF)
(Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file) - print as required for all those event entries.
Risk Assessment Form (Microsoft Word) - for event officials. Visit the Downloads section on the British Orienteering website for loads more forms, official docs, guidelines etc. |
| 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 Walder catalogued it all not too long ago - details below - and it is now being looked after by Tom Todd. If you would like to borrow something please contact Tom at library"at"invoc.org.uk. |
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 |