Elevate your fitness - Try Orienteering!
Come and join us
Looking for a sport that is versatile and encourages you to use your mind while incorporating and building core fitness? Join thousands across the country and become an orienteer!
Awaken your sense of adventure this year and try orienteering! All you need to get started is a map, some appropriate footwear and a sense of adventure. You can either take part solo or get your mates on board and see who can make to the finish first!
Level up your fitness with us
Your aim is to navigate around all the points on a special map. There are no set routes, and you can walk, run or race your way through a course. In competitive orienteering, the aim is to get around the course in the quickest amount of time.
If you are looking to mix up your fitness regime with a sport that brings a sense of adventure and purpose, orienteering is for you! Try it for the thrill and experience that sense of accomplishment.
Your local club
CHIG is a small and friendly orienteering club covering the M11 corridor: NE London and SW Essex. We have a programme of training sessions and events where you can socialise, learn new skills and explore new areas around you. You do not need to be a club member to attend a training session or an event and can find details of our programme here on our website.
Explore the great outdoors for less
If you are bored of the gym, being stuck indoors and paying monthly membership fees, then it’s time for you to reframe your fitness regime.
There is a bank of orienteering courses set up ready for you to take advantage of across many local parks and green spaces, right through to places like the Scottish Highlands and urban surroundings. You can search for permanent orienteering courses and virtual (GPS based) courses online.
If you don’t want the hassle of printing or purchasing a map, you can simply download them straight to your phone using an app called Maprun. Here you will find hundreds of virtual orienteering courses (GPS) waiting for you to try throughout the UK and Ireland. Visit the Go Orienteering website for a list of virtual orienteering courses.
Most of these courses are either free to try or carry a small one-off charge allowing you to explore the great outdoors at a time and pace convenient to you.
Get started!
So, what are you waiting for?! This year, it’s time to set your sights on a new target and try orienteering. See you on the course!