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Last updated: Fri 15 Aug 2025

Guildford Orienteers were formed in 1964 as one of the founding clubs of UK orienteering, we are a keen friendly club, regularly staging orienteering events and part of the South East Orienteering Association. See our Previous events on Routegadget

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A Brief History of GO...

How orienteering came to Guildford and how Guildford seized the opportunity, held on, but nearly lost it altogether. By John Higginson with additional material by GO Founder member

GO Club Champions

YearMenWomenJunior MenJunior Girl2025Nick GreenHelen Rivers(not contested)(not contested)2024Martin LockMarion Payne-BirdJamie Roller(not contested)2023Martin LockMarion Payne-Bird

GO Club Championships Rules

Recap of the Rules

GO Chairman's Trophy

In 2008 GO’s Chairman Linda Pakuls introduced the Chairman’s Trophy to be awarded to a Guildford Orienteer achieving outstanding competitive results. The Trophy has evolved to incl

Club members ranking positions

British Orienteering maintain a ranking list of all orienteers in the UK. Check the position of GO members here.

Club Clothing

Our new tops are made by BRYZOS.

The Gopher

... well it all started back in late 1986, when one of our great rivals, and of course good friends SLOW (South London Orienteers) wrote the following in a copy of their club Newsl

Hall of Fame

GO Champions at major events.

OO Trophy

This Trophy, awarded every year, is named after “Occasional Orienteers”, a club that merged with Guildford Orienteers a couple of decades ago. There are four categories, and certif

Club Constitution

Below is the club constitution, you can also download this as a PDF.