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Last updated: Mon 25 Oct 2021

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.

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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

Year Men Women Junior Men Junior Girl 2023 Martin Lock Marion Payne-Bird Jamie King Ellie Mills-Hicks 2022 Richard Collyer Marion Payne-Bird Ada

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.