This page contains the presentations that were given at the EMOA Officials Conference at Rushcliffe Country Park on 20/9/2025.

Apart from the Rules Questionnaire all of the files are in PowerPoint format – there is also a .pdf version of each PowerPoint file.

If you click on the symbol at the bottom right of any of the PowerPoint screens a full screen version will appear in new window. The embedded PowerPoint presentations may take a few seconds to appear on the page.

Rules Questionnaire

Ranald Macdonald’s Rules Questionnaire  has questions to test your knowledge of British Orienteering Rules, plus a couple on IOF control descriptions.

The Questionnaire answers will be posted here in a couple of months to allow members time to tackle the questions.

Rule Changes

A presentation by John Hurley covering the Rule Changes for 2024 and 2025 including IOF control description changes.

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A presentation from Ranald Macdonald covering the Rule Changes for 2024 and 2025

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Mapping Standards

David Olivant’s presentation covers recent changes to the ISOM and ISSprOM  Mapping Standards.

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Very Short Green Courses

Hilary Palmer’s  presentation covers  Very Short Green courses as recently introduced into the EMOA League

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MapActive Courses

Hilary Palmer’s presentation on MapActive the courses aimed at attracting newcomers by teaching map-reading and navigation skills.

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