Welcome to the website of the East Anglian Orienteering Association (EAOA). If you are new to the sport, please take a look at our Introduction.

We act on behalf of the orienteering clubs in our region, in particular by:

• Operating a regional Junior Squad, to provide training and development for younger orienteers from clubs across the region.
• Organising Leagues and Championships for individual club members and clubs as a whole.
• Laying on orienteering events which require the resources of more than just one club.
• Appointing event controllers, who ensure that courses are well planned and safe, and that competitions are fair.
• Coordinating fixtures across and beyond the region, to avoid event date clashes.

Association officials are orienteers who are members of constituent clubs.

If you want a national perspective on the sport, try visiting the British Orienteering website for the official view, or nopesport for a less formal look at orienteering and some lively discussion forums.

Recent news items

• EA urban league results updated after the third event of 2026.
• Several of our junior squad have travelled to summer training camps. Read about their travels on our EAJS page.
• View our new Safeguarding and Welfare page.

2026 Junior Inter-regional Orienteering Competition

EAOA is proud to host the 2026 Junior Inter-regional Orienteering Competition (JIRCS). Associated with JIRCs 2026, on Saturday 26th September 2026 an Open event (Level D) will be held at Writtle Forest. The Open event starts will run from 9.30 to 11.00am.

There will be no facility to handle on the day entries, so you must enter in advance. for full details see the event page on the WAOC website.

The Region

Our clubs

In orienteering terms, East Anglia comprises the whole of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire, southern Northamptonshire and most of Essex.

There are six open clubs (which anyone can join) in the region, as well as five closed clubs (whose membership is drawn from particular institutions). The approximate locations of the open clubs are shown on the map. Find out more about affiliated members and affiliated clubs on our clubs page.