BKO makes two regular awards at the AGM.

The first, Jim's Jug, is normally awarded to the Junior (under 18) who has had the best season each year as judged by the Executive Committee or, if more appropriate, to a person or group who has made a significant contribution to junior orienteering in Berkshire.

BKO Committee

The committee consists of the following members, who have regular meetings. Please volunteer to help at events without a committee member or organiser asking, as it makes their job so much easier.

Orienteering is an exciting, challenging sport. It involves competitive navigation using a map and compass - competitors choose their own way between control points. Most orienteering takes place in woodland or on open hillsides, but can also take place in school playgrounds and urban parks.

Berkshire Orienteers (abbreviated as BKO) welcomes new members of whatever standard, from complete beginners and juniors to experienced orienteers who have moved locally from another area. To learn more about orienteering, see our What Is Orienteering? page.

The Data Protection Act 1998 imposes rules and safeguards on those who hold and process personal data, ie data relating to living identifiable individuals. Details of usage must be notified to the UK Information Commissioner, with some exceptions which include not-for-profit organisations whose usage is restricted to specified purposes. Berkshire Orienteers is exempt from notification but the principles setting out rules and safeguards do apply. In the interests of being open and fair, the club wishes to inform members of the data held and how it is used.
BKO and its officials may hold some or all of the following data about some or all members and others who compete in orienteering events: name, postal and email addresses, phone and fax numbers, year of birth, competition age class, competition results, offices held, skills and qualifications, courses attended and details of officiating at competitions. Contact data is held for landowners and other organisations with whom we co-operate, their employees, agents and tenants. The data may be held in electronic or paper form.