C5, Local Mini Event - Small scale event offering a small number of courses of varying degrees of difficulty. Aimed at local newcomers to the sport and club members. Times are usually 10.30am to 11.30am. Entry on the day only.
C4, District Event - (Formerly known as Colour Coded Event) Medium scale event offering a full range of colour coded courses, varying in length and difficulty, with courses suitable for newcomers to the sport as well as for more experienced orienteers. Usually the C4 event counts towards the West Midlands League. Times are usually 10.30am -12.30pm. Usually entry on the day only.
C3, Regional Event - (Formerly known as Badge Event) Large-scale event offering a range of badge courses, graded according to gender and age. Times are usually 10.30am –12.30pm. Badge courses are usually pre-entry only. A restricted range of colour coded courses will usually be provided, which are entry on the day.
C2, Championship Event - Large-scale National Event again with courses planned according to age and gender. Pre-entry only for national event courses. Some entry on the day colour coded courses may also be available.
N5, Evening/Night Events - Small-scale events offering courses to run in the dark, for experienced orienteers only, with headlights. Times depend on the time of sunset, but are normally 1830-1930.
S4, Score Event - Time limited event (usually about 1 hour) to collect as many controls as possible within the time limit. Controls may be collected in any order. Difficult controls may be worth more points than easy controls. Penalty points for being late.
Long Orienteering - A Long Distance Foot Orienteering event
Distances between controls are significantly greater than normal orienteering courses and there is often a larger element of route choice between the controls with less emphasis on fine navigation
near the control.
MTBO - Mountain Bike Orienteering
There are several different forms of mountain bike orienteering, either fixed order or time limited. see above. The Mountain bike must go to the control site.