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Silva Award for Services to Orienteering
In 1983 SILVA (Sweden) AB decided to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first Silva compass by establishing an annual award within each IOF member Federation. The awards were to enable Federations to honour “those who have contributed in a special way to the development of orienteering”. With the assistance…
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of SILVA (UK) Ltd this was interpreted within the UK as being “ a person or persons who have made a very significant contribution to orienteering over a period of years, with an emphasis on 'field' activities rather than committee work”. Indeed, nominees may not be active or retiring members of British Orienteering Council, nor part- or full-time employees of the Federation. From 1984 until 1995 award winners were presented with a commemorative medallion and a trophy which was a replica of the statue of a running orienteer that graces the company's Stockholm factory. In 1995 SILVA (Sweden) AB decided…
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