Embargoes: All Colour-coded, Championship, Cup and Long-O / MM areas are out of bounds from date of calendar publication until the event unless otherwise specified. Sprint Log and MTB Log events are embargoed from the day before unless otherwise noted.

Logs: (updated 9/1/2013)
MTB log - 3 of 5 events will count for the Mountain Bike Log
SC log - 5 of 9 events will count for the Short Course Log, with the final event (SC 8) scoring 120% points.
CC log - 8 of 17 events (CC + CH) will count for the Colour-Coded Log, with a maximum of 2 Champs (CH) counting.

SL - Schools League - Separate league of orienteering events held on Mondays for participating schools only usually held in the month of February each year

Short Course - Foot Orienteering shorter events held in parks and school campuses with little physical demands , quick route choices and sometimes tricky navigation between buildings

Colour Coded or Cross Country - Foot Orienteering longer courses with more technical orienteering and physical demands courses graded by a colour coding system:

    Brown - Difficult navigation, longest and hardest route, suitable for very experienced orienteers

    Blue - Difficult navigation, longer and hard physically, suitable for experienced orienteers

WRE - World Ranking event