The aim of the leaflet is to guide you through the basic knowledge of orienteering in a simple manner and to make orienteering understandable and fun to carry out. The leaflet can be used both by teachers and individuals that want to improve their personal orienteering skills.
Peo Bengtsson- the most important ambassador of the orienteering! An “old” man (85 in August) but still very young in his mind, he is still always thinking how we can develop orienteering world-wide and make orienteering more global. Through his travel company, WWOP (World Wide Orienteering Promotion), he tries to use all his effort to … Continued
One of many dedicated orienteers, Ms Wanhui Tang from Hunan in China, is now planning for a WOD event with the target of 3500 participants. After her returned from Sweden, she devoted all of her energy to the promotion of directional sports. More and more young people participate in orienteering with the family and they … Continued
Just as last year, Go4orienteering supports the project World Orienteering Day. This year Go4Orienteering also offers a FREE SERIES of 48 orienteering exercises, available on request. All the information about the exercises is available on the website. Especially useful is the text about in- and outdoor exercises, the concept and the advantages. As for the … Continued
O-Track is now also ready for WOD. After a lot of work from both Trac-Trac and OCAD and great support from the Danish Orienteering Federation we have now released the “O-Track”. O-Track is a new app and service that make enjoying orienteering easy and fun for both beginners and experienced orienteers. You can use your … Continued
Maze Orienteering is COOL and AWESOME! To make orienteering more global and more available I can warmly recommend MAZE-O. It’s a fantastic tool to make orienteering fun and to get a great experience. During last weekend our club, Dalaporten OL (in Avesta Sweden), organised a successful Maze-O in connection with the ordinary O-event. Hundreds of … Continued
Asker Skiclub in Oslo has sent out a simple flyer to inform the students about WOD. The translation from the flyer is as follow: “Wednesday, May 23, is the World Orienteering Day. This day children, youth and adults in over 100 countries will run orienteering! The target is 500,000 participants, and in Norway we shall … Continued
If you intend to go on holiday to the Seychelles in the near future and you wish with the help of the map to discover the island of La Digue, I can heartily recommend that you download the map from WOD’s website. Right now we have no organizer of a WOD event at this fantastic … Continued
After a successful “Harpagan” in the area outside Gdansk, the club “Pomorski” with one of the WOD Ambassador Dominika Bąkowska is ready for WOD. This year and last year they will organise a WOD event in the “Ronald Reagan Park” in Gdansk. Sprint-O, Park-O, Forest-O and maybe some Maze-O as well will be the offer … Continued
Maze-O is growing worldwide and during the weekend 17th -18th of March at the General Assembly of the Swedish Orienteering Federation (SOFT) the delegates had the opportunity to try Maze-O. They were “running” four courses with different difficulties (green, blue, red and black) and using EMIT touch free punching system. The maps on the … Continued