The implementation of World Orienteering Day (WOD) shows that there are many people with a lot of passion to develop orienteering worldwide. You and your great work made it possible! You are very important and without you and your contribution we wouldn’t have any successful World Orienteering Days! On Wednesday May 24th 2017, the … Continued
Summary of interviews with Norway and Turkey. During December we had made interviews with two participants, Nuri from the Turkish Orienteering Federation and Lene from the Norwegian Orienteering Federation. Both of them are working with WOD as a part of their employment at respective National Federation. Norway had a dedicated budget for WOD, unlike … Continued
Soon 5 months to go for the next WORLD ORIENTEERING DAY! On Wednesday May 23rd 2018, the third World Orienteering Day will be conducted all over the world. With the new record, 288 007 participants in 79 countries, last year we are now ready to achieve the IOF’s vision! Following the idea “Be part of … Continued
With the help of photos or just letters at the checkpoints you can carry out activities whenever you want. At “Internationella Engelska Skolan, Kista” (close to Stockholm) a “Treasure Hunt” have been done. It’s a walking orienteering through the school. The students had to find a letter at each checkpoint and in the end they … Continued
World Orienteering Day has proven itself to be a highly successful event for global orienteering and in 2018 we hope to once again set a new record in participation and reach the vision of 500 000 participants around the world. Don’t let this opportunity to promote orienteering as a sport for all pass you by. As … Continued