One of the most exciting elements of the Enrich/IOF partnership was the potential to work together to explore how Maze Orienteering could be incorporated within an ‘Orienteering Event Day’ package, so that schools which do not have a conventional orienteering course could be offered the opportunity to provide a rewarding orienteering experience to children.The intention … Continued
In Denmark, Torben , has preregistered a WOW event for 2024. He is a captain in the Danish defence and a volunteer in the Danish Home Guard, North Jutland district. He has an education as an orienteering coach and course setter and he runs orienteering races himself when the time is right. But mostly he … Continued
World Orienteering Week partner SportIdent has an Orienteering-App that makes your training easy. Create a new training session in the O-App installed on your smartphone, select the training mode (Standard, Score-OL or Rogai-ning) and record the participants.After crossing the finish line, connect the mini Reader to your smartphone, read the SI-Card and automatically print out … Continued
Don Winslow is a teacher who works with special education students and have been teaching for 32 years. He is also a member of the Rochester Orienteering Club and OUSA. He started orienteering in 2006 using the permanent orienteering courses that his club, Rochester Orienteering Club has made. He is the caretaker for one of those courses at Webster Park … Continued
WOW-partner OCAD, that specializes in software development for the production of maps, has extended its Route Analyzer and made it accessible for forest orienteering. Thanks to the consideration of runnability and relief, the Route Analyzer 2.0 can find the fastest routes between two controls in urban as well as in classic forest terrain. The first … Continued
OCAD is offering a free OCAD Starter License to anyone who preregister a World Orienteering Week event for 2024. The license is valid until May 2024. The step to be taken: Preregister your WOW event here. Send an email with the name of the WOW 2024 event to wow@orienteering.sport Wait for the OCAD Starter License … Continued
Everyone can order the new World Orienteering Week! Banner 400×150 cm, PVC, enforced at all edges with holes for fastening. 50 euros a piece or FREE digital file for self print.30 euros extra if you want your Federation or Club logo printed on the banner. Want to order? Send an email to Walther Rahbek Mortensen, … Continued
World Orienteering Week have a new logo. New, but at the same time with clear traces of the old. And that is precisely what we want to achieve. A little new but still the same. The last two years World Orienteering Day has been organised for a whole week, to give the chance for every … Continued
IOF partner Lumonite now delivers its high-quality head lamps to most of Europe through Valostore. Use this link to get 15 % on Lumonite’s products right now. https://www.valostore.com/en/c/brands/lumonite?code=LUMONITE-IOF2023
MAZE Orienteering (MAZE O) is a great tool for education, promotion, activities for children and youth, for training and competition. MAZE O can be used in many areas. MAZE O is both easy to arrange and easy for participants and audience to understand. MAZE O is a multi-tool for the development of the sport of … Continued