World Orienteering Day 2021

2021 is around the corner, and it is time to start the work towards World Orienteering Day 2021. Between the dates 19th to 25th of May next year, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. WOD has started up the plans for 2021 and we are looking forward to hearing … Continued

SIGN SPORT and WOD

SIGN SPORT is designing and producing sports clothes, with a focus on orienteering clothes. The company is growing rapidly and currently supply more than 500 orienteering clubs globally with designed clothes. The partnership includes that SIGN SPORT will handle the design and production of IOF official IOF clothes and the World Orienteering Day collection. ”It … Continued

History and WOD

During World Orienteering Day 2019 there was a historical cooperation between history and WOD. Orienteering USA, with the main contact person Sandy Fillebrown, was in contact with the Swedish American Historical Museum in Philadelphia, where an exhibition for showcasing old compasses and other orienteering paraphernalia was planned during spring. After proposal from the local club, … Continued

Challenges for WOD

A crucial success factor has been the approach of the National Federations. Analysis found that where the National Federation made a focused effort to work with World Orienteering Day, for example by having a national WOD strategy, collaborating with schools and clubs, or promotion and communication of WOD through their own channels, participation numbers reflected … Continued

World Orienteering Day 2019 in figures

During 15th to 19th of May 2019 any orienteering event around the world could be registered as an WOD event. The result was amazing even this year: This years WOD figures have been collected, and the final number of participants landed at 398 712 participating in one of 2216 events organised in 85 different countries … Continued