In May 2024, between the dates May 18th and May 26th, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Week event. Read moreGuidelines Register event
SPORTident continues to support the International Orienteering Federation in 2024
2024-03-25“A great year of working together lies behind us and we are already looking forward to an exciting new year 2024 in which we continue our long-standing collaboration,” said Burkhard Ritter the CEO of SPORTident GmbH. The cooperation with the International Orienteering Federation means a lot to us. As the umbrella organisation for all orienteering … Continued
Celebration all year long
2024-03-25South Ribble Orienteering Club, situated in the North West of England, are putting on a 2 part Sprint event in Happy Mount Park, Morecambe on Tuesday 21st May. Its particularly useful to encourage activity in schools and there are many in the area that have maps of their grounds and teach orienteering as part of … Continued
Show how interesting and exciting orienteering is
2024-03-25A rather young orienteering club, Sakartvelo Orienteering Club, which was created in the beginning of May last year, 2023, located in Tbilisi, have preregistered a World Orienteering Week event. They was part of the last World Orienteering Day in 2023 and are now following up this year as well. The main organiser Ian Sundkvist, also … Continued
Invite a friend to orienteering
2024-03-25The invite a friend to recreational orienteering -campaign is coming again. The Finnish Orienteering Federation invites the clubs to join the “Kutsu kaveri kuntorasteille” campaign between May 18 and 26, 2024. The purpose of the campaign is to increase the interest of recreational orienteering events and to increase the number of participants. The purpose of … Continued
For WOW, we might add a longer and more difficult one.
2024-03-25Saturday May 25th, Trol Orienteering Club will organise the monthly Gent Orienteering Series. The secretary of the club, Mark Van Bruggen, says; – “We think WOW (formerly known as WOD) is great promotion for our sport. This is our 4th entry, after 2021, 2022 and 2023.” This year, their event is part of their monthly … Continued
Several seats in IOF's Council are up for election during this year's General Assembly in July. Here are all the nominated candidates:
How should you act if you know the terrain before a race, meet an injured runner in the forest or are asked for directions? That's some of the topics covered in the new basic Fair Play E-learning course available on IOF's education platform. It's free to take the course and relevant for orienteers of all ages and experience levels.