Fantastic start of orienteering in Egypt

The Egypt Orienteering Federation became members in the International Orienteering Federation 2015 and already, after only three years of activities they had a lot of participants at World Orienteering Day 2018. 9200 participants at 12 locations took part during WOD last year. A fantastic result! And one of the most important persons behind the success … Continued

Kiribata – a new WOD country

Ben Schultz started some orienteering in Kiribati last year and it proved popular. Ben has contract work in the country and with a lot of quiet weekends on his hands he spent time mapping some areas that were suitable for orienteering. It is a challenge as they have no contours (the highest point being 3m) … Continued

One club – one school! Or why not 13 schools!

One club and one school! Or why not 13 schools! Eva Bäcklund from Sweden is running a mapping project with 13 schools in her hometown Trollhättan. The youngsters in the club are the mapper and the first part of the project is now finalized, 13 school maps. Second step will be to cover the areas … Continued

WOD in Brazil

Question concerning WOD in Brazil to the president of Brazil O-Federation, Luiz Sergio Mendes. What kind of target did you have with WOD 2018 in Brazil? “Our main target was to increase the number of participants in comparison to 2017.” What did you do to reach the target? What kind of strategy did you implement? … Continued

WOD in France

Valérie Berger-Capbern, Youth Commission of FFCO, Fédération Française de Course d’Orientation tells us about France thoughts of WOD. “Target for us for WOD 2018, was to do more than in 2017, so we targeted 4000. We achieved more than expected thanks to a very big organization by several schools. We made a lot of communication through our … Continued