IOF has an intense focus to constantly improve the quality and fairness for our World Championships and World Cups. With that purpose in mind, 75 event organisers and Senior Event Advisers from 22 countries met in Budapest, Hungary during the previous weekend for the annual High Level Event Seminar for Foot Orienteering. The aim is […]
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Sunday 30th March 2025 The OK Nuts 2025 South London Orienteers invite you to run in a Level C event on Pasture Wood and Leith [...]
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The entries for the Score Championships at Donard Forest, Newcastle, Co Down on Saturday 15 February are about to close on Monday 10 February at 23:59. Please do enter on SI Entries and enjoy orienteering in a forest which has largely escaped from the recent...
The post Entries Closing for the NI Score Champs at Donard Forest appeared first on NI Orienteering Association.
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The Taupo Katoa Po event was the brainchild of Graham Teahan who was a member of the Taupō Orienteering Club in the late 1970’s and early 80’s. Graham had read about the Swedish night relay teams event called Budkavle and the Australian equivalent initiated by Bjorn Blomqstedt and suggested that the Taupo Club organise a […]
Katoa Po – The beginnings of the Taupō all night relays first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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1. How did you to start orienteering?Angus can reveal an official result from when he was 3.5 weeks old from 5 November 2006. He adds “ I might have had some help finding controls!” It is a family sport for generations. My grandmother is an orienteer at 80, she has been through three new knees, but […]
Chat with Angus Laird | Scottish Summer coach first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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ONZ’s Board is responsible for the governance of our sport at a national level. Board members serve three-year terms that start and finish at AGMS. Collectively the Board decides on national priorities and the resources needed to achieve them. For more on the responsibilities of the Board please feel free to talk to any one […]
ONZ Board Vacancy | Expressions of interest due 21 Feb first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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The Technical Committee Support position is fundamental to ONZ’s role ensuring that we maintain and enhance the technical systems that enable us to continue to deliver quality events run by suitably skilled individuals. The position will be responsible for providing administrative support for the Technical Committee as well as working to enhance controller and setters’ […]
Technical Committee Support Role | Paid part time position first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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The major event advisor provides support to major event organisers, linking them to information and resources that make their roles easier. The role does not do the work of major event organisers, but provides advice and ensures they are able to come to grips with their roles quickly, and are able to have the right […]
Major Events Support Role | Paid part time position first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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Community conversations bring members together each month to share experiences, successes, challenges and ideas on an allocated topic. This month’s […]
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This year’s Scottish Night Championships gave everyone the opportunity to practise their headtorch orienteering skills prior to the British Night […]
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The IOF Council has appointed the hosts of two international MTBO championships in the coming years following the recommendations from the MTBO Commission. The 2026 CX80 European MTBO Championships and European Junior and Youth MTBO Championships will be held in Portugal. The city of Ourém, north of the capital Lisbon, is the venue of the […]
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Sweden will also welcome the world’s best orienteers in 2027, where one of the year’s World Cup Rounds will be held in the Hälsingland-region. There will be three forest races: Long, Middle and Relay in the forests around the town of Alfta. The preliminary dates for the races are 3 – 6 June, 2027. “We […]
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2025 Girdled Road Score | Lake County | Saturday, April 12, 2025
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Orienteering 101 | Lake County | Saturday, March 22, 2025
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Oceania Orienteering Championships 2025 was held across four days, from 24 - 27 January 2025 in New Zealand. Here is a recap of the days, results and featuring an interview with Brodie Nankervis.
Oceania Championships 2025 Results and Recap first appeared on Orienteering Australia.
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2025 West Woods Classic | Saturday, March 8, 2025
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Results – pdf SPORTident – Live Results WinSplits – to follow Routegadget – draw your route!
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Entries will open at SIEntries in a couple of weeks. The fourth and final race of South London Orienteers’ 2024-2025 Night series takes place on Sheen Common [...]
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The athletes at the 2025 Oceania Orienteering Championships continued their fight for medals in the coastal terrains of New Zealand’s lower North Island on Sunday and Monday. Compared to Saturday’s hot middle distance, the temperatures were more pleasant on Sunday when the long distance was to be decided in rain. And like the previous days, […]
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What should you consider in relation to e.g. Animals, Catering and Emissions when organising a sustainable orienteering event? A new set of guidelines and checklists, available on orienteering.sport, can help answer this question. The IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission has created the tools, which consist of eight digital booklets and are available here (lower section). […]
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Get ready for the 2025 MTBO season, with the first BikeO-75 event on 1st February! Entries are open now
BikeO-75 Summer Series and Vic MTBO Champs – Entries Open first appeared on Orienteering Victoria.
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Results SunnyLake2025Results LiveLox Volunteers Event Director: Jay Smink Overall setup and Admin: Kathy Christy Course Design and Setting: Howard Montgomery Check-in and Scoring: Emily Kullman, Sandra Albro Web Results upload: Fred Mailey
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A big thank you to everyone who participated in our first monthly online Community Conversation of the year, held earlier […]
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New Zealanders, Lizzie Ingham and Zefa Fa’avae were both too strong for their opposition today, powering their ways to repeat victories, each with around a minute and a half gap to second place. Challenging courses set by former world champion, Yvette Baker required accurate compass and speed variation to find the controls in the intricate […]
Repeat victories for Ingham and Fa’avae at the Oceania Long Distance first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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The 2025 Oceania Orienteering Championships are well underway in New Zealand, where the host nation has performed well in the first two races. Friday’s Sprint at Massey University was won by the defending Oceania champions, Lizzie Ingham and Joseph Lynch (both NZL). Ingham took the Oceanic gold with an impressive 44 second win ahead of […]
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The Oceania orienteering championships continued today in the Santoft forest sand dunes west of Bulls. The courses challenged the competitors both technically and physically. Precise navigation and skilled compass work was called on to handle the alternating challenges of intricate contour detail and vague, featureless areas. Lizzie Ingham continued her winning way in the women’s […]
Middle Distance Sand Dune Champions Crowned – Wins for Ingham and Fa’avae first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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A great start to the Oceania Championships 2025 with a sunny sprint through the Massey University campus. Multiple route choice legs challenged competitors to switch between high-speed running and precise navigation. Joseph Lynch, from New Zealand, showed the sprint prowess that earned him 7th place at last year’s World Championships in Scotland, securing a commanding […]
Fast, Fierce, and Focused: Sprint orienteering results are in! first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand.
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The first regional FootO championships in 2025, the Oceania Orienteering Championships, begin in New Zealand on Friday. Four races await over four days, Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay in that order and alongside the seniors, Junior and Youth Champions for Oceania will also be crowned. All races take place on the lower North Island. The […]
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As the delayed white Christmas cold weather descended over Scotland a group of us hardy orienteers made our way up […]
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Finland’s relay team with Amanda Yli Futka and Niklas Ekström took a narrow win ahead of Sweden and Switzerland in an ever-changing Sprint Relay on Tuesday at FISU World University Games in Italy. 21 teams on the start line in Pragelato Tuesday afternoon. All photos: Torino 2025 FISU Games Four different teams had the lead […]
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The IOF Council has approved a new Event Service Fee System and Anti-Doping Contribution System for MTB Orienteering, Ski Orienteering and Trail Orienteering events. The new fees aim to create a better and financially more sustainable system, which makes it more viable to organize IOF Events in these disciplines. The process towards the changes has […]
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As no nominations were received by the closing date of 14 January, the closing date fornominations for the Silva Award for Services to Coaching and the David Hogg Medal forServices to Event Management has been extended to 10 February 2025.Can you think of anyone who has given exceptional service in either of these areas, eitherrecently […]
OA AWARDS FOR COACHING AND EVENT MANAGEMENT – CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS EXTENDED first appeared on Orienteering Australia.
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As quoted in the Dominion Post and The Press papers last weekend, Orienteering is number 5 in the article titled “The top 5 hobbies to pick up this year.” It states that orienteering is “It’s tramping, it’s problem solving, it’s a bit like a treasure hunt with no treasure. Count us in” . Actually orienteers
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The first Ski Orienteering gold medals at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, Italy went to Amanda Yli Futka (FIN) and Teodor Mo Hjelseth (NOR) after Sunday’s sprint. Here, newly crowned U23 World Champion Hjelseth took a narrow win, just two seconds ahead of Sweden’s Jonatan Ståhl, who showed great form in last […]
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Ski Orienteering will be in great company in the coming days when the discipline is part of the FISU Winter World University Games, taking place in and around Turin, Italy. More than 2,000 athletes from 54 nations are participating in the games, which feature 11 different winter sports disciplines. Ski Orienteering was previously part of […]
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The IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup 2024-2025 and U23 World Cup got off to a great start with three races in Sjusjøen, Norway this past weekend. And it is well-known athlete names who are placed at the top of the World Cup standings after the first of three rounds of the international ski season. The […]
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