04/04/2016 || World Orienteering Championships 2019 goes to Østfold, Norway ||News||

After an IOF Council decision at its recent meeting in Warsaw, it is now revealed that Østfold in Norway will organise the World Orienteering Championships in 2019.

– We have received a very attractive bid from Norway for WOC 2019, and are pleased to be able to announce the award of the event to the region of Østfold, says Tom Hollowell, IOF CEO.

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01/04/2016 || World Orienteering Day Registrations Continue to Increase ||News||

With just under 40 days until World Orienteering Day we already have over 200 events registered!

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30/03/2016 || Invitation to an IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Estonia, Tuesday 9th August ||News||

Invitation to an IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic Tallinn, Estonia, Tuesday 9th August 2016 in conjunction with WMOC 2016. This Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. You find invitation and entry form […]

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24/03/2016 || IOF Newsletter March 2016 ||News||

Today the subscribers of the IOF Newsletter will have received a fresh newsletter straight to their inbox. Don’t miss out!

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23/03/2016 || IOF statement on mixing contactless punching with contact punching ||News||

With the latest contactless punching control stations (both Emit and SPORTident), a successful punch can be obtained at a small distance using a contactless card. But they can also be punched in the “traditional” fashion using a contact card.

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22/03/2016 || New JWOC Guidelines ||News||

The IOF FootO Commission has issued updated organisers’ guidelines for the JWOC. They are available here, on the Organisers’ Guidelines page under the Foot Orienteering menu.

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22/03/2016 || World Orienteering Day Website ||News||

Today the website goes live, and we have a brand new newsletter for you!

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21/03/2016 || On the Road to the Winter Olympics ||News||

On March 9-14, the IOF Event Adviser team visited venue of the Winter Universiade 2019, the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. For the first time ever, Ski Orienteering will be included in the programme of the Winter Universiade. As a pre-competition to the Universiade, the World Ski Orienteering Championships will be held in Krasnoyarsk March 5-13, 2017.

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