News Archives

04/05/2012 || Final entry deadline for World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012 coming up ||News||

The final entry deadline for World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012 in Germany is almost here: registrations can be submitted untill next Thursday, 10 May 2012.

02/05/2012 || 2012 MTB Orienteering World Cup starts on Saturday ||News||

The world’s elite mountain bike orienteers meet up for IOF competition for the first time this year at the weekend, when the first round of the World Cup will be held in the Prague region of the Czech Republic.

01/05/2012 || Athlete of the Month: Mission Heavy Metal ||News||

Our Athlete of May, elite MTB orienteer Tobias Breitschädel from Austria, reveals his secret for the preparations for the World Championships in Hungary, and admits that it is “horrible” to combine work and sports.

30/04/2012 || Tonna and Jeanneret to IOF Ski Orienteering Commission ||News||

The IOF Council decided in its April meeting to appoint Eivind Tonna (NOR) and Thierry Jeanneret (SUI) new members of the IOF Ski Orienteering Commission.

28/04/2012 || Alison Crocker new member of Ski Orienteering Athletes’ Commission ||News||

The IOF Ski Orienteering Athletes’ Commission has appointed Alison Crocker, USA, as a new member to the commission. The IOF Council noted the decision at its meeting last weekend.

25/04/2012 || Rules updates published ||News||

The following rules updates and special rules are now available: Competition Rules for IOF Ski Orienteering Events valid from 1 July 2012, Special Rules for MTB Orienteering World Cup 2013, Special Rules for World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships 2013.

24/04/2012 || Council discussed the proposals to the General Assembly ||News||

At its meeting on 20-21 April 2012, the IOF Council discussed the proposals sent by the member federations to the IOF General Assembly. The official views of the Council will be published, as usual, in the Congress Binder that will be sent to the federations at the latest 2 months before the General Assembly, i.e. by 20 May 2012.

24/04/2012 || Nominations for IOF Council 2012-2014 ||News||

The IOF Council 2012 – 2014 will be elected at the XXVI Ordinary IOF General Assembly on 20 June 2012 in Lausanne, Switzerland. By the deadline, the IOF Secretariat received 14 nominations for the Council.

23/04/2012 || Inside Orienteering, issue 2/2012 ||News||

Sandor Talas on why organising MTBO events is so much fun; the man behind the IOF Rules, David Rosen; Orienteering and the Environment survey results; Tove Alexandersson – and much more in the newest issue of Inside Orienteering!