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30/09/2016 || Find your way through a Corn Maze ||News, Newsletter||
New venues are always appreciated by orienteers. Visiting an already mapped corn maze, one American could not let go of the opportunity to do an orienteering event. Now it has become an annual occurrence.
30/09/2016 || Chile ready to host their first South American Orienteering Championships ||Newsletter||
Things are going fast for the Chilean Orienteering Federation. A month ago, they became one of the latest full members of the IOF, and in late October they will host the South American Orienteering Championships (SAOC) 2016.
30/09/2016 || Leho Haldna: “Making a start” ||Newsletter||
There are always concerns at different levels in any organisation when there is a change in leadership. But as a new president, I have no plans to make big changes straight away. What I want to do is to open a discussion about what structure is the best for the IOF’s future. It is possible […]
06/09/2016 || Great gathering of young leaders ||News, Newsletter||
Young leaders from five different countries exchanged experiences at a leader camp at WOC in Sweden. An annual event for Nordic countries, but for the first time participants from Portugal, Serbia and Turkey took part.
05/09/2016 || In depth: New IOF President Leho Haldna ||News, Newsletter||
Leho, congratulations on becoming the new IOF President. Can you tell us about your main plans for the IOF during your presidency? I will work on developing and spreading orienteering throughout the world. This includes increasing our focus on regional development, paying special attention to youth and, crucially, increasing the visibility of our sport. I […]
05/09/2016 || WOC Clinic helps smaller nations on their way ||News, Newsletter||
In some countries, the sport of orienteering has a long history. In other, it has almost just started. In conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, nine smaller orienteering nations were gathered participating in a WOC clinic.
02/09/2016 || Anastasia Denisova, first Belarusian WOC medalist ||News, Newsletter||
After Anastasia Denisova met Simone Niggli-Luder at the age of 15, she decided to train hard to improve. Despite her background, coming from a small orienteering nation, she did just that. Now she hopes her results will inspire a new Belarusian generation.
01/09/2016 || WTOC: New Relay format brings medals to new nations ||Newsletter||
TempO podium, with 6 different nations represented. L. to r. Marit Wiksell SWE, Lars Jakob Waaler NOR, Pinja Mäkinen FIN, Iva Lovrec CRO, Remo Madella ITA, Kreso Kerestes SLO. Photo: Joaquim Margarido Back in Sweden for the first time since the inaugural WTOC in 2004, this 13th edition was also the occasion for a new […]
01/09/2016 || General Assembly Summary ||Newsletter||
It has been called the longest General Assembly ever. But what happened during the more than eight-hour long meeting? Here is a short summary of the key decisions taken by the General Assembly. Memberships: Provisional members which became members: Argentina Chile Cuba Ecuador Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Malaysia FYR Macedonia Mozambique Uruguay Expulsion of […]
30/08/2016 || New World Cup standings after WOC ||News, Newsletter, WOC news||
Tove Alexandersson and Matthias Kyburz were in front of the overall World Cup before WOC and with good performances from both runners, the very top is unchanged.
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