News Archives

27/01/2017 || Leho Haldna: Great Start for IOF Team ||Newsletter||

Each year, IOF Council and Commission meetings have traditionally been held during the third weekend in January, and so this year we met in Warsaw, Poland. The IOF organisation is bigger than ever, because we have one new commission, our temporary Ethics Commission, and our Environment Commission has increased in membership for 2017. The Environment […]

27/01/2017 || Council minutes highlights ||Newsletter||

Many important topics were on the agenda for the recent IOF Council Meeting in Warsaw, 20-21 January. Here is a summary of some key decisions from the meeting. The Council discussed the bid from Sweden for the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2019, and viewed the application favourably. However, since the application incorporates more events than […]

27/01/2017 || European SkiO Championships in Finland coming up ||Newsletter||

The best Ski Orienteers will gather in Finland 7-12 February to compete in the European SkiO Championships (ESOC). Imatra, situated a few kilometres from the Russian border, will be the venue for the championships consisting of five events spread on six days.

24/01/2017 || From Argentina to Argentina with a stop at WOC ||Newsletter||

Sonia Mabel Caminos (Argentina) was one of the participants at the WOC Clinic 2016. She travelled to Strömstad, Sweden, with little experience from major events, to represent her country on the big orienteering stage. Today Sonia is trying to improve the events in her country, and trying to set the pace in Argentina.

14/12/2016 || Ramune Arlauskiene: Farewell to top competition ||News, Newsletter||

At the age of 43, the Lithuanian Ramune Arlauskiene raced the last big event of a long career in Portugal last July. This was the starting point of a conversation covering more than 20 years of bikes and events.

13/12/2016 || Development in South America ||News, Newsletter||

Morten Dalby (second from the left) discussing generalization of green areas with three of the participants at the mapping clinic. An Event Adviser and Mapping Clinic was held 21–23 September 2016 in Brasília, Brazil. Clinic leaders were Øivind Holt, Event Advising, and Morten Dalby, mapping. The EA clinic was open both to experienced organisers hoping […]

12/12/2016 || IOF Anti-Doping Report 2016 ||News, Newsletter||

Anti-Doping: IOF In-Competition testing figures for 2016 are in.

12/12/2016 || South American Championships from a German point of view ||News, Newsletter||

We join the traveling German couple Felix and Susen a month after their arrival in Santiago de Chile. They are combining travelling and helping smaller orienteering nations.

05/12/2016 || In depth with GPS-analysis ||News, Newsletter||

Elite orienteers use it. Ordinary orienteers use it. GPS-tracking. Analysing your race with help from GPS has become common practice. Tools like QuickRoute and Livelox make it very easy to spend time on orienteering long after you return from the forest.