World of O News
Two of the major sources for international orienteering news on the Internet – World of O and Ultimate Orienteering – are organizing a poll to name “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ and “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″. The winner in each category is decided in a vote amongst all the readers of World of O and Ultimate Orienteering after all nominees have been presented. Starting November 12th we present all nominees on a day-by-day basis.
The poll will be open in the following categories after all nominees have been presented in detail at World of O and Ultimate Orienteering:
- “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ – Men and Women separately
- “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″ – Men and Women separately
In the vote for “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″, the best achievement of the year is to be named – and not necessarily the best orienteer of 2008. In the vote for “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″, the best junior orienteer of 2008 is to be named. Voting will be opened from http://poll.worldofo.com/poll2008.html.
Nominees “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″
| Men | Women |
Tero Förh, Finland Francois Gonon, France Thierry Gueorgiou, France Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland Andrey Khramov, Russia Anders Nordberg, Norway Michal Smola, Czech Republic Jamie Stevenson, Great Britain Dimitry Tsvektov, Russia Emil Wingsted, Sweden |
Marianne Andersen, Norway Annika Billstam, Sweden Dana Brožková, Czech Republic Radka Brožková, Czech Republic Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norway Minna Kauppi, Finland Helena Jansson, Sweden Vroni König-Salmi, Switzerland Merja Rantanen, Finland Signe Søes, Denmark |
Nominees “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″
| Men | Women |
Johan Runesson, Sweden Sören Bobach, Denmark Stepan Kodeda, Czech Republic Ulf Forseth Indgaard, Norway Timo Sild, Estonia |
Emma Klingenberg, Denmark Jenny Lönnkvist, Sweden Beata Falk, Sweden Venla Niemi, Finland Silje Ekroll Jahren, Norway Siri Ulvestad, Norway |
Rules and prizes
The winner in each category is decided in a vote amongst all the readers of World of O and Ultimate Orienteering. Prizes will be drawn among the voters:
- A person can only vote once in each of the categories (if several people share one internet connection, only one can vote, as the IP address is used to identify the voter along with the email-address of the voter).
- Among all people voting, 10 prizes (Trimtex Extreme shirts and Trimtex Extreme pants) will be drawn. We would like to thank Trimtex for making available the prizes.
- The winners will be made public after the poll closes at World of O and Ultimate Orienteering.
Spread the news
Help making the poll as representative for the international orienteering community as possible! Spread the news about the poll, by publishing an article about the election on your website, and encourage people participating. Please use this link:
- http://poll.worldofo.com/poll2008.html (voting will be opened from here)
Of all websites with on average more than 50 visitors/day who link to the poll after it has been opened for voting, five websites will be drawn who will get a free “Sponsored Link” at either World of O or Ultimate Orienteering. Websites with on average more than 200 visitors/day will count triple when linking to the poll. Send an email to Jan@Kocbach.net with the sites address if you want to be part of this draw for free sponsored links. Sponsored links may be to any orienteering related page or product – must necessarily by the website drawn. Please use one of the following images when linking to the poll:
Where is Heli Jukkola, European Champion (and then injured)
Heli Jukkola was not nominated this year, as we are naming for “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ – in which it is natural to compare with past results. An EOC Gold medal is very good, but for Heli, the EOC gold medal is not that fantastic an achievement compared with last years results.