Orienteering News

The voting for “Course of the Year 2021″ is now closed. Winners and lucky voters will be presented between Christmas and New Year when the interview with the course setter for “Course of the Year 2021″ is ready for publication.  See below for the Top 10 in the final standings ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2021 is the last sprint leg in this year’s edition of Route to Christmas. This time we travel to Estonia to the Estonian Championships sprint. Thanks a lot to Uku-Laur Tali for the tip! Uku-Laur Tali was the head organizer while the course setter was Eduard ...

On the last day of voting, courses from the following countries are in the Top 10: Sweden, Czech Republic, Italy,  Finland & Spain – with Czech Republic having most courses in the Top 10.  Check out the list of the courses within Top 10 below – and vote for your ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2021 is another long and interesting leg! Now we are back to Norwegian forests – the last time was on December 11th. Thanks a lot to Arild Andersen for the tip! The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a ...

Courses from Australia, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Finland & Spain are within Top 15 in Course of the Year after two days of voting – with two days still to go! Check out the list of the courses within Top 15 below – and vote for your favourite! ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2021 is another one from Czech Republic, but in very different terrain from the sandstone terrain we have visited earlier. After many very tricky legs, this is one which is a bit easier – here you just have to decide! The chosen competition is ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2021 is more of an orienteering puzzle than a normal orienteering leg – so you might need to set aside some time to figure this one out. Thanks a lot to Robert Graham for the tip! The leg is from a complex multi-lever sprint training ...

What was the best orienteering course of 2021? Set up your personal Top 5 List from the nominated maps – and win prizes from our sponsors! The nominated maps have been chosen based on submissions from the WorldofO.com readers and some of the world’s top orienteers. Now YOU can choose “The Course ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2021 is another Sprint leg. This Sprint leg is from Team Latvia’s training towards the European Orienteering Championships. The city is Talsi and course setter was Olli-Markus Taivainen. Thanks a lot to Janis Tamuzs for the tip and for preparing analysis. The leg in question is from ...

With only one day left to suggest a course for the “Course of the Year 2021″, it is time to introduce a few of the great courses the world orienteering elite enjoyed in Czech Republic while preparing for WOC 2021. This time we asked Tim Robertson of New Zealand about ...