Orienteering News

Fabian Hertner and Helena Jansson won the first World Cup race of the season in very detailed and sandy terrain in New Zealand. Very intricate contour details made map reading and orienteering challenging. I am probably the one who did the least amount of mistakes, and that was rewarding It ...

– The World Cup middle distance race is held on a brand new map which is coastal open sand dune and then 15% pine forest. I expect to be very sandy and rough in the open so not that fast km rates, event speaker Duncan Morrison explains about the first World Cup ...

Two people managed to get all 24 correct – congratulations to Timo Sild and Gigison! All who had at least 5 countries correct are listed in the link given below. 700 people guessed at least one of the days – 23 managed 20 or more correct! Thanks for playing! Note! ...

Todays we offer yet another bonus leg in Route to Christmas – this time a leg from Slovakia. This leg was originally chosen as I did not find any good legs from JWOC – but then a JWOC long leg surfaced, and this one was degraded to a bonus leg ...

As a bonus in this year’s Route to Christmas we offer a second left-over leg. The leg in question is again a leg from the Norwegian WOC selection races long at May 31st 2012 – this time the short leg number 6. The leg is as usually first provided without ...

We finished our journey in the neighbour country of where we started: Portugal. Although we travelled away from the mainland and out to Madeira. Thanks a lot for following on this exciting journey to 24 countries in the WoO Christmas O-Quiz! Who knows, I might even repeat this crazy adventure ...

As a bonus in this year’s Route to Christmas we offer a left-over leg. The leg in question is another leg from the Norwegian WOC selection races long at May 31st 2012. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and ...

Todays leg in Route to Christmas takes us to a really long leg in Finland – the Finnish Championships Relay. A similar leg was run on all legs – but only the 4th and last leg was unforked. The race was run at September 16th 2012. The leg was suggested ...

The last day! Can you manage this tricky one as well? Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for ...

Todays Route to Christmas is one of the highlights in the 2012 series. Not only one leg, but two legs, are offered. The race in question was held in tricky sandstone terrain in Czech Republic – the Czech Championships long distance, course setter was Radek Novotny along with Vaclav Zakouril, ...