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2000 votes and counting – YOU decide who will win “The Orienteering Achievement of 2011″. Prizes worth 2000 Euros are to be won by lucky voters. In the vote for “The Orienteering Achievement of 2011″, the best achievement of the year is to be named – and not necessarily the ...

716 people set up their Top 5 lists for “The Course of the Year 2011″ – and nearly 50 people suggested courses to be nominated. As a thank you to all participating, sponsor prizes are drawn among the ones suggesting courses and voting. All Top 5-lists and suggestions can be ...

Todays we are visiting a new country in Route to Christmas: Moldova and the Moldavian Championships long distance organized on May 14th. Compared to the legs we have seen the last few days, this leg does not have the same technical challenges and analysis possibilities, but one of the nice ...

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is a celebration of the winner of the Course of the Year 2011 which was announced today. Thus we visit France for the second day in a row – and some of you might already be familiar with this leg. The course in question ...

… a very technical course which gave the runners a lot of interesting challenges. Read the interview with the course setters and see four different versions of the courses – from the early version to the final version. Course setters Tip: Don’t forget to offer the most pleasure to the ...

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is one of the nominations for Course of the Year 2011 – featuring Thierry Gueorgiou and Marc Lauenstein – two of the runners nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2011. Thanks to Benoit Cochey for the tip. We have headed over to France – ...

Today we travel to Kongsberg, Norway – to a long and interesting leg from the last day of the traditional Kongsberg Pinseløpet. The leg we focus on in today’s Route to Christmas is leg 3 in the H40 course. Thanks to Terje Mathisen for the tip. As a bonus for ...

Read about the fantastic achievements of the 2 French, 1 Norwegian, 4 Swedes, 1 Czech, 4 Swiss, 1 Romanian, 2 Finns and one Dane who are nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2012. Then post your vote for your favourites, and be part of the drawing for prizes worth nearly ...

Today’s Route to Christmas takes us to Ireland to the last race of the 2011 LongO series at Tollymore organized in March this year. Over 80 orienteers enjoyed fair weather and endured tough courses as you can read about here. To set you in the mood for today’s Route to ...

For today’s leg in Route to Christmas we are back in Europe – to a long leg in hilly terrain in Switzerland. Todays leg in Route to Christmas is leg 14 in the Men Elite course from the first day of the Swiss O-week 2011, organized at July 31th 2011. ...