Remember to vote by Wednesday – it is still tight in the top! With two days left to vote, we take a look at the 10 courses that are currently in the Top 10 of the “Course of the Year 2022″. The following courses are in the top 10 as of now: ...
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Course of the Year 2022: Submit your suggestions!
What was the best orienteering course of 2022? WOC Long distance won in 2021, The Norwegian World Champs selection race long distance won in 2019, the World Cup Final Middle in Czech Republic won in 2018, the World Champs middle distance in Estonia won in 2017 and the last stage of France 5 won in 2016. Other winners ...
Read More »Course of the Year 2021: Submit your suggestions!
What was the best orienteering course of 2021? The Norwegian World Champs selection race long distance won in 2019, the World Cup Final Middle in Czech Republic won in 2018, the World Champs middle distance in Estonia won in 2017 and the last stage of France 5 won in 2016. Other winners are a spectacular sprint between ...
Read More »Alternative Orienteering Activities during COVID-19
[To be updated] Creative orienteers all around the world find alternative orienteering activities in these difficult times when most orienteering races are cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis. The activities range from different types of online orienteering competitions to mapping your own home. And those who are lucky enough to be able ...
Read More »Course of the Year 2019: WOC Selection Long in Norway
A traditional long distance course with many long route choice legs interspersed with technical orienteering is the “Orienteering Course of the Year 2019″! The course was run by many of the world’s best orienteers, as the event was a selection race for the World Orienteering Championships for several countries. The ...
Read More »From Swedish mountain terrain to Czech sandstone: Gustav Bergman’s favourite courses and terrain of 2019
– There is something really nice about a very good long distance. You don’t get many of those in a year! Those are Gustav Bergman’s words about one of the best forest orienteering courses he ran in 2019 – one of the Swedish League races in the middle of April. Read ...
Read More »Interview Miika Kirmula about Course of the Year 2019
– In these kind of races, the TV-production doesn’t set any limits so it is easier to make the whole course really challenging, Finnish rising start Miika Kirmula says about his two favourite forest races of the year. Read on to get to know more about what kind of courses ...
Read More »Interview: Denisa Kosova about the best orienteering courses of 2019!
– A long run through the Scandinavian forest, only few controls and a deep experience, is Denisa Kosova’s description of her favourite orienteering course in 2019. Read more about Kosova’s experiences in the forest the last year further down. Denisa Kosova is a Czech orienteer who is knocking on the door to ...
Read More »Interview: Lucas Basset shares lots of great orienteering courses from 2019!
– It was a true long distance challenge in a tough Norwegian terrain, with several long and medium-length legs, Lucas Basset explains when talking about his favourite course of the year. And no, it is not the World Championships Long distance, but another Long distance course in Norway without spectators ...
Read More »Course of the Year 2019: Submit your suggestions!
What was the best orienteering course of 2019? The World Cup Final Middle in Czech Republic won in 2018, the World Champs middle distance in Estonia won in 2017 and the last stage of France 5 won in 2016. Other recent winners are a spectacular sprint between boulders and old buildings in Portugal in 2013 and some great technical ...
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