The Orienteering Merit Badge is a challenging activity that requires Scouts to use a detailed mapand compass to navigate to checkpoints on an unfamiliar course. This activity is not for theinexperienced. Pacing from marker...
If you’re new to orienteering, the Quantico Orienteering Club offers an Introduction toOrienteering course, which is open to all fitness levels. These free events are like an outdoorscavenger hunt. All you need to bring...
There are many reasons why people like orienteering. It is a fun sport and it promotes physical activity. It is best for physically active people, especially those who enjoy exploring new places. For those...
What Do All Good Orienteering Compasses Have : An orienteering compass should have several important features, such as a clear base plate and straight sides. The compass needle should settle on the rest and...
The Junior World Championships (JWOC) is the major world orienteering competition for under-21’s. It is on every year in a different country and this year it took place in Turkey in September. The 2020...
A promising start to 2022 with the successful not-Oceania Championships (reported below) has, perhaps predictably, descended into uncertainty with the outbreak of the omicron variant of Covid leading to cancellation of both the Super...
Update Foreword from the GM I hope that everyone was able to have some time off over Christmas/New Year and that those who attended the ‘not the’ Oceania Championships survived the gruelling long! In...
Street orienteering continues with the next event being held between Brixton and Clapham- a brand new area for orienteering! If you plan on coming, please fill in the Google Forms. Reminder: You must return...
Program Friday 4 March Sprint Freyberg HS & Pit Park First start 6 pm Saturday 5 March KO Sprint Qualification Palmerston N Esplanade First start 9 am ¼ Finals Palmerston North GHS First start...
World Athletics and Athletics Ireland are delighted to announce an upcoming webinar ‘How Gender Equality Can Provide The Winning Margin’. There will be two webinars to ensure all time zones are catered for. These...
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