World Ranking Events allowed from August 1, 2020

At its meeting on Thursday July 9th the IOF Council discussed the organisation of World Rankings Events (WRE). The possibility to organise WREs had been suspended from March 17, 2020 until July 31, 2020 due to restrictio...

19th ICOM to be held digitally July 8th

The 19th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM) will be held as a digital conference with presentations being livestreamed via to the Facebook group Orienteering Mappers. The conference is scheduled to b...

Worldwide following for eTrailO

eTrailO has really taken off in many parts of the world, and over the past three months it has been possible to take part in competitions in two or three different nations in the same week. Last month, for example, you c...

2020-06-30

Big interest in eTempO

With competition in terrain at a standstill in countries around the world, what can orienteers do to keep in trim? For technical training many have turned to electronic alternatives; eTempO, a virtual version of the spee...

2020-06-25

Cancellation of the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2020

The organiser of the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2020 (WTOC) in Hong Kong has informed the IOF that due to uncertainties surrounding the effects of the Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic, they are not able to or...

2020-06-05