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2017 World Orienteering Day

      

Wednesday 24 May 2017

World Orienteering Day in 2017 aims to be another record breaking event!

On Wednesday 24 May 2017, the International Orienteering Federation are again encouraging people of all ages to take part in orienteering events and activities across the UK. 

The International Orienteering Federation currently has 70 member federations. The World Orienteering Day has a great potential to be spread all over the world.  Last year the first ever World Orienteering Day took place all over the world. It proved to be a great success, with more than 250 000 participants all around the world taking part in an orienteering event.

 

Photography credit (photo left):  Ulf Palm 

The International Orienteering Federation’s goals regarding the organisation of this annual event are as follows:

  • Increasing the visibility and accessibility of orienteering to young people

  • Increasing the number of participants both in the schools’ activities as well and in the clubs' activities in all countries of National Federations, and to get more new countries to take part in orienteering

  • Helping teachers to implement orienteering in a fun and educational way by providing schools with materials such as maps, orienteering exercises and equipment

     

     

     

     

The World Orienteering Day offers a great possibility to promote our sport!

Göran Andersson, Project Manager of World Orienteering Day, International Orienteering Federation, said:
"World Orienteering Day is International Orienteering Federation's most important tool to develop orienteering globally as a cool and awesome sport. Your work with World Orienteering Day locally is crucial for success. Please join us!"

The World Orienteering Day Guidelines are now available and can be downloaded here.

Promotional toolkit of resources available including flyers, stickers and more can be accessed here.

Registration is open and you can register your orienteering event and activities here.

For more information about World Orienteering Day 2017 visit:  www.worldorienteeringday.com

  

Photography credit (left and right):  Ulf Palm

 

Item posted by Jennie Taylor, Marketing Manager

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