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Wednesday 24 May 2017

All schools, all orienteering clubs and all countries all over the world are encouraged to participate in World Orienteering Day.

Based on experience from the “World Orienteering Day” project last year and feedback from teachers at primary and secondary schools the International Orienteering Federation have created a set of guidelines, web books, and a wide range of promotional materials such as flyers, posters and badges for your events to download on the website here.

There are also a set of photos and the official World Orienteering Day logos available for download to promote World Orienteering Day events and activities.

52-pages of World Orienteering Day Guidelines you will find ideas of how to carry out a World Orienteering Day event with many activity examples from all over the world.

The three web books are free of charge and available for download as follows:

About ORIENTEERING

Part 1:  ORIENTEERING at school for ages 6 – 12 years

Part 2:  ORIENTEERING at school for ages 13 – 15 years

Göran Andersson, Project Manager for World Orienteering Day at the International Orienteering Federation, says: “It is great to see how orienteering clubs and local schools in the UK are supporting and backing World Orienteering Day.  We are proud of our sport and World Orienteering Day aims to help provide an opportunity especially for local clubs and schools to raise the profile of orienteering with others who would not normally know about or consider taking part in the sport.  It is a great way of showcasing what fun orienteering can be within local communities across the world.”

www.worldorienteeringday.com is the central hub for the project where clubs, groups and schools are asked to register your activities and events so that they appear on the world map here.

For more information email:  goran.andersson.rf@gmail.com

Photo by Ulf Palm

Item posted by Jennie Taylor, Marketing Manager