Euromeeting 2016: Friday - Sunday in Latvia

3rd place at Moscow Marathon!

EPILOGUE 2016

North American Orienteering Ch...

Long run, but only discovered a small part of the impres...

On my way to North American Or...

Im Wettkampffieber

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Good morning, USA! Very excited to spend 3 weeks in the ...

What a race at Glen Coe Skyline! Awesome course, beautif...

Swedish Championships Weekend in Karlskrona: Middle dist...

The last five days I enjoyed late summer at the Adriatic...

Swedish Championships Weekend in Karlskrona: Middle dist...

Belgian Orienteering Champion in Relay with Trol Elite! ...

Warum man beim Red Bull Apitude dabei sein muss!

Summary of last weekend together with SCOTT Running team...

2nd week into a project "REST" wasn`t exactly ...

A taste of Karst

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Blåmandag

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Training camp in Carinthia with the best of all teams an...

After another treatment at Rev. training I did my first ...

Team Canada wins the BK Cup at NAOC 2016

(Back row, left to right: Robbie Graham, Eric Kemp, Alex Bergstrom, Emily Kemp, Damian Konotopetz, Will Critchley, Graeme Rennie, Louise Oram, Jeff Teutsch. Front row: left to right: Emma Waddington, ...
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Canada at the North American Orienteering Championships

Canadian who have won at the 2016 North American Championships Long Distance F-10 – Lia Fransson – DontGetLost F-12 – Robyn Astridge – FWOC F-16 – Si ...
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Living a Dream

How does one put a dream coming true into words? How does one describe the roller coaster ride of emotions, those memories that still bring tears to my eyes or the entire journey that led me to my bes ...
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Contract Opportunity: HPC Administrator

Contract Position: High Performance Committee Administrator Overview: The High Performance Committee (HPC) Administrator ensures that the HPC operates smoothly, effectively, and efficiently by handlin ...
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National Coaching Week #ThanksCoach

About National Coaches Week National Coaches Week is a week to celebrate the tremendous positive impact coaches have on athletes and communities across Canada. This week is an opportunity to recogniz ...
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Aug 2016 O Canada newsletter published

The latest Orienteering Canada newsletter is now available here. 2016, August Vol 15: Controller’s Notes Update from Orienteering Canada Emily Kemp makes WOC History WOC Recap World Univer ...
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In Memoriam: Brian Graham

We at Orienteering Canada are very sorry to hear about the passing of Brian Graham, a long-time orienteer. Brian died on August 25th, 2016 at the age of 52 while surrounded by his loving family, inclu ...
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2016 World Orienteering Championships is underway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Orienteering Championships underway in Sweden Aug 21, 2016 (Calgary, AB) – The 2016 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) run from August 20 to 28, 2016 in Str&o ...
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Readiness

Its the eve of the World Champs and the rest of the team is going over the final details for the sprints tomorrow. Im not racing just yet but I still have that feeling in the pit of my stomach that th ...
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World University Orienteering Championships recap

The World University Orienteering Championships took place last week in Miskolc, Hungary. There were athletes from 34 nations competing in 5 back to back day of races. Canada was represented by Pia Bl ...
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Sass Peepre Junior Training Camp

Between all the events happening at home and abroad in the last couple weeks, it is hard to keep track of it all. Things seem to have settled out a bit with WCOC, COC, JWOC and now WUOC ...
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OO Cup 2016

Stage 1 The 2016 OO Cup took place in three different countries this year, with one day in Italy, two in Austria, and two in Slovenia, exposing the runners to a plethora of different terrains. Runn ...
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WUOC 2016 starts with a bang (of a canon)

Today marked the opening ceremonies of WUOC 2016. Over the past couple days the team has trickled into Miskolc, Hungary and has explored the gorgeous surrounding terrain. Most of said terrain is eithe ...
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SOW you think you can orienteer!

Swiss O Week (SOW) 2016 took place in the Engadin valley in the eastern part of Switzerland, very near to the location of this year’s JWOC races. Because of this, many JWOC athletes also raced the S ...
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July 2016 O Canada newsletter published

The latest Orienteering Canada newsletter is now available here. 2016, July Vol 14: Controller’s Notes Update from Orienteering Canada JWOC Update from Team Canada Want to Compete at JWOC? ...
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Team Canada to World University Champs announced

Canadian Interuniversity Sport and Orienteering Canada are pleased to formally announce the Canadian athletes who will be competing at the 2016 World University Orienteering Championships in Hungary ...
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JWOC 2016

Sunday, July 10th, Sprint - Emma WThe morning of the Sprint started with some typical pre-race jitters and the superstitions that Erik informed you all of. (Yes, lucky hairbands really do work!) You c ...
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JWOC 2016 results for Team Canada

Sprint Long Middle Qualification Middle Final Relay Official relay results Results with all teams   Save Save [...]
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Orienteering in the News: Yukon Orienteers at JWOC

Click on this image to read article from the Whitehorse Star.
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Q&A #1 with the JWOC 2016 team members

In the leadup to JWOC 2016, team members were asked a number of questions about orienteering, and here are some long-anticipated results of the survey.Caelan just floating on sunshineAs you all know, ...
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JWOC Sprint is over; preparing for the long tomorrow.

Despite weather reports calling for rain in the late morning, today was a hot sunny sunny day. On the plus side, everyone had dry cobblestones to run on, but on the minus side it was a very hot day, p ...
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JWOC Training Camp Days 4-5

Click the picture to read about the fourth and fifth days at the JWOC training camp and follow along with what team Canada has been up to here in Switzerland!
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JWOC 2016 is underway!

The 2016 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) run from July 9 to 15, 2016 in the Engadin region of Switzerland. Team Canada is made up of both juniors who have raced in JWOC before, as well ...
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JWOC Training Camp Day 3

Click the picture to read about Team Canadas sprint preparation for JWOC and everything else that happened in Day 3 of the JWOC Training Camp!Be sure to check out a 2Drerun that a few of the guys put ...
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JWOC Training Camp Day 1-2

Click the picture to read about the Canadian Junior Team training for the few two days in Ftan, Switzerland.Go Canada GO!
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Jukola or as I like to call it, Run for your life!

Three weekends ago I participated in the biggest orienteering relay ever for me! Jukola is a 7 man night relay but it’s not dark for the whole race just 3 legs. The race starts at 11pm right after t ...
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Finish training camp

While JWOC wont be in Finland for another year, a number of the Canadians from Jukola took the opportunity to explore relevant terrain. The second Jukola was over a group of us packed up and took off ...
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Team JWOC doing a little cross training

A view out Emma S and Pias window...Go Canada!
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Canada's JWOC 2016 team is on-site in Ftan, Switzerland

The JWOC 2016 team converged on Ftan, Switzerland, traveling variously by car, bus and train (one car took the northern route from Zürich through Austria, and owing to a missed turn, ended up in Nand ...
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Canadian and US teams about to start running in Jukola 2016

There are four North American teams registered this year in the worlds largest relay race - Jukola. At 23:00 Finland time (13:00 PDT, 16:00 EDT) on Saturday, June 18, there will be a mass start of 171 ...
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JWOC athlete update from Jan Erik Naess

Canadian JWOC athlete Jan Erik Naess was recently training in Hamilton before he heads over to Europe to get ready to compete at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland July 9-15. C ...
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2016 High Performance Program Silent Auction at the Canadian ...

While theCanadian Orienteering Championships(COCs) are still 6 weeks away, we wanted to let everyone know that the High Performance Program SilentAuction will be held in conjunction with the COC banqu ...
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JWOC 2016 preview

Just a few weeks are left before the JWOC training camp and JWOC in Scuol, Switzerland. The teams members are busy training for peak performance July 9-15!The team this year has a mix of JWOC veterans ...
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Final Days Until WOC

It has been pretty busy for me since I arrived in Europe with non stop training and racing. I really enjoyed all the races at O-Ringen in Sweden where I managed to win the middle selection race for ...
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O-Ringen and Canadian WOC Team Selections

I have not posted anything in a very long time, so I thought I should try and write something before the madness of O-Ringen starts. I have been in Europe for just over a week now after an excellen ...
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North American Orienteering Championships

It has been two weeks since the North American Orienteering Championships wrapped up in Arnprior, Ontario. The weekends races were top notch and I think they were the best Canada has ever put toget ...
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US Nationals 2014/ NAOC Preview

This past weekend was the US Champs in New York where I had three great races. I ended up winning the sprint and was second overall in the long. I mp in the middle because I skipped a control but w ...
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Wherever you go...

... And there you are.This simple expression has taken on so much meaning for me when, all of a sudden, I found myself re-starting my life in a new country, a new city, and creating a new home. About ...
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