World Cup Mixed Sprint Relay: How did you like it?

World Cup Sprint Relay: Maps and Results

New season, new country, new job, new Scandinavian club,...

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Portugal O-Meeting: Gueorgiou and Magnusson (and Niggli)

Frustrerende fornuftighet

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Tech Torture in Turkey

World Cup #1 in Turkey and mixed sprint relay

On the podium in Turkey

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Season start in Turkey

Strålende Treningssamling

Weltcupsieg in der Türkei

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Interviews with Thierry Gueorgiou, Simone Niggli, Jan Pr...

Världs-Cup: direkt upp på pallen!

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Türkei: Weltcup und Stützpunkt

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Tyrkiatrening

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World University Orienteering Championship (WUOC) Team Announ...

Orienteering Canada is pleased to announce that the following athletes have been selected to represent Canada at the 2014 World University Orienteering Championships, or WUOC. This championship will b ...
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Rising Star Award ~ applications now being accepted!

The High Performance Committee (HPC) are now accepting applications for the 2014 Rising Star Award. This annual award is given to two young, promising orienteers (typically one male and one female), a ...
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Vancouver - The Original Sprint Camp

Its been nine years since the first Vancouver Sprint Camp, a cavalcade of sprint races and training sessions over a weekend organized by the Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club. In its ninth iteration ...
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Athlete Profile: Roan McMillan

Born 1997 Hometown Vancouver, British Columbia Currently living North Vancouver, British Columbia Club Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club Occupation Student Training log Attackpoint How did you do i ...
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Announcing the 2014 High Performance Program athletes!

The High Performance Committee (HPC) is delighted to announce the following athletes have been accepted to the 2014 High Performance Program (HPP):Junior Women:Pia Blake (Whitehorse, YT)Junior Men:Ale ...
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Athlete Profile: Eric Kemp

Born 1989 Hometown Ottawa, Ontario Currently living Ottawa, Ontario Club Orienteering Ottawa Occupation Student Training log Attackpoint What was your final placing in the 2013 Canada Cup Elite Serie ...
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Athlete Profile: Tori Owen

Born 1991 Hometown Calgary, Alberta Currently living Kelowna, British Columbia Club Foothill Wanderers Orienteering Club Occupation Nurse Training log Attackpoint What was your final placing in the 2 ...
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Athlete Profile: Louise Oram

Born 1984 Hometown Vancouver, British Columbia Currently living Oslo, Norway Club Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club & Nydalen Occupation Just completed my Masters in Computer Science! Trai ...
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Athlete Profile: Damian Konotopetz

Born 1990 Hometown Winnipeg, Manitoba Currently living Calgary, Alberta Club Coureurs de Bois Occupation Student/Athlete Training log Attackpoint Twitter Handle @dkonotopetz Blog URL Damian Konotopet ...
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Athlete Profile: Robbie Graham

Born 1996 Hometown Ottawa, Ontario Currently living Ottawa, Ontario Club Orienteering Ottawa Occupation Student Training log Attackpoint Twitter handle @thekilograham What was your final placing in t ...
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Athlete Profile: Trevor Bray

Born 1995 Hometown Whitehorse, Yukon Currently living Ottawa, Ontario Club Yukon Orienteering Association Occupation Student Training log Attackpoint Twitter Handle @TrevorLyleBray What was your fina ...
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Athlete Profile: Alexander Bergstrom

Born 1995 Hometown Ottawa, Ontario Currently living Ottawa, Ontario Club Orienteering Ottawa Occupation Student Training log Attackpoint What was your final placing in the 2013 Canada Cup Elite Serie ...
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Athlete Profile: Michael Svoboda

Born 1999 Hometown Calgary, Alberta Currently living Calgary, Alberta Club Foothill Wanderers Orienteering Club Occupation Student Training log Attackpoint Blog Michael Svoboda List of personal spons ...
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Athlete Profile: Pia Blake

Born 1996 Hometown Whitehorse, Yukon Currently living Llantwit Major, Wales Club Yukon Orienteering Association (Canada)& Swansea Bay Orienteering Club (Wales) Occupation Student Training log ...
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High Performance Committee Update

Ill be the first to admit that the High Performance Committees (HPC) communication over the past few months has been lacking. Weve been busy re-writing the Athlete Handbook, selection criteria, recrui ...
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Orienteering Canada Announces Pre-selection of Athletes for W...

Orienteering Canada is delighted to announce that Emily Kemp and Louise Oram have been pre-selected to represent Canada at the World Orienteering Championships, to be held in Trentino, Italy from July ...
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New year, New Ambitions

After improving tremendously in the 2013 season, 2014 is looking promising. I have decided to focus on running this winter with hopes of developing my orienteering further. After many seasons of sh ...
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From 2013 to 2014

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. For those applying to the HPP hopefully you have finished or are close to finishing the application. As the new year approaches, I fin ...
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Tøffen

I have been in Oslo since the end of November, as Thomas got a job here. There was some snow in the middle of December, but it melted and it has generally been slightly warmer than usual (albeit still ...
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Cymru (Wales)

Perhaps the reason that I love orienteering so much is the fact that people all over the world, regardless of where you are, are ready to welcome you the second you utter the word orienteering (just a ...
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PWT China - Trains, Planes, and Automo-busses

After a highly underwhelming Nordic ski career, I felt convinced that I was never going to go anywhere interesting for sport. After what is now my 4th trip to China (well, third and a half, one trip w ...
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Canada Cup Elite Series ~ 2013 Final Results

The sprint, middle and long distance races at the Canadian Orienteering Championships in Hamilton were the last of 14 Canada Cups held in 2013.At each Canada Cup race, participants in the mens and wom ...
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Canadian Orienteering Championships

It has been a week since the Canadian Orienteering Championships wrapped up in Hamilton, Ontario. It was a great weekend of racing, on some of the nicest terrain in Canada. The courses were very wel ...
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Canada Cup Elite Series ~ Damian & Louise still lead going in...

After the middle distance race today at the Dundas Valley, Damian and Louise still lead the standings in the Canada Cup Elite Series.Louise Oram asserted her dominance over the field with a winning ti ...
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Canada Cup Standings ~ Sprint down, middle and long to go!

The Canadian Orienteering Champs sprint took place at McMasters University in Hamilton yesterday. Our Canadian Champions are Will Critchley and Louise Oram. You can see the full list of results here.T ...
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Silent auction sneak peak

As Im sitting in the airport waiting for my plane I figured I would give everyone a peak at an item Im bringing with me to the silent auction.Blue Hills by Bryan ChubbPainted in the 1980s possib ...
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COC Preview

The Canadian Orienteering Championships are set to start tomorrow night in Hamilton, Ontario, starting with the Sprint (CC/WRE) at McMaster University followed by the Middle (CC/WRE) and Long (CC) in ...
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A report from Alberta Champs

Alberta Champs were held this year in and around Calgary. It was uncertain for a while if they were going to happen as there had been extensive flooding in Calgary and area in the spring. This caused ...
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BC Orienteering Champs

Ive been feeling a bit under the weather lately. My course load leaves little time for anything but homework and causes a lot of stress. Im unable to make GVOCs weekly events and the orienteering I ha ...
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Perseverance!

It is always easy to stay motivated when things are going well. This is true for everything! Here, talking about orienteering, it is applicable in numerous ways. Currently, I’m unfortunately on the ...
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HPP Silent Auction

Every year the High Performance Program holds a silent auction fundraiser at the Canadian Orienteering Championships. This year the silent auction will be at the Orienteering Canada Expo and Banquet o ...
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Night Orienteering in the Yukon

Tonight was our last orienteering event of the year - Night Orienteering! Personally, my highlight of our local season. Why? Now for those who havent thought about it too much, one might ask what is s ...
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Wrapping up the season

As my orienteering season up here comes to an end I have a choice to make. This was my last year as a junior on the national team. Next year I will officially be a senior if I continue to ...
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Post Orienteering Stress Disorder

As this years European tour has come to a close I cant help but feel a touch of sadness. When you wake up at home after weeks of excitement and adventure, the routine bowl of cheerios just doesnt have ...
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WCOC's Manitoba

The WCOC’s were held a couple of weeks ago in Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba on the tricky, tricky Hog’s Back map (site of the 2009 COC’s). The three championship races were held over t ...
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WOC week in the world

Sunday 7.7Long qualification: Emily and Louise make final. Brit Cat Taylor surprises by winning her heat.In the world: Djokovic and Murray battle it out for Wimbledon title.Monday 8.7Sprint qualificat ...
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WCOC's It's a Wrap

The WCOC’s were held this past weekend in Spruce Woods Provincial Park on the tricky, tricky Hog’s Back map. Three races were held over three days on the most technically challenging ter ...
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Oringen 2013

My first O-ringen has come and gone, and what an incredible series of races it was. When I arrived at O-ringen town on the 18th of July, I was surprised by the sheer amount of people that were there. ...
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Post JWOC Adventures

With JWOC finally completed I had the opportunity to travel with the U.S. Junior team to a training camp in Oloumoc, CzechRepublicand the Karst Cup in Slovakia. The day after the banquet and relay, we ...
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WCOC Middle

Today was the WCOC Middle at Hogs Back. My knee was sore to start but the adrenalin kicked in and I wasnt thinking about it so I didnt really notice it too much. I think I am still a bit jet lagged, ...
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Back to Reality

After 42 day in Europe I will be flying home tomorrow August 1st to Winnipeg where I hope to compete in the WCOC’s http://www.orienteering.mb.ca/WCOC2013/if my knee is up for the challenge. It ...
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Bubo Cup Day 4

Day 4 of Bubo Cup was held high up on the Bisaga map. I decided to walk the course today which was a bad decision because my knee was very sore and even worse after the course. It was very unique an ...
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Bubo Cup Day 3

Today was day 3 of Bubo Cup at Vipava at 1:4000. The sprint race was held in the village of Vipava. It was very warm 32C. My goal was top 5 yesterday before my knee started to really hurt later at n ...
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Bubo Cup Day 2

Day 2 of Bubo Cup was held across the road from day 1 on the Postojnska jama map. It was another good race for me with fewer mistakes than yesterday. Although I made fewer mistakes they were very du ...
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Bubo Cup Day 1

Today was day 1 of Bubo Cup on the Magdalena map. The scale was 1:7500 which I thought would be a problem for me to get use to but I had no problems with it at all. The terrain was very different th ...
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HSH Cup Satge 3

Yesterday was the final stage of the HSH Cup (stage 3). It was a longer middle distance chasing start. I had another pretty good race, with a few small mistakes. I placed 14th/43 on the stage and 11 ...
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HSH Cup Stage 2

Today was stage 2 of the HSH Cup at VRATIC. It was a long distance is some tricky terrain with lots of streams, wet ditches and vegetation detail. It was another decent race for me with a few more m ...
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Night "O"/HSH Cup

Yesterday night was a night “O” at CECHRICE which was very challenging. My course H21 was 8.2 km. It was raining and fairly chilly which added to the challenge of orienteering at night. ...
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Olomouc Training Camp

For the past four days I was training around Olomouc with some Canadian and American juniors. It was a great few days of training as I got to train on some of the maps used for WOC 2008. Since I hav ...
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End of JWOC Tour

JWOC and the JWOC Tour wrapped up today with the relay where both the women’s and men’s teams won gold which was amazing to see. Stage 4 was at Certovy Skryse and was a true middle dist ...
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