World Orienteering Day - 24 May 2017

On Wednesday May 24th 2017, at as many locations as possible, we would love to see people of all ages taking part in some sort of Orienteering event. Clubs from all over the world can make a fantastic contribution that benefits both education at school and development of the sport. We also have a vision to set a new Guinness World Record. 

More about WOD

To read more about WOD see the official website: World Orienteering Day. Click on the map of Australia to find out about local events. You can also join the WOD Facebook group: Facebook WOD Group.

You can download maps, posters, bibs all the things you need to stage a small local event and be part of the action.

 

World Orienteering Day - 11 May 2016

 What a fantastic effort everyone.  A special thanks to the teachers who staged this event on NAPLAN Day

The official tally for World Orienteering Day in Canberra was

Ten (10) events in total – one of the highest number of events for any city in the world

Remembrance Park 16    - first in the world at 6.20 am beating Turkey (who tried to sneak in by starting at 12.01 am) by 40 minutes  – well done Noah Poland, aged 15, for organising this

Radford College   28  - Thanks Toni Brown

Canberra Grammar Junior 38 – Thanks Tate Needham

Canberra Grammar senior 20 – Thanks Mat Purcell

Campbell High – 249  well done Patrick and Peter Miller – I heard you could not keep them away

Majura primary  534 – what an effort Alison Inglis – and on Naplan day too

Campbell Primary 101 – organised by the teacher Libby Gerner

Queanbeyan Primary – organised by the teacher Dione Bryant

Yarra Bays   lunchtime 27 – a good idea to use the normal community event – thanks Bryant  

Yarra bays – OWL – orienteering with lights  53 – Thanks Bryant for organising two events on one day

 

Some highlights were :

Canberra was the first to post a live video of their event. It was beamed around the world– well done Noah

Youngest participant in Canberra was 7 months old – eldest was 92 years old

First finisher anywhere  in the world was Jo Hobson - Womens Short course – Remembrance Park , Canberra  

Second was Ella Cuthbert on the Womens Long and third was Tristan Miller on the Mens Long

Tate Needham attended no less than four WOD events on the same day !

Most events were done the old fashioned way with no SI units

Total for Canberra was 1,111 – a Canberra orienteering record for participants on one day in one city 

 

Out of interest

Australia had a total of 1.796 at about 22 events  

The old world record of 208,000 was broken with at least 211,000 participants in about 80 countries ( as at 17/5/2016)

              Visit http://worldorienteeringday.com/  to see the world map  and

               Facebook has heaps of interesting stories   https://www.facebook.com/events/145745899143580/?active_tab=posts

 

See you all next year on  Wednesday May 24th 2017  

With no NAPLAN planned for that day it will be even bigger !  at as many locations as possible, we would love to see people of all ages taking part in some sort of Orienteering event. Clubs from all over the world can make a fantastic contribution that benefits both education at school and development of the sport. 

What is happening for WOD in the ACT?

Find out more about local events on the OACT Events page or visit the WOD website, Find the world map and click on Australia.

The events in the ACT for WOD 2017 will be listed here