The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) together with the South African Orienteering Federation (SAOF) is excited to announce the inaugural African Regional Orienteering Conference to be held on 4 January 2026. The invitation is open to all African member countries of…
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The SAOF is please to announce that the following three Event Advisers have had their accreditation renewed by the IOF. They have been reaccredited for the period 2025-2028. They are: World Ranking Event (WRE) advisers are appointed to orienteering events…
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The SAOF is very excited to announce that Sarah Wimberley (PenOC) has been selected to represent South Africa at the World Games in 2025. Orienteering has once again been included in the World Games program. Sarah’s selection was made by…
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The SAOF Selection Committee is pleased to announce the selection of the following athletes into the High Performance squads for 2025. Senior Squad: James Hancock, Carl Holmes, Bradley Lund, Sarah Wimberley. Junior Squad: Shelby Dos Santos, Cameron Morrison, Connor Morrison, Tristan…
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National Senior and Junior Squads The SAOF is pleased to announce that the window for applications to the 2025 Senior or Junior National Squads is now open. The application form is included in the appendix of the 2025 Seasonal Policy…
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The IOF has a Code of Ethics aimed at preserving the integrity and reputation of the IOF and IOF events. The code applies to all federations (full or provisional members) as well as to the IOF Council and all elected,…
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The IOF has launched a new basic Fair Play E-learning course on their e-learning platform: https://education.orienteering.sport/ The course is free to everyone and consists of 14 different lessons with text and video clips – all with a short quiz in the end.…
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The Junior World Orienteering Championships start on Monday, 1 July in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The World Orienteering Championships start on Friday 12 July in Edinburgh, Scotland. You can watch all of the races or selected races on the IOF’s live…
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The Orienteering World Cup round 1 is this weekend in Olten Switzerland. You can follow the liver results and watch the races on streaming. Full details at https://orienteering.sport/…/orienteering…/welcome/ The Orienteering World Cup Round 1 in Switzerland begins on Friday and we…
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WOC The SAOF is pleased to announce the following selections of athletes to represent South Africa at WOC in Scotland in July. Men: Bradley Lund. Women: Sarah Wimberley The 2024 WOC is a Sprint championship and will take place in…
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