The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) announced on 7 May that WOC 2020, scheduled to take place in Denmark, had been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic and would now be held in 2022.
As a consequence, WOC 2022, due to take place from 15 – 19 July 2022 in Edinburgh has been rescheduled and will now be held in the summer of 2024. This is subject to final approval from our event partners EventScotland and the City of Edinburgh Council.
Read More…Rob Hickling (from Badenoch and Strathspey Orienteering Club) has joined the Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022 team as Assistant National Controller.
Read More…The 2019 JOK Chasing Sprint team of Graeme Ackland (planner) and Jon Cross (the other stuff) have been announced as planners for the Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022, which is to be held in Edinburgh in July 2022.
Read More…The Steering Group for the Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022 has announced that Paul McGreal has been appointed as Event Director. Paul is well known to many as the Event Director who helped stage the successful World Orienteering Championships in 2015.
Read More…The website for the Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022 has gone live, creating a base through which orienteering fans around the world can find information about the event, which takes place in Edinburgh in July 2022.
Read More…The embargoes in place for the 2022 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh have been updated to add two new areas and access rules.
Read More…The Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Co Ltd is seeking suitably qualified and experienced course planners/setters for the Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022 (WOC 2022) which will be staged in Edinburgh.
Read More…The Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Co Ltd is seeking to fill the role of Event Director for the World Orienteering Championships 2022 (WOC 2022) which will be staged in Edinburgh.
Read More…The Organising Committee for the World Orienteering Championships 2022 is looking to appoint a volunteer Training Coordinator to organise training opportunities for prospective WOC 2022 athletes.
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The Scottish Orienteering Association and Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Co Ltd are pleased to announce that Graham Gristwood (of Masterplan Adventure and FVO) has agreed to take on the role of Technical Director for the Sprint World Orienteering Championships, set to take place in Edinburgh in 2022.
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