World Orienteering Day, May 11th

On Wednesday May 11th 2016, at as many locations as possible, people of all ages taking part in some sort of Orienteering event. Clubs and Orienteers from all over the world are taking part. The IOF has a vision to set a new Guinness World Record. The current record is from WOC 2003 in Switzerland, when 207,979 young people at 1381 locations ran an orienteering course,  250,000 young people is the IOF’s challenging target.  There are 5 WOD events  in Ireland.

Doneraile, Naas, Fota, Lough Key Forest Park and People’s Park in Waterford.

http://worldorienteeringday.com/

DATE	VENUE	COUNTY	EVENT TYPE	CLUB
May 2016
10	Fota House & Gardens	Cork	CorkO Summer League / No. 1	Cork
11	Doneraile Forest Park	Cork	Irish Schools Championships (Primary)	Cork Schools
11	People’s Park	Waterford	Local Schools Introductory Event	Waterford
11	Naas Urban Race	Kildare	World Orienteering Day / ‘Come-and-try-it’ Event	Curragh-Naas
11	Lough Key Forest Park	Roscommon	World Orienteering Day	Sligo Orienteering Club

WOD 2017 and 2018

The next World Orienteering Days will take place on May 24th 2017 and on May 23rd 2018!