Qualification – 5 Aug. Map: Mnichovice / Minichschlag It was a hot 33°C day for the first event in a Czechia – a qualification race where the top 20 in each heat progress to the long and middle A Final races, and the remaining competitors raced in the B and C Finals. Joe Lynch safely qualified for […]

Sprint KnockoutThe 2026 World University Orienteering Champs 28 July started with a Knockout sprint qualification elimination round in Vila Real, Portugal. The team faced very high and dry temperatures which lasted all week, but were excited to compete in the network of steep historic stone alleyways and multi-level areas. Felix qualified through to the Knockout […]

Oceania Sprint Knockout  | Sat 24 JanuaryIt was a flying start for the kiwis escaping NZ fickle summer weather for some warm sprint urban running in the NSW coastal area. The morning’s knockout qualification and quarter final sprints were based at St Peters College, Tuggerah, and the afternoon venue for the knockout semi-final and the […]

1. What was your overseas orienteering and study goal? I’d heard good things about orienteering and life in Sweden so I thought I’d try and experience this while still studying towards my degree. 2. How did you choose your exchange destination? What was the criteria? There were only a few destinations that allowed me to study civil engineering papers while […]