Visitor Story – Finland

SHALOM.  ‘Team Finland’ would like to thank you all for the great event  and the warm friendliness we experienced at the Israel Open Championship 2013. Orienteering in Israel was an unforgettable experience. The two terrains were great and also very different  so we got to see a lot! The maps were excellent as well as …

2012 Israel Open Orienteering Championships Results

Results from the 2012 Israel Open Orienteering Championship have been posted. In the men’s elite category, Swedish competitors captured the top two spots in the men’s elite category. Erik Ivarsson placed first, while Erik Andersson took second. Pavel Gvozdev and Guy Sabo-Bar of Israel placed third and fourth, respectively. In the women’s elite category, Roni Harish …

Team Israel at WOC

The 3 Israel competitors are making their way today to France for the 2011 World Orienteering Championship. The team: Pavel, Guy, Zef Zef’s first blog report.

Orienteering at 2013 Maccabiah Games

The Maccabiah Sports Committee has agreed to include the sport of orienteering at the Maccabiah Games in 2013, provided the ISOA submits a list of 50 Jewish (non-Israeli) orienteering athletes by July 31, 2011.

Visitor Story – Sweden

We will be back! On February 18, 2011, 11 winter and snow tired orienteers met at Arlanda Airport to fly to Tel Aviv. We landed late in the Holy Land and drove to the desert in the southern part of Israel. After the long travel, and little sleep and water, four of the eleven went to …

Visitor Story – Belgium

Thanks for great competitions. On behalf of the participants of the Belgian club Trol, I would like to thank you for some great competitions. While the Negev Desert was fun, the Open Championships had some of most detailed and complicated terrain and maps we’ve seen so far. I’m sure that the international orienteering community will find …