Author: GIULIA ZENERE

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India Orienteering: the first International Championship

🏅✨ Get ready for the **1st Dhyan Chand International Orienteering Championship 2025**!

🌍🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Experience the thrill of orienteering in India, as athletes from around the globe navigate diverse terrains!

🌿 **Dates**: November 7-16, 2025

📍 **Location**: India

From action-packed sprints to breathtaking middle-distance races, discover the perfect blend of athleticism, culture, and adventure.

🎯 And when you need a break from racing, explore India’s wonders, including the **Taj Mahal**, **Delhi’s historic sights**, and some unforgettable shopping spots! 🕌🛍️

**Event Program available on www.dcioc.com**

🔗 *Register now and join the global celebration of Orienteering!*

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O-Ringen Academy 2025

Only 10 places available, register before 10th June!

Run by PWT Academy, this year the O-Ringen Academy will take place from 18th to 27th July in Jönköping.

Accommodation, food, local transport and seminars are included. 
Not included: O-Ringen entry fee, transport to Sweden.

Bulletin and all documents were sent to your Federation. 

Send your application before 10th June to be selected!
jkpwt@hotmail.com
info@parkworldtour.org

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PWT Asia Tour 2024-25, entries open!

Park World Tour is returning to China for the end of the year!

In collaboration with Learnjoy, 3 races including 2 WRE events are scheduled from 27.12.24 to 02.01.25 in the area of Zhejiang province, to kick the new year!

Entries are open for elite runners. We are looking for 15 male + 15 female runners from different countries.

Send your application via email to jkpwt@hotmail.com, or giulia@parkworldtour.org.

Selections will start soon!

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Day 3 of Mauritius 3 days Orienteering 2024

The location of today was a luxuriant Botanical Garden, Pamplemousses in the north of the Island.

The terrain was flat with lots of tracks and beautiful huge trees and flowers and lotus pond, compass was not a big help.

Today we had a group of about 30 local young students participating and completing all the course. For the prize giving we had the honour to host Mrs Bella Saddul, Principle Physical Educators Organisers of the Ministry of Education.

Pictures and results below.

The next International 3 days Orienteering of Mauritius will be held in November 2026. Be ready!

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Mauritius 3 days Orienteering 2024

Park World Tour Academy is supporting the organisation of the second edition of this international event. Giulia Zenere and Jaroslav Kacmarcik are already on site to cooperate with locals, starting from checking the map in La Cambuse public beach, in the south east area.

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1st Rishikesh Inaugural Orienteering competition

Successfully conducted the 1st Rishikesh Inaugural Orienteering competition last 15th September.

40+ boys and girls participated. This is the 1st time that Orienteering was played in the state of Uttarakhand, India. 

Only 5 Players had missed Control points. 2 courses were set for the players. 

Special thanks to Deepti Sisodia, Kishori Lal Azad, Om Prakash Gupta Dp Raturi sir, Madam Poonam Chauhan ji, Madam Lovely Ramola ji, Dr Rakesh Semwal (National President All India Yog Sangathan) Shubham Pal ji for making this event fun and engaging for the young players, and Gaurav Singh for the coordination of the event. Also big thanks to Vrinda and Jhanvi who made sure no control points were lost or tampered with. 

Maps was drawn by locals. 

Park World Tour Academy is proudly keeping the full support to this group of locals who are working so hard to make all this possible. 

Keep spreading orienteering!

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Orienteering demo game for Delhi Sports Journalist Association

A demo of orienteering was organized for the members of the Delhi Sports Journalist Association at the New Delhi Dhyan Chand National Stadium on the 29th of August.
Giulia Zenere PWT academy Project Manager, held a short seminar about orienteering, and Jaroslav Kacmarcik, of the IOF GDC, supervised the game.

A dozen sport journalists had the chance to try the sport and they enjoyed a lot!

10 control points inside and outside the stadium.

Another big step ahead for our beloved sport in this country!

Thanks Gaurav Singh and the Dhyanchand Foundation for the opportunity.

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Orienteering presented at India National Sport Day

Last 29th August Park World Tour was honoured to be present at the celebration of India National Sport Day.

The Dhyanchand Foundation organised a celebration at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. The event, dedicated to honoring the legacy of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, was attended by a host of sports celebrities, business personalities, and dignitaries.

On that day, Giulia Zenere, Park World Tour Academy Project manager, presented the sport of orienteering in India, in front of a large number of sport people dignitaries.
Jaroslav Kacmarcik, IOF Global Development Commission, was actively present and supervising the demonstration of orienteering held in the stadium.

Shri Manoj Tiwari, Member of Parliament, listened carefully and saw the potential of the sport in India, being orienteering a sport which can be played almost anywhere and with no need of infrastructures or special equipments, and can be played at any age, it is very much suitable to a large scale of Indians also in the rural areas.

We as PWT are deeply grateful to Shri Gaurav Singh, President of the Dhyanchand Foundation, for all his efforts in developing orienteering in India, together with the former international umpire Kishori Lal Azad, Sanjeev Pandey from SBI and Vivek Singh, General Secretary Dhyanchand Foundation .