Orienteering
Manuel Negrello, Daniel Hubmann and Johan Näsman had to watch their steps – and maps – carefully in the ravine of Ginosa, Italy 11.3.2004.
What was the map scale among cliffs and caves (drawn in purple)? And what was Simone Niggli-Luder’s time per kilometre in this historical Park World Tour race?
Find the special features and course setter plots of 100+ events in Made for loving it.
Simplifying her orienteering, Anne Margrethe Hausken overtook both Karolina Arewång Højsgaard and Simone Niggli-Luder – and the Horseman’s statue – in Eksjö, Sweden, 25.10.2003.
Who won the men’s 2003 Park World Tour without winning a single race?
Join and learn from the adventures of the world elite in Made for loving it.
A collaboration between Park World Tour and ASOM has been arranged. PWT will be present in ASOM and the winners of ASOM 2022 WRE Sprint (M/W elite class) will receive a voucher for Mauritius 3 Days Orienteering 2022.
PWT will award VOUCHERS* for Mauritius 3 Days Orienteering 2022 in few selected events during 2022. More details on the selection criteria as well as the other events will be communicated later.
*Voucher = Full board (accommodation + food), transportation in Mauritius, entry for all events, (no flight tickets included).
The first race where you can win a voucher will be the WRE sprint in ASOM on 3rd April 2022. One voucher for the winners in both Men and Women elite class**.
**In the case of a shared victory, a voucher can be awarded to both (maximum of two) winners. If there are more than two runners sharing a victory, a draw for one voucher will be organized between them.
ASOM is an awesome Sprint Orienteering weekend in Belgium on April 1, 2 and 3 with very interesting Elite races: a Mixed Relay, a (full) Knock Out Sprint, and a WRE Sprint. As a non-elite orienteer you get the chance to run the sprints and a City Race on the same maps and watch all the Elite-action live in the arena. All races will take place near the city centre of Antwerp. More information on ASOM website: https://www.antwerporienteers.be/asom/
We hope to see you in ASOM and in Mauritius 3 Days Orienteering 2022.
ps. You can also order and pick-up the PWT book Made for loving it in ASOM.
On a course overlooking Lake Vättern, Karolina Arewång Højsgaard found the flow in the city park of Jönköping, Sweden, 24.10.2003.
The Park World Tour has brought the world picturesque orienteering views from more than 100 destinations. Enjoy all of them in Made for loving it.
Jörgen Olsson, in the hat, and Thomas Jensen, wearing gloves, have found the university trumpet, last control of the Park World Tour in Växjö, Sweden, 23.10.2003.
What did the female winner wear for the prize ceremony? Follow the changes of the orienteering dresscode during 25 years in Made for loving it.
On 20.10.2007, the Park World Tour stretched out to support the origins and endurance of orienteering. Anne Margrethe Hausken was the only woman to complete the course in less than two hours.
How long was the men’s race? And who had forgotten that he was a PWT winner?
Learn more about the orienteers and the Tour that extended the limits of the sport in Made for loving it.
”I have never experienced an orienteering course like this,” said Hanne Staff in rock-carved Matera 27.10.2002. Yuri Omeltchenko, in a Park World Tour sweater knitted by his mother-in-law, joined Nicola Manfredi at the final banquet, singing L’Italiano.
And who was fastest of them all, regaining the lead between controls 11 and 12? Enjoy an amazingly challenging race and 25 years of PWT in Made for loving it.
Hanna Palm and Gøril Fristad found their way among 1,600 trulli stone huts in world heritage city Alberobello, Italy, 26.10.2002.
What had happened to the previous Tour leader? Navigate through the adventures of the Park World Tour orienteers in Made for loving it.
Céline Dodin, Cindy Becu, Céline Deflandre and Perrine Manissolle did their Park World Tour debut on 24.10.2002. At the university campus in Mulhouse, France.
While Emma Engstrand almost outscored the Tour leader.
A man that was disqualified in the premiere six years earlier turned the 50th race into a success. In how many of them had he taken part? And how many countries had the PWT reached now? Get onto the maps, facts and figures in Made for loving it.
