Orienteering
Today at La Cambuse public beach we run on a map in a beautiful mixed terrain, with some controls next to a king palms forest, and some others on the beach with white sand and black volcanic stones.
Some young local runners joined the competition and everybody was very happy for the race!
Results and some pictures are here:
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.
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!
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.
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 .
We are announcing that we are planning a PWT tour in China for the second half of October 2024. Save the date!
Most of the races will be World Ranking Events, and all races will have prize money.
More info about places and dates will come later, but you can already send your application to info@parkworldtour.org: we are looking for 20 male + 20 female elite runners from different countries!
2023 ACTIVITY REPORT AND 2024 GREAT NEWS (read until the end!)
One year after the very first international competition, 3 Days Mauritius Orienteering, held in cooperation with Park World Tour and with the support of IOF and the Orienteering Ministry of Sport, many things happened in this beautiful country.
The local organisers held several activities to spread orienteering:
In May, for the World Orienteering Day, 4 different activities took place:
On 10th May, a training on Orienteering was organized for CAIE PE students at Q. Militaire SSS. Cluster of 4 Girls schools with over 50 participants
A race in Palmar Public beach on 13th May 2023
Activities were organised at MIE – Mauritius Institute of Education on 18th May 2023
On 19th May 2023 a Training on Orienteering for CAIE PE students of Zone 2 cluster is organised by PE Section for Boys n Girls (G10 n G11) at SIG SSS, Q. Militaire. 70 students in attendance. 21 Girls n 49 boys.
Mauritius orienteerign news
The biggest success so far occurred on 1st June during an Orienteering activity in Palmar beach: over 160 participants were on the starting list!
Local organisers worked very hard during this year to test and develop the orienteering skills of people of Mauritius but also the skills to organise orienteering events at different levels.
The interest of this sport is increasing and therefore the local Federation is planning to enlarge the orienteering family of the country by organizing another webinar starting in the month of January 2024, wishing that many more new people and energies will gather to get help.
The big goal is set for the end of 2024, and get ready for it… 3 Days Orienteering Mauritius will be back!
From 21st to 24th November 2024, with a brand new competition area on the south of the island mapped by the locals!
3 events, of which 2 will return to the spectacular areas of Pamplemousses Botanical Garden for a very interesting sprint race and to Domain de Lagrave for a challenging middle race!
So… book your flights, let’s het ready for a new orienteering adventure!
The tour is confirmed from 30th December 2023 to 7th January 2024 in Shanghai, Zhoushan, Zhejiang areas.
All local costs In China, after your arriving, will be covered by local organizers.
The event will include 2 WRE – PWT races, for a total of 4 sprint events, with prize money.
Suggested flights to/from Shanghai (Pudong airport). Best if you can arrive on 29th or 30th Dec. to China and depart on 8th January.
The final program will be sent later on, but it is important to book the flight tickets and apply for the VISA as soon as possible.
(Flights and VISA costs should be covered by runners)
All runners are welcome!
We are looking for 20 male and 20 female runners.
From all interested runners we need passport number and date of birth for VISA invitation. Please send us these info at info@parkworldtour.org or jkpwt@hotmail.com
Preliminary program:
Dec 30 (Sat) Arriving at Ningbo or Zhoushan airport better via Shanghai
Dec 30 (Sat) Departure to Zhoushan and check in
Dec 31 (Sun) Sprint (PWT 1/WRE 1) – Zhoushan
Jan 1 (Mon) Sprint (PWT 2/WRE 2) – Zhoushan
Jan 2 (Tue) Departure to Shanghai
Jan 3 (Wed) Rest day – Shanghai
Jan 4 (Thu) Rest day – Shanghai
Jan 5 (Fri) Rest day – Shanghai
Jan 6 (Sat) Sprint (PWT 3) – Shanghai
Jan 7 (Sun) Sprint (PWT 4) – Shanghai
Jan 8 (Mon) Departure from Shanghai
PWT China tour 2023 is under organisation.
The dates to save are from 8th to 18th December 2023.
Only 20 male + 20 female runners will be admitted.
Want to join? Contact us! E-mail to: info@parkworldtour.org or jkpwt@hotmail.com
Last stage
Was a long distance course in the forest, most of the participants of the Academy finished before the heavy rain and hail…
On the way back from the arena in Änn, we stopped for a sightseeing at Njarka Sameläger, a reconstructed Sami village to see some of their traditional homes.
After the dinner, a nice long talk about the experience of the Academy and the O-Ringen this year. We are ready to improve and to keep supporting all the participants in their home countries, with all the possible means we have!
