Marathon-Orienteering Trophy Inches Forward

NZOF's proposal that the IOF Marathon-Orienteering Trophy alternate between a Mountain Marathon and Rogaine has come a step closer to reality. Minutes of the May meeting of the IOF's Foot-Orienteering Committee, just to hand, recommend that the 2003 trophy event be the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon in Scotland on Oct 25/26, and that thereafter rogaines and mountain marathons would alternate. (See earlier story.)

It isn't yet known whether this decision has the blessing of the IOF council or the International Rogaining Federation. A meeting of the IOF's Marathon-Orienteering Working Group is supposed to take place at the KIMM, but details of the meeting haven't yet been received by members of the group.

Truly is orienteering the hare and tortoise sport!


Written by Michael Wood and installed on 10 July 03.