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Poll: Course of the Year 2012

Vote for "The Course of the Year 2012" by setting up your "Top 5 List" for the best courses of 2012.

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Candidates


  • Norwegian Veteran Champs Long

  • Swedish Championships Middle Final

  • Sadismi-Suunnistus: Long distance race on LIDAR map

  • Latvian Championships Middle

  • Swedish Championships Night-O

  • Czech Championships Long M21E

  • Chinese Championships - Middle

  • Algrøy training on auto-generated map

  • South East European Champs Long

  • Italy O-training on Fun-map

  • WMOC 2012 Long Final

  • Barrens Middle Distance training 2012, Canada

  • Austrian Sprint Championships 2012

  • European Champs Long Final (Men)

  • 50 controls event Graz

  • Wr&NÖ Sprint MS 2012

  • XX Troféu de Orientação do CPOC - Manhã

  • 10 days of Sicily 2012: Day 6

  • NORT Kajaani Qualification - artificial fences to make course interesting

  • Gebiz Long distance training, Turkey

  • NORT Final Middle 2012 (Men)

  • Greenland orienteering

  • Altopiano dell Argentario artistic O-training

  • JWOC 2012 Long (Men)

  • XIII Meeting de Orientação do Centro Marinha Grande

  • Nationale Sud Ouest 2012, French Pyrenees

  • Norwegian Champs Long 2012

  • Lac-O-Lac (small part of the course here)

  • Peguerinos technique-training

  • Finnish Championships Relay 2012

  • Puzzl-O Herdade Lago do Meio

  • Finnish Champs Middle distance final

  • MTB WOC Sprint (Women)

  • Camp Norway training Østerdalen Middle

  • Fontainbleau 154-controls race

  • South East European Champs Middle

  • Millau Labyrinthe: O-technical training

  • 11th Liga Norte Urbasa - Rock Labyrinth

  • O-Ringen 2012 Day 5

  • WOC Long Selection Austria 2012

  • Cave orienteering Les Mines du Roi Salomon

  • MOC 2012: Stage 3, Rome

  • PWT 2012 Race 3 - Wansheng

  • Tallin 100CP - 100 Controls race

  • Trondheim Night Cup (KKC) race 5

  • World Cup Ski-o Kazakhstan (part 1)

  • Portugal O-Meeting Night sprint

  • Norwegian Spring Long 2012

  • BriO Tour 2 - Disneyland Paris, France

  • Hungarian WOC/JWOC/WUOC selection races Long

  • 10 days of Sicily 2012: Day 10

  • Cup Veteran 2012

  • Austrian Championships Long (Part 1)

  • Rousse Cup 2012 Middle, Bulgaria

  • WUOC Long 2012 (Men)

  • Kainuun Rastiviikko H21E Day 4

  • 10 days of Sicily 2012: Day 8

  • Norwegian WOC selection Long 2012

  • Nice Holidays 2012 Etappe 3

  • Swiss National Race Saas-Fee

  • European Champs Middle Final (Men)

  • Cerkno Cup 2012 Day 2

  • Austria Academic Champs Sprint

  • Asian Championships Middle 2012

  • 10 days of Sicily 2012: Day 1

  • O-intervals on reduced map, Portugal (one loop)

  • Venice Street Orienteering 2012

  • Ireland Multi-technique Training

  • Asian Championships Sprint 2012

  • 100 Days 10Mila Countdown Corridor training

  • Italian Championships Long 2012

  • Portugal O-Meeting 2012: Day 3 Middle

  • Euromeeting Middle (Men)

  • Croatia open 2012: Stage 1

  • WUOC sprint 2012 (Men)

  • Croatia open 2012: Stage 3

  • Norwegian Championships Middle 2012

  • WOC Long Final 2012

  • Norwegian Champs Ultralong 2012

  • Swiss 5 Days 2012: Stage 4

  • Traditional 77: 77 control race, Fontainebleau

Your 'Top 5 List'

Instructions

1. Drag maps from the list of candidates on the left to your favourite list on the right (click a map sample to see the full map).

2. Enter your name and e-mail address, and click below to submit your vote.

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3. Win great prizes from our sponsors (see below).

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Rules
The following are the rules for the voting in "The course of the Year 2012":
  1. The 'Course of the Year 2012' will be found based on summing all the votes. For each course being set on the top of a 'Top 5 List', 100 points are awarded to this course. For each course being set as number 2, 70 points are awarded, and so on with 50, 30 and 10 points for the next spots on the list down to number 5.
  2. You are only allowed to vote once (if several people share one internet connection, only one can vote, as the IP address is used to identify the voter along with the email-address of the voter).
  3. Among all people voting and submitting suggestions, great prizes from our sponsors will be drawn. See below for the prizes.
Prizes from our Sponsors
Prizes from our Sponsors always makes it more fun! There will be a prize for the first one suggesting the course which ends up becoming "The course of the Year 2012", and prizes drawn among the ones suggesting and voting. All prizes are transferable to other persons (you don't have to travel yourself).
MOC 2013
  • Prize offered: Hotel + entry package for 2 persons (4 nights accommodation in Hotel Formula B&B + entry fee for MOC 2013+PWT in Matera, value about 600 Euro).
  • LET'S ROCK in MOC- Matera 2013! The Mediterranean Open Championship Orienteering 2013 is organized March 15th - March 17th. Great events with world class runners! Read more
Orievents Training Camps
  • Prize offered: Training package with accommodation for 2 persons (6 trainings + 3 days of accommodation in half board at Castelo de Vide Hotel)
  • Orievents / GD4C's Training Camps - Alto Alentejo - are an excellent training opportunity for Orienteering of good quality during the winter. The TC will have the technical support of Eva Jurenikova. Start the new season in training camps in Alto Alentejo, Portugal! Read more
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Bubo Cup 2013
  • Prize offered: "Family" entry package (Entry for 4 persons for complete Bubo cup, transferable to other people)
  • Bubo cup is a new 5 Day orienteering event in Slovenia - with the same quality you are used to from OOCup. The 5 day event taking place from 19th to 23rd of July 2013 will take you through some great orienteering areas in the western part of Slovenia - from Karst terrain above the world famous Postojna cave to the Trnovski gozd plateau (which was the venue of unforgetably tough OOCup 2011). The venue of the mid stage will be Vipava, an old little town in Vipava valley. Read more
Fjord-o Arctic Midnattsolgaloppen 2013
  • Prize offered: Entry package for 2 persons (Entry for 2 persons for complete Fjord-O Arctic week)
  • Fjord-o Arctic Midnattsolgaloppen is the biggest and most popular event which is regularly organized north of the polar circle. Fjord-o is known for its mix of interesting orienteering with spectacular nature between fjords and mountains. Fjord-o 2013 is organized from June 29th until July 3st 2013. This year it will take place in the Harstad-region. Read more
Nice Holidays 2013
  • Prize offered: 2 packages - each consisting of entry fee + accommodation for 2 persons (Entry fee + accommodation in campsite for 2 persons)
  • Nice holidays are traditional 2-days, 3-stages orienteering competition organised by TJ Turnov orienteering club in beautiful sandstone terrains of Bohemian Paradise since 1992. Come to the Czech Republic and enjoy challenging middle distance, tricky sprint and tough long distance in hilly sandstone terrain. We are looking forward to seeing you from 23rd to 25th August 2013 in Turnov, Czech Republic. The competition has a limit of competitors set by natural park management usually to max 1000 runners. This year it was sold out in two months. Read more

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