Orienteering

I was with ICSD Technical Directors and the ICSD Executive Committee in Taipei. We held meetings and site inspection of the Summer Deaflympics.  The 2009 Taipei Organizing Committee showed me the site for orientation competition. I did not accept what T2009 OC had to offer with only two grounds for competition and one ground for training. Since, we must have four terrains to compete on and three terrains for training, we therefore must follow the rules of the IOF. T2009 must find us more terrains for competitions.

I am working with the Chinese Taipei Orienteering federation, for the preparations before the Summer Deaflympics. I also explained that the Taipei Organizing Committee that we follow the rules of the IOF.  This means that we need 4 different terrain for competitions: sprint, middle distance, long distance and relay.  I hope that it will be ready in a few months.

2010 World Deaf Orienteering Championships
I have corresponded with the United States Orienteering federation and they are interested in hosting WDOC in the United States, but it has not yet been approved. They must take care to find grounds, accommodation and so on. I hope to hear a formal approval from ICSD. 

Best regards,

Marek MIR-MACKIEWICZ
ICSD Technical Director - Orienteering