South African Orienteering Federation (SAOF) is the national Orienteering

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. SAOF was founded in 1981, and is recognized as the orienteering

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for South Africa by the

International Orienteering Federation The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad, Sweden. The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain bi ...

, of which it is a member. SAOF is a member of the umbrella organization, the ''South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee'' (SASCOC).

Orienteering championships

SAOF organizes the ''South African Orienteering championships'', which was first held in Silvermine in 1983. The organization selects representatives from South Africa to participate at the

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...

(first SAOF participation was in 1993), and they regularly participate at the

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must ...

Honorary life members

Honorary life members are Piers Chapman (chairman of SAOF from 1984 to 1988) and Michael Wilson (instrumental in founding SAOF, as well as the RAND Orienteering Club).

References

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