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Nordic and Finnish Military Orienteering Championships 2018

Jaeger Brigade
Publication date 17.7.2018 10.39 | Published in English on 3.9.2018 at 8.16
Press release

The Jaeger Brigade will organise the Nordic and Finnish Military Orienteering Championships in Rovajärvi and in the Rovajärvi Firing Range Area and Military Training Area on 17-20 September 2018.

The invitation to attend the Nordic Military Orienteering Championships also includes Estonia and Latvia.

Apart from the Individual Competition, the competition programme will feature the Relay as well as the Fireteam Competition.

The Individual Competition and the Relay will take place in Valajaskoski, Rovaniemi, in the terrain that will be partly the same as in the Finnish Relay Championships that are scheduled for 15 September 2018. The Fireteam Competition will be organised in Sarriojärvi of the Rovajärvi Firing Range Area.

Both the opening ceremony and the oath and affirmation taking ceremony will take place in the Competition Centre in Valajaskoski on Tuesday 18 September at 11:30.

The Individual Competition for the Finnish and Nordic Championships will take place in the area of Valajaskoski on Tuesday 18 September starting at 12:00. The Relay for the Finnish and Nordic Championships will take place on Wednesday 19 September starting at 09:00. The Fireteam Competition for the Finnish Championship will have its Night Section beginning on Wednesday 19 September at 22:00 and its Day Section on Thursday 20 September at 08:00 in Sarriojärvi of the Rovajärvi firing range area.

The Nordic Championships are scheduled to close on Wednesday 19 September at circa 10:30 with the awards ceremony in the Competition Centre in Valajaskoski.

The Finnish Championships will close with the awards ceremony for the Fireteam Competition on Thursday 20 September in Sarriojärvi.

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