Pardubice orienteers have their own clubhouse. They want to organize events at the Vineyard

The club managed to get financial support from several parties, the implementation of this project was also supported by subsidies from the city of Pardubice or the region.

“The new complex for orienteering is a great example of multi-source funding. The club paid approximately 11 million crowns for the land and construction of the building, of which 5 million was a subsidy from the National Sports Agency, the city contributed a subsidy of 600 thousand crowns, and the Pardubice region participated with a subsidy in the amount of 500 thousand crowns,” explained the method of financing by the deputy mayor responsible for the budget and sport Jakub Rychtecký.

Lockers and storage

The club’s previous facilities, on the first floor of the TJ Lokomotiva building, were impractical for the members. Orient runners now have a place where they can store everything they need for races, where they can train or hold various events.

“Next to the building, we decided to build a workout field with elements ideal for, for example, stretching. We would like to use the grassy area behind the building for other activities, for example we would like to create a maze here that would be used by schools, and we are also considering the possibility of organizing a suburban camp in the area,” listed the advantages of the new area, Petr Klimpl, chairman of the orienteering club OK Lokomotiva Pardubice.

The membership base of the orienteering club in Pardubice consists of approximately 450 people, of which more than half are children and youth. Pardubice orienteers have success to their credit, for example at last year’s world championship in Denmark, in which eight representatives of the Czech Republic took part, three were from Pardubice.