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neme che lRlsh oraenceec • ,. Onr=ueermq ..... J. WWW(;('}Plpas<:nOI.nt-on no c= .k Sl.1'I ..... ~1r~ ~vra .~, or ~~~ No. 100 January 2002 €1.90 Web Shop at WVYW orienteennq-onhna.co uk • Largest range fOI Ofl~Ola~ i in full colour - world wioE' seIVI(." Gt c. 'Iable • one ann - quality service quality equiprnen: and excellent value Order on-line . - ~~J ~'='~ ~ HAMfllON Compass Point & Sllvll Sponsors 0111'1('GBR & IriSh Orienteering Squads Importer and Distributor of Silva Otlentpcring Equipment .. ~ ....... ~ ~ ·rt The Irish Orienteer is Z:E:E:E>«««<Ol available from all Irish O»>OLLLLLLLO c he lRlsh oraencccc ~"'i5-:1-"T1-O-"T1-O~ -I0~~ orienteering clubs or by >OOOOOO>~Z>:IJZ>:IJCi) c:fIf[ ~W~ thai :!it1J.. <We (P'tJnt -IIIIoo-iTl'oiTl'o III :I:Cl>r= direct subscription from the u; :IJ-O-O-OOO~G'loo~G'loo~iTlm m::x:l '- -OlOlCO<m-1 :IJ (J) z Editor: John McCullough, 9 ~-I-I:IJO:IJOzo>z ~ .... No. 100 January 2002 ~:IJ:IJ>oo:IJoffi-l 0 -<'""Co:l Arran Road, Dublin 9 co~~O-OCOcOlO (J) m2:! m e-mail "" zzm cocOl:IJ :t ~. ~ Ol l>ml>N johnrnco,Jlough@bis(oot.com :II (I) mm:IJ coco 0 -I:IJ:IJ8 Ol m ::x:IZ~CJ"I Groundhog Day ~ = -~~~ en en ~Cm-< Annual subscription costs ~C· C M""""""""f"!)t')M""MMMM _C/)::x:Im a. * €9.50 for 6 issues. ....m (I) ~U)c.oU)c.oCDCDCDc.o<oU)U)U)~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~l>::x:Il> erewe are at the start of2002, hoping for some of the UlU'lUlUlc.nUlc.ntnUlU'lc.nUlc.n ~ m :I:z-<JJ things we had hoped for at the start of last year: a o:II ... ~O'J l>c(")rn Cover: TIO covers through ... C/) OOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~:i: successful Irish Championships in Wicklow, a (0 - -... :!! l> C/)r-:I:O the ages. H - (")(") ~C/) ..... ,. ~~~~~~2~gg~0~ o:I0::x:lr- successful British Championships in Northern lreland in ee I 9 »>-»>~oooo~olll C C;; 0 ~ mm~~~~oOOOOOOm m-<cn NEXT COpy DATE May, growth in orienteering and so on. A ~~~iii !goffippp>:E:E:E:E:E:ECI) ml>~o ~ "1J ill c::::: l> ~ Zr-~Z 23rd February 2002 c» - ::1_ m~~-I ~~(.)~~=="" c -n ~ ..... <;2CD :;: ~ 0-10 -100 Last year saw a good performance from the Irish team at the ~ c::::: m""" N' 3! :E 0 C)(")l>~ ~ C/) ::x:Icrn ..... CONTENTS World Championships, some great running from Cohn ;;,-i <~~ m ~ ~ ii: mrn- .. • c c .g (lHI"'" 8 ....(1)(11(:1''+ +to : News 4 Rothery in the field of veteran athletics, the cancellation of iD $: ::tI l>~:I:m C .... TfO@100 ~o~ MMMMM MMMM"'MM~ -I0l>!!! 11 most of the year's major events due to foot and mouth ~ » ~ )( A A A ..... ~ M A (,..) W t\) N _. .... VI c» :II ,......-~~-< l> . !DP'!"P'~!D!D~p!D;-Jipnm r-~"OC) International events 13 N -< disease and the deaths of three prominent Irish orienteers. U1 - ...... m .... ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~3':~cn -<m"O:I: .. IMRA races 14 ~ C/) n'\ l> m o~ l>::x:I-<~ O ~::tI6 Desert Orienteering o C/) 15 (J)"T1 zrn "OrnZ:I: ~ What have we to look forward to this year? A full fixtures m -i ... (I) O-Progression 16 -:II en II> ;g~mo list, an lOA Controlling Course, the return of the Shamrock ~~ ~ Sportldent report 17 ~ m ""0 ....m G'lG'l:C:IJ~:IJc«~>c m:I:~'"" m' ~ mm~o O~LL a!~ Diary O-Ringen (even ifin a scaled down format), a 5-day event in .. .. ::til> fnFn~z ~:IJ-OOO m:IJ wac 20 =~ QO-<~ .111 ::tI ~ :IJ:D"';;;-->:D-J 00> ... .. the English Lake District, a World Championships in O APOC News 23 ~.Z if' ...... :E .... ~-1-1~FF::0O0000!gm l>:I:m:I: ,......mm :o:;!lS;~:IJil:ri(3nj~~P:!o(J) -Il>l>cn IOF News 24 Mountain-Bike Orienteering in France, a British ::I ~. m • l> P ,mc»O »:DO- ....C:IJ .... mmij)~:z~O-lInj~X-lo m<::x:I Park World Tour 25 Championships for NIOA on what promises to be an ~~ ~ ,...... ::tI C OlOC :O:'G'l moo .. Cml>~ Cf "1J "" \,,, m =ij ++ ~m~ ~ oo~>OJ~oocr Results 26 excellent sand dune area: we have lots to relish. rA 0 ~ OzS:~ I~ZO a-Fixtures 34 ~ om (I) ~~~ 2 ~~~ ~~~S1 _. <: Z - ill 00 Ci)OJ 3l 00..":5 l>l>C~ o '8 ~ C< ....z ._ The lOA still needs a Secretary and a PRO, among others: ~ - -I ,.,MMM MMMMMMM,.,Z 2CC):I: N ........ Nf'Q ....... -. ..... ~;...t.(,..)NC') Printed by Denton Print, ~ C/) 0 l> O:Em .. CO"' .....(7)CD(,.)U1U1WOO .... Cm::x:lrn who is going to come forward? Every year I exhort you to !II I "TI - -r-~ l> 9: Dundrum, Dublin 14. Z~ " !:: (J) (I) ~~~~lg~~~~~~8lg rn-l>O put something back into the sport, and many of you do: there co :II 0 en z .... -1-1-1 ~ 0 :xJ m:t r=l>m:I: Results and articles are are many others who could do a bit more. Where are all our h "1J - r- l>m coaches who have gone through the excellent lOA coaching ~ (/) m .... r-r-~l> particularly welcome 011 e I Z m ~ -I-omOOll(»-I-IOOOO _r-r-"O scheme? And who are they coaching? Has there been a great ~ - -I l> (J) G'5mh-O>oZ3::IJoooo _rn "0 -I -<"0 disk or bye-mail with a c >-I>OZ>Am~ZOZZ leap forward in our orienteering standard? ~ m 2 -g I~:D~<:IJFnx~-Im:-llllll printed version as back up. ~ m ~ > 0-'-0 ~z:D0o m 0~:I:0:I Please keep the formatting z II> -i :xJ rffio~~0~9G'l~0>~~ ,""rnl>- G') !!l. 00 > rn a :D C -0 ~ :i:" C (g ('). (")_z::x:l sirnplel No responsibility is As TIO hits the hundred, I feel I am entitled to ask if it is time .....Z ::I m9~<11 "mm:>r~(I»m 0:1;:::-1 " - (I) -I ~ ~, 0 ~ :IJ> v :D 0 accepted for errors or en (I) OI> <AG'l!!!'OC 0 r- ,...:I: to get a new editor: is anyone interested? One thing is for ~ G') a. 8 :DOll -e rn -~oo omissions, or their C CD 30'o,.,,.,,.,>:D 00 ,-"0 Cm'oUc sure: I'm not going to do it for another twenty years! Inside 1 "0 IO Ni .... w-f ' » ~ '9 m ud"u,O ~!!l8~ii: ::x:IO-ll> con seq uences. tIl -I- "0 :IJ OOoI o~ m C/)< 0 -<.~ look at some of the highs and lows of TIO and of Irish C !:1M ,.,IIDQlQoM ,., Z m orienteering. On balance, it's not a bad old way to waste your II)II)"'''''''M'''~MM''''''",~ .- m l> -I ISSN 0790-1194 m "' .. NO),t.)....,UtANc.>CDc,o(,.)-, ::x:Ir-O :xJ g~~~~~~~~~~S~ r- time, is it? 36 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer ~ outgoing secretary Rosarie Kiernan. ones who buy tbe best gear? As it was, the THE O-ZONE: question seesm to have been a bit academic, since Orienteering news from Ireland and the World Tbe Colin Dunlop Trophy for the winning tbe number of finishers was very small M/W50 at the Irisb Championships is to be (described as "a higb attrition rate"). TIOAT 100 eomponcnt. There continues to be a strong cross- awarded to LVO's Bill Simpson. over between mountain-racing and O. The social Social and Personal: Congratulations to LVO's aspect is very important. Perhaps the big The meeting was held in Dublin, clashing with a Steven Linton and Violet Cordner on their recent lOA Chairman, Frank Ryall, writes: challenges for the future are to make the sport rugby match on a Saturday afternoon and almost engagement. more sociable and to attract and keep all those present (maybe about 30?) were from "Congratulations on The lrisb Orienteer's 100th newcomers ... Leinster. Last year's meeting in Tullamore was The old O-oet is dead. welcome to the new Birthday held in conjunction with the Irish Championships o_net: To subscribe to this group, send an email And does TIO have a future? I hope so. no now and attracted a crowd of 82. There's a lesson to: [email protected] On my own behalf and on behalf of the Trish faces competition from the e-groups and the web- there somewhere. There seems to be a problem with getting off the Orienteering Association 1 wish to congratulate pages. But this is healthy for the sport. 'It allows old Ovnet, however: since nobody is maintaining you on the 1OOthEdition ofThc Irish Orienteer. It open access and bestows complete freedom of Due to the foot and mouth outbreaks it was a bad it, it seems to be impossible to unsubscribe! is only fitting that the work, time and effort that speech. Ideas are easily shared and debates can year for orienteering, reported Chairman Frank you have put into the production of the Irish happen in real-time. Participants feel Ryan. Nevertheless there was an excellent Irish Grid References: Finding orienteering event Orienteer over thc years should be publicly empowered. Still the e-group is fairly chaotic Championships (run at the Leinster Champs at locations can be a difficult task at the best 0 r acknowledged and great credit is due to you for when it comes to archiving and retrieving Mullaghmeen) and we had II team in the World limes. Some recent conversations' with frustrated continuing with the magazine in this era of information ..