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THE IRISH ORIENTEER USEFUL ADDRESS LIST ) The Irish Orienteer is avo', Jle through all Irish orienteerin~ ~bS. The Irish Orienteer AJAX ORIENIEERS John Moguire. 1AVOOdoIe Mews. 19 Park Ave .. Sondymount. Dublin England, written by SEOA Chairman DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ORIENIEERS Niall Collum. Sox 67. Regent House. TCD. Dunlln 2. Simon Errington, made me pause for thought. Simon was trying Cover:John Casey (UCCO), M2 I FERMANAGH ORIENTEERS Louise 8Iown. Gortatole. Florencec:ourl. Co. Fermanogh 8T92 1ED. Elite wi nncr at the Con nought to put his finger on what makes orienteering enjoyable for him Championships. and looking back over his 18 years in the sport. Reading this. it FINGAL ORIENTEERS lillian Qu~1.640 Co""" Ave .. Dublin 9 (01-8376506). t struck me how many times our paths must have crossed; how FORMERUCCO Tony Joyce. Llndisfame. Bishopstown. Cork (021<541246). CONTENTS many memories we must all have of certain events or places, a News 4 GAlWA Y RTC ORiENTEERS The S&crelary. P.E.Dept. mc. Dublin flood. Golway (091-753829) tangled web of personal histories and memories we share with Letter/Poetry 9 other oricnteers without ever realising it. This feeling was further GARDA ORIENTEERS Pat O'Brien. Gajda College. Templemore. Co. Tipperary Australia 96 10 'Crash'Training 11 reinforced when Iwas sorting through the large map collection GREAT EASTERN NAVIGATORS Nora Lalor. 6l(nock~nno Grove. Foxrock. Dublin 18 (01·2893497) lOA Bulletin 13 left by Colin Dunlop for the lOA: how many events we must KERRY ORIENlEERS Rory Costello. 14Monor Court. Manor Village, Irolee, Co. Kerry. (066-25532) Coaching Corner IS have been at together, perhaps not seeing one another or even LAGAN VALLEY ORIENTEERS Alon Gortslde. 22 Ormiston DrIvG, Be~oll BT43JS(08-01232-655065). OCAD& All 1110t 16 sharing controls, but lurking in our subconscious there are many Student Champs 19 shared experiences. lEE ORIENIEERS ClOre Nultall. 4 Upr. PonorOlrlO Tce.. Sunday's Well. Cork (021-300073) Senior Selection 23 When we meet other oricntccrs, particularly from other coun- Computing Review 24 PHOENIX NAVIGATORS Eugene Sherlclon. 15 Mellows Pork. RGnmore. Galway (091-770244) tries, there is on immediate bond when we find that, maybe, we Mountain Running 26 NORIH WEST OC MOUleen loughery. 39 Moyola AVe.. Costle Dowson. Co. Derry (08'() I 648- Region& Club News 27 both went to the same Swedish 5-Day for the first time, or that 68602). Results 29 we camped in the same muddy field or ate in the same vast SETANTA ORIENTEERS Jocelyn Cathofin. 36 Toney ~d. Dundrum. DuhOn 14(01-2985799) fixtures 38 dining hall in Switzerland (remember the time the police brought
SOUTHERN ORIENTEERS Kevin O'Dwver. 2 Wellington Villas. MilnOry HID,Cork (021-506740) in the dogs ...1) I'LEASEsubmlt results and In my case the places which stand out were the 1993 World THOMOND ORIENTEERS Michael Meade. 7 Cedor Court. Kennedy Pork. Limerick (0610412104) articles 01l3112111Ch noppy disk Championships on New York; my first taste of international or Macs, Mlcrosurt THREE ROCK OC Mulre Wolsh. Moorpark. KilmoconoguG, Co. Wicklow (01-2868871) from PC's Word Is the hnndlcst. orienteering in Wales in '76: my first Swedish 5-Day in 1978; UCC OIlIENTEERS Ihe Secretory. PEOHice. UCC. College Rood. Cork. the Irish Championships at Curracloe in '81 and Killary in '84;
UCD ORIENTEERS The Secretory. Sox 55. Library Building. UCD. Beffleid. Dublin 4. Results are published us received, the queue for the toilets at Grindelwald at the Swiss 5-Duy in the days of retyping are gone. 1980 and, like Simon, the roaring fire at the start above the tree UCG ORIENTEERS The Secretory. c/o Porter's Desk. Concourse. Unlver.;ny College. Galway. line; the sunshine and contours of JK84 in Wales; running with Printed reliably and quickly by WATERFORD ORIENTEERS Veronica PUlceli. Lodge·sLone. Newtown Hill. Tromore. Co. Waterford. inches of snow on my head at Clarabeg: the challenge of the Denton Print, Dundrum. Dublin 14 IRISH O-ASSOCIATION c/o Ursula CoIIoghan. AFAS. House 01Sport.longmile Rood. Oubr", 12. (01- (01-2988944). Trossachs in Scotland: the mass strut at the Harvester Trophy 4569(99). lOA $&eretory; Ken Griflln. 12 Island Way. Muskerry Estate. 8oI6n- collig. Co. Cor1c(021-870J38). If you take a photo which makes it with streams of head-lights snaking away across the mountain- to the cover, £ lOis yours. side; or finally running at Inch sand dunes where 1 spent NORTHERN IRELAND OA Kathryn Millinson. 311 Bollynahinch Rood. Hillsborough. Co. Down BT266BT. Annual subscription: 11li7.S0 (six countless hours playing on summer holidays as a child. BRITISH O-FEDERA T10N Rlversdole. Dote Rood North. Dorley Dole. Matlock. Derbyshire DE4 2HX issues). We all derive many benefits from orienteering: physical. mental (0044·1629·734042. FAX0044·1629-733769). Thanks to aJlthe contributors to Ihis and aesthetic. Perhaps the ones which can't be quantified. the issue: Aonghus O'Cleirigh, Frank INTERNATIONAL O·FEDERATION Lennart Levin. Box 76. 5·191 21 Sollenluno. Sweden (OO·46·8-35J455. FAX 00- memories, the friends, the experiences are the most lasting and 46·8357168) Ryan, Ken Griffin, Colm Rothery, Nina Phillips, Barry Dalby, Richard the most worthwhile. We may not win the World Champion- Kavanagh, Noel Donagh. 10 all the ships. but there's much more to orienteering than that. unsung heroes who give me bits and It is a great sport. Enjoy it. 24-hour fixtures information on (01)-4569099 (lOA) or pieces and the·the Editors of other (0044)-1399-873281 (NIOA) Ovmagazines and newsletters.
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...._ lOA NEWS lion, is available and is )final edition fo~ 1996. MOUNTAI;J .,ARATHONS Oberland. Details 00-41-91.930.00.11 It contains details of events in 27 countries (23 Here are some mountain marathons which might August 17/18 LoweAlpine.MM, "2-3 hours ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING European plus Australia, Canada, New Zealand whet your appetites. apart from the Comeraghs N of Glasgow". details - Martin Stone, 12 and USA) as well as details of all ten World Cup The lOA AGM will be on Saturday May 4th at (May 18/19) and the Mournes in September (211 Moorlands, 103 Garstang Rd., Preston PRI Portumna, Co. Galway, on the day of the Irish events for 1996 and IOF and International events. 22) INN,UK. It also bas details of many events in 1997 and 1998 Individual Championships. May 8-10 3rd Western Isles Challenge, Sept 15 Reebok Mountain Trial, Lake District. (including events 5 to 13 in the World Cup 1998). Hebrides, Scotland. Individual & team ultra- Details 0044-1539-722552. O-RINGEN CLINICS If anyone wants a copy, send £2 or £1 and a distance relay with canoeing, mountain biking Sept 21122 Andersons Mournes MM. formatted 3112" disk. Don't forget your name and and running. Details 0044-1859- 550238. Details from Denis Rankin. 08-0 1232-660389. The lOA has been invited to send three people to address. May 17-18 Lowe Alpine Corneragh Chal- Oct 27128 Karrimor MM. Details from 0044-1254- the annual Swedish O-Ringen clinic and the Swed- Frank Cunnane, "Knocknarea", Barnstead Ave., lenge.4courses (24-40 km). Entries close April 398531. ish 5-Days in July. There will be three clinics: elite, Blackrock. Cork. 30th, clubs have entry forms. Details - Pat (Thanks to CompassSport for most of this informa- development and trail-O (orienteering for the dis- Ilealy 045-441625. tion). abled). The cost of the package is £250 plus travel NEW WORLD RECORDS July 617 Saunders Lakeland mountain marathon to Sweden and the lOA will be funding the major On Saturday January 27 in Beachport, Soutb (full already! - try next year) part of the cost (excluding travel). Nominations nrc JWOC96 Australia, a new world IOOOmrecord for orientcer- July 13/14 Capricorn MM. Howgills, The programme for ihe 1996Junior World Cham- expected to close 011 April 15t so contact Ken ing was SCI. Reuben Smith (Tintookies OC) com- Lake District. 6 courses. 20-50 km. Details Griffin immediately (even if it's after April lst pionships in Romania is: pletcdthc l000m(optimumroute)coursein3' 13". 0044-1282-618592. cd 15 June. when you read this). It's an opportunity you Monday July 8 Teams arrival This is 7 seconds faster then Janne Salmi's 3'20". July 27128 Phoenix Long-O. Northum- shouldn't miss. Tuesday July 9 Opening ceremony, Model event The course was set as closely as possible to that berland. 3 courses - 26-50 kill. Details 0044- Wednesday July 10 Short distance described by the Finns who previously claimed SENIOR IIOME lNTERNA TIONAT_ 191-2816718. Thursday July 1 L Classic this record. It was set in a park, there were five August 12113 Swiss Karrirnor MM. Bernese Friday july 12 Rest day, Tourist programme The Senior Home International this yeur is in controls and the distance was measured along the Scotland on June 8th/9th, brought forward by optimum route, not the red lines (which crossed a about five months from its usual date. Hyou wunt Iakc and several thickets). The course was en tirely OFF-ROAD TRAINERS? ... NO HI-TEC GTR Ills ... NO NEW BALANCE tobeconsidercd for selection in MIW 19,21 or35, out of sight to the waiting runners and start inter- TRAILBUSTERS ... HOW ABOUT 'HALF-PRICE ETA PATHFINDERS AT make sure that the selectors know you arc avail- ONLY £24.95 WHILE STOCKS LAST? (SORRY ! SIZES41 &43-470NLY) vals were such that each runner ran entirely alone. ~ able. The convener of the selectors is Richard We arc also claiming the following world records BY THE WAY .... THE 1996 MODELS OF THE ETA TRAIL & THE ETA RACING Kavanagh. Apt 6, Ashton Park, Blackrock Road. by age classifications: SHOES ARE EXPECTED VERY SOON .... WATCH THIS SPACE AS THEY SAY Cork (021-319838 (H); fax 021-271698 (W). Next year' sevent is in Ireland and has been awarded WlO 8'28" to Leinster to run. MI4 5'13" Ulllft/POII WI2 6"13" M16 4'41" WI4 5'52" MI8 4'14" FOR BRITAIN'S FINEST RANGE OF ORIENTEERING KIT - BY FARl TOFEVENTS BEST SHOES' WI6 5'07" M2012l 3'13" BEST COMPASSES BEST CLOTHING BESr eQUIPMENT V·J S~rADOw £47.99 The IOF has ruled that all international team SILVA8NL t'9.SO lJLTRASPORTSUITS' £16.95 CONT.CAAO CLIPS C17S£2.50 WI8 4'35" V·J FALCON £59.99 M35 5'03" SILVA 7Nl £10.95 UISPORT MESH TOPS £10.95 CONTROt. FLAGS 1:1.50 members running for a country in IOF events must V·J INTEGRATOR £64.99 W35 7'47" SIlVA2Nl £18.95 lJLTRASPORTGAITERS £8.95 COOEOCLIPPERS·'0 £17.95 M40 4'17" SILVA CHAMPION £29.99 SIlVA5Nl £27.95 SilVA GAITERS £12.95 CONTROLCAAOS ·100 1:1.25 hold a passport for that country. This obviously SILVA WORLD CUP £49.99 W40 5'24" SILVA6NOR £27.96 V·J GAITERS £14.95 :JO.MEMORY WATCH 1:11.95 M45 3"46" WALS~t PB TRAINER £52.99 poses a problem for some of the Irish team who arc SILVA IS £34.95 ULTRASPORTl YCRAS £11.95 MAP·MEASUREPENS £6.96 W55 6'43" ETA TRAILJAACING £34.99 M55 4'30" SilVA 6R £45.95 RONHILLlYCRAS £14.95 RAIN VISORS £1.99/C4.95 SAUCONY JAZZ 5000 t39.99 resident in Northern Ireland and are British ciri- MOSCOW IIC £16.95 RONHILL TRACKSTERS £11.95 ANKlETAPE £2.99/C4.95 W60 7' 11" FELLDANCER CLASSIC £46.99 M60 4'52" MOSCOW liT £18.95 RONHILL TREK £14.95 T·BARS & 2 PUNCHES £9.95 zcns.NIOA orienteers have been members of'Irish REEOOK FJEllRACER £49.99 MIO 6'31" MOSCQW2T £29.95 H·HANSENLIFAWEAR £10.95 SILVA & PE"l'lL ~VLAMPS £24.95 M65 6'02" NOKIA TRIMMI OOO'l'S £35.99 woe teams since our first WOC in 1976. A MOSCOW 3T t32.95 REGAITAFLEECE £29.95 SILVA HALOGEN SET £127.50 • Child'lJn's sizes approx. 15% cheaper somewhatsimilar situation exlsts in Canada where We can recommend 1000 metre events like this - both Canadian and British passports can be held. pleutyof action and excitement. Don't get hung up For comprehensive catalogue and price list please send S.A.E. to The lOA arc boping for a favourable resolution to about the obvious impossibility of standardising tbe problem. 1000111orienteering courses. · ull.a/po.t BRITAIN'S LEADING SUPPLIER Who'll do the first sub 3 minutes? ~ OF ORIENTEERING KIT TOFCALENDAR Dexter Palmer, for the South Australian Junior r THE ORIENTEERS' SHOP, 4 ST MARY'S STREET, NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE, TF10 7AB The IOF Calendar for Windows, March 1996 edi- Orienteering Squad (from the O-Net) Phone: 01952 813918 Fax: 01952 825320 4 The Irish Orienteer TIle Irish Orienreer 5 Saturday July 13 1996 Relay, Closing Cere- FANTASY' ,RLDCUP (Thanks to Jerry News, .,be in SCOOP) for the Veterans Home International, the Northern mony, Farewell party Don't forget you can follow the 1996 World Cup Ireland Cbampionships and The Lough Two-Day Sunday July 14 1996 Teams departure by selecting your own multi-national dream team There's even an Irish orienleering page which O-festival. in Fantasy World Cup. The orienteers you select was maintained by Marrin Flynn in Cork but has Further details can be obtained from organiser The entries with details of the team leaders must be score points for your Fantasy Team according to gone a bit OUl or date since his move to Dublin. It Harry Bell at 08-01846-612720 or in the week received by the organisers by 6th April 1996. The their actual performance in the World Cup races. includes a IO-minute Irish O-tour and can include prior to the event ring the NIOA Inf-O-lineatOO44- entries with names of the competitors and leaders Select the besueam and you too could be a winner. pieces of Shamrock O-Ringen maps and a review 1399-873281. must be received by the organisers by 22nd June The organiser of Fantasy World Cup is Jacky Pelt of many orienteering areas with travel directions: On a related topic. tbe results of the 1995 Inter- 1996. (GBR) and full details can be found at bttp://www.cis.ie/leisure/orienteering; Email: provincials run by oEN at Glencrce last April have Romanian O-Federation, Str. Vasile Conta 16. bttp://ourworld.compuserve.comlhomepages! [email protected] recently come into the hands of 110. The final Sector 2.70139 - Bucurcsti, ROMANIA jmpettlfantwcup.htm score was Leinstcr 229. Munster 183. Ulster 82, NEW CLUE SHEET PROGRAM ConnaughtNil. IOC96 NOTES ON THE O-NET From: "David Dana"
10 The Irish Orienleer V,e Irish Orienteer 11 periods of heavy training. Wilhouttheright amount Jack Daniels - coach aJ }ercise physiologist - " of recovery. a training programme becomes an puts his runners through two-day, high quality I', 1993 Pat Flanagan overtraining scheme. [raining regimens, which consist of a tougb inter- 1994 Trina Cleary val workout on the first day and a 25-minute 1995 Richard Kavanagh! Miriam NfChoitir Steady as you go? ... lac late-threshold run (at 10-15 sees per mile slower The traditional approach lO solving tbe overload- than !OK- race pace) on the second day. In addi- Silva Trophy. recovery dilenuna is to train fairly steadily through- tion. there" s some evidence that three consecutive Nominations for the Silva Trophy should be sent outlheyear, employing twoto three "high-quality" days of considerably higher than usual mileage "t~ to the Hon. Secretary by 31st March, 1996. (exira-long or fast) sessions per week. and gradu- quickly improves leg muscles' ability to metabo- The Silva Trophy is awarded to "an orienteer ally turning up the intensity and volume as greater lize fat. an adaptation which might irnprove endur- lOA BULLETIN who has made (Ill outstanding contribution to endurance is attained, In effect. most athletes use ance by inducing a greater conservation of muscle the sport (if orienteering not specifically ill the an average recovery time of abouttwoor threeduys glycogen. Annual General Meeting. past year". Previous winners are not eligible to (the average time between high-quality workouts). The Annual General Meeting of (he LOA will be be nominated again. However. much scientific work has focused on Crash training in Orienteering ... held in the Event Centre for the Irish Champs. in whether this conscrvati ve - "steady as you go" - M uhi -d ay orien teering cven IS have long been used Ponurnna, Co. Galway on Saturday 4th May, Silva Preyious Winners; philosophy might be better replaced with a training as ready-made crash cycles to prepare for a major 1996 at 6.00 pm. Notices of Motion and 1981 scheme in which above-normal amounts or inten- competition. A favourite of the Swedish elite in Nominations for Executive Positions should 1982 sities of exercise arc utilized for many consecutive preparation for the World Orienteering Champion- reach the Hon. Secretary by Thursday 4th April, 1983 days at a time. followed by longer-than-usual re- ships (WOC) is to race the Swedish 5-Days. which 1996. 1984 Pat Healy covery bouts. The rationale is that recovery - once usually falls 3-4 weeks before WOC. Adequate If you are Interested in getting involved, and we 1985 would welcome more volunteers, please contact Scan COller it finally comes - produces much greater than usual recovery leads to super-compensation and a physio- 1986 any member of the executive or better still come 1987 training adaptations (or super-compensation). logical peak. In my own experience I can feel to the AGM. Many hands make light work! 1988 thrashed for up to two weeks after a long multi-day 1989 Brian Corbell Crash Cycles .._ event, butl really start tojumpoutofmy skin three Mactlre Trophy. 1990 Sudden. higher-than-normal amounts of tough weeks later. Nominations for the Mactirc Trophy should be 1991 John McCullough! Bernard Creedon training. sometimes referred to as "crash-cycles", sent to the Hon. Secretary by 31st March, 1996. 1992 Liam O'Brien! Mary Curran might indeed lead to fantastic performances, but Note on VOl-max ... The Mactire Trophy is awarded to "an orienteer 1993 John Walsh they could also increase lhe risk of overtraining. VOl MAX Expressed as the maximum amount of who has made all outstanding contribution ill 1994 Brian Hollinshead The idea is to find a crash cycle which lifts an oxygen that an individual can use each minute per the past year ill the fields of (a) achievement ill 1995 Marcus Pinker endurance athlete to a previously unattainable kilogram of body weight. Each litre of oxygen ab- competition, (b) mapping, planning, controlling physiological peak without creating so much sorbed by the body can release a certain amount of or organising events, or (c) other activities Silva Award. hormonal and muscular mayhem that the athlete energy in the working muscles. The more oxygen considered relevant". Previous winners are not From this year a second Silva Award will be begins to lose- rather than gain - fitness. In the past an individual can transport per kilogram eligible to be nominated again. made thanks to the generosity of Silva who have various cycles have been experimented with - bodyweight, thefasterbecan potentially run. Elite donated a new perpetual trophy and medals. varying from 20-day cycles downwards. Some male endurance athletes (including orienteers) Mactice previous Winners; Nominations for the Silva Award should be sent scientists discovered in 1985 that ncgati ve physio- usually have a VOl-max in the range 70 - 80 litres/ 1981 Catherine Murtagh to the Hon. Secretary by 31St Marcb, 1996. The logical changes began to appear after seven days. kg/min. VOl -max is largely genetically deter- 1982 John McCullough Silva Trophy is awarded to "an orienteer who and recommended that double-vel LIme unining mined. but can be increased by getting filter or by 1983 Frank Ryan has done most lit grass rOOISlevel for the sport should NOT last for longer than one week. losing weight, or both. However, VOl -rnax is 1984 Faith White in Ireland during the past year." This can be to NOT a perfect predictor of athletic performance. 1985 Nuala Creagh a couple or an individual but the important thing Crash-cycles ... should you try them? 1986 Aonghus O'Cleirigh is that they are unsung heroes who deserve some The answer isn' t clear, because the research neces- 1987 Padraig Higgins acknowledgement for making available a lot of sary to compare crash cycles with more conven- 1988 Sean Colter their time and effon. The recipient should not be someone who has represented Ireland tional modes of training hasn't been conducted yet. J989 1990 internationally, or who holds a senior position in At present, it's reasonable to give modest cycles a Frank Cunnane any of the clubs or regions. It really is intended try, especially since highly successful coaches and 1991 ij 1992 Bernard Creedon for the grass rOOtS"worker". runners LIse"mini-crash" cycles fairly routinely. 17w Irish Orienleer J 3 12 The Irish. Oriemeer to insurance demands 1 would urge all clubs to en- courage their ex pcrieuced mem bers to gain official Woodford, Co. Galway on Saturday 4th May qualification as soon as possible by attending course Map of the Year. and the Relays in Portumna OD Sunday 5th May. COACHING CORNER in September. The date has not yet been decided Nominations for the Map of the Year Award As this is the May weekend why not take a break should reach the Hon. Secretary by 31 st March, and join us for a guaranteed well organised anti but anyone who is interested in attending should contact meso T can allocate them a place to avoid 1996. Only maps first produced in 1995 are challenging event, not lO mind the craie in the The corner is back, Now the problem is eligible. Map grades 1,2 & 3. evenings. Entry forms are enclosed with this what to put in it.... disappointment. issue. There will also be a score event in O-Ringen Clinic. Porturnna on Monday 6th May. Well! The Senior and Vets coaching and train- The following have completed an lOA level 1or Applications are invited from oricntccrs ing weekend wen! well in Sligo, me weather con- level 2 Assimilation Coaching Course in the Na- interested in auending the a-Ringen Clinic to be Drugs in Sport. diLions for travelling did not favour us but never- tional Coaching and Training Centre, University held in conjunction with the Swedish 5-Day In conjunction with most other sporting bodies of Lime rick: Event on 18-26 July, 1996. There arc 3 clinics, in the country the lOA have introduced a drugs theless the people who came had a good weekend. (a) The Running Clinic, (b) The Development testing programme on me request of the Minister A report of the workshops should appear in the ncx t Trinn Cleary. Barry Leddy. Louise Lawrence, Clinic, and (c) The Trail-O Clinic, The entry for Sport. So if at the next Irish Champs you arc issue. Thanks lads for the disk, unfortunately T Ita O'llanlon, Richard Phelan, Brian Keogh, fee, which includes food. accommodation and approached by a stranger in a while coal and could not read it. A number of interesting ideas Damicn Cashin, Marie Clonnn, Audrey Lawrence, entry to the a-Ringen itself is about £250. asked 10 go behind a bush, don't be alarmed. it came out of the workshops and I hope that with Ernest Lawrence, Colin Bunce, Noel Sweeney, Some financial assistance is available from the could be your lucky day! Only joking. Details your help out there we will be able to put some of Ann Tuohy. Pat Ilealy, Nigel Foley-Fisher, Frank lOA. or how the procedures will be operated will be the ideas into pract ice. Another coach ing and trai t'l- Ryan, Deirdre Ryan, Joseph Ryan, Fergal Ryan, Applications should be sent to the JOA Hon. circulated LO clubs in the ncar future, ing weekend in September before the Veteran Mick Kellett. ConchurMulnhncachain, Anne Marie Secretary by 31st March,1996. Horne international seems to be on the cards. McKenna, Eileen Loughman, Robert Musgrave, Ken Griffin, Executive Secretary. Walch the next issue for dates. Patrick Callaghan, Mary McGcady. John Walshe, New Club. The possibility ora week-long Summer residen- Conor Creedon, Toni O'Donovan, Rory Monish, We arc pleased to welcome Athlone RTC hack tial training camp for juniors has already being Mary Curran. Robert O'Connor, Larry Hunt, Breda into the rOA after some years in the wilderness. mooted. I would appreciate a call from any oricn- O'Farrell, Timmy Flavin, Paul Dunne, Michael There are about 50 active members in the club tccr out there with children attending secondary O'Driscoll, Co 1m Rothery. Victor Fuscio, Liam with well known orierueer Nigel Foley-Fischer school who might be interested in the idea. Roberts. Jeff Cochrane, Simon Evans, Diarmuid in the chair. O'Donghailc, Michael Grant, Glenn Lynch, The second of the assimilation courses took Graemc Moore, Ken Kelly. Barry Walsh, Michael place in the National Coaching and Training Centre Senior Home International. Murphy, Eamonn Me Ginley, Aidan Ryan, Gavin in the Uni versity of Limerick on the weekend Ist- This years SHl will be held on Saturday Ilth O'Neill. Mick Tracey, Mary Taylor. Nora Sweet- June, 1996, in Scotland. This is a much earlier 3rd of March. This course was again given by man, Alan Murphy, Gary Codd. date than normal. Incidentally next years event Carol McNeill and myself. will be held in Lcinstcr. At this stage a total of 57 people have attended the courses and are in thc process of completing Safety International Squad. their logbook requirements. It is intended that As a result of a decision taken by U1C 10F all those who have complied with all the requirements TIle following are a few helpful safety hints if you members of International Teams must HOLD a will be presented with their Certificates at the lOA are organising a training session in a local wood: current Irish Passport. It is in your own interest AGM in May when the new Coaching Award Written safety instructions should be put on dis- to make sure you have one. The lOA are Scheme document will be launched. playas well as having been given to the group and endeavouring to get a special dispensation for should include abandonment times and safety TIle final assimilation course will be held in Sep- our British based members but this may not be bearings. tember for instructors Level I and club coaches forthcoming. So having an Irish granny may not Ensure that competitors have whistles level 2. This will be the last opportunity for expe- be good enough anymore, A first aid kit should be brought. rienced club orienteers to be assimilated into the There should be means of checking who is still out new scheme without having to fulfill the require- Irish Championships. in me forest e.g. stubs or list of names. This year the Irish Champs. will be organised by ments of attending a4 day couse first for level I and PXN with the individual event being held in then another 2 days for level 2. 14 The Irish Orienlecr With the necessity tohavc qualified coaches due V,e Irish Orienteer 15 Dangerous aspects of an area should be marked Calf stretch - stand a 'e from a solid support try horse trials COUfSl., 'new knolls were being worth it if you own or bave access to the hardware. clearly on all the maps. and lean on it with your hands. Bend one leg and created daily, demolished & built again some- Itwould hardly be very cost effective for a club to A vehicle should be available to take any injured place your foot on the ground in front of you where else, kilometres of sandy track were being spend £500 on a flatbed Scanner for just one task person to hospital or doctor if required. leaving the other leg straight behind you. Slowly excavated. car parks created etc. when a photoplot could be got for around £200 - of A search/ rescue procedure for missing persons move your hips forward until you feel a stretch in course a scanner would have uses for other club should have been worked out prior to the exercise. the calf of your straight leg. Keep heel on ground. administrative and mapping work. Anyway, we Have telephone numbers of doctors and know the Hold stretch for 30 seconds. Repeat for other leg. Base Map. proceeded as follows: At first sight, a conventional photoplot appeared location and telephone number of the nearest hos- Standing in the same position - to stretch the pital. necessary given the series of low hills present, soleus and achilles tendon, slightly bend the back (1) Scan 1:10560material as black and white line forest detail etc. At least it might be desirable to knee, keeping the foot flat, 15 seconds each leg have contour detail ploued on the OS mapping. art. Enlarge bitmap scan to 1:5000 scale at 200 dpi Warm Ups resulting in a file of about 1.5MB. Note that this is Stomach and lower back - from a back lying Clearly, whilst a photoplot would yield useful Do not forget to warm up before activity and warm to be used as a 'template' in OCAD for tracing position interlace your fingers behind your head contour & vegetation detail. it would not have the down after the training which should be well under detail. OCAD seems to be able to handle bitmap and rest your arms on the mat. Using the power of modern site works. However.there were a number way if you started after reading my corner in the your arms, slowly bring yourhead, neck and shoul- files up to about2.5MD on my system. Although of sources of information about the site available, last 110. ders forward until you feel a slight stretch. Hold for the larger files are slow to load, they are held in all containing different layers of information of The following 5 exercises are useful for warm- 5 seconds and repeal. RAM and redraw quickly on screen. ing up before training and competition varying reliability. If these could be compi led into one unit, we would have a useful basemap. Set up OCA D me for 1:10000 scale with symbols Quads and knee stretch - support yourself on Frank Ryan enlarged to 150%. Load above template, trace This information consisted of: left foot with right hand against solid support, bend rOA Coaching Officer detail. allocating appropriate symbols wbere pos- (I) I: 10560 scale map. Standard OS six inch ma- right knee and hold top of right foot with left hand sible. and gently pull. Repeat the same with other foot. terial from the last century. However due to prox- (2) Print resulting drawing. Plot magnetic north, unity to town and history of previous land usc, this Side bends - bending sideways, each time with using previously measured bearings in field. Ro- map contained good quality information on bounda- your right hand down right leg, repeat on opposite tate OCAD file to align it to magnetic north. side with left hand. ries etc. lOO ft or 30m contour detail. (3) The I:2500 site development plan was in the (2) I :2500 scale site map from the District Coun- form of an AO sheet. impractical to scan on an A4 cil showing proposed developments at the site. OCAD & ALL THAT scanner. It was simpler to use a digitiser and apply (3) 1:50000 scale standard OSNI material with the multi-point adjustment feature to match dig- generalised 10m contours. Excuse the title but for those of you who The task in hand was to produce an O-map for itiser to file on screen. Draw in proposed site aren' Leven mildly interested in bytes & boul- Fermanagh Orienteers at 1:10000 scale with 5 (4) Aerial photography at a nominal scale of II de velopm en ts.• Proposed' is the key word here - it ders, scanners & scales, perhaps you'd beuer metre contours of the Nccarne estate, site of the 10000 flown'in 1991. Three stereo overlaps were would be necessary to check carefully in the field tum the page. Otherwise what follows is a new Ulster Lakeland Equestrian Park at Irv- needed to cover this area. that the contractor has stuck to the plans: Use description of a particular mapping task tllal inestown. The work was largely funded by Fer- colours to differentiate detail in OCAD file. managh District Council and whilst the primary utilised some of the many approaches to pro- OCAD 5 has useful features for handling source (4) Scan I :50000 map as 256 colour file: objective was to install a permanent 0 course ducing an orienteering map and in particular inform arion at elifferen t seal es and a choice of inI'llt about1.6MD. Load as template. Trace 10m con- facility at Necarne, the map would first be used for possibilities for applying certain features of methods: scanner, digitiscr, or .dxf file. The hard- tours onto file. Note: 30m contours already in file a relay event in the Junior Home International in theOCAD 5 drawing software. This version of ware system applied was a standard PC with 486 from 1: 10560 map. 1995 and subsequently for occasional club events. OCAD for Windows has been out for well Over a DX processor, 8MB of RAM, I MB video RAM, (5) Scan aerial photographs as greyscale. 300 dpi yearnow.lnitially, I was a little critical since it was A4 colour flatbed scanner, A3digitiser. A4 colour - 2MB files. Load as template. Note that aerial significantly slower at screen redraws than the A number of factors relating to the area influ- inkjet printer, portable stereoscope. I would em- photographs are not maps - distortions occur near previous DOS version. However the improved enced my choice of approach to the task. The area phasise two issues at Ibis point. Firstly, the follow- the edge of the photo and also due to differences in user interface and overall design have outweighed is about 3 sq.km, in area, a mixture of parkland and ing solution worked for the above set of circum- height and tilts in the flight path. However, given this factor and I have used it for many different somewhat overgrown forest centred on a substan- stances. Each O-area & map is different and it is relatively flat terrain and the large scale of photos mapping applications. It is still quick compared to tial estate house - Necarne Castle. The terrain is un- necessary to match your solution to the job in hand. it was practical to adjust the template to fit the other Windows based illustration packages and dulating but with a small overall height difference Secondly, the collective cost of the above hard- underlying detail in small local areas e.g. a field. has proved to be both functional and flexible, albeit across the area. There was significant ongoing site ware would be about£2500 at a minimum - a lot of Detail Stich as individual trees and vegetation with room for improvement. development work associated with the cross coun- resources to bring to bear on an areaof3 sq.km. but changes could then be transferred to OCAD file.
16 The Irish Orienfeer n,e Irish Orienreer 17 (6) The aerial photos were then viewed under a to FermO for final cours )anning etc. Due to the man and we all dream Iof contours and crags until stereoscope enabling a 3D model of the terrain to ongoing development works, it was necessary for IRISH ~tUDENT morning. be viewed. By reference to the plotted 10m con- the planner to send back an amended map immedi- CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday morning and competition nerves kick in tours it was possible to draw in intermediate 5m ately prior to printing showing additional detail. as we finished high energy breakfasts and watched contours - different symbol. All again subject to The drawing file was again modified. 1996 the Army Apprentice School jog by in unison. fieldwork but adequate to get approx imate spacing (10) The penn anent course overprin twas created Naturally, we got lost on the way to Castlewellan. and shape correct, using OCAD and instructions on the reverse side The courses proved challenging and well planned Thus we arrived at a single drawing file compi led using page layout software. JSC 96 took place over the weekend of 10-11 to cater for the diverse standards present Tbere from the above various sources. Symbols were February in Castlewellan, Co. Down, hosted were very few DNF' s and the winning times were used to differentiate between sources of informa- by QUBOC (Queens University, Belfast). very reasonable on all six courses. On the A Finally, the maps were pri.nted using conven- tion and suspected reliabllity.It sounds like a lotof Fourteen colleges were represented by 105 courses, the amount ofroutechoiceoffercd and the tional Postscript output to generate printing films effort but perhaps amounts to 16-20 hours work oricnteers, making this one of the best at- number of different routes chosen by different for offset printing. We printed 1000 copies in five presuming you arc familiar with the apparatus. tended student championships for some years. competitors was highly acclaimed. Tbe stories of colours for club events and 2000 copies with a legs run head-to-head via completely different (7) Produce printouts on a colour inkjet printer at permanent course overprint and details on the The weekend was organised by Stephen routes made the races interesting and there were 1:5000 scale for fieldwork. Seal in "Transpascal' to reverse. Wilson and other QUBOC members, with both protect inkjet inks from rain and to provide planning and controlling by LYO. many comparisons made afterwards. In the M2l A some dimensional stability. Most of the competitors came on two buses, one class in particular competition was of a very high standard with some of Ireland's top orienteers in In summary, the above shows the flexibility and from Dublin (with some Cork people aboard) and functionality of OCAD 5 software and illustrates the other from Galway and the midlands, meeting attendence vying for World Student Champion- The proof of any bascmap is of course in the some possibilities to ease base map generation. unexpectedly in Quinnsworth, Dundalk on the way ships team places, but challenged for the ISC by fieldwork: how much information does it contain foreign talent from Germany and Sweden no less. up. The rowdiness of the journey was marred by and of what reliability? I was looking forward to the seven o'clock news announcing the end of the getting acquainted with this creation. In practice, it Barry Dalby. IRA ceasefire. Memories of last year's decision to Iudividual results: proved quite adequate for the purpose; the six-inch bring ISC '96 to tbe North clue to the optimism material was rock solid and still in evidence on the M21A 7.6k11l 255m footnote: Darry Dalby provides a profes- ground. the parkland trees plotted dlrcctly from the created by th~ peace process came back to me and Marcus Pinker GO 55.47 photograph y were well pas itloned, even if the odd sional mapping service to clubs through it felt ironic that this news carne one year later and Fredrik Sturesson UCOO 57.51 one had disappeared. The site map information did EastWest Mapping. If any club would like a when we were only a few miles from the border. Steve Wilson Qunoc 61.02 not quite hold up to scrutiny but it was a good guide quotation or simply advice, contactEastWest The standard of navigation in Irish student orien- W2IA 5.0k11l 185m to what one was likely to encounter-on the ground: Mapping, Ballyredrnond, Clonegal, Ennis- teering being what it is, the Dublin bus got lost Nina Phillips ICAl 57.36 the actual positioning of the tracks was often slightly conhy, Co.Wexford. Ph./Fax. 054-77835. several times, taking in sightseeing laps of both Mary Ilealy UCOO 63.40 different and there was 10L~of extra carparking to Dundalk and Newry, not to mention trying to find Miriam Feehan UCCO 64.58 cater for the four wheel dri ve horsey crowd! Gi vcn the event centre, the Seeconnell Centre, in the M2IB 5.0km 185m lherolling terrain, the contour detail was sufficient middle of nowhere. With thehelpof amap (ancvel Nigel Hart QUBOC 54.23 but as usual required some adjustment and exag- idea! ) we arrived about 10.30 pm, clocking up a Bernard Creedon UCCO 58.33 geration. I decided on a non-IOF symbol to show good 4 hours for the 100mileoddjourney. Mmmrn, Joe Smith AAS 60.33 the rather esoteric shapes of some of the horse Have you filled in average speed '25 mph! . W2IB 3.3.5k1l1 165m Brccge Grennan UCGO 73.09 jumps. Rather than compile a master draft as one Having inspected the event centre (it's not often Amanda Bates UCGO 73.28 sheet, I broke the area up into smaller A4 sized your ISC's can boast an event centre) and collected our Mary Lynch UCGO 80.27 drafts. transferringfield notes to these and tracing cards from uie 'friendly QUBOC welcoming coin- M21C 3.5km 100m grid points for later reference. mittee, most retired to the bar. A few of us SHAMROCK Joseph Ryan UCGO 22.32 wandered into the dark, armed with map and torch Keith White QUBOC 27.28 to find the UCOO cottages somewhere down the (8) Plot fieldwork. It was straightforward to scan Garrell Foley KSO 28.26 O-RINGEN road and attempt a good night'S sleep. And so into in the mini drafts as grcyscale files. These were W2IC 2.9km 100m a house somewhere in rural Co. Down piled one then used as templates to adjust and add to the Una Cahalane UCCO 40.23 German, one Dutch, two Swedish and five native existing base map file. entry form yet? Joan Murphy ARTCO 45.09 championship hopefuls! Swede shared a room (9)Colourdrafl We supplied an A4 colour draft Ann-Marie Heffernan UCCO 52.26 with Irish. Dutch with Swede. and Irish with Ger- l~ 18 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 19 ~ I '.',~'.',: . + t , ;1'"
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Fieldwork and cartography: Rob Plowrlght 7 1220I - Base map produced by Jan Larsen altho s 12221 State Data Cenlre. Ballarat. June 1994. ~ <, Source: 1. Color aerial phOIOS (1 :25000) 30-11-90 9 1195I J., ~ 2. GPS control. l /' Printing: Waller & Chester Ballarat, 10 11501 y .;- + / /' e Eureka Orientaors 1995 1A-1 0---- 350 -----) L Team Winners: into Sunday morning vI(} disco and plenty of J M21A UCDO inter-club mingling. Someone had mentioned SENIOR SELECTION W21A UCDO earlier how nice it was that the clubs were getting M.M M'EMO!lUPS INFORMATION M21B QUBOC to know each other more these days ...she didn't mean it like that. The AAS hosted a party after- W21B UCGO K(jivt me a map to' [ootat aluf / am 1. SENIOR HOME INTERNATIONAL 1996 wards. AU I heard about it is that they have very M21C QUBOC comfortul: / fivt my trauels ouer againi step This will be held in a great area in Scotland (00- dodgy musical taste. Sorry lads! W21C ARTCO 6y step, / recal! tlit jaunltys / IiaVt tTUUUi cham & Deishar) on June 819. As usual. classes liafffargattw incidents sprillg vivU£(y to' involved are MIW 20, M!W 21 and M!W 35. Specially commissioned ISC '96 marble paper- Sunday's "Sprint" mind alia aoain I SUfftr a,uf rejoice at Selection will be based on known form and will weights (lthink that's what it is!) and r-sbirts were The ambitiously named Irish Student Sprint-O ezytrUllus wliidi art OIIU IIWTl malt. vuy take place immediately after the weekend of the awarded to individual and team winners. The Championships on Sunday were treated by most as real. maps art a(a jrUlU{s, understood Irish and British Championships, so that theresults planner, controller and organisers of the event and a hangover cure and most of the times reflected this ora all(Y 6y tlie ITUJII'Ulitli ulliam tliey fialle of these events will be an important selection the whole weekend were congratulated on asupcrb with most "runners" spending well over 30 min- criterion. job on both the technical and organisational as- utes on the 2.0krn short course. One international travdrea tlie miles. 9>&6aay couM read my ITUJpSas / do. Leruf a 6aatta ajrUlla and lie pects of the weekend. orienteer (Emma G. take a bow) and the previous 2. WORW CUP RACES 1996 call wjay it alia miss lIotfiillg its story: day's W21A winner (Ishall remain nameless) got of These are as follows: Annual General Meeting lost, and two UCDQ "orienteers" got even more (etla him. amap alia lie call1lat Wet! 6egin to' 1 Individual lithuania May 7 The annual business of holding the JOSA AGM lost following them. Imagine taking a wrong tum read t'fie tare it lias to' td(.:For maps are 2 Individual Latvia May 10 followed. The following committee was elected on pathsl ? The long course (3.1 krn) was more personal tfii"gs wfii.cli 6aaI'iJ are not. 'ITit 3 Relay Latvia May II for 1996197: competitive, won by Fredrik Sturesson ofUCDQI appeal of an aM 1110.is to' Iiit IIIllltoryi all D(a 4 Short Gothenburg July 30 Sweden in something under 20 minutes. Chairman/woman/person Deirdre Ryan, GRTCO map spreaa across my {v,etS doses myeyts. 5 Individual Oslo Aug 3 contact: (091-75829) 'ITit aMu, t.lit more tatUna it is, tnt-gnater 6 Relay Oslo Aug 4 Treasurer Stephen Wilson, QUBOC (08-01247- Suitably wrecked by two days in the brambles my affectum far it. / reca(( our aafltlltllrts 7 Relny f'luehi, Switzerland. Aug 18 878335) (prize for most brambled legs to Paul Nolan. so I'm tDgtllitr ill storm alia sunshine; all occasion, 8 Short Fluchi, Switzerland Aug 19 Secretary Nina Phillips, ICAl (01-6606654) told!! ) and one night in the bar (biggest hangover 9 Classic (loops) Leuk, Switzerland Aug 21 ptrfiaps, flllitlt it s{jppuf frDm my pockJt alia ISC '97 will be hosted by' DUO and host for the award to Hugo Donaldson, DUO), we headed 10 Individual Villard-de-lens, France Aug 24 training weekend in the Autumn is still open to home on Sunday afternoon. I think all will agree I searditi my t1"rJcK; amj,ous(y, asfor a Cost compan ion, UII it faulI4; OILoccasion, offers!.. The selection of the World Student that this was one of the best ISC' s in recent times tie was If the selectors have not contacted you about these Championships team was also discussed and infor- and most people seem to have successes of some pufiaps, fll(ltll tflt mist was tlii.ckt a"a events and if you wish to be considered for same, mation from Team ManagerColm Rothery distrib- sort to remember, be it in the forest or on the dance instinct alia tlit rTUJpurgea aifferwt fllays, contact the convenor of selectors. uted to clubs. An ambitious training schedule for floor! alia Ifa{{qwea tlie map alia came to' soft Selection will be on known form. In general, team hopefuls created some entertainment at the grauruf agaill . .:aJj yts, maps aregralla events considered will be: idea of training 6-7 days week. What's training? Nina. companions. I liave throum. 6oo{;j aWll.lj, 6ut Interprovincials, National Champs, National And what is Fartlek?? Saturday night lasted well neuer a /IIOp. Events, J.K., Shamrock O-ringen. However, pro- spective runners can supply results of other major r------,I LVO invite you to the I events. as they wish. This applies especially to (jive lilt a 1IIap af 0 countn] I do not farow, those competing outside the British Isles. Consid- tVttI 0'/a COUll try I slia£[ ueuer {.;JIOU1, alia it I Irish Interprovincial Championships 1996 I eration in team selection will also be given to the lias tlie potuer to tliriff ana e~itt me. 9>& fact that these races form an important part of the 6DDf(lias sllcli all appeal to tlit imaoillatioll' : Slieve Martin, Rostrevor, Co. Down : build-up to WOC'97. I Saturday 20th April 1996 I (origmally.from Wainwright- The Biogra- Start times 11.30-1.00 pm Selection will be as early as possible for each race, I I phy by Hunter Davies, via SINS (the South I Registration from 10.45. I but will depend on the interest in each set of races. West OA journal) and Y Ddraig (the Welsh Further details will be furnished to those in conten- Entry on day only. OA newsletter) with thanks.) tion. I Details from organiser Harry Bell (08)-01846-612720 or the NIOA Inf-O-Iine I IL (0044)-1399-873281 in the week beforehand.~ ~I continued over ... 22 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienleer 23 and the Asia Pacific O-{ )ivall995. The pro- Senior Selection. continued .., Alternatively this rna; 'printed on self adhesive ies. Perhaps with the savings inpostage we should gram has been developing over the years and more labels. The lauer option was used for the Con- consider giving reduced entry fees to entries through 3. VETERAN HOME INTERNATIONAL 1996. improvements and additions are planned. naught Championships. clubs. Slieve Croob, Co. Down, October 12113.Selection How did it perform at Ahascragh for the 1996 h. Result entry is easy and quick, by entering the based on the results of major domestic competi- Conn aught Championships ?The short answer is - competitor number from the control card and the tions: Interprovincials, Irish Championships, Planned improvements ITDronIEBIZ. finish time in minutes and seconds. The use of real ShamrockO-ringen. Those competing abroad, e.g, time is an option (HH:MM:SS) but has the disad- Within the year provision will be made for at the British Championships. J.K., U.K. National optional connection to theRegnly electronic punch- What can it do? vantage of being slower to enter. Events. or further afield. should send the results of ing system. such events to the convenor of selectors. so that Ol-einzel does not restricted itself to time-keep- I. Results may be printed by class in order of In the next month an update giving even greater they will be considered. ing functions alone but acts as a comprehensive finish or by clubs at any point during the report capabilities such as margins, multiple cop- event organising package. It handles entries, competition. Oleinzel allows the printing of ies. printing to file for e-mail/fax or the Osnet, Richard Kavanagh creates the start organisation, generates start lists, results lists at the same time as entryoffinish times. Convenor of Selectors produces control descriptions for each course from finish reports may be printed for a specific class or Contact Detailsr- a master, provides statistics to the planner and club and the numberofplaces to be printed maybe To summarise, Connaught were satisfied with Richard Kavanagh. 'Tara'. 3. Maryville. Dallin- controller about the numbers of runners who use specified should complete lists not be required. Oleinzel V8, Its strongest point is the production tern pie, Cork Ph-021- 291610(11).021-902827 (W). each control site and the numbers on each course k. There are extras such as to generate a report of results easily and quickly with the ability to print Fax-021-271698, and finally produces finish lists in a variety of on how many competitors have yet to finish. This results and input results at the same time. A team Email:[email protected] formats. All with a great deal of ease. only works accurately if the start officials record of three were able to handle the finish and the a. Itlakes in entries for all classes. (M/W 10-65) non-starters and feed the information back, At the production of results for over two hundred com- Connaught Championships il identified one lost pctltors in thirty four classes. b. It organises the start - creates the required orienteer still on the Course prior to prize giving. numberof start boxes into which the various classes Connaught Orienteering Council has ordered Results can also be sent 10 a file for processing in are then assigned. The user selects the start Ol.S'Taffcl, the program designed to organise applications such as Excel or Word. Computing in interval, the first start time and the number of relay events. and will usc it at the Irish Champion- vacant start times. Itthen checks the start organisa- ships at Portumna in May. Thatisameasureofsat- Connaught tion for clashes or errors. identifies them and Aids to the Planner and Controller isfaction with Oleinzel V8 for windows. allows corrections to be made. Courses control descriptions arc created from a (The programs were developed by Stephan Kra- in Ol.-elnzel, a German computer program an c. When the above stages are completed, start master control list, Classes (classes) arc assigned mer and come in three versions: Ol.-einzel for English language version, was used for the numbers are distributed automatically to each start to the various courses. Control description sheets individuAl events, OL-staffel for relays and a third Connaught Championships. Organiser Noel time and it makes the start draw separating mem- may be printed for the master or individual courses. versiuon for multi-day races. Contact him at Brink- mannstrasse 21, D-95666 Miuerteich, Germany. Donagh reports on how they got on ... bers of the same club. 111iscan be done all at once When the courses are completed and the classes or class by class .. The individual event version, Ol.-einzel. costs assigned to them the organisers may print-out DM220 (aboutlR£95) plus taxes and postage.) CA EO (Computer Aided Event Organisation) d. After the draw the organiser may move com- statistics such 'as: (Incidentally, the Connaught Championships petitors to earlier or later start Limes. This is done The number of entrants per class. CAEO was tried for the Connaught Champion- by dragging the start time line to the desired new results arrived in the post three days later. Other The number of entrants per course. ships this year. One may say that there is nothing time. An option to designate an early, mid or late organisers please copy! -&I) The number who will visit each control site. new in this. Various clubs have tried disparate start time at the competitor entry stage is planned. DON'T FORGET •.• orienteering programs or used applications such as e. With the above completed the organiser may Excel for this purpose. They all had limitations use it to generate lists for all or for specific classes It has provision for accounting for entry fees \ orienteering If) and all required a degree of expertise that few \0(\1) SI1t or clubs and for any range of start times. This is under a numberofheadings but this is designed for '1>' I" orienteers possess. Connaught Orienteering how the strut list sent 10 all entrants in the Con- a situation where entries nrc by clubs rather than ....1//111· C. -c~ ;:~?
26 The Irish Orienteer TI,e Irish OrienTeer 27 of the great Shannon lakes and is 98 miles from Butterfield will welcor !fers of help. Dublin and 108 miles from Cork. Portumna is the GEN were well reprcseruc . at the Connacht Cham- ideal base for the competitions with Woodford pionships, Susan & Mary Healy were our winners only 10 miles away. Further information of what to while Alan Bell, David Healy, Deirdre Bell.Niamh CURRAGIi 03 DEC 95 Lalor & Jane Watt kept the colours flying, all LEINS TER LEAGUE EVENT 5 see will be provided in the programme. CURRAGH NAAS ORIENTEERING CLUB coming second. 3ROCNEWS Good wishes to club members travelling to the J. K. BLUE COURSE BROWN COURSE REO COURSE J McCULLOUGH M40 3ROC 50.26 D. WESTON M21 SET 62.55 K.MURRAY 62.27 New Secretary: The new 3ROC Secretary is Maire or further afield like Spain! I! Hope the orienteer- T.TonENHAM M18 JROC 55.24 S. OBOYLE M35 CNOC 65.00 B.BYRNE M45 aEN 62.33 ing goes well. Good luck also to all tbose mad I MacNEill M40 3ROC 60.14 A. TYNER M21 3ROC 65.05 LLALOR M17 WO 79.04 Walsh, Moorpark, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow M.DAVEY M21 DUO 60.59 A. MALTIG M21 UCDO 66.31 A.MURPHY DNP·5.6 (01)-2868871. enough to be contemplating this Ultra Run 011 the P. FARRELLY M35 CNOC 61.15 O. REIOY M40 AJAX 58.25 O.O'BRIEN M16 OlSO DNP·5.6.8 A.TUCHER M35 GAROAO 61.16 J. KEATING M21 75.08 You've all gut your club news sheet, The Rockel, Wicklow Way on Sat. 6tb April: I will pick up the JWAn W40 GEN 6J.22 B. BELL M 40 GEN 75.36 J.LALOR M40 GEN 67.33 M. FLYNN M21 CORKO 76.50 YELLOW COURSE recently with your membership cards and details of pieces. M HE,\LY W40 GEN 68.37 E.O'SULUVAN M21 ssr 79.05 N.O·BOYLE W12 CNO 28.11 L DONOVAN M21 AJAX 69.25 M.O·KEEFFE M21 FIN 80.01 J.CORRIE M12 FIN 29.29 training erc., so there's not much more to report. Finally club membership is now due. It barely a.DAlBY M35 3ROC 69.27 TSLAnERY M20 CNOC 86.00 C.FISHER·FOLEY M10 PXN 37.06 Annual subs are due: remember, to gel your TIO, covers the costofposting yourTIO, so pay now or N. C·CRAWFORO M50 3ROC 69.36 E. STEPHANSON M19 A·RTC 105.43 S.CONBOY W12 49.10 O.O'DONGHAII.E M20 OUO 70.13 C. McDONAGH M21 109.SO E.HILL M35 CNO 62.15 torun in the Irish Champs or vote at the lOA AGM, else this is your last one. M O'ROURKE W20 GEN 70.60 N.LALOR W1? GEN 70.43 N.PHILLIPS W21 3ROC 71.28 E.DONLON W11 3ROC74.11 or to represent Ireland internationally you have to Nora Lalor J.RYAN M16 3ROC 72.19 GREEN COURSE F.CUSACK 80.38 Secretary, GEN. PCASH M2·1 73.17 F.LAFFERTY M35 FIN 46.0J be a paid up member! M.NOWLAN W45 lROC 75.18 B.McGRATH M45 JROC 48.50 Congrats to Connacht Championship prizewinner e,Mc'3INlEY M21 75.58 L.CoCRAWFORD M14 3ROC 51.05 ORANGE COURSE H·VVHITE MOO JROC 18.59 P.McCORMACK M45 GEN 51.07 A. ORION MIS WHO 25.21 Trina Cleary (W50) and to Luke Campbell- D. O·COLMAIN M45 GEN 79,33 Z.FOLEY·FISHER M13 WHO 52.26 B. O'SULLIVAN 42.33 G.SWENEY M35 CNOC 81.09 J.o.LACY M40 AJAX 55,03 D. KENNEDY WO .4.34 Crawford (3rd Ml8-), Gerard Butler (4th MI8-), FERMO RUN SUNDA Y LEAGUE T. MCCORMACK M40 GEN 82.86 R.SHORTT M6 CNOC 55.28 C. CAREY W25 3ROC46.30 C.BURNS M21 93.30 P.BUTLER M45 3ROC 55.4' S.OSHEA GEN 50.21 John McCullough (2nd M40), Nigel Campbell- Fermanagh Orienteers are running a series of B.DOHERTY M50 GEN 95.19 A.QUINN M18 JROC 58.00 F. KEYES 51.35 R.GARREn M45 3ROC 59.41 D.RYAN ARTC 52.13 Crawford (3rd M 50), Emma G IanV ilie (2nd W21 E), Sunday orienteering events aimed mostly at jun- G.ELLIon M21 JROC 60.11 S. NOWLAN W12 3ROC53.19 Monica Nowlan (2nd W45) and Antoineue Butler iors and beginners. The series of eight events will LT GREEN COURse E.O'SfoIEA MJ5 GEN 62.11 M. FLYNN W21 57.49 K.CAREY M35 49.41 D.BROOKS M55 3ROC 63.1. 1'1. FOLRY.FISHER M13 WHO 58.Q7 (3rd W50). use the permanent courses at three venues: Florence- D.CORRIE M35 FIN 54.39 A.BunERFIELD M21 OEN 63.55 O. SHORT M35 CNO GO.41 v.DELANEY MOO GEN 55.27 A.NISHUILLEABHA W45 3ROC 68.06 N. LALOR W40 GEN 61.02 COUl'l, Doobauy Glebe and Necarne, s, MURP.AV M45 SET 57.00 P.McNAMARA M18 DUO 66.24 W.J.O·NEILL MOO SET 61.17 J.McOnATH M14 3ROC 57.29 A. B-LAW M40 68.17 =.crr AAS 83.29 PHOEN1X NEWS 111ecourses on offer are White, Yellow, Orange M.FLOOO M20 CNOC 57.54 W.MCCORMACK GEN 70.19 G.COAKLEY AAS 65.37 The following officers were elected at the AGM of and Light Green. Juniors can choose any course D.NAGLE W45 3ROC 59,43 C.O·MARA M35 JROC 71.15 P. KEOHANE AAS 67.35 .J.SMITH M20 CNOC 61.15 U;'SROWN M21 UCDO 71.46 F. O'NEILL W45 71.23 Phoenix Navigators Orienteering Club held 011 but must stick to it for the whole series. Points are N. FOLEY·FISHER M'5 PXN 61.31 E.DUNNE M21 3ROC 72.Q3 I. NOLAN M14 DLSO 74.35 M O'DONNELL W21 62.07 J.LEONARD M21 3ROC 72.20 C.MURPHY ARTC 74.48 Monday 4th February in the Royal Hotel, Roscom- also awarded for attending other events, drawing a O.'WAn M50 OEN 82.47 G.BUTLER M16 3ROC 72.28 S. REID M21 ARTC 76.47 J,O'BRIEN M50 AJAX 63.35 AAYLING M20 DUO 72.39 K.MURPHY TCD 79.43 rnon: Chairman Noel Donagh, Secretary Eugene simple map or completing an organisational task B FOLEY·FISHER W40 PXN 64.05 J.FITZSIMONS M45 lROC 78,41 R.CUSACK 79.46 Sheridan, Treasurer Frank Ryan. The area rcpre- as well as for finishing position. M.JENNINGS M20 CNOC 64.20 A.TonENHAM W40 3ROC 79.10 F.GORMELY TCO 79.47 R. O'OOLMAIN M13 GEN 65.05 M.WALSH W45 3ROC 80.41 K. FOLEY TCD 66.23 sentatives for the northern area are Michael Bren- The remaining events are: N.O·COLMAIN W18 GEN 58.58 B.HOLLINSHEAD M55 3ROC 84.42 T. BUTLER W16 3ROC89.58 P.DONLON M40 JROC 88,53 M.BUTLER M50 3ROC 66.42 M. DONLON M12 3ROC93.SO nan and Bernie McGauran, Noel Donagh and Nigel March 31 Doobatty Glebe T. FITZGERALD CNOC 69.28 M.KELLEn M55 GEN 99.25 Foley-Fisher eastern area and Frank Ryan western S.HEALY W16 GEN 72.21 April 28 Necarne J. LOUGHRAII M40 AAS 75.36 WHITE COUR.se area. May 12 Florencecourt D. LARGE W55 GEN 89.37 O'BOYLE FAMILY M4.M5.M CNO 49.40 C.WAI.SIol WSO 3ROC 91.S3 Membership fees arc L10W due and arc being col- June 2 Florencecourt J.PRINGLE M19 92.52 K.McCORMACK W16 GEN 100.53 lected by arcarepresentatives.P1casecontactthem October 6 Necame D.CLARK 102.31 S.McCORMACK W18 GEN 107.02 before they contact you. October 20 FIorencecourt M.O·SULLIVAN ARTCO 115.33 Eagle Eye November 3 Florencecourt V.MURTAGH W55 3ROC 147.43 N.FARNON M21 KSO ONP'·7 K.HERBERTS W21 KSO DNP·l GEN NEWS FermO are also running their full compliment of Thank you to Mick Kellett, Brendan Doherty and NI Series events, with competitions at The the extended McCormack families who planned, Burren on May 25th, Florencecourt on Septem- controlled and organised the Ncwbridge House ber 28th and Doohatry Glebe on November 9th. event which was a great success, Our next events (Could the changed date for the Leinster are Brockagh 'on March 24th and Trooperstown Champs (to May 25126) perhaps cause a date April 28th: organisers John Clarke and Andrew change for the Burren event? - Ed.)
28 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Qrien.leer 29 70 Hudson, T. , 290 20 270 Results of 3ROC Christmas Score Event, Three Rock ~lod,Co. Dublin, 26 71 Walsh, Eileer 320 50 270 72 Donlon, Pat 3ROC M40 300 40 260 December 1995. 73 O'Neill, Peter MSO 3ROC 340 80 260 74 Bell, A GEN Mt2 250 2SO Club Class Points Penalty Bonus Final Soore 75 Galligan, M 250 2SO 1 Doherty, G GEN M21 710 70 40 680 76 Leonard, Dominic DUO M20 240 240 2 Gargan, P AJAX M40 760 80 680 77 Bartlett, Penny W21 230 230 3 McCullough, J 3ROC M40 770 110 660 78 Donlon, Mark 3ROC M13 230 230 4 Flynn, M CORKO M21 740 90 6SO 79 Finegan, Glen M21 250 20 230 5 Bell,B GEN M45 660 20 640 80 Norton, R. 3ROC M55 260 30 230 6 Brady, G CORKO M40 670 SO 620 81 O'Bdsln, E. FINGAL M50 230 230 7 Macneill,l 3ROC M40 630 10 620 82 Hughes, J. CNOC M50 330 110 220 8 O'Hara,M AJAX M21 630 SO 680 83 Murphy, Anne 240 20 220 9 O'Sullivan, E SET M21 580 580 84 O'Bdsin, F. FINGAL M25 220 220 10 Weston, 0 SET M21 610 30 580 85 O'Neill, Charlie GEN M40 270 50 220 11 Butler, P 3ROC M45 560 40 40 660 86 Power, Brian SET M45 220 220 12 McCormack, P GEN M21 550 5SO 87 Dolan, B M21 280 70 210 13 C·Crawford, N 3ROC MSO 640 20 520 88 Rodriguez, Lfisa W2t 270 60 210 14 O'Sullleabhaln, E 3ROC M45 520 520 89 Berman, 0 M21 220 20 200 15 C·Crawford, L 3ROC MIS 530 20 510 90 Chambers, C. 460 260 200 16 O'Cleirlgh, A CNOC M35 530 30 500 91 Hughes, K. CNOC M21 200 200 17 Elllot,G 3ROC M21 490 490 92 Donlon, Edel 3ROC WI1 190 190 18 McDonald, K AJAX M40 500 10 490 93 English, G MIS 380 200 180 19 Roe, L 3ROC M45 490 490 94 McKay, Peter ORC M19 290 110 t80 20 Deasy, 0 M35 500 20 480 95 Murray. Kevin GEN 290 110 180 21 Tottenham, T 3ROC M17 560 80 480 96 Saundos, Colm 290 110 180 22 McCormack, T GEN 480 10 470 97 Walsh, P. SET M60 180 180 23 Nolan, P GEN M21 470 470 98 Carson/Noltes 2SO 90 160 24 O'Mullane,A GEN 470 470 99 Hamilton, N. 170 10 160 25 de Lacy, J AJAX M40 500 40 460 100 Nichol, Deirdre FtN W21 220 60 160 26 NISullleabhaln, A 3ROC W45 560 100 460 101 Rodriguez, Sandra W21 220 60 160 27 O'Nelll,E W14 3ROC 500 40 460 102 Smyth, Emer W21 220 60 160 28 Smyth, P M21 470 10 460 103 Bonar Law, R . 180 30 ISO 29 Bell, J GEN M18 4SO 4SO 104 GalibraKh, A. 300 ISO ISO 30 Dunne, E 3ROC M21 490 40 4SO 105 Griffith, Mandy W50 130 20 150 31 Lalor, J GEN M40 430 10 440 106 Murphy, Deirdre & Philip 160 10 ISO 32 Fitzsimons, J 3ROC M45 440 10 430 107 Poner, G. GEN 300 ISO ISO 33 Wan,J GEN W40 510 80 430 108 Short, Don CNOC M35 240 90 ISO 34 Callery, T AJAX M21 420 420 109 O'Mara, C. 3ROC M35 180 40 140 35 Keatney, J 3ROC M3S 480 60 420 110 Hoare, Jim 220 90 130 36 Murray, C GEN M19 500 80 420 111 Rothery, S. 3ROC M6S 140 10 130 37 O'Moore,G 380 40 420 112 O'Mara 110 110 38 Lynam, R CNOC W40 4SO 40 410 113 McCon, Alice W 170 70 100 39 McCormack, W 410 410 114 O'Colmaln, M. GEN W40 120 20 100 40 Murray, Tom UCOO M21 630 120 410 115 English, M M19 300 210 90 41 Ponsletta & Donsietta GEN Nl 510 130 30 410 116 Naughton, l. W40 3ROC 90 90 42 Walsh, S. SET M21 810 400 410 117 Dillon, David • 160 80 80 43 DoorlYI Stephen M21 410 10 400 118 Lawlor, B. 390 3tO 80 44 McDonagh, C. M21 410 10 400 119 Walsh, Conal & Niall 3ROC M14 80 80 45 O'Colmain, 0 GEN M45 400 40 40 400 120 Greene, B. 3ROC M15 290 220 70 46 Walsh. Maire 3ROC W45 400 400 121 Lalor, Nora & Nlamh GEN 70 10 10 70 47 Tottenham, Alison 3ROO W40 390 390 122 Flynn, Mary w35 80 20 60 48 Dempsey W 380 380 123 Mongomory 130 70 60 49 Kelly, Moira 380 380 124 O'Srien, Derek 150 90 60 50 Leonard, Jeremy 3ROC M21 400 20 380 125 Hogan, E. 140 90 50 51 Brennan, Michael MI7 380 10 370 126 O'Hara, Michael AJAX Ml0 50 50 52 Wall, David M17 380 10 370 . 127 Blshop,Orla 110 70 40 53 Flanagan, David 380 20 360 128 de Balla, Bairbre 110 70 40 64 Hollinshead, Brian 3ROC M55 320 40 360 129 Grogan, Kevin CNOC M40 530 490 40 55 McCormack, S. GEN W18 380 30 3SO 130 Magee, Alne 110 70 40 56 O'Connor, B. AJAX M21 3SO 3SO 131 McCan, Alice & David 110 70 40 57 Murray, D. M21 360 30 330 132 Quinn, Andrew 3ROC M18 40 40 133 Nagle, 0 W40 58 O'Hara, Liam AJAX MI6 360 30 330 I 3ROC 80 SO 30 59 O'Hara, P. AJAX MIS 360 30 330 134 O'Connell, Charlie MSB M21 110 100 10 60 WalSh, Claire 3ROC W50 380 SO 330 135 O'Drlscoli. Jean W40 420 410 10 61 Smyth, David FIN M21 340 20 320 136 Ennis x 3 3ROC 170 190 10 ·10 62 McCormack, A. GEN W45 380 70 310 137 Hutchinson, N. W21 140 160 ·20 63 Ryan, Joseph 3ROC M18 400 90 310 138 Dempsey, Peader GEN M55 100 180 40 -40 64 Jones, E. FINGAL W21 300 300 139 Murphy, S & S 210 340 ·130 65 O'hAlmhain, l. SET M16 510 220 290 140 Ryan, Darren 210 340 ·130 66 WaH, David GEN M50 290 290 141 Murtagh, Vera W55 220 370 ·150 67 Doherty, Brendan GEN 340 60 280 142 Doyle, Des 90 4SO ·360 68 Phillips, Nina 3ROC W21 300 20 280 143 Donegan, Rory 470 1000 ·530 69 Brazll,F 320 SO 270
30 The Irish Orienteet: The Irish Orierueer 31 RESULTS NEWBRIDGE HOUSE Results of 3ROC "') ht event. 3 February9 E. Young &. N. Gartland CE M14 4S.2O lfi 10 M. Leonard &. S. CoWens CE M13 4S.SO 21ST JANUARY1996 1996. Phoenix park. Dublin. 11 S.OShea CE M13 46.24 12 A.BeIl GEN M12 48.01 Acourse UkIn 13 J. Mcinerney CE MI3 49.15 Acour .. Bcour .. 1 Martin Flynn Cork 0 M21 54.SO 14 S. Keegan CE M13 SO.57 I B. OBrien 33.19 1 D. Vincent 41.55 2 Paul Smylh M21 60.22 IS M. Kelly CE M13 54.12 2 P. Nolan 34.59 2 D.Healy 42.48 3 Nigel &. Luke Calr9bel-Grawford 3ROC Mso/15 62.29 7 DNF. 3 J. McCullough 40.48 3 S.Healy 43.48 4 Philip Brennan SET M21 66.05 4 I. McFall 41.46 .. M.O Rourke 45 ..27 L.SlSI.QA:tDrlC=!M Ign 5 J. Kenllng 42.47 5 T.O '-Inlley 45.52 D cOUtU 5.8 kin 1 B. OBrien AJAX M21 68.13 6 K. Casey 44.26 6 D.Nagle 45.54 1 Tom Condon CNOC M40 43.49 2 A. Tyner 3ROC M21 68.40 7 C. McDonagh 45.00 7 A.B.L. 48.30 2 Philip Buller 3ROC M45 47.44 3 D.Reldy AJAX M40 70.39 8 M. DeASY 45.03 8. I. Coghlan 49.18 3 Pal rick Leddy CDAC M21 48.05 4 I. MacNeill 3ROC M40 68.25 9 N. Philips 45.59 9 S. McCormack 51.28 4 Harold While 3ROC M50 49.28 6 J.Wall GEN W45 92.39 ION. C·Crawford 48.37 10 N. Lalor 51.53 5 Niall Smylh FIN 49.37 6 O. Buller 3ROC M18 114.48 49.40 H.White 11 J. Fh&imons 11 53.08 6 Eoghan OS lileabh In 3ROC MSO 51.35 7 E.OBrlain FIN MSO 119.52 A. Murphy 12G. Buller 49.45 12 53.45 7 Don Short CNOC M35 54.22 13 M. Flynn SO.OS 13 F.ONeili 57.56 9 Aine n Sh iIIeabh In 3ROC W45 54.26 L.!lSI.QAiD=1 M II!n 14 E. OSuUleabhain 51.07 14 WJONelll 66.16 10 Michael &. Gerard Buller 3ROC MIS/55 55.30 I B. Delaney CNOC M21 51.04 15 0.0 Donghalle 51.20 15 N. KinO 66.56 11 Brian HolUnshead 3ROC M55 55.S7 2 W. Young M40 CNOC 52.28 18 E. McGinley 51.36 16 R. Browne 67.12 12 Jim Barren &. Helen. Mcinerney CNOC 57.34 3 P. Jones M18 54.48 17J.Wan 51.56 17 P. McCormack 68.13 I 3 A~bhe Creedon CorkO W21 61.31 4 M. Mangan SET M35 61.42 18 D. Brooks 52.03 18 B. Klng 68.22 14 Kevin Murray &. Paul Dodd GEN M3S 68.25 5 K. Carey 3ROC M35 62.30 10 J. Lalor S2.05 19 T. Flynn 69.10 6 D.OCoim In GEN M45 66.52 20 D. 0 Murchu 53.04 20 M. Flynn 70.11 C course 4 7 ken 7 P. Lalor CNOC M50 75.52 21 J.O Neill 53.18 21 E. Delahunty 71.57 I Gavan Doherty OEN M21 27.50 8 A. Bunerlleld GEN M35 83.22 22 E. 0 Shea 53.32 22 F. Connolly 72.43 2 Deirdre Nagle 3ROC W45 43.44 9 M.Bulier 3ROC M55 87.S3 23 T. McCormack 54.22 23 A. Keogh 72.46 3 FrMk Connolly l1S&T 49.55 24 P. MoNamara 54.41 24 R. Fisher 82.16 4 Jeremy & Domlnlo LeonQrd 3ROC M21 62.07 L.!ll!ll At,,=a.~tun 25G.EIIIIlII 55.15 25 K. Foloy 82.53 5 F. MoHugh FIN 60.13 1 M. Healy GEN W40 61.06 26 C.O Donoghue 55.58 26 J & T BUller 88.14 6 B.&'F.ONelli SET 69.48 2 R. Garretl 3ROC M4S 65.23 27 C. Burne 57.39 27 J. Mullen 98.00 7 Edel & Pal Donlon 3ROC 71.10 3 A. Totlenham 3ROC W45 96.16 28 K. Kollett 58.44 W. Kelly DNF 2DNF. 4 G. Bryan M16 98.06 29 B. Hollinshead 59.03 30 S. Murray 60.25 C Cou ... There was a full moon all righi, bUI " dldn I really come Inlo h own L.!l1!ll1l1"=1.~ IIln 31 M. Healy 60.56 I J. Co 32 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 33 6 D. Keating 40.00 Connaught Ch, ~lonShiPS 1996 Nalhan Foley Fisher PI 45.39 4 ConC8llo11 3ROC 73.13 3 7 N. Lalor GEN W40 42.39 J Cion brock, Ahas ragh, CO. Galway Kevin Houlihan COl ... ' 46.32 5 8 R.Shaw ECO 43.04 P.McGahon NWOC 49.27 6 M65 3.4Km No Climb 9 L. Byme & 0 Reilly ECO 44.08 25 February 1996. Rory Sheridan PxN 67.10 7 Fred Calnan CorllO 51.45 1 10 M. Donlon 3ROC M13 45.09 Timolhy Feehan BVOC disq 11 M. Ball, G. 0 Reilly, B. BrOslinECO 47.53 M21 L 1'.0Km No Climb W21E No Climb 12 A. Keogh ECO 49.04 MMlnFlynn Cork 0 94.57 1 M12· 1.5Km No Climb Eileen Loughman CNOC 75.41 1 13 J. Fhgerald & N. Turner 3ROC 49.24 John 0 Donovan BVOC 109.30 2 TomCo«er BOC 11.31 1 Emma Glanville 3ROC 80.47 2 14 EF.O NelU SET W45 49.42 PalO Donovan BVOC 110.53 3 Alan Bell GEN 12.56 2 Miriam Feehan BVOC 84.19 3 15 CFCA 50.10 Dava Weston SET 111.51 4 Mark 0 Donovan Carll 0 102.58 3 ADbhe Creedon COI1 May October 4-5 IRISHCHAMPIONSHIPS Woodford and Portumna, Co. Galway. Noel Donogh. 6 NECARNE Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. FermO. GR H 2357. Barrybeg House, Barrybeg ,Athlone. 1stcd 5/4/96. 12 NI CHAMPIONSHIPS&VETERANHOME INTERNAnONAL Slieve Croob, Ballynahlnch, 4-5 BRITISHCHAMPIONSHIPS Oban, Scotland (IOF Elite event). BOC96, 21 Orchard Rd., Co. Down. LVO. GRJ 3247. Details later. Edinburgh EH42EP(0044-131-332-3045) 13 BELFIELD Dublin. UCDO event. GR 0 1829. 8 WORLDCUP 1 Nida, lithuania (Classic). 13 CASnEWELLAN Co. Down. VHI Relays. GR J 32 37. 11 NI RELAYCHAMPIONSHIPS Downhill. Co. Derry. NWOC. GR C 75 36. 20 CARLINGFORD Co. Louth. 3ROC Leinster League event. 11-12 WORLDCUP2 & 3 Casis, Latvia (Classic & Relay). 20 FLORENCECOURT Co. Fermonagh. FermO Sunday league 7. GR H 1733. 12 FLORENCECOURT Co. Fermonagh. FermO Sunday league 4. GR H 1733. 26 ROSTREVOR Co. Down. NI Series 8. LVO. GR J 19 18. 12 ROSAN CHRUNA LUA Loa Bridge. Co. Kerry. Cork 0 Munster League. GRW 0378. 27 COMBAUN nr. Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. LeeO event. GR R81 18. 12 DJOUCEWOODS Co. Wicklow. SETLeinster League. GR 021 11. 14 OONAOEA Clane. Co. Kildare. CNOC evening event. GR N 84 33. November 18-19 Lowe Alpine Comeragh Challenge. Cion mel. Co. Tipperary. 3 CRONYBYRNE nr. Laragh .. Co. Wicklow. AJAX Leinster League. GR T 1992. 19 BOFNational event 3 Dolegarth.Lake District. cd 22/4/96. Ph. 0044-17687-75033. 3 FLORENCECOURT Co. Fermonagh. FermO Sunday league 8. GR H 17 33. 21 CURRAGH Co. Kildare. CNOC evening event (6-7-pm). GR N 78 12. 9 DOOHAnYGLEBE Co. Fermonagh. NI Series 9. FermO. GR H 1831. 25 BURREN Co. Fermonagh. NI Series 3. FerrnO. GR H 09 37. 10 MULLAGHMEEN Co. Westmeath. nr Oldcastle. SETL/League. GR N 4778. 25 SCOTTISHCHAMPIONSHIPS (IOF Elite event & NE4)South Achray. Ph 0044-141-942-9907. 17 MUNSTERCHAMPIONSHIPS Knockanaffrin. Co. Water1ord. GR S28 17. 25 LEINSTERCHAMPIONSHIPS Glendalough. Co. Wlcklow. 3ROC. Entry form enclosed. 17 BALUNASTOE near Roundwood, Co. Wicklow. GEN L/League. GR 01708. 26 LEINSTERRELAYCHAMPIONSHIPS Clara. Co. Wlcklow. 23 CAIRN WOOD Dundonold, Co. Down. LVO night event. GR J 4576. 28 WOODENBOLEY Hollywood Glen, Co. Wicklow. CNOC. (6-7-pm). GR N 9310. 24 THREEROCK MOUNTAIN Dundrum. Co. Dublin. 3ROC event. GR 01723. June POINTSTO NOTE:All these events are open to the public. Major events usually require pre- 2 FLORENCECOURT Co. Fermonogh. FermO Sunday league 5. GR H 17 33. entry but some entry on the day courses ore normally available. Start times are generally 4 OONAOEA Clone. Co. Kildare. CNOC evening event. GR N 84 33. between 11.00 and 1.00 pm. 8 TOLlYMORE Newcastle, Co. Down. NI Series 4. LVO. GR J 3532. Details, dotes and venues can change so always check with the organisers, the 10A/NIOA 8-9 Senior Home International Docharn & Deisher. Avlemore area. Scotland. hotllnes or the newspapers if you are uncertain. Thisapplies particularly to events in the 11 CURRAGH Co. Kildare. CNOC evening event. GR N 78 12. distantfuture: ... 15 SPRJNGWELl Co. Derry. NWOC. NI Series 5. GR C 76 25. GR=Ordnance Survey grid reference (explained on all OS maps). If a 6-flgure grid reference is 18 HOllYWOOD Co. Wicklow. CNOC evening event & bbq. GR N 9406. given It isfor the cor park or assembly area. If a 4-figure reference isgiven it issimply to help 21-23 SHAMROCK O-RINGEN Three day event. West Cork/Kerry. Entry forms & details from you find the competition area and it means that the event organisers have not supplied the B. & M. Creedon, Mount Prospect, Douglas. Co. Cork (021- Information on exact location. 361824). Entry form enclosed. 1st cd 1/5/96 Latest lOA Fixtures Infonnation on 01-4569099 (24 hours). NIOA Fixtures Information on 0044-1399-873281 (24 hours). 18 The Irish Orienrcer The /ri.th O,ienreer 39