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Orienteering Equipment che IRISh oracnccec 51 L~ Orienteering.?Utd «4 www.compassPo~lnt-online.co.uk 51 L~ Web Shop at www.orienteering-online.co.uk No. 99 October 2001 EUR 1.90/IR£1.50 Largest range for orienteers in full colour - world wide service available • One aim - quality service, quality equipment and excellent value • Order on-line U~ I =:l :: SHOES TXfI_,"~l>91 <">1 SILVA COMPASSES OL Club Suits Spectra 6 JET j. ._.i ~ . The best on the market LH/RH from E34.95 E49.95 (~~;CIY' Team Super Gaiter 6 CHAMPION . E17.95 £47.95 Control Descriplion Holder' Ii. Small E3.95. Large £4.25 6 NOR SPECTRA Control Marker E25.95 ~cm) 3 slzee from £2.35 Punches £19.95 per 10 IS JET E54.95 478 Headlamp £87.95 5 JET , tf-,_of. £4B.95 MTBO Map Board ""io:t £22.00 ~..~.~.&~..~.~~- .:;~ ~-It)C.11 '~ fl·-I.I~l ,r.ll { ,~, I IiC,"_ '.IHI .-, c;lSI . I comeass Point ,_71e t)~ -I ~ 10 Market Square, Lytham, Lanes. FY8 5LW Tel 01253 795597 Fax 01253 739460 I': :·· ..·.,.,,"'.·••"9 '"=.. .,. ce-c.rc email [email protected] .. ,~~,~" : .-;,:_,c.,."'~:~.";,,,~ Compass Point & Silva - Sponsors of the GBR & Irish Orienteerfng Squads! _. :.~. ~7/"" •• "''' •• O,,? Importer and Distributor of Silva Orienteering Equipment 7.{" c/~«"t<,.,.·. t?~«c The Irish Orienteer is Z~~~;l>~'f='f='f='f='f='f='f=CD available from all Irish O;l>;l>;l>Q,<-<-c..<-<-<-<-O IRISh oraerrceere ~"'O;l>-j--nil--nil:;:! orienteering clubs or by che ;l>(J)(J)(J);l>(J)~~;l>:DZ;l>:DU) -I:r:r:r(J)o-m'Orrl,O aJ direct subscription from the :D;g;g;goo~G)8~G)8~rrlm (I).ii'~ Editor: John McCullough; 9 No.99 October 2001 m ~-I-I:D~~~azo~z ~~ ~,~ ~ Arran Road, Dublin ~ "" ~~~~Vl;l>o:Dgffid 8(J} 9 ~.o » s: ~zzm ffigCDCD:D :t e-mail ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES ::D Z ~ O~ gj :D CD CD CD 0 johnmccu ]][email protected] en !!!. -1= .... ~"".. m rn C .(i! he enforced layoff this year brought about by the foot and Z ~im Annual subscription costs -I o ~ '""'''' '" "'''' '",.,"''''''''''''',.., mouth disease outbreaks and the summer recess makes it c Z a. * ~m _ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~t~ :l: 8: TR£7.50jEUR 9.50 for 6 hard to restart this autumn, Orienteers, not always the _m ~ (I) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T ""(') issues. most gregarious of people, may have gone their separate ways s" (J):n .,.. o » ~ ~ 3' w - c .. fQfQfQfQfQfQ~~~S:S:S:S:~ and will have, at best, lost fitness and, at worst, discovered other .g -t Cover: Leinster and Irish ~ (J) ... :I: o ~~~~~~ccVlVlgVlVlg C-n 01'it things to do with their time, We will face an even more uphill Cti o ::r ;l>;l»>;l>;l>ZZooonnn Champions Aislinn Austin ex> I :0 6: OlOl<.n"''''-..jddoooooo~ 1 struggle to get orienteering back into the public eye. <;; ::r 0 D Cl) ~ -u en CD ~offi~~~»~~~~~~(J} ~~·I1C and [ohn Feehan, :::J m ~. ~~-I ~.:..",,,,~2S::::::-f ex> - CI) o C/l -I~ 08-10 -10(") The recent Lcinster Championships at Mullaghmeen were a stern ".po. ~ NEXT COpy I» (J) ~. ~ N' ~ 3! s 0 ~ ~ a ~ DATE reminder to those of us for whom orienteering has been off the ~ -I o m ~ ~ 3: ~ g ~ 25th November 2001 agenda since February: the only real training for orienteering is ~ o ~ ilHAEA 8 EAt/'>t/'>fn+l-+I- ~ ~$~ ;:0:: orienteering itself. Road running, hill running, cycling, ~» V or en (I)~~~ ... CONTENTS x ~.c:..~""''''''f'f).o.f'f)(.o)wt\)t\)-''''- "''''''''''''''''(J}(J} -t a. ~Ol~Ol"'~~~NO~-..j~Olm"''''..,'''.., '" swimming are all fine in their own way, but are no substitutes for ex>:n Q News 4 the real thing. '"til -<- 0 o c:;; -<~ ~ .. ~ -n ~~*~~~~~~~~~~~t/) fd (J) Cl) MTBO 7 o (J) -t o ~11]~'~ ., III :t "*zr Obituaries 9 After a few weeks of regular competition, though, the Sunday m -I ... :::J m CD -c <:: til 9- ..... Q.. I» Trail-O 12 morning routine will reassert itself: flask, banana and peanut 3':nm ..- :E ~ !;::DG)G):t:D:Il::tlc«~>c 1::J ~52a3 ~ World Champs 13 butter sandwiches, compass and the rest. The familiar butterflies ~~ o -, ~om!!ll' O~O'LL~:O' ~. Scottish 6-Day 16 in the stomach at the start line, the longest minute in the world .... Cl) ~ ~i~~ :ll~~~~ o ~~-I-I FF~(J)oooo(J)m~~~~~~~rn~~ ~'Z WMOCReport 17 before you stan; the shortest minute in the world before the next 2S~;D~!ii:D1l1l8;rj~E~~cn o 0 m til .. ""~. ~ en Rogaine Report 20 ._ m momGl>Om»~n=1xc~-f person starts; the familiar aroma of forest, of bog, of mountain . ¢ 1::J m :Il~tfI~;ZAn :rmm~(J)(") ~~;:; -u o~~~ 0 NottheJK 21 en ~ * ~iilmf~~ i:i~~iJl~(J)cr ~ m in Belgium iil 0 aJ III ' J' ntD~CD 0 iil:o=1 £=10 -c 0W _.~ o 23 Strangely, one of the most remarkable things for me about the en C/l m::tl-l> < ::tl;l>m -I(J)-f ~ :n ::II (J) m - » G) m en(J):O :D(J) ...::t r-~r1'= ~ Look North 26 Leinstcr Championships was how difficult it was to remember g. --I Cl)'Z en en (J) ... - WOC results CI) C CD "''''''',.,''' ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z ~:I:!i'i ... 28 peoples names - people who I'd normally meet every week or :;. (J) 0 '" Z (1) N f\),.., ..... -. ... -."""' ..... Wl\)C) ~ 'U a..o. CD c.n ..... 0) CD (.) c.n (,II woo ... mm:::r< O-addresses 34 :::JG') CD ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,b,,, two now were familiar faces but their names only came back ~ :nI 0" Z Q.. < ~CD~~~O~~~~~~oo O-Fixtures 35 grudgingly, rather like my orienteering skills! ~ 0 ::II en Ci)L ~ CS ~ i OC:::J n -u - r ~en Printed by Denton Print, The fixtures list is still being fleshed out but a full season 9 (J) m ~ ~ til ~ I m rn 5 ~ -liJ:Dm(J):DO;l>-I-IOOOO Dundrurn, Dublin 14. beckons. British Squad member Oli Johnson, in the August Z . m (f) G'imcoiJ;l>oZ~:DOOOO »tllc :n -t » ._ en c ;l>;::jO;l>Oz;l>Am~ZOZZ Compass Sport, writes that orienteering is the sporting world's m m c o i2" ~ :r,A:D::!<:DfT;x:;:;;-Im:-i-laJ zS!!.:g . m :;j. ;l>:r~oa:Ui°-l<.nZ:D°O;JJm C:::J- Results and articles are best kept secret. We are failing to attract new members, z G') I» rmOo<o 00;l>'?G)120;l>12(J}-f -I ::II G') ~ ~ en;l>Ama:DCiJS:~ C:Do ~ ~. particularly welcome on particularly juniors. We're going to have to tackle this problem in 11 - mOn(J)<o ilmm;l>;DiJ0;l>m _. Z - :::l ~ ::+'(Q -I CD -I-I:ro, ~:D;l>"Uen:D disk or by e-mail with a Ireland unless we want to let the secret out. Let's get out there and o G') en m CD Ul .... :0 0- ,,~~~~ ~~G)gj' ~g O _.0 printed version as back up. c: en m on:D,:Do",,,,,,,;l>:D (J)~ - C:::J'O be orienteers. ~ "'0 3:rgo ", ... ",-1 ,<'." Please keep the formatting CDC "'0 " 3gj ~g:~Q o~83: -t~.6 ~ ~ -t r '" ~ m J:'O C CI simple! No responsibility is Finally, on a sadder note, T am sure we would all wish to ... "'''' ",II"II"~", '" z !:t. at ;II m ~~~:3m!3!:3:;l~:3l3C;;ta!3-f accepted for errors or sympathise with the families of Noel Morrish. Diana Large and OCDCOtnN<'O!....a(OCOU,N(Oi.o~ g~ ... 7 ::II OCIICJ10U'l(1lU'lUtcnOU'lUlU'lU'i omissions, or their Tom McCormack who died over the summer. consequences. ISSN 0790-1194 2 The Irish OrienLeer The Irish Orienreer ~ THE O-ZONE: SPORTIDENT TRAINING FOR WI8 NIOA Sharon Lucey BOC Orienteering news from Ireland and the World Niarnh O'Boyle CNOC Representatives from all three NIOA clubs Niamh Lalor GEN (LYO, FennO and NWOC) attended workshop a June O'Neill CNOC A thinner TIO than usual, with few reports and with gold etc. etc. It's always a pleasure to run in on Sportident electronic timing in May. The even fewer results. We hope to be back to full this unique deciduous forest and LOC 200 I was course was given by Mike Napier who has been MI4 strength by Christmas. Orienteers from Ireland no exception. contracted to produce the results of the British Kevin O'Brien BOC were in action in Scotland, Lithuania, Finland, Sportlderu timing gave instant split times and Championships in the North next May. By all John Young DLSO Sweden, Norway, Estonia and who knows where Setanta's organisation ran things smoothly. accounts the course ran like clockwork. Seamus O'Boyle CNOC else this year. Let's hear about it, particularly Perhaps in places the contours could do with Brendan Carbery CNOC when there's lillie or nothing happening at home. another bit of tweaking and maybe some tags to A lottery grant to NIOA has allowed each club to show which is up and which is down, but well get enough Sportident equipment to run local MI6 done everyone. It was a great start to the season. EVENT TO REMEMBER events, plus a laptop computer, battery powered Christian Foley Fisher MN printer, download box, 55 control boxes with EDDIE a Conor Mailey NWOC COLM ROTHERY HONOURED aluminium T-stakes and 50 e-cards, The The AJAX Lcinster League Event at Raven's Paul Geary BVOC Colrn Rothery, who has featured prominently on equipment will be pooled LO run major events.