::!. ~ Compass Point a ~. has moved to a new tarser hi2h street shop (off M6 J32 _ only 20mlns W on M55). ...i'!. You've read about Compass Point's shop in Lytham - now visit what Ned Paul describes as the ...... "genteel, well-ordered Victorian seaside town" and see for yourself that ... Compass Point has the tarsest ranee of equipment available to erlenteers from any SHOES specialist shop in Britain! S!lva Prolite £75.00 Special Introductory Offer' COMPASSES Silva 5Jet Silva Norway SG £66.00 . • 5" 7Nl £1000 5'1 1SJ S'I S G' £6000 on these new Silva Compasses I va . I va el S:I~: NUJ:ay ~R £60:00 6 Champion £50 - 10% = £45 /Mail order- S~lva2Nl £17.00 S!lva6R S'I E SG £4900 8 Combi £12 -10% = £10.60 \....:._ onlyJ_.-1 Silva 3Nl £13.00 Silva 6 Jet S:I~: E~~~~ TXR £40:00 _j Silva 5R £45.00 NNNavigator '1 Ch . £2800 WATCH OUT FOR THE NEW SILVA Suunlo Arrow' Thumb £45.00 5 I va amplon. .. 5 A 200 £44 00 FelidancerClassic £50.00 JORGEN MARTENSSON 'JM'RANGE uunlo rrow 0 . PB Trainer Mk II £60.00 0 OF GEAR - available early '98 Suunto Arrow 2200 £45.00 PB Trainer Mk I £53.00 / ---..._ © PB Racer £53.00 "" ~~'o -'. . POLAR HEART RATE ---- Saucony Jazz 5000£50.00 CIIfOI("YOirGear. MONITORS - from £55 NB Trail Buster £40.00 • • Wallcing ~ lalas Champ.2000 £55.00 ",'" I:S. Mountalneertng 0 IP&Pmel £2.5IJ1/ lalas Speed £40.00 'lJf'-- ~. Camping ~ ..' _.-:;:. __ ~. Climbing Orienteering ~ ~~.:~.~~:~::.~::::::::.. " -- '" Fell Running .:Jo'l ...... <..r#- ...... _ •• ,r.._ a-~. "...- , / ...>: ..;.~' 2 MARKET SQUARE.LYTHAM. LANeS" FYI 5LW Tel: 01253795597 Fax: 01253139460 ~,~;;,.::::::::.".;.~~<~-:: Email- .'" .~r J ~, ·Pleoose ,ift,for c./~",..p:- olack IVlillbilily "CSPI297
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- ~ »~ nCD ~ N THE IRISH ORIENTEER ADDRESS LIST 1998 The Irish Orlenreer is available from aI/Irish orienteering clubs AJAX ORIENTEERS Brendan O'Conner, 31 Moyglare Abbey. Moynooth. Co. Kildare. or by direct subscription from r:he IRIShoeienreee Ph. 086 2419428. e-maWAjax_Orienteers@hotmaiLcom ATHLONE RTC ORIENTEERS Nigel Foley.flsher. RTC.Dublin Rd .. Athlone. Co. WestmeOth the Editor: John McCullough. 9 No. 85 April - Mall '998 (0902-24465) Arran Road, Dublin 9 BISHOPSTOWN oc Ted Lucey. Kilpadder. Dromahane. Mallow. Co. Cork (022- (e-mail }[email protected]). 473(0) WAG THE DOG BLACKWATER VALLEY OC John Geary. tvlarshalstawn. Mitchelstown. Co. Cork (022-25306) CORK ORIENTEERS Miriam nI Chollir. 6 Ashton POlk. Blackrock. Cork (021-319838) Annual subscription costs Joss Lynam, orient.eer and long-time AFAS President used to talk CURRAGH-NAAS ORIENTEERS Ruth Lynam. Baltybeys. Blessington. Co. Wicklow (045-867183) IRO.SO for 6 issues. DEFENCE FORCES ORIENTEERS Comdt. Denis Reidy. Adj. General's Branch. Parkgote. Dublin 8 of the Tiglin tail wagging the AFAS dog wben AFAS (the DUBUN UNIVERSITY ORIENTEERS The Secretory. DU Orlenteers. House 27. TCD. DUblin 2. Association for Adventure Sports) used to spend most of its time FERMANAGH ORIENTEERS NEXT COpy DATE BillRegan. 9 Floraville. Enniskijlen. Co. Fermanagh BT746AP roe- trying to keep the Tiglin Centre going, to the detriment of its 01365·326213) 25th MCI~'998 FINGAL ORIENTEERS Lilian Quill. 640 Collins Ave .. Dublin 9 (01-8376506). other responsibilities. 1 am surprised bow little this is bappening FOREST WARRIORS OC Tom Conlon. Curratrench. Ballyfarnon. Bayle. Co. Roscommon CONTENTS in the Irish Orienteering Association with theWorld Cup. (078-47055) Ntws 4 FORMERUCCO Tony Joyce. lIndlsfarne. Bishopstown. Cork (021-541246). World Cup Updalt 8 GALWAY ORIENTEERS Frank Ryan. St. tvlary·s. Balllnfoyle. Galway (091-753829). The World Cup in KelTY, the most important competition ever !Ioclr 10 BIIsles " GALWAY RTC ORIENTEERS The Secretory. P.E.Dept. RTC.Dublin Rood. Galwoy (091-753161· staged in Ireland, could take up aLIthe lOA's time but, judging lOA AGM 13 2213) Htad ror 1M Hills IS from the recent Annual General Meeting, it isn't. Coaching, GREAT EASTERN NAVIGATORS Nora Lolor.6 Knockslnna Grove. Foxrock. Dublin 18(01-2893497) Robin Brl/son Proftlt IS development, finance are all going ahead as if there was no World KERRY ORIENTEERS Rory Costello. 14Manor Court. tvlanor Village. Tralee. Co. Kerry. TM Muc:Lthou Troll 16 (066-25532) Cup to look after. The World Cup committee in Cork is doing 4211142 19 LAGAN VALLEY ORIENTEERS Geoff Somerville. 6 The Hili.Queensway. Derrylaghy. BT179EY JKMop 22 extraordinary work to get the show on the road, with the (08{)1232-612284) IMRA raru 25 Shamrock O·Ringen in tow. LfE ORIENTEERS Clore Nuttall. 4 Upr. Panorama Tce..Sunday's Well. Cork (021- 300373) NIFRA raru 26 Colm ROfhtrl/lnrerultw 27 MIDLAND NAVIGATORS Barbera Foley-Fisher.Holly Cottage. Glosson. Athlone. Co. What next, though? The World Cup is taking up a lot of the time Westmeath (0902·85306) 10F News 29 NollonolltllllUe '97 31 and energies of the people involved. TIle rest of us wiU have to do NORTH WEST OC Maureen Loughery. 39 Moyolo Ave .•Castle Dawson. Co. Derry (08"()1648-68602). Rtsufls 32 our sbare too: not just for the World Cup but in the months and FlKruru·Orltnletrl"" 42 SETANTA ORIENTEE.RS Jocelyn Co tho Un.36 Taney Rood. Dundrum. Dublin 14 (01- years after it, when the prime movers are taking a well-earned 2985799) rest. SOUTHERN ORIENTEERS Kevin 0' Dwyer. 2 Wellington Villas. Military Hill.Cork (021-506740) Cover photo: flO Is paid for the THOMOND ORIENTEERS Michael Meade. 7 Cedar COUll. Kennedy Park. Umerlck (061- cover photo. Get going! 412104) We'U have the World Cbampionships in Scotland in August next THREE ROCK OC M61reWalsh. tvlaorpork. Kilmocanogue. Co. Wicklow (01- year. This is the first real cbance the Irish team will have to 2868871) Printed by Denton Print. prepare properly for a WOC. Scotland is near, many of the Squad UCC ORIENTEERS The Secretory. PEOffice. UCC. College ROOd.COIk. Dundrum, Dublin 14. have run there before, we can go to training camps there, we can UCD ORIENTEERS The Secretory. Bax 55. library Building. UCD. Belfield. Dublin 4. UCG ORIENTEERS The Secretary. c/o Porter's Desk. Concourse. University College. send a full team. Let's set our eyes on WOC99 now: Let us not Galway. Results and articles are fall into the trough behind the World Cup wave - there's a real WATERFORD ORIENTEERS Veronica Purcell. Lodge's Lone. Newtown HIli.Tramore. Co. particularly welcome on 3 1/2 opportunity bere. The spin-off from WOC99 publicity in Britain Waterford. jnch noppy dish or bye-mail IRISH O-ASSOCIATION c/o Yvonne Begley. AFAS.House of Sport. Longmile Rood. can be used to re-launch orienteering here. Dublin 12.(01-4509845. fax 4502805). lOA Secretory: Ken Griffin. with a printed version as back up. Pleasekeep formatting 12Island Way. Muskerry Estate. Ballincollig. Co. Cork (021- the The lOA needs to take stock: for too long it bas been so tied up 870338). e-mail epocork@io/.le simplel TlO is produced in the with the day to day business that it sometimes may not see the NORTHERN IRELAND OA Steven linton. 39 Prince Edward Drive. Belfast BT95GB (08- Editor's attic on an Apple Mac 01232·665439) htlp:/ /www.asklp.demon.co.uk/nioo/nioa.html big picture. The reorganisation of the Sports Council grants CONNACHTOA Podralg Higgins. 24 Alverno Ave. Athlone. Co. Westmeath. using MS Word and Quark system under John Treacy might prompt a re-appraisal of where LfINSTEROA Vera Murtagh. 19The Cloisters. Terenure. Dublin 6W (01-4908237) Xpress. orienteering is going, but it's something you should all contribute MUNSTEROA John Mucklan. 13 Elmvale Close. Wilton. Cork (021-343384) ISSN 0790·1194 IRISH-O STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Ailbhe Creedon. Tavlo. Mount Prospect. Douglas. Co. Cork (021- to. However, wilh the level of non-compliance exhibited by 361824). many clubs bordering on civil disobedience (consider the levies BRITISH O-FEDERATION Riversdale. Dale Rood North. Dorley Dole. tvlatlock. Derbyshire For .24-hour orIenteerIng issue raised at the AGM). it will be an uphill struggle. DE42HX (0044-1629-734042. FAX0044-1629-733769). Informatron rIng (OJ)- INTERNATIONAL O-FEDERATION Sec. Gen.: Barbro Ronnberg. Radiokatu 20. FI-00093SLU.Finland (00358-40585 3801. fox 00358-93481 3113. a·mail 4569099 (lOA) or In the meantime, see you in Killarney! [email protected] (0044}-J399-873281 (NIOAJ. 2 The Irish Orienleer The Irish Orien!eer 3 qualify in his own right for the UK races either. held in daytime with courses designated by age ODDS and ENDS and ODDS Qualification, however. is on a federation basis group. They represent the highest standard of * The IOF High Tech Working Group is to rather than an individual basis, so there is still competition available in Ireland". meet at the World Cup in Killarney. If you are §§posr hope. I am in something of a quandary as to what to interested in the application of technology to say: Golden Grove is a nice litlle area for an orienteering you might like to go along. Look out WORLD CUP UllDATE All clubs and individuals are expected to help: If introductory event but is it Championship for details at the events. An Post's Letter Post Division have agreed to you haven't yet volunteered, do it now. This is the quality? Knockbarron is a great little area but is it * Lost for Words: Nothing to do with sponsor the World Cup in Kerry in May. Their most important orienteering event ever held in in need of a revised map, at least where orienteering, except indirectly, but GEN's Wyn help, with the generous assistance already Ireland: 200 elite runners coming to run here vegetation is concerned? The time is McCormack - an orienleer for many years - has received and promised from the Sports Council, could be a great boost for our confidence, and we approaching (indeed for some it has already asked for a mention of her book dealing with should make the event financially secure. The want to do our best for them. arrived) when a trip to the Connacht Champs is dyslexia at second level schools. Wyn is a man behind the sponsorship deal is Letter Post no longer even considered, National League or guidance counsellor and teacher and is the director Alan Goddard, a member of South Incidentally, the finish of the Classic race is just no. Perhaps a reminder of the wealth of mother of twin dyslexic sons. The book covers a Yorkshire Orientecrs who has competed in the behind the new Post Office at Glenflesk: maybe a information in the IDA Rules, Guidelines and range of topics which can affect dyslexic students Shamrock O-Ringen himself on a couple of special postmark for the event? Appendixes would provide some indication of and their families, including choosing a school, occasions. An Post will announce their where improvements could be made. educational options and support services. involvement in the competition at a press The Shamrock O-Ringen, being run in This was one of Midland Navigators' first "Lost for Words - a practical guide to dyslexia at conference in Dublin in late April. conjunction with the World Cup, will also use the ventures into tbe big time, so there may be some second-level" is available from bookshops, from SporUdent electronic timing system for most, if excuses, but experienced planners and ACLD, 1 Suffolk St., Dublin 2 or from Tower At the end of March over 200 competitors from not all, classes so you'll be able to get your split controllers have a responsibility to the Press - Stillorgan, 3 Priory Drive, Blackrock, Co. 26 countries had entered the World Cup races in times for each leg, though you may have to competitors too. I hope the organisers won't be Dublin aL£6.99 +£1 P & P. Killarney. Teams from Australia. Austria, devise a new way of carrying your control discouraged, but they really need to take a look at ... Nothing to do with orienteering either, but Belgium, Britain. Bulgaria. Canada. Czech descriptions since the "control card" is just a what they are providing and get the priorities there's an interesting quote from someone called Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Pin land, Germany, small plastic key attached to your finger. right. Hungary, Ireland. Italy, Japan. Lithuania. New More details elsewhere in this issue. Zealand, Norway. Poland, Portugal, Russia. Slovakia. Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. Some LEINSTER RETAIN INTERPRO THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A TYPICAL ORIENTEER BUT countries are not ending fulJ teams of 12 runners. Leiuster retained tbe Interprovincial trophy at (Prance entered but has since withdrawn) Knockbarron, Co. Offaly on 22nd February witb a score of 238 points to Munster's 159. Ulster UII'G/pO,1 =- The teams don't have to be declared until just were a close third with 147 and Connacht showed HAS THE CLOTHING. FOOTWEAR & EQUIPMENT TO SUIT EVERYONE r~ Com~ by SILVA, MOSCOW It SUUNTO before the events, but we can expect to see the an improvement with 48 points. &hoea by VJ, JALAS, Ol..WAY, NIKE, FELLOANCEA, SAUCONY, likes of European Cross-country Champion NEW BAlANCE, BOTAS It .•.. (WATCH THIS SPACEI) \~-:-.. I=~' Carsten Jorgensen of Denmark. multiple World CONNACHT CHAMPS 98 CIolhlng by UL1lIASPORT,RONHlu.Heu.Y~GELERT&VIEWF~" ~:;.~ Champion Jorgen Martensson and British stars EQUIPMENT NEW.. (i) UIhIpOtt puna- haw cordII aJrMdy"1Ied I~~. ~ It's easy to be critical of events which don't meet (U)----~------~------,--Out,_ linN Include oonttOlldentificallon laga (tywk) and plu1ic cane ...1tT" - -" Yvette Hague and Steve Hale. one's expectations, but harder to provide some CIpa lev- proIIKtorI) (lit") w. now haw tow.. prIeM lot oontroillaga. TAG- helpful analysis of how things could be Heuer II.".,. and lane rnatldng Iape. An unforeseen complication is the fact that the improved. How the few orienteers in Connacbt lIE.,. IHOQ* !lEST COIIP~ BEST CLOT1f1NG BEST EOUIPMENT IOTAaTEMl'O m.. .LVA7N. a.. UI._8UmI. nUll COHTAOI.CAACS ·100 aM qualification race for the Classic Distance event keep going with the smaIJ numbers taking part is V""FOlIEin' UUI .LVA3M,. nUl I.I'SI'ORT_TOPS·nl. CONI'.CAAIlS· 1'YV£1( aM V""FAlCOH tIUI aa.VAINL n... UI._OAI1"eAII a.. COOEDCUPPER8·IO n.... at Croban (tbe first real event of the week) is also remarkable. Nevertheless, if the standards of V....INT£GAATOII &&.VASR t _ V""OAtTa18 111.. CON1llOl.R.AO aM V"" FALCOfI~' "VA I row.. UL_LVCIWI no.. TRAININO_R a.. to determine qualification for the Lake District planning and organisation do not improve, the v ....IIfl'EORIIT'IIDIJIIe' _. IIUUIfTO ,000 a.. AONHIU.LVCIWI III.. CASKl»MEM. WATCHDI" race a week later, rather than having a separate __ aTE.. Ia. IA08COW IIC t no.. AONHIU.1RACK9T£AS nUl AHKI.ETAPE _ • u.. number of oricntcers travelling from outside FELWo\NCERcv.atlCr •• UOSCOWitT tilL. ROIHU.mEK nOM ~CLIP rl.llllll.7I qualification race for tbat. This means that if you Connachr to these events will drop to a trickle or W~"'IlWNER aut UOSCOW n I 117." AONHIU.RUI4.0L0V£8 _ RAlHVIIIOR 11.-.. WALaI1.. TANOE... __ M08COW n I __ _UFAWEAA roo.. RUCKSACKCHAIR D4." can't run in the Irish qualification race you are dry up altogether and the Connacht orienteers • ...., 9t.IIII • a.I!hn'. 16%d1e1l* t FNI_ tsupeduI_ unlikely to be able to run in the British races themselves deserve better. For comprohBnsJve catalogue and price Nst please send 5.AE. to either. One person Who will be affected by this is .'_I BRITAIN'S LEADING SUPPLIER Marcus Pinker Who surveyed the Crehan maps IDA Rules, Guideline 5.1 says- "National and ~ ull.e/po.1 for the first two races: clearly he will be ineligible Regional Championship events and the Irish 2- t:' d 0 OF ORIENTEERING KIT to compete in those races, but as a result he can't unltlg THE ORIENTEERS' SHOP, 4 Sf MARY'S STREET, NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE. Tf1 0 7AB Day are cross-country orienteering competitions Phone: 01952111~1a Fa: 019521125320 http://Ylsitweb.comlultnlaport
4 The Irish Orienteer The Irish QrienJeer 5 Joe Whittle which I came across in the Tax penalty points for over-running the cut off time. Britisb orienteering. Anagach was also used WlO E. FOley-Fisher NMNAV Advice Bureau's 1998 Guide:" There is a very The entry fee is £20 per team. Food will be during the 1976 WOC. W12 J. Hingerty GEN real difference between commitment and available at the Event Centre throughout the Wl4 N.O'Boyle CNOC involvement - in a traditional Irish breakfast the duration of the event A sleeping area will also be Individual entries to Eric Lovie, 13 Northcote WI6 L. Cotter BOHC chicken is involved, but the pig is committed". available. Crescent, Aberdeen AB 15 TIE, Scotland (0044- WI8 S. Healy GEN * Lost at the Connacht Championships: a There will be the following Classes of 1224-319692). Fees STG£8.50/4.50 plus 2 W20 A.Austin CorkO large Thermos flask belonging to Patrick Tuohy competition: open, mixed, female, veteran, SAE's. Closing date 8th May. Relays: fees W21L B. Lawler CNOC of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology; veteran mixed, veteran female. To participate in STG£21/9 per team; special entry forms from W2IS D.O'NeilJ FIN Found at the Interprovincial at Knockbarron: a any veteran class, the combined ages of the two Eric Levie. W35 J. Flanagan AJAX Russian thumb compass was left at the drinks team members on the day of the competition W40L Ruth Lynam CNOC table. must be at least eighty years. LEINSTER CHAMPS W45 G.Power 3ROC Contact Barbara Foley-Fisher (0902-85306). Trooperstown, near Laragh in Co. Wicklow W50 M.Nowlan 3ROC * For those of you who like to plan ahead, The entry form is in this issue. It's certainly an provided fast running conditions for the Leinster W55 C. Nuttall LceO tbe dates for the 2001 World Championships in interesting idea. Let's hope it's well supported. Championships on April 4th. Starting high in the W60 D. Large GEN Finland have been cbanged: the new dates are forest, planner Andrew Butterfield took the W65 M.O'Sullivan LeeO from July 29th to August 5th 200 l. The reason DUBLIN BY NIGHT longer courses straight onto the open hillside for for the change was to allow for the right interval The second series a loop of Trooperstown Hill before dropping all WICK-LOWE? after the 6th World Games in Akita, Japan, from of night events in too briefly into the wonderful deciduous forest This year's Comeragh Mountain Challenge is 16th-26th August. the Dublin area near Ballard followed by the inevitable slog actually not in the Comeraghs at all it has moved ... AJAX pair Colm Rotbery and Michael was again a across the boggy rough open along the swollen to WiclcJow. Pat Healy's Lowe Alpine Mountain Walters (the Australian who's been doing well in success, though Avonmore River to regain the forest and the Challenge is based in the GlenrnalurelRatbdrum O-races here recently) won the 25 km and 50 km numbers of finish. area on the weekend of May 16-l7th. There'll be sections of the third Irish Ultrarunners Wicklow participants were The area is one which has been used since the a new 5-colour 1:25,000 scale map and four Trail race on 5th April. "The 50 ken race was from only around tbe mid 1970's and is not too demanding on the courses from 25 km to 45 km or so. As always it's Johnny Fox's pub in Glencullcn to Luggala and 20-30 mark. The technical side and some of the controls and/or for teams of two carrying their gear for an back, the 25 km race was "just" the return leg. series started with sites were very visible because of the low heather overnight camp. The current "Irish Mountain Log" describes two the 3ROC event in Phoenix Park on February on the mountain. Cork O's Toni O'Donovan won Details from Pat Healy, Cut Bush, Curragh, Co. new rock climb routes ou Carrick Mountain, Co. 3rd, then AJAX at Killiney Hill a week later, the W21E class and Irish Champion Colm Kildare (045-441625). Wicklow. No doubt tbe orienteers found them GEN at Carrickgollogan, SET at Hellfire and Rothery won the M21E. already! finally AJAX (Damien Cashin) at Pine Forest. LETfERBOXlNG The weather was fine for all except the last event M2l E Colm Rothery AJAX 77.14 Mention was made recently on the orienteering ROGAlNEAT LAST and the views over the city and surrounds in the Marcus Pinker CorkO 80.15 newsgroup on the internet of something called Setanta Orienteers are to replace their excellent dark were magical. Well done again, Martin John Feehan AJAX 82.27 "Ietterboxing". an activity practised on but poorly attended WiclcJow Mountain Flynn for persuading the clubs LOrun the events. W21EToni O'Donovan CorkO 75.37 Dartmoor. Here's a resume of an article in the Marathon with a rogaine this year on 4th/5tb All we have to do now is persuade the orienteers Ailbhe Creedon CorkO 81.40 Smithsonian magazine about it. It seems a bit like July. A wba??? A ROGAlNE: it's a long distance to take part ... Eileen Loughman CNOC 81.55 a permanent O-course ... score event, in this case 20 hours, for teams of two. It's an established form of competition in WOC76AGAlN MIO B. Healy GEN "An obscure group of intrepid collectors give this Australia and the USA. Normally the start and Those of you keen on nostalgia and/or good M12 S.O'Boyle CNOC English version of orienteering their hearty finish are in the middle of the area with some orienteering might like to consider a trip to the MI8 D. Burke CorkO stamp of approval. A letterbox is a plastic, screw- shelter and food so you can come back and get Scottish Championships on the June Bank M20 A. Quinn 3ROC top bottle that contains a small notebook and a some food and sleep before pushing on again, but Holiday weekend. The areas are Damaway forest M2ILJ. Hoare AJAX unique rubber stamp. Thousands of lettcrboxes that's part of the tactics: like a pit stop in a for the Individual on Saturday 6th (including M21S o. Evans CNOC are hidden throughout the wild country of formula 1 race. BOF National Event 4) and Anagach on Sunday M35 L. Quinn SET Dartmoor National Park in southwestern There will be a mass start of all teams at 14.00 7th for the Relays. M40L K. 0' Dwyer CorkO England. Letterboxing is sort of a combination of bours on Saturday. Teams wbo arrive at M45L D. Reidy AJAX orienteering and treasure hunting that consists of the finish after the cut off time of 10.00 am on Darnaway was the area used for the 1976 World M50 W. Hollinger LVO using maps, clues and compasses to find tbe Sunday will be penalised. The winning teams Championships, the first WOC at which Ireland M55 T. Feehan BVOC hidden containers. Once a box is located, the will be determined by totalling the number of had a team. and was a landmark in Irish and M60 M. Reed FermO finder inks the stamp from the box and presses it points scored for each control visited, less any M65 P. Walsh SET 6 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienleer 7 into his notebook. then inks his personal stamp events (3 runners in each team) spectator races at Crobane Lake. and presses that into the notebook kept in the box. 19.00 Start lists for A. B, C finals available at The stamp copy he takes home is bis reward for Qualification scheme for the races Event Centre. the effort. Many lenerboxers have collected 3 parallel races for botb men and women. The 19.00 Team officials meeting at Event Centre. hundreds of stamp copies. which they enjoy ~:t first 20 from each group go to the A final, nos. 21 reviewing at their leisure. Letterboxing gives to 40 from each group go to the B final and the Saturday 23rd May: enthusiasts an excellent excuse for spending long W_iCup rest go to the C final, depending on numbers. 10.00 - 13.00 Start A, B finals at Crohane, days tramping over the moors. The great Glenflesk. challenge is to interpret the complicated clues to WORLD CUP IN Event Centre 14.30 - 17.00 Start SOR '98 spectator race at the wbereabouts of each box. The clues are given ORIENTEERING 1998 - Gleneagles Hotel, Muck:ross Road (road number Crohane, Glenflesk. on detailed clue sheets, available from N71). Killarney. Co. Kerry. Ireland. (adjacent to 20.00 Banquet & "Celli M6r!!" at Event Centre. letterboxers (all of the boxes hidden on Dartmoor EVENTS1&2 relay area). 21.00 Prize giving ceremony at Event Centre have been put out over the years by letterboxers (Extracts from Bulletin 3, sent to all Tel. +353-64-31870, Pax. +353-64-32646. during Banquet. themselves) and an organization that publisbes a Federations entered in March) Location 2km from town centre. Single room clue catalogue. Letterboxers trace their hobby IR£40 Sunday 24th May: back to 1854, when a Victorian gentleman walker Dates and types .or races Double roomlR£25 per person sharing. 10.00 - 12.00 Start SOR '98 spectator races - put his calling card in a bottle and stuck the bottle Priday 22nd May Qualification races chasing start at Black Lakes. into a bank at Cranmere Pool, in a remote part of Saturday 23rd May Classic Distance - A. Further details of accommodation, etc. in the 13.30 SOR '98 Spectator race prize giving Dartmoor. Wbo could have foreseen that from Band C Finals Killarney area may be bad by contacting ceremony at Black Lakes. such a modest beginning would emerge an Monday 25th May Relay for National "Destination Killarney" at Tel.IFax. +353-1- 13.00 - 16.00 Model event at Muckross, elaborate pastime that has become almost a way Teams 8742949, Fax. +353-1-8742439 16.00 Final entry for relays. with competitors of life for many of its aficionados?" Camping/Caravan sites, witb full facilities. names and starting order at Event Centre. (Abstract of an article by Chris Granstrom. WebSite available on request 19.00 Team officials meeting at Event Centre. originally published in the April 1998 issue of Further information and copies of Bulletin 2 & 3 Smithsonian Magazine.) available on htpp:/lhomepage.tineLie/-ioa Preliminary Timetable for Events Monday 25th May: Wednesday 20th May: 10.00 Slart women's relay at Muckross House. r------, Event Venue 12.00-18.00 World Cup Office at Event 11.30 Start of men's relay at Muclcross House. Qualifier and Classic Distance Centre open. Arrival of early teams. Training 14.00 Prize giving at Muck:ross House. : Remember! Glenflesk (on road N22). Killarney, Co. Kerry possibilities on local terrain & maps - I I Relay Final Muckross National Park (on road Inchigeelagh area. Location and description of the terrain I I N71), Killarney. Co. Kerry The qualifier and classic distance terrain are CompassSport (STG£17.50 for Thursday 21st May: located in the area around Glenflesk, Co. Kerry, 1 year, STG£34 for two years), Event Director 10:00 - 18.00 World Cup Office at Event Centre 23k:m and 14k:m southeast of Killarney town Orienteering World (lR£14 for Ken Griffin. 12 Island Way, Muskerry Estate. open. centre respectively. The terrain is hilly rough Ballincollig, Co. Cork. Ireland. 13.00 - 18.00 Model event at Carrigawaddra. open complex moorland. 1 year) and the Scientific Telephone +353-21-870338 (H); fax +353-21- 12.00 Deadline for confirmation of team names. The relay terrain is mainly hilly mixed forest, Journal of Orienteering (IR£9 312970 (W); e-mail irishoa@tinetie 12.00 Start draw for the qualification race at parkland and some rough open areas - 4 kin soutb for 1 year) are all available Event Centre (closed event). of Event Centre and 6 km from hostels in Event Officials 16.00 Start lists available at Event Centre office. Killarney town centre. through The Irish Orienteer. IOF Controller Oivind Holt, Norway. 19.00 Team officials meeting at Event Centre. Day 1 - Planner Justin May, National Controller Training possibilities on local terrain & maps - Course Details For CompassSport, send your Alan Shaw, Mapper Marcus Pinker. lncbigeelagb area. Qualifier - Men 7.6 km/320m/17 controls /45 Day 2 - Planner Bernard Creedon, National mins winning time [credit card details preferably, fori Controller Alan Shaw. Mapper Marcus Pinker. Friday 22nd May: Qualifier - Women 5.3km1210ml13 controls/Sf) I the others send cheques made I Day 3 - Planner Pat Long, National Controller 09.00 - 12.00 World Cup Office at Event Centre minutesWT : out to The Irish Orienteer. : Kevin 0' Dwyer, Mapper Barry Dalby. open. A Final - Men 12.5k:m/5I 5ml26c'snS mins 09.00 - 11.00 Model event at Carrigawaddra. B Final- Men 9.8km1340mI19c's n5 mins IL ~I Maximum number of competitors per federation 13.00-16.30 Start Qualification Race at A Final- Women 8.5km/315m1l5c's/ 70 min 6 men and 6 women for individual events Crohane Lake. WT. 2 men's teams and 2 women's teams for relay 17.00 - 19.30 Start "Shamrock O-Ringen '98" 8 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienleer 9 B Pinal - Women 6.7 kml260mll5 c'sl 70 min SpectatorRaces digitised map will last forever. Poorly mapped WT Shamrock O-Ringen with chasing starts on day 3, areas prove expensive in the long run, since they Relay - Men 6.5km1190m/17c's/100 mins (3 on same maps as World Cup, Friday 22nd. Back to will eventually have to be completely re- logs) Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th May 1998. Pre entry surveyed. Everyone bas to put-up witb them in Relay - Women 5.1km1125m/14c's/loo mins (3 required, entry form attached, all age classes the meanwbile. legs) available. Entries to: • Lose your position on a splendid map and Bernard Creedon, Tavie, Mount Prospect, Basics: you know the mistake is yours alone - not the Handing In Final Team Lists Douglas, Co. Corle. Ireland. mapper's. An accurate map allows you take Final entries with individual team members Telepbone +353-21-361824; fax +353-21- responsibility for your own performance. (Some names to be banded into event office in 361825; E-mail [email protected] might NOT view this as an advantage!) As soon Gleneagles Hotel by 12.00 brs on Thursday 21st Mapping as you can trust the map your concentration and May, 1998. Start draw for Qualifying races will Ceremonies map-contact sharpen, and you get closer to thaI begin at 12.00 brs. Names and running order for There will not be an official opening ceremony. performance state where (trance-like) you flow Relays to be handed into event office in by 16.00 Neat dress expected for prize giving and banquet Aongbus O'ChHrigb through controls. brs on Sunday 24th May, 1998. in Event Centre, 20.00 brs Saturday 23rd May. • A well-surveyed map is always fondly Our sport's only fixed assets are its maps. remembered. It is a source of pride to mapper and sponsoring club alike. On the nip-side, a TlmlnglPunching Event Catering We don't possess club-houses, playing poorly surveyed map erodes the reputation of We propose to use the Sporlident system of The ladies of Cork Orienteering Club will be pitches, or other real-estate, so there's a puncbing for tbe events. This is for control operating a "Soup Kitchen" for Days 1 & 2. everyone associated with it. strong case for making tne best maps that we registering only. Start and Pin ish will be normal - Good food (including vegetarian) at reasonable afford. happens that outstanding maps start on Bleep and finisb by crossing the Finish rates will be served in the assembly/finish areas can It line. The equipment will be set up at the Model respectively. Soup, teas, coffees, minerals, juice. are actually quite affordable and also quite Implications of pursuing a strategy of events also. See details on how to use the system veg. burgers, etc. served. Full menu and prices necessary. producing only top quality mapping: on attached page. will be included with Bulletin 4. We would urge The unit costs of map production are you to support this wortby venture as they are approximately £0.40, £0.80, and £ 1.54, Training opportunities making a very special effort on your behalf. No Six reasons for maklng great maps. depending on the production method used. (See Training opportunities will be available in the otber catering concessions will be • Everyone gets a buzz out of competing on the section on map production scenarios below.) Inchigeelagh area on Wednesday and Thursday accommodated. There is a cafeteria in Muckross a truly great map - even if tbe terrain is NOT The premium to be paid for a top quality product 20121 st May. These maps are by the same House - Relay area. always "Grade A Scandinavian". (worst-case approx. £1) is a relatively small mapper as for the individual World Cup events. • Outstanding maps make course-planning a fraction of an event entry fee. As it is we charge Maps available from event office. Transport ... Don't forget to get your entries in for the lot easier. The planner doesn't have to duck and comparatively low competition entry fees. Other provided only on request, costs depend on 10tb Shamrock O-Ringen. Entry forms in this weave througb dubiously mapped areas. As a sports with lower overbeads levy higher demand. Own transport would be best as the issue. result competition is fairer. On a superbly participation fees from participants. Iocation is not on a direct bus route from There's accommodation available at the surveyed map it's quite difficult to wrongly place If eacb large lOA club produces a lop-class map Killarney. This area is about 65km from Gleneagles Hotel: just mention the World Cup a control. There is NO ambiguity and NO once every two years and each small club Killarney. using main roads. orienteering event and you' 11get the same rate. cancelled courses! produces an excellent map once every three • Good O-babits and skills follow from years, it will take 10 years (until 2009 A.D.) to Model Events using terrific O-maps. Top-class mapping means produce a stock of 100 outstanding new or The timetable and venue for the model events are outstanding contour representation - even in revised maps here. given above. Maps available from event office. relatively uninteresting terrain. Subtle slope In order that as many people as possible get to use Transport provided only on request, costs depend changes are captured. Bad mapping (and excellent maps, priority attention might be given on demand. The Model events are adjacent to the especially poor contour representation) lead to to mapping areas near cities as well as World Cup areas. poor orienteering technique. Orienteers are championship standard terrain. forced to discount all but the largest contour Gradually our outstanding mapping will Clothing requirements features and must rely on good old compass and contribute to better lrisb competitive results both There are no special clothing/footwear rules for pacing. at home and abroad. (How will we cope witb all the events, normal IOF rules apply. Good lower • Outstanding surveying saves money. this success?) body cover required and full body cover Once the expense of producing the first edition of Producing great mapping will help build-up our recommended due to tbe nature of the terrain. a map is absorbed, subsequent revisions need own O-mapping industry. This will happen concentrate only on vegetation cbanges. A 1Q The Irish Orienleer The Irish Orienteer 11 because not all clubs have either the expertise or Assumptions made in comparing the 3 there is going to be a higher level of scrutiny and the time to devote to the production of scenarios. IOAAGM follow-up by the Sports Council to see that stated marvellous maps. Much of the work (fun?) may Map bas area of 6 sq. Jan - mixture open goals are being achieved. have to be contracted to specialists. However. in mountain and forest (similar in size to current order to be a good mapper. you must first be a maps of Curragh West or of Three Rock REPORT Juniors Officer Ted Lucey reported on the year's good orienteer. Mountain). activities: training camps and competitions. but A mapping project which is contracted to a Map is computer drawn. An uncontroversial AGM of the lOA? Whatever lamented the lack: of fitness and commitment to training by the junior squad. comparing it to tbe specialist might incur increased start-up costs 5000 copies of the map are printed. No next? wbich cannot be recouped until the map is allowance is made for waste. level of training expected of comparable age basketball players with 10 hours training per produced. This means that chasing bank-loans Costs in these examples are based OD using 3 The meeting took place after the Leinster week. The title of a recent newspaper article and government (lottery?) grants could become a overlapping photos and 2 stereo models to Championsbips at Trooperstown on April 4th and summed it up: "Sacrifices have to be made to bot topic. produce a photogrammetric plot (However, a the turnover of the Executive Committee was fulfil a dream", Aside:It is always a good idea that the surveyor's map of area 6 sq. km can often be covered by one unusuaUy low. name appears in the map credits: he/she can pair of 60% overlapping, 152mm format. All the usual things which happen at an AGM Coacbing Officer. Prank Ryan, reminded all the subsequently bask in the glow of our admiration! I:20.000 scale photographs.) happened: reports from the Officers and so on. In qualified conches of the need to go out and coach The daily rate for a surveying contractor is his address. Bernard Creedon , the lOA now. Schools and scouts could be big Three O-map production scenarios. estimated as £140 per day. This is calculated on Chairman, hoped that the World Cup would development areas. The lOA has co-operated The table below compares three mapping the basis of an annual salary of £30,000 (from generate more publicity for orienteering here and very well with the National Coaching and scenarios. Examples! & 2 follow best which transport, equipment and other overheads attract more people to the South West for Training Centre in Limerick and is benefiting cartographic practice - recent 1:20.000 scale arc paid), a 43 week working year (the rest of the orienteering in future. He expressed from this contact. 34 people have now been photography is used by specialist orienteering time is spent OD administration, procuring work disappointment, however, in the numbers of accredited as Level I or Lever 2 coaches. photogramrnetrists to produce a and holidays), an 8 hour working day and a 5 day people in orienteering so that the lack of growth photogrammetric plot. An accurate. complete week, and 5 days on average taken to survey and in numbers is limiting development: the broader Other officers gave written reports: Development and consistent map is then surveyed from the draw Isq. km. the base of the pyramid the higher the top. photogrammetry, computer drawn and Fieldwork and drawing costs in scenarios 2 and 3 Officer Brendan Cryan sees increasing the numbers participating in the sport as the key, independently checked before printing. In (with club members doing the surveying and Money matters especially the young. He hopes to establish three scenario 1 tbe production of the map is cartography) include equipment depreciation. Due to Treasurer Noel Donagh's astute financial Schools Orienteering Associations in Munster. contracted out to a mapping specialist, whereas stationery and petrol. management, imagination and good luck, the Lcinster and ConnachtlUlster and to run in scenario 2 the map is produced by an Club mappers ace as skilled as professional lOA benefited from Sports Council grants last introductory courses for teachers to make the experienced club mapper. Scenario 3 details the surveyors. (In many instances this is NOT a valid year to tbe tune of £34,000. £10,000 was for the scheme a success. Individual scbools can now cost of producing an orienteering map from an assumption.) World Cup, £7000 for electronic timing affiliate to lOA as associate members. existing paper map (revision). In all examples Independent checking is carried out by club equipment. £3000 for coaching, £2000 was for the new survey is captured on computer. checked members in alJ three cases. teams competing abroad, £2000 was an Technical Officer Sean Cotter hopes to have a and printed in a standard way. The costs used for Costs are approximate. but are based on the Outstanding Sports person's Grant for Una meeting of representatives of all affiliated clubs comparison purposes have been kept as realistic actual costs of recent mapping, and are inclusive Creagh and the remaining £10,000 was the and organisations with the tecbnical sub- as possible. of VAT. normal administrati ve grant to tbe Association. committee in the autumn to look at the lOA rules Both Noel and Bernard made the point that the and constitution. Comparison of Scenarios. Association will have to increase its income in order to develop. Noel also reported that we have Activity ScenarIo 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Reports were also submitted from the Fixtures got cheaper insurance this year with cover for Secretary, Lillian Quill and Student Procure photos (3 photos; Scale 1:20,(00) schools - insurance is a major cost, at about £800 £800 representative, Daire Osborne. Pbotogrammetry £1.200 £1,200 £3000 per annum. He suggested going for a (2 models - 5m contour interval) scheme of individual membership of lOA which would allow club affiliation fees to be reduced, to "New" executive Fieldwork & Drawing (30 man days) £4,200 £1,200 £1,200 There were no elections for the Executive since Final Drawing (5 man days) £700 the advantage of smaller clubs (at present clubs of uP. to 100 members pay £150, more than 100 there was no surplus of candidates. The Independent Cbecking(6 man days) £200 £200 £200 committee for the next year is: pay £300). Platemaking & Printing £600 £600 £600 New grant application procedures will mean that Chairman Bernard Creedon, Secretary Ken TOTAL (5,000 maps): £7.700 £4,000 £2,000 lOA could benefit from increased funding but Griffin. Treasurer Noel Donagh. Fixtures Lillian Price per map: £1.54 £0.80 £0.40 Quill. Technical Sean Cotler. Juniors Ted Lucey, 12 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orien(eer 13 order.) Coaching Frank Ryan, Development Brendan reserves to notify them of selection. A central HEAD for the Cryan, Public Relations John McCullough, register of members would belp enormously. Ted Phenomenon Environment David Carter. Jean O'Neill (FIN) is Lucey wondered whether clubs would ever again 1be seeds of the Comeragh Mountain Challenge to consider the position of International Officer get grants towards map production and was HILLS were sown as far back as 1975 when pioneers Pat and the position of mapping officer is vacant. assured that this would happen again. The date of Healy and Wally Young placed 3rd in theA-class the Irish Championships was raised too: May of the Karrimor that year. Prank Ryan and Toni O'Donovan were clashes witb 3rd level students' exams, June Tired of orienteering? Why not try A decade would pass before the Mountain nominated as FlOArepresentatives. Mick Kellett clashes with scbool exams, April is too early and Marathon universe would be truly astounded by was suggested as AFAS representative but be shortens the season too much, July is too late ... some variations ... the exploits of one Irish orienteer in particular - a wasn't there so that still has to be confirmed. we've been here before over the years. pbenomenon named Robin Bryson. His talents Mountain Marathon Triumphs: as athlete. mountain racer and mountain Levies proposal Awards: Tbis year the Mactire Tropby for maratboner are widely reported. but not generally A CorkO proposal about event levies generated achievements in the past year went to Marcus An Irish Orienteer's Perspective: known are his exploits in orienteering. In 1985 some discussion but it was referred back to the Pinker, the Silva Trophy for services to Aonghus OClcirigh he was Northern Irish O-Champion. and was one Executive to do something about the situation. orienteering went to Noel Donagh and the Silva of the five men selected to represent Ireland at Levies of 10% of the income from every event Award for behind the scenes activity went to The mountain marathon - a test of team-work, WOC'85 held in Australia. (For financial are supposed to be paid to lOA but it is clear that Margaret Creedon. endurance mountain-racing. orienteering and reasons the team did not travel.) tbis isn't happening: either clubs aren't paying survival skills. The standard in this part of Bryson's mountain racing career is levies at all or they are paying 10% of the profit, Map of the Year: The Grade I map of the year Europe is the Karrimor International Mountain exceptional. He is truly a world-class athlete. not 10% of the income. Of £2938 paid in levies award went to Cork 0 for Cobduff; the Grade 2 Marathon (KlMM). a 2-day event which has His World Cup/World Trophy performances last year. a whopping £1447 (thai's 49%) was went to CorkO for Firmount and the Grace 3 been run every year in Great Britain since 1968. include 4th. 6th, 4th. and 9th in consecutive years paid by CorkO. Admittedly, £888 of this was for went to Cork 0 for Botllehill. No other clubs A team consists of a pair of athletes who navigate 1991- 94. He has won the Matterhorn race and the Shamrock O-Ringen. but 5 clubs paid none at submitted maps for assessment. around an extremely long orienteering-type holds the record for the ascent of Snowdon. His all and others paid in the range £7.20 to £280. course set in mountainous terrain. The maps versatility doesn't end there. Robin has also been The problem is that there is no attempt made at Finally. Ken Griffin brought the meeting up to used arc usually of about I:40.000 scale with National 15k road-racing cbampion. bas won the enforcing the payment of levies. Tbe levies are date on the World Cup arrangements for Kerry in 10m contour interval. Competitors carry with Dublin X-Country Championships, was twice a paid by tbe competitors for the development of May. 27 teams bave entered, with about 250 them a tent, sleeping-bags and all the food and member of the winning DSD team in the orienteering and the clubs are given the job of runners. We need about 60 people to run the clothes they will need for 2 days and one night. National X-Country Championships, and has collecting and passing on tbis money. If they event (the BOF event the next week has a bulletin Northern Ireland's version of the event - The represented Ireland in X-country. A story is (old don't pass it on they are defrauding both the lOA with three pages of helpersl) but we will be under Mourne Mountain Marathon - started in the late of him in the early '80s cycling from Dublin to and tbe competitors: it's like solicitors using pressure for manpower. He again appealed to 1970s, and bas been growing every year since. Glcndalough, running (and winning) a mountain- clients' money, wbich can get tbem disbarred. clubs and individuals to volunteer and to work The republic's equivalent event - The Lowe race. and then cycling horne. He is still very Clubs arc supposed LO send in their audited for the success of the event. not just spectate. Alpine Comeragh Mountain Challenge - much a keen cyclist. accounts to lOA every year but not all clubs do. organised by Pat Healy, is 5 years old. The The lOA has undertaken to take a stronger Lineon competition moves to Wicklow this year for its Marathon Man the matter. 6tb running on a newly drawn map. In 1985 Robin won the Mourne Mountain Marathon. He then proceeded to win the Elite Other stuff: Frank Ryan suggested standardising Comeragh Challenge Elite class winners class in the Karrimor twice ('85, '88), and was entry fees: be paid £7 + £2 late for the Leinster 1993 lim Brown & Martin McNiff runner-up in '87. 1was privileged to partner bim Champs but only £4 for Connacht. Mmm ... 1994 John Kewley & Mark Seddon for the second of bis two KIMM victories. The Individual membership would give us a mucb 1995 Gerry Brady & Marcus Pinker pairing happened quite by accident. Pat Farrelly better idea of the actual situation. In the 1996 Brendan Bolland & Gerry Brady and myself bad originally entered as a team. Two meantime. clubs are asked to send in to lOA a list 1997 Megan Argharad & Brendan Bolland weeks before the event Pat became injured, and I of their current members names, addresses, age (Mixed A Course) 5:32:23 teamed-up with Brian Ervine. Two nights before classes and pbone numbers. preferably on disk John Casey & Brendan O'Brien (Open A Course) travelling Brian rang me and told me that he bad but'if they have any reservations about the Data 6:18: 19 some GOOD news and some DAD news. The Protection aspect then on paper will do. Veteran BAD news was that he was injured and couldn't Team manager Alan Gartside (who was waiting (Note: In 1997 there was NO Elite class offered. compete; the GOOD news was that he bad found for the LOC prize giving) commented that it was Members within pairs are listed in alpbabetical a replacement - Robin Bryson. (Robin's regular often very difficult to contact team members and The Irish Orienleer 15 14 The Irish Orienteer KIMM partner Ken Taylor had also succumbed in Ned Kelly's Last Stand (where else 1), a perhaps we might be underestimating the to injury.) What struck me about Robin during The MacLehose hostelry of dubious reputation in Kowloon, two difficulty of the event. A veteran of two previous the following days was his calmness - he nights before the race. TrailwaIk.ers, his ambition was to break 20 hours exhibited the coolness of a champion. In recent and here were 3 Paddies with no previous years he has restricted his mountain marathon Trail Eugene 0'Sullivan and myself were not quite so experience or knowledge of the event talking invol vement to planning the Mourne event. confident and decided that a little bit of training about a time of 15hours!! I quickly found myself Brian Ervine is also renowned for his mountain- might be in order before we left dear old Ireland. cramming down more and more pasta and on Last November Dave Weston, Eugene racing achievements, and like Robin his Weekends were spent running around the Glen of looking around noticed Dave & Eugene doing 0' Sullivan and Philip Brennan, from orienteering accomplishments are NOT widely lmaal in mist and getting lost in the environs of likewise. publicised. Brian has been Northern Irish Dublin's Setanta Orienteers, took part in an Lugnaquilla. Would they have swampy bog, Orienteering Champion twice (,89, '94), and has unusual event in Hong Kong. Philip takes driving rain and impenetrable fog like this in Race day dawned bright and sunny and we spent won seven Mourne Mountain Marathons. He has up the story ... Hong Kong. Imused to myself as we ran around the morning stocking up on supplies for the competed for Northern Ireland in ten consecutive in circles, arguing about where we were and event. Hilary had (somewhat reluctantly) agreed Mountain Racing World Cupl World Trophy It all started witb the words "You should try the which was the quickest way back to Fenton's to be our support team and would meet us at events, as has Jim Patterson - also from the MacLehose Trail." An innocent enough Pub. After a while we convinced ourselves that checkpoints 3, 6, 8 and at the finish. We gave her North. (Only Scotsman Colin Donnelly has statement at the time as we sat sipping pints of there was no point in doing any more training in a timetable showing what time we expected to competed in all eleven world races.) Brian has beer in The Hairy Lemon, ill Dublin, but little did these conditions as the weather would be totally finish each stage and. loading her down with won the All-Ireland Mountain Racing we realise the pain and misery that lay in store for different over there and anyway we would only rucksacks full of food and drinks, we bade her Championships twice, and the Northern Ireland us. wear ourselves out and we should be conserving goodbye. Mountain Racing Championships three times. our energy instead! Having completed a number of long distance Start (Thanks to Douglas Barry, Brian Ervine, and Pat runs around Ireland myoid friend Conor told us Arrival At the start there was great commotion with over Healy for much of the information in this article.) about this famous Trailwalker event that took th the race starting on the 21 st of November we 365 teams milling about, stretching, strutting, place every November in Hong Kong where he flew out on the 15th, arriving on the evening of posing and generally psyching out and bad worked for the past 5 years, The fact that he Sunday the 16th and giving ourselves most of a antagonising the opposition. With such a large had never actually done tbe event should have week to acclimatise to the heat (28 degrees C crowd we ended up about 200 metres back from alerted me to the dangers ahead but Conor was appro x) and get over our jetlag. the starting line and even with a little jostling, now waxing lyrical about the stunning could get no closer. Finally the whistle sounded ~we mountains, coastal vistas, beautiful weather and Alistair, our contact in Hong Kong. met with us and off we went, at long last the waiting was over. ~Ipme general exotica of it all. a.nd put our minds at rest with all the gory details of the Macl.ehose Trail. Named after a former TIle first stage was supposedly 10.9 km in length 6TH LOWE ALPINE liang Kong for me conjures up images of Governor who had a keen interest in mountain and followed a road around a reservoir before MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE thousands of skyscrapers rising from the sea and walking and pushed through the first park climbing over a large mountain, down to a six million people running around, working beautiful beach and ending in a deserted village Two Day Two PersonTeam Mountain conservation laws in 1976, the trail links together every hour God sent and living 011 top of one called Long Ke. We soon found ourselves among Marathon with Overnight Campsite a chain of 7 parks. Running from East to West, it another. However 1 was soon to discover that the spans the entire length of the New Territories and the leading four teams and quickly caught and GLENMALURE-RATHDRUM Northern Territories which border mainland connects beaches and the highest mountain passed the French team comprising of Philippe CO. WICKLOW (IRELAND EAST) China contain 21 country parks through which peaks. Over 730 four person teams had entered and his colleagues. The heat was very intense but Saturday 16th May 1997 the MacLehose Trail runs for 100 km. and there would be two starts. II am and 3pm. As we drank continuously and felt strong and Sunday 17th May 1997 we were late entrants we had the afternoon start. confident. The fact that a TV crew in a helicopter Team SETANTA Two Day Navigalion(Endurance Event (IX Teams of Two overhead were busy filming the leading teams no New five colour map - Survey 1997-1998 And so it was that Team Setanta entered the At a pre-race pasta dinner in Alistair'S house we doubt gave us the extra impetus to run that little 1:25,000 10 metre contours event, quietly confident albeit with pretty met other trailrunners, some of whom had very bit harder. Course lengths (over 1wo days): limited knowledge of what lay ahead of us. Our serious ambitions to beat last year's time, some Elite Course E 045kmapp major rUHd • L a a n buiklinu. ruin sensonu) W:He,rCOUI".'OC. l1:1n'OW mnrsh G • lJ minor "(KId e 0 .o" cnirn, gi·uup oJ boulders ~-::::;,._3 marsh. scusonal marsh ...r:D- car pnl'kjng ~1I'e'a lurge boulder. boulder .,.". Ie:::::::) wnrer rnnk , pond, lake din road ',:.( ,',:' ;V!'~.\ boulder field. stony ground ;WC%W i'''(>Ibri,l~c. lord 'rack cave '- dislinCI VCL!:CI:1I10nchance larcc path t;~,J~'~ impassable cliff UP"" III"d - - ,,,,:tli purh ;''',A~ eurr. small difl' rough open land indistinct p.uh index contour open land with scuuered trecx IIHrI'OW ride ~J~t2~ rrnunur rough open land with $C'lltc"~d trees hi,t!h Fence _...... ,,"' ..... lurru lin" sandy ground 'P.:l,.L- 'R~1) I r",w~ ..... ~'t'!,C\dD kll..,lIs JOI'." "'C~J1 ulldcrgrowtll: walk + high luwel stream. smull :-.l«,..~all1 0111 or l)tl"nd~ :lrca line of proposed new fence T\,_-'~r:1I~"'nnl.n:.~ 1](11 descents, but with Steeple, Pillar and Kirkfell and woods which kept us off the roads most of from Stone Cross, Ballinascorney, Co. Dublin behind us only the rocky slopes of Great Gable the way. IRISH MOUNTAIN 21106198.Flagsta1I LC4 17.61cm925m 12.00 Hrs stood between us and an easy run into Honister. I flagstaff Car Park, off NewrylOundalk rd. finished my bag of macaroni cheese as we I struggled to run up even the smallest hills as we RUNNING 21106198.Seefm - Ballybouras MC3 8.0km 427m approached the top of Gable in rain and mist, approached Keswick and was mighty relieved as 2.30pm Glenosheen, Co. Limerick which resulted in a rather slow descent to Windy we turned onto Keswick High Street. We were ASSOCIATION 1998 24/06198.Scalp LLS 6.4km 244m 7.30pm Dublin Gap. soon met by Steve and Lawrence and jogged Sport Hotel, KiIteman, Co. Dublin slowly up towards the Moot Hall, running the last RACES 28/06198.Claragh Mountain MC4 6.2km 352m Passing Green Gable, little did I know that few steps with Callum and Judith. 'Touch the 2.30pm Millstreet, Co. Cork. another of our support team, Steve Barnard, had hall!' they all shouted, so we can stop our Format is: date, location, distance (km), climb 01107198 Maulin LL9 8.Okm 457m 7.3Opm been sitting there patiently far 2 hours waiting for watches". I think I actually fell on it but I don't (m), time, location details. Crone Wood Car Parle, Gleneree, Co. Wicklow our arrival and only decided on a return to have mucb recollection of the next few minutes. 05/07198 EUROPEAN TROPHY Honister as the rain moved in a few minutes Relief at having finished quickly passed as I sat, 22104/98 Hell Fire Relay 3.4 km 85m 7.30pm, INTERNATIONAL Sestriere, near Turin, Italy. before us! (He'd unfortunately left Honister bead between my knees, feeling hot and sick and Ratbfarnbam, Co. Dublin 08/07198 Sorrel HiU LL 10 1O.Okm 412m 7.3Opm before our schedule update arrived). trying not to pass out, hoping someone would 25/04/98 Knockdhu International 7.6 km 448 m Laeken, Co. Wicklow. guide my mother away from my direction! 1.00pm Dr. Lame Co. Antrim 12/07198 GALTYMORE IC4IMC5, 12.0km, We were soon descending the grassy slopes of 29/04198 Goal Flash 4.5 kID 200m7.30pm Lamb 1295m, 12.00 Noon, Glencoshabinnia, Glen of Grey Knots and I spotted someone frantically Anyone/or golf? Doyle's PUb, Sandyford, Co. Dublin Aherlow, Co. TIpperary. waving in the car-park at Honister - my mother. I My finish lime was 5.55 pm, so it took me 23 06/05198 Hell Fire Flicker LLl 3.4 km 85 m 15/07198 War Hill LLlI 10.OIem430m 7.3Opm felt quite emotional as we arrived at Honister hours and 25 minutes which I felt was reasonable 7.30pm Hell Fire Woods, Killakee, Co. Dublin Luggala, on Roundwood/SaJly Gap road, Co. with Mum, Judith, Callum and Steve 1111 wailing in the conditions we'd endured. Sickness and 13/05198 Sugarloaf Rush LL2 3.7 km 213m Wick:low. to greet us, all relieved that we'd come safely faintness having passed a few minutes later, I was 7.30pm, former Calary Filling Station, 2.5 miles 19/07198 Slievenamon MC6 8.Okm 591m through the previous night's thunderstorms. helped back to the car where tiredness soon from Kilmacanogue on Roundwood Road 2.30pm Kehoes Pub, Kilcash, Co. Tipperary Only another 3 hours running to do and then it'll overcame me and I slept most of the way back to 17/05198 Round Mountain LC2 8.0km 335m 22107198 Paddock Lake-Maulin LLl2 10.5km all be over, I cheerfully informed them. North Wales. 12.00 Hrs Lumpers Pub, Off DundalklNewry Rd 580m 7.30pm, Djouce Woods, Co. Wicklow. 20/05198 Howth LL3 4.8km 183m 7.30pm GAA 26/07198 DUFF HILL IC5ILC5 10.0km 580m 3 peaks and 3 hours So, the 42 tops completed at the age at 42. "What Club. Dungriffin Rd., Howth, Co. Dublin 12.00 brs Sally Gap Crossroads, Co. Wicklow. Andy 'volunteered' to accompany me all the way next?' people ask. "A long rest!'1 reply. 24/05198 The Djouce Rocket 8.9km 427m 12.00 29107198 Sugarloaf (barbeque) LLl3 5.61em to Keswick, much to Steve's relief as. although Hrs Lake Car Park, Djouce Woods, Co. Wicklow 427m 7.30pm, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow. he was kitted up and ready to go, he was feeling Thanks again to everyone who supported me, I (5 miles south of Enniskerry). 02108198 Mangerton MC7 9.7km 701m 2.30pm rather tired after competing in the 23 mile couldn't have done if without you, and 24/05198 Nagles Mountains MCI 11.3km 335m Mangerton Car Park, (Signposted from Ennerdale race the day before (only 23 miles! !!). particularly Lawrence and Andy for organising 2.30pmNear Kilavullen, Mallow, Co. Cork Muckross Park Hotel, Killarney) the whole attempt - I guess £'11 be up there again 27/05/98.Three Rock Dash LL4 4.8km 198m 05108198 Kippure 10.Okm 427m 7.30pm We set off after a 6 minute rest for the long climb supporting them on their next attempt The last 7.30pmTicknock Car Park, near Lamb Doyle's Featherbed Rd .. Co. Dublin. up Dale Head. The knowledge that I was soon to word goes to my mother who later asked if I'd Pub, Sandyford, Co. Dublin. 19/08198 Sugarloaf Relay - 3.7km 213m finish helping us to take 8 minutes off our ever considered taking up golf? Well, you never 31/05198 Carraunloohill13.7kml 126 mI2.00 hrs 7.30pm Calary, 2.5 miles from Kilmacanogue, scheduled time. Hindscarth quickly followed and know ...... Breanlee, Lough Acoose, Glencar, Co. Kerry (16 23/08198 BRANDON (uphill trial) IC6 9.7km we were soon on the last climb, Robinson, which miles from KilLarney). 914m 12.00 Noon An Bothar pub, near Brandon proved harder than I thought! (From Y Ddraig, the newsletter of the Welsh 03/06198.Bray Head LLS 5.0km 274m 7.30pm Creek: New Uphill Route to selectlrish Team Orienteering Association). 07/06/98.Glendalough LC3 19.0km 854m for World Trophy in Reunion, Reaching the summit at 4.04 pm, 1 had well over 11.30am Upr Lake Car Park, Co. Wicklow. 19/09198 WORLD TROPHY INT. lie de 2 hours for the long descent and return to 07/06/98.Doon MC2 8.0km 335m 2.30pm 2 Reunion, Indian Ocean. Keswick .• Should be OK, 'I thought to myself but Cover Photo: Miles From Doon, Co Limerick 27/09198 Dublin Peaks/Junior Trial 11.3km it did look a long way from the top of Robinson! 10/06/98.Blue Light LL6 5.5km 326m 7.30pm 410m 12.00 Noon Ticknock Car Park, Reaching the road in the lower part of the valley Bill Simpson (LVO) Blue Light Pub, nr Sandyford, Co. Dublin. Sandyford. Co. Dublin. we were met by Lawrence, who'd driven round 13/06198.Croagh PAtrick IC3/CCI 7.7km 762m to encourage me Otl the final few miles - though at the JK Relays 2.30pm Murrisk, near Westport, Co. Mayo. For more information contact Douglas Barry (01- I'd quite happily have got in the car if he'd asked 14/06/98 Nephin CC2 8.0km 610m 12.00hrs Dr 2868180), e-mail [email protected] visit the IMRA me! The last miles seemed to drag on but in Wales at Easter Castlehill, 5km Crossmolina. Co. Mayo website htlp:/Ishaw.iol.ie/-iulfalindex.htm fortunately Andy knew the scenic route via fields l7/06/98.Corrig LL7 5.6km 305m 7.30pm Signs 24 VIe Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienleer 25 NORTBERNIRELANDFELL 25 July Snowdon International Start l4.00 10 familiar with as a child. miles, 3250ft Colm Rothery RUNNING ASSOCIATION 1 August Slieve Donard New route JF How did you fare in those first 30 April Hill & Dale: Stieve Muck Start 19.30 5 August Scrabo Youth Champ Start 19.45 3 "return ": events? 7May Hill & Dale: Hen & Cock Start 19.30 ml 750ft Scrabo Estate, Newtownards Interviewed CR Shane O'Neill (then 12 years old) beat 14May Hill & Dale Meelmore & Meelbeg 8 August Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge me on a red course in October '90. I Start 19.30 Donard Park, Newcastle John Feehan at last caught up with Colm was wearing Doc Martens!! My third 16May Spelga Skyline Start 12.00 (11.30 15 August Lurig Challenge Start 14.00 Short event was IOC'91 in Rossadrehid and Ladies) 12 Mis 4500ft Spelga Dam Rothery for long enough to interview him. 3.5 Miles lOOOft Cushendall, Co Antrim it was an eye-opener. I was wearing Colm is the current Irish Champion and Car Park, Mournes 22 August Annalong Horseshoe 12.00 l3 glasses in the rain and I finished in the 21 May Hill & Dale: White Plains Start 19.30 Miles, 5200ft, Dunneywater, Mournes charted a a meteoric rise through the ranks bottom half of M2l S. 4 June Hill & Dale: Loughshannagh 19.30 12 September Slieve Croob, Youth Champs to make the World Championships and win 6 June Rostrevor Medium, Junior 7 rnls, Seeconnell Centre,14.00hrs 4 ml 1200ft the Irish title two years in a row with a JF Were you encouraged by these runs? 2500 ft 19·20 September Anderson's Two-Day combination of natural ability and CR I could see improvements but I was II June HiU & Dale: Rocky Start 19.30 Mourne Mountain Marathon determination. Cohn's father, Sean, is one making huge errors (20 minutes +). 18 June Hill & Dale: Binnian (to top 7) 19.30 of the founding fathers of Irish orienteering Contact lenses helped and soon the 21 June Flagstaff To Carlingford Start 12.00 For more information contact Development and his brother Eoin is a former Irish mistakes lessened. Il Mis 3000ft From Flagstaff Car Officer: Jim Hayes, 25 Dermot Walk, Comber Champion and WOC team member. Colm is Park, Near Newry BT23 5NU Tel: 01247 872802 or visit the JF How was your running developing at currently an outdoor education teacher with 26 June Hill & Dale Drinahilly 19.30 NIFRA website via IMRA. this stage? 4 July World Trophy Selection Race, Dublin VEC. CR I had a lot of knee and shin-splint Newcastle problems. Basically my muscles were 5 July European Mountain Running Trophy, John Feehan: Colm, your family nallle has overused too quickly and I wasn't Italy a very long association with stretching enough. My running was l8 July Moel Siabod 6.2 miles, 2300 feet Br orienteering in Ireland. When did you superior to my orienteering, however. Champ medium first run on a map? CoLm Rothery: In 1972. The Glen of the JF How did workfit in? Downs on a black and white photocopy CR I was working as a courier. I was with 100 foot contours. running 3·4 times a week, 4-5 miles a THE CAPPANALEA NATIONAL Prolonged Endurance /Stamina and an ability to day. ADVENTURE MARATHON work in a remote wilderness environment. JF How did you perform at these early 28th·3Oth August 1998 Activities wilJ include night navigation; hiU events? running; water sports; cycling; orienteering and JF 1992 was your first year of prominence CR I often won but the courses were in terms of National Squad. You went to Once again Cappanalea OEC is running the initiative exercises. All learn members must have physically and technically easier. Then World CIlP races and training in successful National Adventure Marathon. This a good general sporting aptitude and have I began to lose and my interest dived. Czechoslovakia. What memories have gruelling "Outdoor Team Challenge" will take confidence on water. Beyond two team you of that? place in Kerry on the last weekend of August '98. members having good map-reading and JF You then left orienteering for many CR Well, 1 was last a lot: international The format of the competition will involve a navigational skills. no further specialist skills are years. Did you stay in touch with the competition helped me to improve a lot team event, with each team participating in 9 required. orienteering scene in that time? but I still had big mistakes and Iknew I Stages, covering approximately 50 miles over the The all-inclusive cost per tearn is £320 for the CR No. I wasn't interested in orienteering had to eliminate these. The next year I fuUthree day weekend. Teams will be made up of weekend. This fee covers accommodation (full or running in any form. I was hardly got a thumb compass and this helped a four members, which may compete ill one of board); event transport; specialist equipment; aware of my brother Eoin's lot. three categoriesFemale only; male only; mixed event materials and insurance performances when be was winning. teams To ensure your team's place, a deposit of £50 and JF How important were other orienteers Unlike relay events, all team members must the completed Booking Form must be received JF You came back to orienteering when in helping YOIlto improve? compete in all stages. There will be strict cut-off by Cappanalea OEC, Oulagh West, Caragh Eoin left Ireland. Why then? CR I asked a lot but got little concrete help. limes for completing each stage, so teams must Lake, Killorglin, Co. Kerry before the 24/071'98. CR I gave up smoking in 1990, joined a Being with other Elites helped to give work hard throughout the event. The organisers reserve the right to vet all gym and decided to get filler. me something to strive for and The 9 scheduled stages will demand a strong applicants. Orienteering seemed a sociable way of international competition was a huge commitment to :- Teamwork; Navigation and getting fit and it a scene I had been source of motivation. I've had to 26 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Qrienteer 27 develop technique largely by myself. JF How important is your current components: to increase tbe number of members The thumb compass was a big help. teachingjob toyour training? in the IOF, to devise an Olympic event, to raise CR Extremely important, as I can now train the profile of orienteering and to strengthen the iF Whatgoals did you set yourself? twice a day if I choose. A 9-to-5 job member federations and the IOF. An important CR To win the Leinster League was an would make training much more objective of the Olympic Project is - at this stage- initial one. In 94/95 I was looking at difficulL to promote and market the sport of Orienteering Championship events and I went to the ORIENTEERING70' as such. The message to be conveyed must be World Cup in Germany in 1994 to iF Do you ever see yourself in simple, distinct and uni-vocal. prepare for WOC 95 in Germany. Idid orienteering administration? quite well and realised Icould do well CR No! Definitely nol. I'm not a IOF Headlines Increased number of members in the World Champs. committee person. I prefer action to To become eligible for inclusion in the talk! programme of the Olympic Games, orienteering Lowered tee tor associate members iF What performances got you on the must meet the criteria in the Olympic Charter. team? iF Have you thoughts on any aspect of 'One of the initial efforts in the Olympic Only sports widely practised by men in at least 75 CR Leinster Champion, 2nd in Northern orienteering in Ireland of concern to Programme is to increase the number of members countries and on 4 continents, and by women in in the IOF to at least 75. A number of countries Ireland and winning Day 2 of the you? at least 40 countries and on 3 continents, may be Shamrock O-Ringen, which I was CR Idon't think people get enough credit have been approached and in several the included in the programme of the Summer delighted with as it was a high pressure for their work. I think the squad should orientccrs are interested in joining the 10F. The Games. The criteria for the Winter Games and the situation. get more support and resources. I regret lOP membership fee has, however, proved to be Paralympics are lower. The number of members the lack of financial support. To travel prohibitive for many countries. in theIOF is currently 49. iF At this stage, Colm, you had arrived to WOC'97 in Norway, train and To help new countries the IOF Council has and you went on to become Irish prepare properly, stretched my finances decided to lower the fee for associate members TIle events programme in the Olympic Garnes is Champion in 1996 and '97. Tell us, to a huge degree. I couldn't get a from FIM 1000 (approx. 180 US D) to FIM 200 extensive and the time available is Limited, so though, about your athletic summer job in order to prepare (approx 37 USD). Additionally, it has been each sport must fit into the overall programme. achievements. properly. agreed that the year of application shall be free of The event must be reasonably easy to follow and CR I decided to do steeplechase because of charge. show on IV. The current WOC programme does my interest in orienteering. In '94 I JF Do elite orienteers give enough to the 100 number of countries interested in joining the not meet the requirements. broke 10 minutes and felt Ihad more in sport? IOF is constantly growing. Andorra, Chinese me. Barry Keane became my coach and CR I don't know about others but I am too Taipei, Greece, Kenya, Malta. Mexico, Moldova, There is immense competition to get new events advised me to do the shorter track. busy with athletics, hill running, the Philippines. and Thailand are knocking at the and new sports into the Olympic Games. Only door. Which one will be the 50th IOF member? events. I began to do a track. session training and my job to think about it. I sports attracting the world of sports' attention every week. My speed increased spend many hours every week and will have a chance of making the Games. dramatically. Now Iam setting P.B.'s in many pounds on orienteering. That OLYMPIC PLANS Orienteering must raise its profile and everyone nearly every race. Last year I did 1.56 seems enough. The 1996 10F Congress decided that the work of within tbe sport bas to make a contribution. for 800 metres, 9.31 for steeplechase the lOP should aim at getting the four Orienteering has to become part of a number of and Ican do better! JF Thanks, Calm. Congratulations on orienteering disciplines included in the strategically selected world-wide games to your successes to date. I suppose you'll programme of the relevant Olympic Games. To increase the visibility of the sport internationally. iF What are your goals in athletics? be going for Irish Champion three coordinate all aspects of this work, the IOF CR To beat 1.52 in 800 and to represent times in a row this year - Good luck. Council has formed the Olympic Project Steering An increased visibility and a higher profile of Group. The action plan, however, contains tasks Ireland at the World Vets.' But you'll have competition!! orienteering require the launching of a systematic not only for a small group of people, but for Cbampionsbips at steeplechase next and carefully planned information and everybody. year. (Editor's note: By a strange coincidence, I have communication program. The main target group Each orienteering discipline has a number of some results from an event at Cronybyrne in for this program is the media. JF What about orienteering? front of me. The B course (about 5 miles) was development steps to go in order to reach a position where inclusion in the Garnes becomes a CR From this year Isee orienteering taking won by M. de Courcy in 2 hours 2 minutes, Eoin Orienteering must also establish good relations a back seat. The World Cup races will Rothery was 3rd in 2.14, and Colm Rothery and viable option. The programme for 'Achieving with the National Sports Federations, the Olympic Programme Status for Orienteering' is a possibly be my last major focus in his mother were 12th in 2.46. The event was on National Olympic Committees, the IOC and the orienteering. Scotland and WOC99 22nd March 1970 and Colm was ten!) list of activities related to those development Games Organisers. An environmental policy steps which are of a general character. The does appeal to me too!! Wbo know? must be developed and introduced in ail member Olympic Project Action Plan is based on four countries. 28 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 29 work to gel Foot-O included in the Summer In order to develop orienteering in general. and to Olympic Games. Both the formal and the implement the Olympic programme in particular. informal route should be used, i.e. the work on FEDERATION OF IRISH ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATIONS the member federations and the IOF must be fulfilling tbe formal criteria sbould be strengthened. This includes increased resources strengthened and, alongside this, other possible in terms of money and people. increased ways to reach the goal should be investigated. A II Ireland League 1997 knowledge and skills, and improved co- The informal route includes e.g. the Events 1 Connacht Championships 4 Leinster Championships establishment of contacts with appointed Games operation. 2 Munster Championships 5 Northem Ireland Championships Many members of the IOF need to be Organisers. 3 Irish Championships strengthened to be able to promote the development of orienteering at a national level. Additionally. in view of the existing application OUT 0 F THE F I VEE V E N T S. THE B EST T H R E E T 0 C 0 U N T to take part in the international event programme for inclusion of the Winter Games 2002 in Salt and the work of the lOP. A programme must be Lake City, Council decided to continue lobbying RULES 1 Eligibility: members ofaffiliate Council agreed that the IOF should enhance the 30 The Irish Oriemeer The lri.\·hOrienteer 31 Junior Squad Fundralslng Event, Three 46 M18 N.English UCDO 193:14 Results: KINNlnY Co Offaly 2 Nov 1997 Uv1ahon DNF Rock Wood, Sunday 16th November DNF CNOC Lelnster League Event 3 MIOJ .McGrath GeEE~; ac km DNF 1997 M18 C.Blau UCDO 1 Trevor Fisher M21 CNOC 53.12 BROWN; 1.l,2 R.WoIiDUO DNF sm 2 MioHelo 55.16 DNF 1 Justin May M40 3ROC 54.13 - this scatter event was a fund raiser organised by the W35 R.McOonnell GEN 3 FMcCormack M60 CNOC 55.38 2 Brendan O'Brlen AJAX 57.07 Lelnster Juniors. There were three courses with the M55 M.Keliett GEN DNF tvt21 4 JohndeLocy M45 AJAX 55.46 3 PHlggins controls being taken In any order, and no time K.Parker StKev DNF tvt21 MIN 60.01 5 DavldHeqIy M14 GEN 56.47 4 Martrl Pettersson - UCGO 61.22 limit. The target winning times were 30, 45 and 60 M40 D.Short CNOC DNF 6 Ulf Andersson M21 DUO 60.49 5 Denis Reidy AJAX 66.41 minutes, so the long course was too short and the M40 K.McDonald AJAX DNF M45 7 DWickham M35 AJAX 61.53 6 KIeran O'Brien tvt21 FWAR 68.38 short course too long I Some very slow times suggest tvt21 ALowlor DNF 8 KevfnCarey M40 3ROC 61.55 7 MartlnFlym tvt21 AJAX 69.10 some competitors chose the wrong course. 9 Bohan M21 CNOC 62.12 8 Tony Joyce AJAX 73.51 ~IUmCQU!l!i1 tvt21 10 Brennan FWAR 62.26 PBrennan Thiswas the first event I hove planned. Thanks to 1 W21 O.Cooke AJAX 38:50 9 tvt21 SET 77.01 11 R McDonnell 64.14 10 Cathal Cregg M35 FWAR 77.28 3ROC and CNOC seniors for their help. The event 2 M35 D.Corrle FIN 42:34 12 AIH MOO GEN 64.34 11 Ray Holohan CNOC 79.03 rolsed £234 for the Lelnster Junior Squad -Luke 3 M21 AButterfteld GEN 44:56 tvt20 13 Eamon Cregg M40 FWAR 65.30 12 Senan O'Boyie M40 CNOC 79.41 Crawford 4 B.Enrlght 47:29 14 MDooley MOO CNOC 67.53 13 K McDonald AJAX 82.29 5 W14- N.O'Boyle CNOC 48:55 M40 15 Derek Clarke MNav 68.57 14 BBeI LQDgQQU[~ 6 MS5 lMcGrl!lth 3ROC 49:55 M40 GEN 82.40 16 Anthony Lawlor M21 68.59 15 Zoltan Foley-FlsherMl6 WHO 85.02 1 tvt21 B.O'81len AJAX 41:49 7 W21 N.Phlilips 3ROC 50:36 17 Maire Waish W50 3ROC 69.56 16 Peter McNamoraM20 2 M40 J.May3ROC 44:36 8 M65 S.Rothery 3ROC 53:46 DUO 95.54 18 B Foley-Fisher W45 MNav 71.18 56:00 17 John dArcy FWAR 108.49 3 tvt21 H.McLlndon 3ROC 45:32 9 M45 J.Gray 3ROC tvt21 19 LizButter W18 CNOC 72.32 1DNF 4 M40 J. McCullough 3ROC 48:20 10 tvt21 J.P.Anderson DUO 57:02 20 Prendergast - GEN 73.56 5 M40 G.81acly CORKO 49:08 II W20 S.McCormock GEN 58:16 21 John Francis M40 DFO 74.35 59:40 BLUE' 6,1 km 6 M40 D.Cashln AJAX SO:12 12 W40 S.Dempsey 22 BLowlor W21 CNOC 79.41 DCashln 7 tvt21 M.Flynn AJAX 53:00 13 M60 P.Cooke AJAX 64:27 1 M40 AJAX 56.03 23 A nI ShuilleobhanW45 3ROC 80:06 Pat FarreUy M35 CNOC 56.29 8 tvt21 P.Cosey GEN 53:36 14 W21 J.McElwaln 3ROC 66:35 2 24 SOhEafa M35 81.26 AndrewQuln 58.40 - 9 M40 B.BeY GEN 53.56 15 W21 AJoyce GEN 66:54 3 tvt20 3ROC 25 Eamon McGlnleyM21 AJAX 86.04 AO'Muilane 10 M35 D.Brennan 3ROC 55:17 16 WSO AMcCormock GEN 70:47 4 tvt21 GEN 62.36 26 Joonna Mclnerney- 86.06 11 tvt21 L.Donovan AJAX 55:53 17 W40 N.Lalor GEN 71:31 5 Patrick Cosey tvt21 GEN 63.SO 27 Richard Lowe 87.08 Paddy O'Brien - 12 M40 W.Young CNOC 56:10 18 W21 M.Baes DUO 75:37 6 M45 AJAX 63.58 28 David McKenna- FWAR 87.26 13 M18 G.Butler 3ROC 60:55 19 M17 P.Roycroft SET 76:18 7 Ed Niland tvt21 AJAX 65.14 29 Kevfn Roche M21 - 89.07 14 tvt21 AAyling DUO 63:09 20 W20 ASodller 77:31 8 Alan Ayling DUO 68.32 30 Nigel FoIey-FlsherM45 MNav 92.23 15 MS5 P.McCormock GEN 64:17 21 W55 C.Wolsh 3ROC 79:28 9 Eddie Niland MSO AJAX 72.39 31 GEl! Power W45 3ROC 95.44 16 W40 R.Lynam CNOC 64:49 22 W21 M.Flynn 60:06 10 David 81ennon M35 3ROC 73.05 32 EO'SuilieabholnMSO 3ROC 98:05 93:13 Damien Kelly 73.05 17 M18 AQulnn 3ROC 64:59 23 W20 V.Hlckey DUO tvt21 FIN 33 Heather Noonan- - 101.48 16 M45 P.Gorgan AJAX 65:56 24 WSO T.But1er 3ROC 96:56 12 BMcGrath M45 3ROC 75.13 34 Faith WhIte W60 SET 117.14 100:14 13 Brendan Cryan M35 3ROC 75.19 19 M45 B.McGrath 3ROC 66:50 25 M70 J.Lynam 3ROC 35 Michoel Butter M55 3ROC 119.11 114:52 14 DQulnn 75.21 20 M45 T.McCormack GEN 66:52 26 W21 R.Klernan GEN GEN 36 Damian QuigleyM21 136.03 135:22 15 Brion Jones tvt21 DUO 75.48 21 W21 ACreedon DUO 66:56 27 W45 M.Burke 3ROC 37 SMcEvoy W21 AJAX 136.42 16 Gerard Butler 76.11 22 W45 MNowian 3ROC 67:53 26 W16 L.PeekChon DUO 137:38 M18 3ROC 3DNF 23 tvt21 B.Jones DUO 68:51 29 R.Weedle GEN lSO:49 17 N C-Crawford MSO 3ROC 76.12 18 FO'Brien W21 AJAX 76.26 24 tvt21 M.Bohan CNOC 71:21 303132333435 aEQ; ~ 2km 19 Rowan Lyons 77.24 25 W21 F.O'81len AJAX 76:34 ShodCQU[~ tvt21 DUO 1 Hilde Creagh W21 3ROC 47.45 20 Colin Burns tvt21 AJAX 77.26 26 M18 N.Dolan DUO 77:32 1 MS C.ShOlt CNOC 59:00 2 ChrlsBlau M18 UCDO 57.16 21 John Dempsey 78.29 27 tvt21 G.Elllott 3ROC 79:39 2 M45 T.Devlin GEN 60:32 tvt21 3 Joe Quigley MNav 59.56 22 Ruth Lynam W40 78.45 28 W21 B.Lalor CNOC 60:16 3 M12 S.Devlin 61:18 CNOC 4 Darragh Jones M16 DUO 61.17 62:46 23 J Keatlnge tvt21 AJAX 60.00 29 M35 S.O'Hoofa 60:43 4 J.Tucker CNOC 5 Ali Sodleir W20 DUO 75.34 81:44 62:52 . 24 Joan Flanagan W35 AJAX 83.06 30 W21 C.BuHer CNOC 5 W12 G.Tucker CNOC 6 DGonnon 76.06 25 Nathan Foley-fisherMl6 MNav 84.05 31 tvt21 R.Lyons DUO 82:36 6 L.Doyle 81:33 7 Sol Butler W14 CNOC 77.54 82:38 86:05 26 Gordon Elliott tvt21 3ROC 85.30 32 W35 J.Flonagan AJAX 7 D.Carney 6 Jane Tully W16 DUO 83.26 62:43 27 PLalor 87.34 33 M45 S.Murray SET 8 G.Carney 86:11 MS5 CNOC 9 RP vanRljswijk M21 DUO 83.59 84:14 86:29 28 Andrew Boyle tvt21 AJAX 87.42 34 MS5 M.BuHer 3ROC 9 F.Maguire . 10 Paul SWift M16 DUO 84.16 39 Fergal Buckley 88.30 35 W45 W.McCormack GEN 84:35 10 A.Magulre 3ROC 86:31 tvt20 DUO 11 Niall English M20 UCDO 84.39 115:53 30 Brendan DohertyMSO GEN 91.11 36 tvt21 1McDonagh FWAR 85:20 11 Hennah 12 Deborah Walsh W20 DUO 87.52 DNF 31 F Martindale 3ROC 91.57 37 M60 P.Wolsh SET 88:27 M14 D.O'Dwyer DLSO M60 13 J 81enn FWAR 91.05 89:29 DNF 32 David Butler MSO CNOC 96.04 38 MS5 B.Holilnshead 3ROC M6 M.Hossett 14 AUeen Farrell FWAR 95.27 33 TTalbot MNav 100.53 39 W45 ANlSuilioobhain3ROC 89:55 M6 C.Moran3 ROC DNF 15 Deirdre Murphy W21 UCDO 99.02 40 J.Devitt 96:41 MIO P.McCormack GEN DNF 34 Susan Healy W18 GEN 102.56 CNOC 131:31 C.Bond DLSO DNF 35 Garech 81ennanMl8 UCGO 110.19 41 MSO D.BuHer M14 U!iZtlI GHEE!:!I; 4,Qkm 138:31 R.Short CNOC DNF 36 DShert M40 CNOC 116.29 42 tvt21 H.Kulimann UCDO MIO 1 Niall Wolsh M14 3ROC 38.56 UCDO 138:51 37 PatTobin 16Bn 121.12 43 tvt21 C.Nugent 2 DeniseHooly W16 CNOC 41.52 149:33 38 Paul Dunne M40 WEGO 125.19 44 M18 P.SWlftDUO 3 AM Cantwell-KellyW21 FIN 42.00 3ROC 160:00 2DNF 45 W55 V.Murtagh 4 Carmel Carey W35 3ROC 42.16 32 The Irish.Oriemss: The Irish Orienteer 33 5 DLarge WOO GEN 46.50 4 Uno Creagh W21 3ROC 58.12 O.Reidy Ajax M45 430 40 390 P.Leddy COAC M21 310 140 170 R. Holohan CNOC M21 380 380 T.Gray 3ROC M16 170 170 6 Moura Higgins WSS SET 50.32 5 Philip Brennan M21 SET 59.47 M40 420 40 S.Rothery M70 100 7 BGreene M16 3ROC 52.00 6 Dove Weston M35 SET 60.36 J. McCullough 3ROC 380 3ROC 100 B.BeIl GEN M40 380 20 G. Power 3ROC W45 100 100 8 Claire INolsh WSS 3ROC 53.08 7 Denis Reidy M45 AJ/V( 63.01 seo D.Brennon 3ROC M40 380 50 330 O.Hayes Navy 100 100 9 TKeegon M21 3ROC 53.28 8 Martin Flynn M21 AJAX 71.35 M21 330 170 10 FO'Neili W45 SET 00.58 Paul Smyth G. Cunningham 330 Campbells 10 100 11 M McDonald W16 AJAX 61.36 DNF T.McCormack GEN M45 330 10 320 O'Neal family GEN 100 100 P.Smyth FUCCO M21 340 E. O'Brain Fin MSS 220 12 RINoIl DUO 62.21 20 320 00 100 M40 310 13 G Fitzgerald - 3ROC 66.51 1v1ed11.!1IlCQl.la~ :i 2 klIl K.McDonald Ajax 310 I. Murphy 100 100 14 BO'Nelll M50 SET 67.56 1 John Francis M40 DFO 55.38 N. C-Crawford 3ROC M50 300 300 G.Greene OLSO M14 150 150 15 Karl Heneghan M20 DUO 72.54 2 Gory Rice M35 SET 57.14 D.Gorman Shack 300 300 M.Walsh 150 150 16 Vela Murtagh WSS 3ROC 75.15 3 Tommy Burke M40 FIN 61.39 E.O'Shea GEN M35 330 30 300 E.Giguere 150 150 17 CMorrlson W21 AJAX 78.09 4 Paul Dunne M40 WEGO 88,15 J. Francis OFO M40 290 290 Larklnx3 3ROC 150 150 18 Damian Leonard - 104.21 M.Smyth CNOC 320 30 290 G. Fltzgerdd 3ROC W55 150 150 19 Noreen Doherty W10 GEN 104.44 SbQltS:;QU[~!i!~:i ~1Il D,Corrle Fin M40 310 20 290 E.McGinley Ajax M21 230 80 150 20 Toni Bufier W50 3ROC 107.36 1 P.Fox M35 47.58 B. McGrath 3ROC MOO 290 290 B.Herlihy Navy 140 140 21 Angela Healy - - 114.08 2 Claire Walsh W55 3ROC 59.09 L. Quinn Set M35 200 280 I. Coghlan 3ROC W35 190 50 140 22 Robert Rowlands - 127.11 3 Ken O'Connor M21 82.12 G. EHlott 3ROC M21 280 280 H.Young CNOC W14 140 140 1 DNF 4 Gory Prior M18 84.12 N. Phillips 3ROC W21 290 10 280 F. McCormack CNOC 300 170 130 James Galvin M20 84.12 R.Lynam CNOC W40 280 10 270 N.Strlnger M21 130 130 M6S 270 QRA~~E; ~,l ~1Il 5 Aislinn Hopkins W18 95.05 Ii.. Bonar-Law GEN 270 G.O'Dulll Shock W21 130 130 1 C Foley-Fisher M12 MNav 28.17 6 Nicola Cunnungham W20 96.05 M. Nowlan 3ROC W45 200 200 T.McCormack GEN M12 130 130 2 ABell M14 GEN 32.00 7 Geraldine Lynch 98.05 S.Healy GEN Wle 200 200 C.Qulnn Set MIO 130 130 M18 250 ACuihane 130 130 3 A Burke M14 GEN 34.09 Alex Fox M18 98.05 G.Groy 3ROC 250 M45 250 130 4 J&C Buggie W16 CNOC 35.45 8 UsaB& Frances B. 113.58 T.Devlin GEN 250 A Talon 130 A NlSulleobhaln 3ROC W45 240 240 M. Keegan 130 130 5 David Niland M12 AJAX 43.52 9 LisaGollogly & Nlamh Dowdry 115.58 Set M50 240 240 O.O'NeIN 130 130 6 SSherlock W 48.17 S.Murray - M21 240 F.Smyth Fin 130 7 M MacMeanrain M21 UCOO 58.53 Non-Finishers: S.Harrlson DUO 240 130 180 8 Ruth Naughton W20 DUO 70.50 George Barry P.Conroy 3ROC M40 240 240 R.Harrington 50 130 M. O'Connell 3ROC W35 240 240 T.Doyle W21 130 130 9 Gavin Carney - 96.43 Kelley Byrne 10 Denise Carney 113.00 Louise Crawley M. Bahan CNOC M21 310 70 240 M. Higgins Sat W55 130 10 120 Claron Doyle D.Shor! CNOC M40 240 240 C.Francls UA Wli 120 120 N.O'Soyie CNOC W14 400 100 240 C.Moran 3ROC W6 120 120 YELLOW; 2 :iklIl Caroline GaMagher 1 RauRoland UCOO 22.59 Dermot Hogan N,Cormock CNOC M21 330 100 230 C.McKenna IstDublin 120 120 MSS 230 2 Jennifer Butler W18 3ROC 29.44 Emer McGrath M. BuNer 3ROC 230 J. Lynam 3ROC M70 180 70 110 M55 230 B.Greene M16 200 3 Dalre Osborne UCGO 31.36 Christy Maguire H.Whlte 3ROC 230 3ROC 90 110 4 WlmDanlels - UCGO 33.21 Jordana Marron P.McCormack GEN M55 230 230 J.O'Connor Shack W21 110 110 5 Seamus O'Soyie Ml0 CNOC 33.27 Mark Middleton P.Detoffoll M21 240 10 230 A.Slrr-pson Shack W21 110 110 6 EJ Foley-Fisher Wl0 MNav 38.15 John Monaghan F.O'Brien Ajax W21 250 20 230 S.Harton lstDublin 110 110 7 Rachel Woollett WSS PXN 40.28 EmerMulhall P.Dunne WEGO M40 220 220 S.Smyth Fin 110 110 8 Graham Clorke M14 MNav 44.10 Vera Murtagh O.Doran Fin M21 220 220 SO'Soyie CNOC MIO 110 110 E. Dunne 3ROC M21 280 00 220 R. Rigney CNOC 180 80 100 9 SFoley - - 53.56 Orlo Ryon 10 M Heoly - 00.14 Jenny Sheridan M.GalUgan M35 220 220 T.Flanogan Navy 110 10 100 11 Hilary Nelland 71.57 GoIiStrahan J.Meode M50 220 10 210 C. WIlson l'tDublin 100 100 12 Niall Brennan M14 3ROC 73.51 Anton INolsh S.O'Heofa Ajax M35 200 50 210 S.Cryan 110 10 100 13 Hlroko Ikeda 100.00 Deirdre Walsh W. McCormackGEN W45 220 10 210 R.Short CNOC MIO 100 100 Cecilia & Barbaro - 100.00 Leigh Woods O.O'HeorcholnAjax M35 230 30 200 S.Culien MIO 100 100 2DNF Michael Hannon lost cord C.Walsh 3ROC W55 210 10 200 H. Cullen 100 100 J. Brown M21 200 200 V.Culien 100 100 E. Quinn Set W35 200 200 ACulien Ml0l00 WI::lIIE; l.~ KIIl Thanks to Jean Mullen for her help and to Paul 100 1 Claire O'Neill W12 CNOC 17.16 Dunne for taking In controls. John McCullough, R.Geraghty lstDublin 210 10 200 M.&E.Joyce GEN W21 100 100 W45 220 2 ConorShort M5 CNOC 27.33 controller, planner, orgonlser. O.Nogle 3ROC 20 200 S.Kennedy OBCS 90 90 110 3 SCragg Ml0 FWAR 30.43 . M.Kellett GEN M55 310 200 J.Mulien 3ROC W65 90 90 M45 200 4 MMurray M10 FWAR 30.46 F.Swift 200 K. Lynch 90 90 M21 5 Siofra Dempsey W5 67.10 SETANTA SCORE EVENT· KILAKEE, C.Walsh 190 190 V. Murtagh 3ROC W55 150 00 90 8/2/1998 R. Mooney Navy 190 190 Ryan Family 90 90 Dublin by Night - Event 1 Phoenix Park, A McCormackGEN W50 190 190 Ryan Fomily2 90 90 J. Gray 3ROC M50 190 190 S.O'Connor CNOC 90 90 3 February 1998- 3ROC Time allowed = 50 min. Maximum score 480 1Condon CNOC M45 190 190 R.& M. OSoyie 140 50 90 D. Cashin Ajax M40 480 40 440 B. Murphy 180 180 T.Butler 3ROC W50 80 80 LQDSJCQI.l~~ ~,~ ~1Il S.O'Soyle CNOC M40 480 50 430 D. Guilfoyle 50e M21 230 50 180 P.McCormack GEN Ml0 80 80 1 Colm Rothery M21 AJAX 46.11 M. Walters Aus M21 450 40 410 S.McCormack GEN W20 180 180 S.Harkness I DubUn 80 80 2 Domlen Cashin M40 AJAX 54.04 U.Creagh 3ROC W21 440 30 410 B. Lawlor CNOC W21 200 80 180 N. Hutchinson 3ROC W21 180 100 80 400 3 Brendan O'Brien M21 AJAX 56.42 W. Young CNOC M45 400 C.McGn;Jth 3ROC W50 220 40 180 A Butterfield GEN M35 480 400 80 34 The Irish Orienteer TheJrish Orienteer 35 G.Carney MIO 70 70 4. M18 AQuln 3ROC 67:21 38. W21 JennyO'C. 172:00 11. E.Shaw 47:30 Robert 100 30 70 5. M35 M.Malgan SET 67:31 39. M21 M.Kelly Almy 221:00 12. M35 T.McGrath AJAX 50:12 N.Qulnn Set M12 100 40 60 6. M18 G.ButIer 3ROC 70:14 40. M21 AHogarty Almy 221:00 13. D.Meyer 56:46 J.Dee IstDubiln 60 60 7. M45 lMcCormack GEN .71:55 M21 F.Healy SET MP13 14. S.Rellly 57:12 Caolmhe Ajax WlO 50 50 8. M21 L.Donovan AJAX 74:08 E.Manus DSQ 15. E.DOfnal 59:15 R.Smyth Navy 160 110 50 9. W21 E.Glanvile 3ROC 74:13 M21 D.Gulifoyie DNF 16. C.BuHer 60:15 1 Bittel 100 50 50 10. M21 E.Ounne 3ROC 76:39 W20 C.ODulll DNF 17. Y.Leahy 60:15 P.Ryan 100 50 50 11. M35 S.OhEafa AJAX 78:13 S.Ryan CNOC DNF 18. E.Dornan 61:15 C.Short CNOC M6 40 40 12. M45 P.O'Brlen AJAX 78:23 R.Dalton CNOC DNF 19. D.Lynam 61:15 S.Dempsey 140 100 40 13. W40 R.Lynam CNOC 79:00 P.O'Shea DNF 20. H.Lynch 61:30 L.Dunn 150 120 30 14. M21 R.Lyons DUO 79:00 W18 Kelly Almy DNF 21. F.Lynch 61:30 M.Reld W21 130 140 -10 15. M35 L.QuM"ln SET 79:47 M21 Kelly Almy DNF 22. E.Hobson 62:12 L.Quill Fin W50 100 140 40 17. M50 J.Meade 81:30 M21 B.King MP10 23. D.Madigan 62:12 M. Murphy 280 330 -50 18. M21 G.Elliott 3ROC 82:35 24. AWall 63:15 N.Brennon M14 70 160 -90 19. M35 B.Cryan 3ROC 84:31 Ught Green Course 25. A Hobson 64:48 92ndScouts 60 150 -90 20. M35 D.Brennon 3ROC 89:19 1. M20 K.?Heneghan DUO 45:13 26. M16 D.Nolan AJAX 65:08 C.Erdpohl 220 340 -120 21. W45 M.Nowlan 3ROC 91:37 2. M35 P.Fox 47:26 27. W60 J.Muien 3ROC 68:12 E.Callan 220 340 -120 22. M35 J.Rowe FIN 91:40 3: M18 B.Greene 3ROC 49:45 28. I.Looby 69:30 A O'Reilly 100 230 -130 23. W18 S.Healy GEN 92:32 4. W50 AMcCormack GEN 51:07 29. W21 R.KJernan GEN 70:05 R.Hynes 100 230 -130 24. M21 C.Burns AJAX 95:48 5 M21 D.Qulm Navy 51:53 30. J.Burger 81:40 H.Bowe 100 230 -130 25. M.Smyth CNOC 100:06 6 M21 P.McHugh DFO 52:16 31. M5 D.Kernan 84:41 K. Bittel 100 230 -130 26. M40 D.Short CNOC 107:00 7. W55 C.lAblsh 3ROC 52:25 32. R.King 87:46 Y. &R.BeIl GEN W9 20 190 -170 27. R.Rigney CNOC 109:38 8 R.Harrlngton 52:49 33. W45 M.Foreman 3ROC 93:00 P.McCabe 130 310 -180 28. W21 D.O'NeIM FIN 112:00 9 E.Hume Fermo 53:32 34. M15 D.Foreman 93:20 J.McCabe 120 310 -190 M21 R.lAbllace AJAX DNF 10 M21 F.Dawson Army 54:11 35. MI5 . B.Gogan 93:20 Duffy M21 190 330 -240 11. M40 R.Flanagan FIN 58:10 36.M11 M.Ruddy 99:00 Ryan 110 400 -290 Green Course 12 M50 B.McGrdth 3ROC 59:00 37. J.Martin 112:30 D.McCabe 70 450 -380 1. M55 P.McCormack GEN 57:19 13 M21 P.Woods DFO 60:29 38. MI8 C.Loughnane AJAX 115:24 J. Lynch Navy 20 500 480 2. M35 D.Wlckham AJAX 58:51 14 RonanM. Navy 61:10 39. MI3 S.O'Donnell MP3 3. W35 O.Cooke AJAX 59:54 15. W21 K.Thompson DUO 62:31 40. M14 N.Brennan DNF 4. M40 V.Jones FIN 60:29 16. M40 D.Corrle FIN 63:26 41. L.McGovern DNF Three Rock Wood 5. W21 B.Lawlor CNOC 64:32 17 P.Geoghegan 63:26 Bohan CNOC 65:55 DUO Leinster League event 15 February 6. M21 18 L.Alrnstrong DFO 65:03 Red Course 7. W45 ANlShullleabhaln 3ROC 72:12 19. W45 F.O'Nelll SET 65:54 1. M65 P.lAblsh SET 48:58 1998. 8. W16 D.Healy CNOC 73:41 20. W45 C.McGrath 3ROC 68:09 2. W35 M.Flynn 56:41 9. W50 G.Power 3ROC 75:00 21. W14 S.Nowian 3ROC 68:54 3. M65 P.Cooke AJAX 61:09 6lQltdl CQU~i! 10. M45 D.O'Colmaln GEN 75:19 22 M21 R.Clarke DFO 69:18 4. M15 J.NefY)On 63:15 1. M40 J.May 3ROC 61:13 11. W35 R.McDonnei GEN 76:03 23 M21 D.McCabe DFO 69:18 5. W40 H.Madnervey CNOC 63:20 2. M35 AO'Clelrlgh CNOC 62:09 12. M60 A Bonar-Law GEN 76:18 24 W21 T.Doyle 72:40 6. M25 G.LawIor 63:20 3. M21 M.Plnker CorkO 64:03 13. W50 J.O'Nelll FIN 79:20 25. W21 C.Morrison AJAX 72:44 7. S.Dempsey 72:40 4. M21 M.lAblten Aus 70:35 14. M21 J.Brown 80:40 26. W21 N.Hutchlnson 3ROC 74:49 8. L.Halpln 73:00 5. M21 M.Flynn AJAX 72:50 15. W40 AM.McKenna AJAX 81:00 27. W21 J.McElwaln 3ROC 77:23 9. B.Halpin 73:00 6. M21 B.Delaney CNOC 77:05 16. M45 J.Fll2Slmons 3ROC 81:14 28 M21 R.Byrne DFO 80:08 10. L.Whelan 73:00 7. M40 J.McCullaugh 3ROC 77:25 17. M35 M.Galligan 81:50 29. W50 lBuHer 3ROC 84:02 11. Tomorow 75:09 8. M40 B.BeIl GEN 80:42 18. M21 D.Toffoll 81:58 30. W55 V. Murtagh 3ROC 87:22 12. Jones' 76:50 9. M21 P.Casey GEN 83:16 19. M55 M.BuHer 3ROC 85:35 31 W18 S.McCormack GEN 89:50 13. J.Whyte 3ROC 77:20 10. M45 D.Reldy AJAX 83:32 20. W45 W.McCor mack GEN 86:15 32 W50 S.Doherty GEN 113:50 14. W45 M.O·Colmaln GEN 78:40 11. W21 U.Creagh 3ROC 85:41 21. M35 P.O'Brlen GEN 90:40 33 Doolin DNF 15. P.Neolan 86:14 12. M40 G.Brady 89:27 22. M40 J.Frands DFO 91:30 34 M21 E.Sievin DFO DNF 16. M.Borry 86:16 13. M40 K.McDonald AJAX 89:59 23. W21 M.Daoley CNOC 95:40 35 R.Smith Navy DNF 17. E.Lyons 88:27 14. M21 P.Brennan SET 92:18 24. M35 C.McMenamy FIN 104:24 36 D.Hayes Navy DNF 18. Crean 88:27 15. M40 P.Healy CNOC 93:08 25. M21 F.Daoiey CNOC 104:41 37 B.Henlihy Navy DNF 19. M21 S.Condret 92:38 16. M21 DWeston SET 94:10 26. M18 N.Browne Army 107:31 . 20. W35 E.Qulnn SET 95:23 17. M21 G.Cunningham 96:54 27. I.Conlan Almy 112:46 Orange Course 21. J+AKneeshaw 96:04 18. M17 G.Doherty GEN 103:45 28. M55 M.Keliett GEN 114:00 1. M14 ABell GEN 28:03 22.M40 L.Qulli FIN 98:02 19. M21 E.Nlland AJAX 107:00 29. M21 D.Smyth 114:30 2. C.lAblsh 31:32 23. W21 M.Reld 98:48 20. M21 P.Smyth FUCCO 112:39 30. W21 Alrnstrong Almy 121:39 3. M14 ABurke GEN 35:45 24. P.Brophy FLA 137:49 21. M21 D.Doran FING 118:18 31. M21 N.Strlnger Almy 129:16 4. M45 T.Devlin Gen 38:45 25. M21 M.Murphy 137:49 22. J.Devitt DFOEC 137:43 32. M.MocBeorty 131:16 5. S.Hassett SET 40:40 26. AKenny 147:00 33. M21 Coon 137:10 6. M50 lBurke FIN 41:00 27. L.Mulvllle 148:45 61Ui! Ca!6.se 34. W40 L.Naughton 3ROC 141:03 7. M18 P.Drennon AJAX 41:17 28. W21 D.Murphy UCDO 149:09 1. M40 D.Cashin AJAX 62:47 35. ACulhane 148:00 8. M12 S.Devlin GEN 41:18 29. AConnelly 150:40 2. M21 B.Jones DUO 65:03 36. M21 K.Brennan Almy 163:00 9. M12 C.Burke FIN 43:00 30. F.Emmet 152:40 3. M35 G.O'Shea GEN 67:05 37. W21 N.Slmpson SOEC 171:00 10. W21 D.Nlcol 44:15 S.Conway MP9 36 The lrishOri£.nJ.en: The Irish Otienteer 37 S.McCormack GEN DNF 15 Gerard Butler M18 3ROC 59:02 7 Mark Byrne DFO 51:30 16 Edward Lowe M16 WHO 58:00 16 KBohanna - 59:16 8 David Browne M21' CNOC 51:44 17 Malread Joyce W21 GEN 61:10 61:47 J:'~II2.'tLCQ!.I~!:! 17 GEvans M21 CNOC 9 UltanCoen DFO 52:23 18 Jean Mullen W65 3ROC 69:45 1. M14 G.Green DLSO 16:04 18 ConorMcGrath 62:32 10 McGrath DFO 52:30 19 Nlamh + Nlamh W14 GEN 71:26 2. WlO C.Cashln AJAX 21:05 19 Nina Phillips W21 3ROC 62:52 11 Nigel Rothwel M16 WHO 56:15 20 Brian Larkin MlO 79:53 3. M14 D.O'Dwyer DLSO 22:46 20 N. C-Crawford M50 3ROC 63:22 12 EndaCahlK M21 AJAX 57:00 RDarrepaal M9 SET 79:53 4. W12 D.BeIl GEN 22:53 21 T. McCormack M45 GEN 64:40 13 Robert Stewart M16 WHO 58:12 22 Ilona Dorrepaal W6 SET 80:10 5. M10 R.Short CNOC 24:13 22 JohnRowe M35 FIN 66:55 14 Paul Dunne M40 WEGO 66:32 67:10 6. W12 J.Hingerty GEN 24:42 23 E. Redmond 15 Aidan Hegarty - 66:43 :tELLQW; 2,Z ~rn 7, M6 C.Short CNOC 25:19 24 Rowan Lyons M21 DUO 67:17 16 1051692 DFO 66:48 1 Anthony Cole AJAX 21:25 8. Ml0 B.Healy GEN 26:27 25 Raymond Russell M21 AJAX 67:22 17 TTilbury DFO 69:55 2 Garet Greene M14 DLSO 21:27 9. W40 M.HeaIy GEN 26:41 26 Rory Wallace M21 AJAX 68:43 Martine Kelly DFO 69:55 3 Pablo M14 WHO 24:10 10. S.OConnor CNOC 31:27 27 McEvoy - - 70:30 19 Nlal Brennan M14 - 72:40 4 MarkCondei M14 25:11 11. W10 C.Magulre FING 33:19 28 EGlanviie W21 3ROC 71:00 20 Maher DFO 72:52 5 David O'Dwyer M14 DLSO 25:17 12. W10 H.Jones FING 33:19 29 John Brown M21 71:42 BillSmith DFO 72:52 6 Adam Cullen MlO 25:35 13. W11 E.Fltzslmons 3ROC 40:04 30 A Butterfield M35 GEN 72:45 22 .AHeerey W21 DFO 77:19 Rualrl Short M10 CNOC 25:35 14. W5 C.Mongon SET 46:08 31 Don Short M40 CNOC 73:25 23 SI.McManus DFO 78:10 SomCulien M10 25:35 15. M B.Mangan SET 46:16 32 Gordon Elliott M21 3ROC 74:39 G Kelly DFO 78:10 9 GerCarter W16 WHO 26:21 33 Niall Browne M18 7Batt 75:34 10 Jill Masterson W14 WHO 26:35 76:25 34 David Butler M50 CNOC LI!iZ1:II!iZBEEt:I;!1.2 sm 11 D Bell W12 GEN 28:20 Results: CURRAGH WEST 8 Mar 98 35 NeMDobbs M18 DUO 77:57 1 A Drlon M18 WHO 30:15 12 L.McLaughlin AJAX 28:45 78:54 - CNOC Lelnster League Event 8 36 Brendon Cryan M35 3ROC 2 MO'Conell W35 3ROC 32:58 13 C Cashin WlO AJAX 29:24 37 Mark McEneaney - SJC 80:12 3 Jim Hoore M21 AJAX 43:43 14 Rob Jackson M14 WHO 30:20 38 Jim Barrett M60 CNOC 90:44 41 BGreene M18 3ROC 44:00 15 Gory Cotton M14 WHO 32:40 6BQ~; ]Q,:ikrn 5 Carmel Corey W35 3ROC 44:29 16 Conor M6 CNOC 34:11 1 John Feehan M21 AJAX 49:43 !iZBEEt:I·Q 2 krn 6 DNagle W45 3ROC 44:53 Roy EIUs M40 34:11 2 Justin May M40 3ROC 53:07 1 EMcGlnley M21 AJAX 44:36 Mervyn Eaton M35 SET 47:03 Michelle Ellis W12 34:11 3 Colm RotheIY M35 AJAX 53:24 7 - 2 EO'Shea M35 GEN 46:31 8 Robt Harrington 47:15 19 Rlona Flood W10 FIN 36:45 4 MWolters M21 AJAX 54:00 3 Kevin Corey 3ROC 47:17 9 Denise Healy W16 CNOC 48:30 20 M.Woolmlngton W14 WHO 38:52 5 Marcus Pinker M21 CorkO 54:44 4 TKeegon M21 3ROC 47:33 10 Claire INalsh W55 3ROC 49:15 21 Kate/Julie Roche 41:55 6 Brendan O'Brien M21 AJAX 54:52 5 DWickham M35 AJAX 49:26 11 A. McCormack W50 GEN 50:15 22 K.O'Callaghan M18 DFO 45:11 7 Roy Holohan M20 CNOC 57:06 6 Joson Masterson M18 WHO 50:00 12 Brennan John DUO 51:00 John Morton M18 DFO 45:11 8 GBrady M40 CorkO 57:46 - 7 PMcCormack M55 GEN 50:48 13 S.McCormack W20 GEN 52:57 Ion Matthews M18 DFO 45:11 9 Senan O'Boyle M40 CNOC 58:35 8 BHolllnshead M55 3ROC 55:11 14 Nora Lalor W45 GEN 54:25 25 Michael Foran M21 DFO 45:50 10 Martin Flynn M21 AJAX 59:14 9 D O'Hearcoln M35 AJAX 55:15 W60 GEN M10 GEN 46:35 11 Pot Farrelly M35 CNOC 59:48 15 DLarge 58:00 26 P.McCormack 10 Harold Wlhlte M55 3ROC 55:55 16 DlNalsh W20 DUO 60:21 27 David Ffrench M14 DLSO 48:00 12 Denis Reidy M45 AJAX 60:00 11 Fachtna Healy M21 SET 56:57 17 FWhlte SET 61:20 28 C McDonnell-ByrneM14 DLSO 67:45 13 Mulcohy - CNOC 60:36 - 12 JlmO'Brien M50 AJAX 57:42 18 K. McCormack W GEN 63:35 29 Robert King 68:02 14 BDelaney M35 CNOC 61:48 - 13 Mick Kellett M55 GEN 57:48 19 J C KuUmann M21 UCDO 63:40 30 J Hingerty W12 GEN 68:35 15 Dove Weston M35 SET 63:15 14 WMcCormock W45 GEN 58:13 20 C. Morrison W21 AJAX 66:48 JodyHanion 68:35 16 Adrian Tucker M35 CNOC 64:30 - 15 Jean O'Neill W50 FIN 60:33 21 Joss Lynam M70 3ROC 68:47 17 PBrennan M21 SET 64:34 16 GerPower W45 3ROC 61:04 22 G Fitzgerald 3ROC 70:20 WHITE;2,Qkrn 18 EdNlland M21 AJAX 66:00 17 Michael Butler M55 3ROC 62:47 23 Vera Murtagh W55 3ROC 79:04 1 Cathai Burke M12 FIN 33:00 19 Patrick Cosey M21 GEN 66:03 18 John Francis M40 DFO 62:52 24 LQull1 W50 FIN 80:40 2 F+BFlood M5 FIN 53:34 20 BBelI M40 GEN 67:10 19 LizButler W20 CNOC 64:43 25 Joson Martin +1 OBCS 81:19 21 Allbhe Creedon W21 DUO 69:34 20 Robert Wall M21 DUO 67:00 26 Rosarle Kiernan GEN 85:10 22 Paul Smyth M21 FUCCO 78:27 21 AniShuilieabhon W45 3ROC 67:33 H. Maclnerney W40 CNOC DNF Results of 3ROC event at Foxes Rock 23 Dove Daran M35 FIN 96:40 22 A Bonor Low M65 GEN 69:28 23 K Thampson W20 DUO 69:45 Carlingtord BLUE' 8,4 krn QB8t:1~E; ~.7 sm 24 AJoyce W21 GEN 73:00 1 Alan Bell M14 GEN 28:30 March 22nd 1998 Lelnster League 9. 1 DCashin M40 AJAX 47:52 25 M Dooley M60 CNOC 78:51 2 John Morton M18 DFO 30:23 2 Jim Maguire 48:32 26 EMocMenamin M21 UCDO 86:26 3 Ion Matthews M18 DFO 31:03 Black COUI$G 9.9km SCOrn 3 David Brennan M35 3ROC 51:02 27 AAyling M21 DUO 98:16 4 K O'CaRaghan M18 DFO 32:10 1 Marcus Pinker CorkOM21 69.43 4 Joe O'Donahoe 53:23 28 Deirdre Murphy W20 UCDO 100:33 5 FO'Sullivan 36:41 2 Coim Rothery AJAX M35 73.00 5 Gartland 54:10 AM McKenna W40 AJAX DNF 6 Anthony Cole AJAX 36:50 3 Aonghus OClelrigh CNOC M35 79.17 6 MolioyU 55:33 Martin Brennan DNF 7 LMcLoughlin AJAX 37:04 4 Brian Ervine LVO M21 81.03 Colin Burns M21 AJAX 55:33 8 TMcCormock M12 GEN 37:49 5 Brendan OBrien AJAX M21 84.28 8 Brion Jones M21 DUO 55:40 BED; 5,7 krn 9 Mary Flynn W35 37:51 6 P.Higgins MNAVM21 89.17 9 Michael Smyth CNOC 55:50 - 1 Fronk Flood M21 FIN 40:46 10 Tom Keane GEN 38:16 7 John.Casey M21 89.38 10 GriffinS sJC 56:57 2 Ronan Rigney M35 CNOC 42:42 11 Michael Foran M21 DFO 42:17 8 MichaellNalters AJAX M21 92.38 11 JLalor M45 GEN 57:20 3 RShaw DFO 46:51 12 A Burke M14 GEN 43:30 9 Denis Reidy AJAX M45 98.00 12 J Flanagan W35 AJAX 57:43 4 Robert Finnegan M40 FIN 48:04 13 Gerard Brennan 11Med 45:11 10 Martin Flynn AJAX M21 98.11 13 A O'Mullane M21 GEN 58:26 5 Tom Burke M45 FIN 49:33 14 Ivan Caffrey M8 SET 49:23 11 E.Niland AJAX M21 111.35 14 SOhEafa M35 AJAX 58:52 6 Darren Keily DFO 51:20 Tommy Caffrey SET 49:23 12 PatrlckCasey GEN M21 12353 38 Tbe.lrisb Orienleer The Irish Orienteer 39 e,1QQc;;!io~.2km, 17Qm} S.McGrath M20 62:14 13 PaulSmyth FUCCO M21 134.35 13 Vera Murtagh 3ROC W55 110.35 G.BI'adyCc..