Irish World Championships Team 1993 Eileen Loughman, Eadaoin Morrisb, Una Creagh, Darina Cunnane, Julie Cleary; Colm O'Halloran, James Logue, Bill Edwards, Steven Linton, Jobn Feeban. The Irish Orienteer isavail- THE IRISH ORIENTEER able through all Irish orien- USEFUL ADDRESS LIST teering clubs. AU material The Irish Orienteer concerning will No.66 November - December 1993 ISSN 0790-1194 Tara Horan, 17 Mounl Pleasant Place, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 (01-964663) AJAX ORJENTEERS be gratefully received by the Ellen Feehan, Scarleen Lr., Newmarket, Co. Cork. BLACKWATER VALLEY oc Editor, John McCullough, 9 The International Front Rita Sheehan, Killeendaniel, Whlle<:hurch, Co. Cork (021·301457) CORK ORIENTEERS Arran Road, Drumcondra, Eileen Loughman, 169 Monread Heights, Naas, Co. Kildare (045-79780) It is November and the rash or international competitions is over. The CURRAOH.foIAAS ORIENTEERS Dublin 9, World Championships.the World Junior Championships, the European Junior DUBUN UNVERSITY 0 Mary Blrken, Box 67, Regont House, TCD, Dublin 2. John de Lacy, 9 Heather qrove, Marlay Wood, Dublin 16. Match and the three Home Internationals. We've probably bad more people ori- EASTERN COMMAND OC enteering on Irish teams this year than ever before, so where do we stand? FERMANAOH ORIENTEERS GeN)' Kingston, 'Cranagh', Croaghrln, Floreno800urt, Co. Fermanagh BT92 1BJ. Subscriptions: still only Frank Flood, 1 Brookdale Green, RlllerValley, Swords, Co. Dublin (01-8408362) In the World Olampionships the results were reasonable, in the Home ANOAL ORIENTEERS £6.50 per annum (six is- Tony Joyce, Llndisfame, Bishopslown, Cork (021-541246). Internationals they weredisappointing. 'This is not to say that the team members FORMER UCCO sues). OREAT EASTERN NAVIOATORS Nora Lalor, 6 Knoekslnna Grove, Foxroek, DubSn 18 (01-2893497) were at fault: at the woe Relays the men and women both finished 18th, beating

KERRY ORIENTEERS Rory Costek>, 14 Manor Court, Manor VlNage, Tralee, Co. KeN)'. (06&25532) · 1 countries wbo have previously beaten usand Steven Linton's 50th place was KEVIN ST. ORIENTEERS Eoln Dunne, Studen!s' Union, Coil, 01 Technology, Kevin SI., Dublin 8. (01-2698489) • Next TIO Copy Date is. good. While ourperfonnances are improving, so is everybody else: we have to LAOAN VALLEY ORIENTEERS Alan Gartside, 22 Orrrlslon Drive, BeHast BT4 3JS (011-0232·655065). • December 20th • keep running to stay in the same place, LEE ORIENTEERS Clare Nuttall, 4 Upr. Panorama Toe., Sunday's Well, Cork (021-300373) ••••••••••••• Without serious efforts to fu nd our athletes to train and compete abroad LEtNSTER SCHOOLS' OA Eveleen McAuley, 19 The Nurseries, KHlern.y Road, Bray, Co. Wlcklow. (01·2828308). Cover: Eileen Loughman at we cannot hope to compete successfully at international level. Exposure to Mary Young, L1HIe Killary Advenlure cenne, Salruok, Renvyle, Co. Galway (096·43411). UTTLE KILLARY OC the last control in the Relay at complex terrain and to top level (llCCS are vital if we are to succeed, Tbe 1994 Breda D",Iy, Cameloon, Ballydengan, Co. RoscollY"nOn (0905·73502) World Cup series, the World Student Championsbips and the World Junior PHOENIX NAVIOATOR!! her 10th World Champion- NORTH WEST OC Moureen Loughert, 39.Moyola Ave., Caotle Dawson BT45 8BA, Co. Derry (08·0648· Championships are our gateway to the World Championships. Without exposure 68602). ships in October. to stiff international competition we will be complacent, living in our own little SETANTA ORIENTEERS Jocalyn Calhalln, 36 Taney Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14 (01·2985799) cocoon with others of our own standard. In the past I have felt that the efforts of SOUTHERN ORIENTEERS Kevin O'Dwyer, 2 Weilingion Villas, MUhort Hili, Cork (021.506740) CONTRNTS many Irish orienteers was just to mnke it onto the ream. I don't (Junk that is tile New· .. 4 THOMOND ORIENTEERS Alan Shaw, Innlsmore, 40 College Park, Corbally, Limerick (061·343959) ses World Own", Report 8 case any longer. We now bave more top class younger orienteers coming THREE ROCK OC Vera Murtegh, 19 The Cloisters, Terenure, Dublin 6w (01·908237). 1993 Mountalo ManolhOl1l IS through, whose skill, commitment and determination will being them to the top, 93 ""p & rou~1 18 UCC ORIENTEERS Aileen Mead, PE OI1loe, UCC, College Road, Cork. woe if they get our support. F,.nellS-Day 21 C.rlyn Dunney, Box 55, Arts Block, 8eijleld, Dublin 4. UCD ORIENTEERS Senior Home Inlematlonal 2J The Irish international squad bas been operating in tbeshadows for too UCO ORIENTEERS Sille Baxter, clo Porter's Desk, Concourse, University College, Galway. Club Newl 2.j Rotulls 26 long. Let's get them out in the open: they need to sell themselves to the rest of WATERFORD ORIENTE.ERS Veronica PurceM, Lodge's Lane, New10wn Hili, Tramore, Co. Waterlord. I'I~IU". 34 us.lbey rely on us for support, weareinterested in whattbey aredoing.1t should Flnola O'Donoghue, House 01 Sport, Longmlle Road, Dublin 12. (01·569099) IRISH O-ASSOCIATION bensymbiotic relationship: they giveus.and particularly thejuniors, something Deirdre Ryan, Regional Technical College 00, Dublin Road, Galway IRISH 0-8TUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Why not write for The I to aspire to and we are bappy to help tbem, to run training sessions or assist with Myra Patterson, Oak Bank, Mount Prospeol, Dorrylln, Co. Fermanagh, BT020LS. NORTHERN IRELAND OA Irish Orlenteerv fund raislng. BRmSH O-FEDERATION RlveNidale, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, Mollock, Derbyshire DE4 2HX (0044-629- I 734042, FAX 0044-629·733769). On a related topic, it was extraordinary to see the number of people out

INTERNATIONAL <>-FEDERATION Lenn",t Levin, Box 76, S·191 21 SoIlentuna, Sweden (00-46·11-353455, FAX 00·46- Results and articles can in Irish team O-suits at tile Senior Home International in October, particularly 8357169) now be accepted on most at the Relays. It was difficult to teU when a genuine Irish team was corni ng. I was TIOUN ADVENTURE CENTRE Adrrlnlslralor: Maeve McPherson, Tiglln, Ashlord, Co. WlckJow (0404-40169). shocked a couple of years ago to see an Irish team orienteering suit being worn forms of floppy disk from at an ordinary event, now il seems quite common. Iknow that I am not alone in commonly used computers, finding this objectionable: I think it diminishes the honour of running for your Remember: 24 hour fixtures information on 01-569099 although preferably Mac's. country and devalues the fact of beings elected. Do you ever see rugby players, Especially results! hockey players or athletes competing in Irish colours except at representative For further information on orienteering, contact the Irish Orienteering Association, c/o AF AS, matches? Certainly not. Printed by Denlon Prlnl, Dundrum, House of Sport, Long Mile Road, Dublin 12 (Phone 01-509845/501633/569099) Dublin 14 (01·2988944). Let's stop it now. Wearyour Irish orienteering suit or top with pride but on the appropriate occasion. Let the lOA or F10A have the Ovsuits back after r Cover Photo your competition so that they'll be available to the next team and wear your own Full details of the 1993 World Championships with maps and results in £20 to you if you supply the Ovsuit the rest of the time. Witb Irish O-suits being worn at every local event, '" cover photo for TIO! Black & wben the big occasion comes along tile state of the old and torn O·suits is Orienteering World white or colour, preferably appalling. Let's give the representative teamstracksuits, badges or T-shirts that the journal of the International Orienteering Federation about S'x 7' or larger. they can wear to proclaim that they were honoured to run for their country but available from The Irish Orienteer, 9 Arran Road, Dublin 9. let's keep the O-suits for the big ones, tbe representative internationals. To be Published in English, six issues per year, only IR£13. .. selected to ron for Ireland is a very great honour, Let's treat it as such.

2 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 3 FIXTURES CHANGES M19'SATIT AGAIN • that you have competed abroad several times, O·BITS The AJAX Leinster League event planned for Following on Marcus Pinker's great win in the Six preferably in different countries or have other Raven's Rock on December 5th has been changed Nations International event at Epping Forest on broad international experience, WORLD CUP 94 No, the real one! If you would toCloghleagh, near Manor Kilbride, Co. Wicklow 19th September, Cork 0 clubrnate Brian Creedon ... that you be competent in English or German, like to be considered for selection for the 1994 as the new extended Raven's Rock map won't be won the Ml9 class at the Merthyr Common Na- and World Cup races please apply to Alan Gartside. 22 ready until the Spring. An event there is planned tional Event in south Wales on October 24th with ... that you be familiar with the following IOF Ormiston Drive, Belfast BT4 3JS, if possible be- publications: for May 8th next instead. Marcus in second place a scant 9 seconds down and fore the end of November 1993. The Setanta event at Ballinascorney on February more than two minutes clear of the rest of the field. Rules for International Osevents, 6th will be replaced by one at Hellfire Wood. Marcus has been based in Norway during the past International Specification fcr Osmaps, VIDEO NASTlES If you know the whereabouts year and has his sights set on next year's World Control Descriptions, of the three Leinster orienteering instructional video VETERANS TEAM THIRD Junior Championships and no doubt on the 1995 Principles of Course Planning tapes made by Silva, please get in touch with Jane The current list of IOF Licensed Controllers has STOP PRESS! Irish Vets finish third in Veteran World Championships in Germany. WaU, 17 Templeroan Way, Dublin 16 (936241). people from eleven countries, and includes Tony Home International in North Yorkshire ...England Mind you, running on the same course at Merthyr Other people want to borrow them too. Thornley and Brian Walkins (GBR), Rolf Heine- Ist, Scotland 2nd, Ireland 3rd,4 points ahead of Common was 3ROC's Justin May who finished mann (GER), Edmond Szechenyi (FRA), Geir Wales. Rain and wind failed to deter them. Two 3rd in M35L, more than a minute ahead of Marcus OOPS! J nearly typed a paragraph here telling Tveit (NOR), Yvonne Caspari (SUI) and Per points ahead of Wales after Day 1 the Irish pulled and Brian ... Other notable results were Bill you all about bow the lOA has reprinted the attrac- Stcnsby (USA). a further two points clear in the Relays. Scotland edwards (CorkO), 2nd in M2IE, Brian Corbett tive, full-colour leaflet explaining orienteering to If you arc interested in getting involved in interna- won the Relays but England's winning margin after (CorkO) 7th M21E, Julie Cleary (3ROC) 2nd beginners and how it's available to clubs from the tional orienteering at 111islevel, write to the lOA, Day 1 gave them first place overall. W2j I!, Una Creagh (3ROC) 8th W21 a lOA at the House of Sport. ThenI remembered that House of Sport, Longmile Road, Dublin 12 with it's one of orienteering's best kept secrets so I SCANOINAVIA IN '94? O·R1NGEN CLINIC details. couldn't. That was close! Raymond Finlay of Gortatole Outdoor Centre is TIle 10/\ invites applications from Irish orientccrs interested in organising a party to travel to for the two places at the Swedish O-Ringen clinic Serlandsgaloppen in Norway and the 30th Swed- at the Swedish 5-Day next July. One place is H/HOT NEWS FROM ish 5-Day next summer. I lis phone number is 08- usually for an elite clinic (improve your own performance) while the other is for a coaching or HH® 036582-8888. Serlandsgalcppen is from 3rd-9th HellyHansen July based at Riser, about IOtlkm NB of Kristian- development clinic (help others to improve). The UltlQIPOlt sand on theSEcoast. All events are within 30km of clinic usually runs from the Wednesday or Thurs- He~iI BARGAIN OFFER LIFAWEAR AT LESS THAN HALF-PRICE WHILE STOCKS LAST the campsite. The Swedish 5-Day runs from l Sth- day before the5-Day rightthrough the week and all 22nd July in Angerm ani and ,based at Ornskoldsvik, transport, food and event entry is usually covered. LONG JOHNS S,M,L,XL (RRSP 217.99) ONLY 27,95 The 5-Day runs from July 18-22 in NESweden so Jade, burgundy, royal' and white as available about 500 kID north of Stockholm on the Baltic LONG SLEEVE TOPS Turquoise XS I S only ONLY 2 9,95 coast A long way up, but the forests reportedly are the Clinic probably starts of the 13th or so. It's a LONG SLEEVE TOPS Burgundy/magenta XS 'XL ONLY 212,95 fast and free of undergrowth. This is the big one, great opportunity to immerse yourself in orienteer- SHORT SLEEVE TOPS Jade/magenta - 811 .iz8S ONLY 2 9,95 the orientccrs' Mecca: every orienteer should get ing and a fantastic experience. 811 £24,99 Send your name and details to lOA. House of REGATTA FLEECE JACKETS sizes, many colours ONLY to this event sometime ... RON HILL 'UPLANDS' JACKETS all sizes RRSP 279.99 ONLY £49,99 Sport, Longmile Road, Dublin 12. Applications RON HILL 'LANGDALE' JACKETS all sizes RRSP £89.99 ONLY £59,99 ;,SPANISH STEPS? close 28th February 1994. Other bargains include RON HILL SHOEFIX RRSP £3.99 ONLY £2,95 Meanwhile LYO's Bill Simpson is considering V-J EAGLE O-SHOES (exclusive to ULTRASPORT) 233.99 & £39,99 getting people together totravel to Spain fororicn- lOF CONTROLLERS WANTED RON HILL TRACKSTERS Slight seconds.Norma1 RRSP 217.99 ~ teering in February, leaving Dublin on Sunday 111eInternational Orienteering Federation is look- RON HILL TREK TRACKSTERS Small navy only RRSP 221.99 ~ 13th and returningonMonday 21st. The plan is to ingfor licensed con trollers forin temation alevents. For comp~hensive catalogue and pric.elist please send SA.E. to do several days training on O-maps around Huelva The lOA has been invited to submit 3 or4 nomina- in the south of Spain and take in an intemationa12- tions from men and women. Therequiremcnts are: . ult.a/poII BRITAIN'S LEADING SUPPLIER day on 19tb120th. Estimated cost is about £400 • that you are an active orienteer, OF ORIENTEERING KIT including flights, car hire, apartment accommoda- • that you are recognised as being of the top ~ ORIENTEERS' SHOP, 4 ST MARY'S STREET, NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE, TFl0 7AB tion and maps. Try Bill at 08-0232481520 if standard by the lOA, Phone: 0952 813918 Fax:0952 825320 you're tempted. • that you have successfully controlled major na- tional events in the last few years, 4 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 5 O-BITS International Safari 1994, P.O. Bo~90330,,.Bert- which tree that should bel-The Foundation also Rathdrum, run by AJAX. Cheap entry for the. sham, 2013, South Africa. (Phone 00-2'7-11-680 granted over£ll',OOOto Inverness OC for a map- Championships closes onAtn February, late-entry PHOTOCOPYING If you're in the 8184; fax 00-27-11-806 4299). (13,yfueway, ping pr0jec'hor twelve small training, maps last to 28th" February. Contact Brian Bell, 25 Balally market for cheap pbotocopyingin the Dublin area, you'll need a new compass for the SA~or NZ May. Park, Dublin 16 (01-2956894). Fees: £'2/3)5. All check out"Read's in Nassau St. near the Blarney events, to compensate for the different magnetic [NT~RNATIONALS'There is talk of an Ireland- classes including MIW21E1US. w'00llen Mills. Costs for do-it-yourself copying declination in those areas) Wales international to be run in each country on al- are 2 pence per A4 page and you get a free ,-\4 pad ternate years. Judging by.our performances in the LEINSTEREQUlPMENT for-every 10:0copies. TIley can do ridiculously fast WOC 1994 The British Orienteering Federation Home International series it should be a very Leinster clubs: remember that the Leinster 0- double sided copying '00, plus-laser colour-copy- are to make a bid for the 1999 World Champion- closely fought contest: Meanwhile the annual Ire- Council has equipment which you can borrow. ingfor about 6Op.They're open Monday-Saturday ships, it was,decided earlier this year. They previ- land v Scotland match which has fallen into disre- There's a Westerstrand beeping start clock, a Seiko from 8.30 am to 6.30 pm. ously ran the event in 1976 at Avicmcrein Scot- pair-is also likely to be restored to its former glory. finish printer/timer and an overprinter. In' theory land. the first time an Irish' team attended. This Good news for all aspiring team members, there are also some videos but these were loaned ~RA THON MANIA is again starting to take kick-started the Scottish 6-Day which has been Also onthe international front, you might like out and haven't come baek for a couple of yeats. hold of orienteers. Jorgen Martensson, 1991 World running every two years since and the hopes are to know that you should always let (he selectors Contact Jane Watt (01-936241). Champion, finished 4th in his first marathon, in that ifBOF is successful it could further boost ori- know if Y0U will be available for a particular Stockholm, in a time of 2.19; meanwhile our own enteering in the chosen area. competition when you are asked about availabil- CIRCUL!\R ORIENTEERING Aonghus OCleirigh finished 10th in hisfirstmara- ity: often.the first people selected can't make it so Editors of orienteering newsletters are often thon, in Dublin.jn 2.22, having won theClonllffe HILL RUNNING. The main hi,H,running season the reserves are promoted to the team and then new looking for material to fill a page here or there and 20 mile race in September in 1.52.49. 3ROC's is over but there are still some races to keep you in reserves are required: it's very helpful to tbeselec- articles often resurface in the most unexpected Gerry Brady ran 2.33 in the Dublin marathon and shape. Try these: tors to know who they. can callon for 'the team, places. One such series which has done the rounds made bis Irish team deburatthc Senior Horne Inter- 27 Dec Dray Head, 1.00 pm, 2 milesl600 ft Making yourself' available may not improve your is "Johanna Helps You Breathe More Easily", a national a week later. 15 Jan Bray Head Relay, 1.00 pm, 3x1 mile/900ft chance of initial selection but it certainly helps brief and punchy title if ever there was one. Bas- 19 Feb BlucLight l'landicap, U)Opm,4 mls/lOOO When replacements are required. soonistand orienteer Johann a Tay lor' s.articles (for BACK TO THE LOUGH A two-day eventis ft • j"twas, she) first appeared ill ,SCOOP, the BOr planned for both sides-of Carlingford Lough next 13 Mar Slievefelirn, Co. Tipperary. 1.00 pm ,6.4 VETS VISIT A,swedish a-tour operator is ex- Soulh Central's mag, then in no, from there to June B ankHoliday weekend. The event, run jointly mls/LlOO ft pected to bring apartyof 100 veterans to the Sham- SCORE, the Scottish newsletter and has just fin- by LVO and 3ROC, will feature Slieve.Martin on 27 Mar Monarch Challenge, Dundalk, 2.30 pm, 6 rock O-Ring~n next july on the way to the World ished in SENA V, South East News and Views. It Saturday and Carlingford Mountain 01'1 Sunday'. mls/lO(}() fL Veterans Championships in Scotland. They hope has since started again in Points East, All that There arc no plans at' present for competitors to Details frO~l Paul Nolan (01-2980686), Denis to take in some training and a night's sleep in the remains is for a new ,SCOOP editor to see it and swim the fjord, but anything is possible ... Hegarty (021-358219), Fr. Peter O'Brien (096- North on their way: think "That's interesting" and Qtf we go again. 22177). (Incidentally, in case Johanna reads' this, I'm p'ot TOO LATE The 15th October entry date for the LAKELAND S-DA YS' The first Lakeland 5- eOQK 0 5TH A notice glimpsed at the BOF suggesting tbatit was included as asign ofdespera- 1994 APOC (Asia-Pacific O-Carnival)has passed, Days.takes place in the English Lake District from National Event at Merthyr Common gave the re- tion on the part of the editorsl) butifyou win-the Lotto in the meantime you might 20th::24th August ,1994. The event centre is the sults df the 1993 CompassSport Cup at which like to beg them to let you in. There are a number YMCA Lakeside National.Centre at the south end CorkO, winners of the Irish Orienreer Trophy, MARCUS WINS SIX NATIONS ofIrisb orienteers going, all based in Britain as far of Windermere. Three 'of theareas (", be used are represented Ireland, IIIa close fought.competition An excellent run in the H20 Elite class at as I'know, and there will be seven competitions and near here .(Digland, scene of the outs tanding 1993 they finished 5th, not far behind the two clubs Epping Forest East gave Cork 0' s Marcus Pinker a 2'-day mountain marathon in New Zealand from JK is one) and the other two are near Coniston, Ac- ending up joint 3rd. Well done, particularly for a tremendous win over the runners from Austria, December 29th' toJ anuary 9th. The contact address commodation is likely to be much in .dernand so getting such a large turnout for the event. Belgium, France, Germany and Great Britain. An is APOC1994Carnival •.I5 Coronation St.,Feild- book it early. Cheap entries to March 31st. More Itishteam travelled for the first time to-the Euro- ing, New Zealand. (Phone: Graham Teahan 00-64- details from Sue Birkinshaw, 221 Hale Road. LEINSTER CHAMPS Great Eas tern Navigators pean International Junior Match in south east 6-323 S987;. fax'00-64-6-323 8822). Altrincharn, Cheshire W A 15 8DN. are runniugthe 1994:I."einsterChampionshipson a England on Septemben ISvl Oth. The Swedesthere L YO BENEFIT A grant from the Foundation new map of Glencree -in Co. Wicklow, about 3 too, but as guests rather'thaq as.acompetitive team, I!'I TIME (just),:fbe 1994International O-Safari for Sporrand the Arts has-given Lva a windfall of miles SWofEnniskerry and con venient to Du blin. As far as I could ascertain, the ,Irish,team included i~South Africa runs from February 24 to March £3000 for computer equipment for mapping. A The.event, On SaturdayMarch 12th., will be~om- Chris SC(Olt~Bria~ Creedon, David Hollinger..Ieff 6 in the Johannesburgand Cape Town areas. condition dfthe &'j:antis that they put a plaque on bined with aGrade 1 event, (Iknow there "sno.such Butlerand Emma Glanville. Oh, and Marcus'Pinker. Entries close on November 30th bullate entries the wall, of the 'Club premises: if'they can decide thing anymo~, bljt anyway ...) at C(onybyrne,.near (Co.nlinued on pq.ge'20 ) should be available COLanextra fee. Centact S.A.

6 17leIrish Orient.eer The. Irish Orienteer 7 Dateline October 9.... Lake Sebago .... I'm at The Scandinavian dominanceof world ori- the World Orienteering Championships. enteering took a few knocks but the Swedes, Finns, Actually at the World Orienteering Champion- Norwegians and Danes between them still man- ships. Seriously. Here. Orienteering for nearly aged to co11ectl5 of the 18 medals going. Sweden twenty years and finally here. The sun took 3 gold, 2 silver and a bronze, is shining, the trees are turning an Finland 2 silver and 3 bronze, Nor- amazing range of colours from yel- * I way one of each and Denmark one low through orange to russetred.there gold with 's 31 sec- are a-couple of hundred brightly clad ond win over the holder, Sweden's spectators, competitors finishing the Jorgcn Martensson in the Classic race. short distance qualification races in The Championships an assortmentof national team colours, must have been a major disappoint- the Irish team and officials standing ment for Norway whose only gold out in their distinctive Lowe Alpine medal was for 1989 World Cham- gear. pion Petter Thoresen's win in the 1993 Short race with the huge margin of26 "Some of the best orienteering in WORLD seconds (the next II places spanned the world ..." ORIIlNTEHRING just 49 secondsl). This year should have been a golden opportunity for llWlPIOSSHIPS In an astonishing feat of or- Norway, with familiar terrain and the u • A ganisation for such a small orienteer- Swedes having laid off serious train- ing country, the recent World Cham- ing for months due to the mystery pionships in the USA were a feast of illness scare, but the team failed to outstanding orienteering. Magnificent terrain, ex- capitalise on it. One of the biggest surprises was cellent maps, good organisation and mostly good their 6th place in the men's Relay following a weather combined to make WOC 93 an unforget- disastrous start by Rolf Vcstre, finishing 17th after table experience. leg Lfiveminutes adrift. The two Norwegian Con- trollers of the event, Geir Tveit and Tore Kris- The hIghlights: Allan Mogensen (DEN) and tiansen, clearly weren't happy either: in a letter to Marlta Skogum (SWE) are the champIons the participating teams before the event they disas- •.• IrIsh men and women finish 18th In the sociated themselves from it, disowned it. There relays ... Steven Linton 50th In classIc race had been friction between the US planners and or- ... Una Creagh 59th ... Yvette Hague takes ganisers and the Norwegians, who wanted every- Bronze In Women's Classic race Br'ltlsh thing to be done the Norwegian way. The courses, men's team take Silver In Relays SwIt- they said, were too long. The planners were over zerland retain men's relay ... Sweden retain the moon after the races, though: they had been women's relay ••.GBR's Steve Hale misses right all along. The winning times were spot on. Bronze by 1 second In Short Race... 8 The Irish Orienteer The Norwegians were wrong. However, back to the Czech Republic, Eileen Lougbmen was 39th, business. Una Creagh 40th, Darina Cunnane 42nd, Eadaoin Morrish 47th and Julie Cleary 48th. Once again West Point area conditions were perfect for running: mild, sunny The 15th World Orienteering Champion- and dry. ships was held in Harriman State Park. about 30 miles north of New York City, from 9th to 14th of The Classic October. The terrain was mature deciduous forest Monday was a rest day with a model event with lots of rock detail and contour features, run- for the Classic race, with similar control sites and nable butrocky underfoot and with the most amaz- terrain. Various volunteers were pressed into serv- ing autumn coloured leaves on the trees.The event ice for manning controls on Tuesday, myself, Tho- centre for the WOC was WestPointMilitary Acad- mas Callery, Frank Martindale and Simon Erring- emy and the thirty four countries participating ton being four such bodies. It seemed like a good stayed in the West Point area. Training areas were idea on Monday but when we had to be up before available on existing O-maps in Harriman Park 6 am and we were less keen. Justas we were getting and the Irish team took full advantage sorted out with our clipboards and of these to fam iHarise themsel ves with Timex watches the rain started and the terrain before the Championships. poured down unrelentingly for the whole day. I don't know whether it Short Race was worse for the competitors or of- The first day of competition ficials, but it was interesting to see was the Short Distance qualification the world's Elite in action. Ireland races on Saturday 9th at Jackie JODes was allowed two runners in themens Mountain. Wann sunshine, autumn and women's races: the number can (sorry, fall) colours and a run-in along be up t04 depending on performance tbe edge of a lake kept the spectators at previous WOC's, World Cup races, happy. Five similar courses for men 1993 World Junior Championships and and five for women were run and the World Student Championships. Colm top ten from each heat went into the A- WORLD O'Halloran, Bill Edwards, Julie final, the next 10 into the B-final and ORltiNTEERING Cleary :md Una Creag~ were to run the men also had a C-final for the rest. but as It happened Bill had come All the team members can run in this tllAMPIONSBIPS down with a bug and Steven Linton race and our best result was John Fee- u • A §tepped in at the last minute instead. han who just missed the A final. Bill The venue was Sure- Edwards, John and Colm O'Halloran made the B bridge Mountain, a very complex area about the final whileStevenLinton and James Logue were in size of the 10C 93 map of Carlingford, Starts ran the C final. All five women were in the B final. from 08.30 to about 1.30 and the runners had to cope with difficult conditions throughout: wet rock. Shortfmals cold, rain. Norway's Rolf Vestre, the first starter, On the Sunday at Lake Sebago Petter ran a brilliallt90.36 and led thefield for In ucb of the AI tne World cnemptonsntos: Thoresen of Norway won (be A final in 22.34 and day in the men's race, eventually being overhauled 11!f.1 v'.n(td t)Qfr!l'l"l Mm!(1) SIw4~~f.#ll~tMIEd ~1Ift11\ ....Ut'ttfl)lL"9'lt·.t,;"J"lh' .' IhTlOH{.q~~f1 8~! Britain's Steven Hale took joint 4th place. In the by some of the last starters and finishing Sth. l.n~~l'tn I:,f·roo ItlrY,.d,b.:ll1· III ..Aft\. 1t;'l"" CIoedl)'. linn (."'rol~ltt women's A race Anna Bogren of Sweden won in Denmark's Allan Mogensen (4thin the 1992 World r,;,u::JI""."!-, ('IJtlnI" M-:W')lah. ~u.!, f--~~Man •.f;tArtof 20.39 with Britain's Yvette Hague 9th. In the Cup) finished in 87.36 with 1991 winner Jorgen Ir""~:}"!tfrl' 'ell,y. r)m, lin.u Men's B final France's Olivier Coupat won, John Martensson (SWE) second, 1989 winner Petter Feehan was 25th, Bill 28th and Colm 37th. In the Thoresen (NOR) third, Kent 01sson (SWE) 4th. C race James was 5th and Steven 12th. The Britain's Stephen Palmer was 16th, Steven Linton Women'sB race was won by Petra Novotna from was 50th and Colm O'Halloran 75th. In the 10 The Irish Orienleer women's race Marita Skogum of Sweden, winner the 17th team was 27 minutes ahead after leg 3. was perhaps within the team's grasp: only 15 sec- also of last year's World cup series, regained tbe Japan finisbed 19th, Slovenia 20th and the Spanish onds down after more than 217 minutes. Karppi- See How They Ran title after a two year lapse, with Finland's Aniika ladies were timed out. nen ran in almost aminute later, disbelief etched on Men Villosecond andBritain's Yvette Hague third. The his face,to take bronze. Hale had ron the fastes t leg Here are the split times at almost every control reigning Champion, Katalin Olah of Hungary fin- What of the men? of the day, 49.25, picking up 6 minutes and 12 for the winner of the Classic race, Allan Mo- gensen, the top placed British runner, Stephen ished 46th in 84.17 .Una Creagh was 59th and Julie The men's race was a more nail-biting seconds on bis leg, an amazing personal perform- Palmer, Eteven Linton and Colm O'Halioran. The affair at the front. After leg 1the Norwegians were Cleary 77th. ance and a tremendous result for Britain and for all last column is the fastest (F) and slowest (S) time nowbere to be seen: the top seven positions were the non-Scandinavian countries: it can be done! for each leg. The ReJays Estonia53.l8,FlOland53.25,Sweden53.30,Czech But what ofColm O'Halloran? Colm ran an even Another rest day followed before the last Republic 53.43, Denmark53.47, Switzerland 53.53, 65.00 to slip up to 18th place, ahead of Canada, A.M. S.P. S.L. C.O'H. F/S event of the Championships, the Relay, took place and Jonathan Musgrave of Great Britain 55.15. Italy, Bulgaria. New Zealand, USA and Belgium, 1 2.45 2.38 3.23 3.29 2.34/8.19 on the Thursday. Back to Lake Welch, this time to James Logue ran 66.54 to finish 25th, ahead of among others, a good result for the Irish team. The 2 2.53 3.10 4.37 4.04 2.53/22.11 3 6.58 8.10 9.30 11.23 6.37/19.06 Rockhouse Mountain, a 1:15.000 scale map with Belgium, USA and Romania, among others. The British result shows that it is possible to perform 4 2.32 2.03 2.24 2.24 1.41/10.34 Japanese first leg runner was disqualified and pre- plenty of hiJls and quite an amount ofthick under- well against the longest established O-countries, 5 6.17 6.00 7.19 8.13 5.50/13.47 growth of mountain laurel. The sunshine returned sumably did the honourable thing. After leg 2 but it also shows that it requires ability, dedication 6 1.10 1.22 1.32 1.32 0.45/3.44 but conditions for the waiting runners were cold Estonia had dropped to 18th, taking and training in complex terrain: Hale and Palmer 7 14.19 15.29 16,00 19.07 14.08/34.05 nonetheless. The women's race started first, Una the lead for Sweden in 53.44 with' Finland 1.13 live in Sweden, Musgrave in Scotland and Bagness 8 6.14 7.28 8.18 14.54 5.31/16.17 Creagh 'leading off the Irish challenge and James down, the holders, Switzerland, 1.22 down and in the Lake District. 9 6.53 8.10 9.06 7,59 5.05/20.06 103.26 3.25 6.11 9.12 2.48/12.21 Logue leading the men's team. Spectators were Martin Bagness in lOth place, 8.04 down, for The supporters club managed to run in the 11 1.28 3.30 1.47 2.34 1.22/4.54 Britain.The second Irish runner, Bill Edwards, ran allowed up to the last control to follow the final O-Pest on the same maps as the World Champion- 125.11 6.28 7.51 7.28 5.11/15.19 momcn ts of the race, bu nbc sporadic reports from 64.09, moving up to 23rd place. Norway mean- ships, taking in the US Championships at the end 1310.16 9.17 12.01 12.41 8.39/27.19 the radio controls in the forest were only audible to while had pulled back to 8th (6.54 clown) but had of the weck before returning to a somewhat jet- 143.40 3.25 4.56 5.13 3.21/8.25 the crowds at the finish line. In the women's race left too much to do in the remaining legs. lagged normality on Monday morning. What a 151.28 2.04 Sweden came in first with Anette Nilsson 14 sec- By the end of leg 3 we know something week! 163.09 4.18 3.51 2.12/10.41 onds ahead of Finland's Johanna Tiira, Britain's was happening: Britain had pulled up to 5th place The next World Championships is in Ger- 17 2.20 3.02 3.00 185.34 5.16 6.00 6.44 5.06/15.14 with IIblistering run by Steven Palmer (52.48 - the Heather Monroe 12th in 50.33 and Una Creagh many in August 1995. The trend towards running F 1.30 1,37 1.12 1.07 1.1/2.34 19th in 68.15. After the second leg the Swedes had fastest leg of the day so far), only 6.27 down, events for all comers in conjunction with the WOC increased their lead to 4.06 and the Norwegians behind Switzerland, Finland, Russia and Sweden. will hopefully continue, so don't be shy: go to the Women had pulled into second place, 6 seconds ahead of The Swiss had pulled back from 3rd to Ist and the woe and support your team and see the world's Marita Skogum, Yvette Hague, Una Creagh, the Finns. Britain had moved up to 10th with Irish had moved up to 19th with John Feehan's best in action. Julie Cleary and the fastest and slowest times. Yvette Hague time of 46.14 and Ireland stayed 61.29, All the non-Scandinavians (except the MS YH UC JM F / S 1 3.33 4.21 4.41 5.51 3.33/16.24 19th with Eileen Loughman's 64.24. After leg 3 Swiss!) were TOOtingfor the British team - surely Asides: Also helping out at the woe were Martin 2 2.54 2.01 1.52 2.22 1.00 / 4.60 Anna Bogren of Sweden had stretched their lead by they couldn't beat them at their own game - that Mulligan, a founder member of UCDO and now a 3 5.33 6.04 8.41 8.58 5.21/18.09 4 seconds to 4.10 ahead of Norway and the GB wouldn't be cricket. university lecturer in Newfoundland and Piaras de 4 2.00 2.04 5.15 4.03 1.36/11.05 team bad moved up to Oth with Jean Cory-Wright Leg four: Thomas Buhrer leads out for Cleir, now running with HVO and living in New 5 14.34 14.50 19.15 25.39 11.23/36.55 (until recently Ramsden.inher 10th woe).Eadaoin Switzerland, Timo Karppinen for Finland 1.51 Jersey. 6 9.06 10.45 15.28 20.42 9.06/27.26 Morrish pulled theIrisb team upto 18th, relegating behind. Vladimir Alexeev a further 3 minutes You may some time get the chance to sec 7 1.28 1.37 1.49 3.18 0.30/4.05 8 2.52 3.03 5.06 15.53 2.50/26.35 the Slovcnian team to 19th with a time of 64.48. down in third place, then Sweden's Martin a video made of the our own Darina Cun- woe: 9 4.20 5.09 6.01 7.15 4.20/9.42 Johansson 13 seconds behind him and then Steve For the last leg it looked like a foregone conclusion nane was running around the forest (after her race) 10 1.40 1.13 1.50 1.53 1.02 /2.39 for the Swedes, with gold medallist Marita Skogum J laic for Britain, 1minute 23 seconds further back, wearing a head camera to give a runner's eye view 11 anchoring the team: could she fend off the Norwe- 6.27 down on the Swiss, Would Hale have the of orienteering. 12 gian challenge? She ran 42.38 to Ragnhilde Bente pace? Radio control reports mentioned him mov- 136.24 6.19 9.11 10.34 6.05/11.12 Andersen's 42.31 for Norway, bringing her team ing through the field: suddenly there's a red and No report on such an event would be F 1.19 1.27 1.34 2.19 1.01/2.37 in 4.03 clear. Finland finished a further 4 minutes white blur as Buhrer comes across the field to the complete without a word of thanks to the officials down. Jenny James pulled the British team up to last control, looks anxiously over his shoulder for involved: the team manager Paddy O'Brien, the 9th and Julie Cleary maintained the Irish position the opposition, then Hale appears, lean and mean, other officials and assistants Brendan Delaney, at 18th, one place down on the USA: indeed. it steaming down the run in, amid cheers from the Ronal Cleary and Trilla Cleary who laboured and would have been impossible to improve on l Sth as crowds: delighted to take sil ver but aware thatgold

12 The lrish Orienteer Vie lrish Orienteer 13 sought for no reward. 'Similarly to the selectors who do 3 Yvette Hague GBR 66.09 MMMmmm ... weather with, a rising wind and rain on Sunday. the most thankless job of all, and obviously to all the 4 Eija Kbskivaara FII\I 67.04 The Mournes: officials in the USOF who caD. such an outstanding event. 5 KirsiTiira FIN 67:37 III both events we competed on the C 59 Una Creagh IRL 92.34 JMoC. 77 Julie Cleary IRL 119.03 course: The MMM started in Tollymore- Forest Park with some mist on the hilltops. The first leg Resylts summary: Relay The Andersons' Moumes Mountain Marathon and started as the day would go 'on, with several route Short A,flnal8: Men 4 x 10.0km/420m(32 ran) the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon choices. We decided to goon the direct uphill route Men 4.4 km/135m (SOran) 1 Switzerland 217.16 through the forest rather than the more popular 1 Petter Thqrssen NOR 22.34 2 Great Britain 217.31 featured inHarold White's travels this year ... route around the road. Thenumberofroute choices 2 Timo Karppinen FIN 23.00 3 Finland 218.20 throughout Saturday kept splitting competitors so 3 Martin Johansson SyJE 23.26 4 Sw~den 220~18 On the eye of the KIMM my travelling 4 Jon Tveit NOR 23.27 5 Russia 221.02 that it became Jess of a procession and the Verdict partner, Nigel Campbell-Crawford, and myself Steve Hale GBR 23.27 18 Ireland 257.32 of theorientecrs at the overnight camp was that it were asked why we were doing it. Our answers Was the best planned course for several years. Women3.5 km/100m(50 ran) Women4 x 6:Skmf230m(21 ran) ranged from adventure, escapism, to the great The leg to control 3 above Ben Crom 1 Anna Bogren SWE 20.39 1 Sweden 168.48 feeling it gives to complete the event. In my own reservoir provided three choices: direct over 2 MaHta,SkoglJm SWE 21.10 2 Norway 172.51 case an additional reason was to do it while I still Slievenaglogh, contour around this and then direct 3 Eija Koskivaara FIN 21.11 3 Finland 176.59 can: as Alan Pentland says, these veterans are 9 Yvette Hague GBR 22.32 4 Czech Republic 231.15 from the Hare's Gap, or the longer route past Ber- getting younger every year. As well as actually Short B finals 5 Russia 190.47 nagh Slabs with a path directly to the, control. The doing it the hidden element is the weeks of training, Men (50 ran) 9 Great Britain 192.37 young Turks. 'Stephen Wilson and Timothy building up fitness, stamina and the mental strength 1 Olivier CoUpat FAA 23.01 18 Ireland 262.23 Pentland, covered the first option in 58 minutes, we 25 John Feehan IRL 27.07 to live through the difficult times when you wantto took 80minutes fer the second whileour old rivals 28 Bill Edwards IRL 27.34 give up or have a nervous breakdown, as we Richard Williamson and Alan Pentland took 70 37 Colm O'Halloran IRL 28.54 experienced in the 1991 Moumes MM. minutes for option 3. First: gear Women (61 ran) The next big choice was the route to • Another element of the preparation proc- 1 Petra Novotna TCH 23.22 LOGO·RRHOEA control 5 where the choice was to.go up and over or 24 Loma Eades GBR 27.17 ess is assembling, the equipment to produce the Alan Gartside, Chairman of the Irish Senior around Slieve Muck: a fairly balanced choice be- 39 Eileen Loughman IRL 29.37 lightest and mostcompactofrucksacks. In the case 40 Una Creagh IAL 29.38 Selectors, wonders whether any of you budding tween climbing 300m into tbe mist over Muck or of the KIMM our rucksacks at 16lbs seemed bulky 42 Darina Cunnane IRL 29.40 graphic artists out there could come up.with a logo contouring, covering an extra 3 km, We made the in comparison with other competitors although we 47 Eadaoin Morrish IRL 33.36 for the federation of Irish Oeienteering Associa- mistake of starting to climb Muck then changed had erred on the side of caution by taking extra 48 Julie Cleary IRL 34.46 tions, FIOA? our mind and contoured. Thereafter the route went clothes and food. For Us to achieve significantly He feels that a over Pigeon Rock, Slieve Maughanmore with- a C final, Men (58 ran) lighter packs we would need to invest in a new tent log 0 should route choice around Tomamrook and a beautiful 1 EdagarasVoveris LTU 23.00 and sleeping bags. Our main i~.novations for thc convey a snappy, downhill finish at the foot of Rocky Mountain. 5 James Logue IRL 25.37 two events were 'to switch to lycra legs rather than 12 Steven Linton IRL 27.10 attention- grabbing Within tent snapshot of the or- O-suit bottoms for that streamlined effect; carry only thermal clothes which don't-absorb or retain The organisers had gone for an easy access Classic 'race g au is a- tion and water; to use dehydrated food for our main meal campsite which made results processing and dis- Men 13.5km/690m(86 ran) that this one con- 1 Allan Mogensen' DEN 87.36 where we were able to wash out the containers to play possible by early evening'; The best tent sites v e y .s I ...... nothing, 2 Jorqen MartenssonSWE 88.07 ..=...,.. use as our cereal bowls next morning; taking a were in the shelter of the-wall as the.cold wind was apal't~fromthe 3 Petter Thoresen NOR 89.28 collapsible water container rather than water bottles beginning to rise, but these went quickly and the 4 Kent Olsson SWE 90.18 diagonal lor i en- which take up too much spaee and to switch from later arri vals had to camp on the-more exposed east 5 Rolf Vestre NOR 90.36 te e r in g .'symbol. our saucepan to-asmallkettle Which boiled enough side of the river which ran parallel with the wall. 15 Stephen Palmer GBR 94:37 It was derived [TOm the almost identical NIOA This worked to their advantage on the-Sunday. 50 "Steven linton' IRL 110.38 logo. Perhaps a new logo telling-us-something at a water for two 'full cups of soup or tea. We camped in an enclave of orienteers 75 C0Im O'Halloran IRL 128.47 glance about Federation, IrisIHlnd·Orientccring? With mountain marathons you become in- where the stories began to.grow with each arrival. Suggestions to Alan at 22 Ormiston Drive, Belfast tensely' interested in weather forecasts, whether Women8.6km'/420m(82 rari) The fastest time had been 3 hours 50, Richard and BT431S. televi~ion or shipping. Fortunately the peakofthe 1 Marita Skogum SWE 62.27 Alan had beaten us by"25, minutes '(our 'excuse 2 Aniika Viilo FIN 64.42 equinoctial gales dune 011 the-Tuesday before. the Moumes but the weekend forecast was "for cold being that Nigel had pulled.a muscle. the previous 14 Tlle-i Fi:~h O,:i'enteer The Jrish Qrienteer 15 week and we were taking it easy), Trina Cleary had ways into a pool where the water came up to my separate overnight camp. The sheer size of the programme not to congregate around control sites, retired near Muck with a twisted knee and Maurice chest and was glad that the others keptme upright. event was enormous with 1500 teams starting, very many com peti tors sat down to check their rou tes or O'Hara was smiling and had "a good time". On our While we were concentrating on our own crossing reminiscent of the scale of the JK. have morning coffee, lunch or afternoon tea. walkabout we met our friends from Newry who Iwas aware of a crowd upstream who were trying In contrast with last years snow the fore- The social chat at the campsite, apart from we'd retired with in the Comeragh MM in May. to cross in a single line but were making slow cast was for bright days and cold nights and the my screams from extreme cramp, suggested that They were intheir usual cheerful form having been progress. Crossings like this underlined the benefit weather turned out to be the best since 1985. Given the course was tougher than last year despite the fasteston the day (subsequently going on to win the of using thermal wear in that the water was shed this forecast we each took an extra pair of long better weather. It got dark around 6.30 and as we C course). quickly after the river crossing and we did not feel johns and a balaclava and Iinvested in a head torch. cooked our meal by head torch our neighbours Overnight the wind rose and the rainstorm cold. It struck us that we would have tocook our evening cooked a candle-lit supper. Our evening game put the tent to the test. During the night we heard Itwas fortunate that the next control was a meal in the dark. We registered on Friday after- involved guessing the course for the Sunday. The voices looking to get into the Pentlands' tents. bridge over the Spelga River which would have noon and collected our maps which bad all the two main options were going northwards over less What we subsequently discovered was thatMelanie been even more dangerous to cross. The grind up control sites marked on: this provided the Friday billy ground or going south with more climbing. It McKee and Eunice Cinnamon had their tent col- past Spclga Dam was straightinto the driving wind evening game of guessing the correct course. was obvious that there was only one 5 km route to lapse and after moving into Ronnie McKee's tent and rain and Ireckoned that this was the toughest The 4 kin walk to the start gave us lime to the finish which was mostly downhill over tracks. it also coUapsed. Melanie and Eunice squeezed stretch of the two days. However the next control adjust to the 1:40,000 scale and 15 m contours of Reveille was at6am withchnsing starts from 7 am. into the two Pentland tents while Ronnie and at Butter Mountain marked the peak of the day. On the Harvey map which we found very clear and We, like the majority, were in the mini-mass starts Michael Curran spent the rest of the evening in the run down to and around Pofanny Dam Nigel easy to use. We were the 347lh team of the 390 between 8. j 0 and 8.40. The good news was that the their survi val bags in the shelter of the wall. This decided to step up the pace and risk his leg muscle. teams starting the C course which was 22 kin on a early starters were heading north. Tbedirectcourse seemed to have noeffect on them as they improved Around this point we picked up a gentleman who straight linemcasure, with 1035 m climb. The area length was 20km with 850 m climb which con- their overnight position of22nd to 14th at the finish travelled with us for a while and on enquiry where was typified by very smooth rolling hills with very cerned me in that the lastS km was all downhill. of the B course. his partner was be informed us that he was the few rock features. Apart from one leg on day 2, As it turned out some of the legs crossed Good morning, Campers! official photographer. route choices were non-existent, witb a solid pro- valleys which we contoured around. The early part On emerging from the tent next morning The leg into Tollymore offered the choice cession creating big elephant tracks for the later of the course took us over rough ground which the full impact of the weather hit us with the of going down the Trassy Track or direct along the starters, made running more difficult. The one real route continuing rainstorm and the river splitting the wall. We took the latter which in the end seemed Hitting the hills choice was on the 6km leg tocontrol5: up the right campsite was now araging torrent. The visitto the quicker. The finish involved a sharp climb and I 'The first half of the course, to control 3, band shoulder of a hill or around the left side and Portaloo gave us our first taste of the perils of wonder if anyone was able to run up this. We were was relatively easy with limited climb and long along rides in a young forest? We took the former torrent-crossing. The organisers took the wise greatly surprise to learn from Susie Carson that we runnable stretches. Iwas beginning to wonder if it route though only a few people seemed to beopting decision to shorten courses: on ours they took out were the 18th finishers (17th on the C course). could all be this easy but was also worrying about for this. Such is the power of a procession that control 4 which was a pity given the wonderful Obviously in the cover ofTollymore forest we had what the second half of the courses could be like: when we looked back from near the top a complete route options both to it and to the next control. Now slipped past a few teams. Overall we finished 26th, we tend to mark one control at a lime and so had no crocodile of people was behind us. it was a fairly direct route to Tollymore. two places better than last year, but the needle idea where the rest of the course wenl. Sure enough Down at last By the time we had got over the river the match with Richard and Alan went in their favour the second halfinvolved three climbs of 150-200 m After the 5th control we had an extremely start whistle had already been blown and we started by 4 minutes.Ittook us 8 hours 20 minutes to cover each. The incentive on the difficult 200m descent enjoyable 2 km downhill run since gravity pro- towards the back of the horde. Some headed up the our route of 39 km and 1460 m climb. to the campsite was the impression from up there vided most of the energy. Two tough climbs (I was track, possibly to go round the right hand side of that few spaces were left. running OUlof energy) followed before we hit the Rocky Mountain, but we, like most, contoured Then the Karrimor The campsite was situated in a deep valley control at the start of the 5 kin finish run in. At the across the left shoulder. When we finally caught TIle KIMM foUowed five weeks later which so by the stage we reached the finish the sun had right psychological moment Nigel pointed out the sight of the Rocky River a crowd had already gave us a rest and then a rebuild of training. It was gone. The site was a flat open area bounded on one crowd of about 60 behind us and in an unsubtle assembled on our side and were obviously finding based at Drumlanrig Castle in SW Scotland and side QYa road and on another by a river. Results manner told me to hurry up. This worked, as very difficulty in crossing. The river was much wider held in the hills on both sides of tile Nith Valley 15 wore processed on site and produced quickly: we few teams passed us on what seemed like an and deeper than the campsite river and our imme- miles north of Dumfries. This was our first KIMM were the last team on the first sheet, in 80th everlasting run in. It was a shock to emerge sud- diate decision was to form into a group to hopefully and given its reputation we approached it with position, which only proves that you have very denly into the crowded finish area. We were both shuffle across.So Nigel, Jane Watt, Eileen Murphy , some apprehension. little idea of bow you are doing while on the move. so exhausted that we had little energy to congratu- Timothy Pentland and I plunged into the torrent The C course and the short score event One oflhe places where we made up time was atthe late each other and, like sheep, we joined the which, even in the summer heat I would have took us into the western part of the valley. The control sites, where we went in, punched and on in refreshment queue.This was so slow moving that thought twice about. At one point I stepped side- longer courses started in the eastern part and had a the best O-tradition. Despite the notice in the we went in search of water and must havcdrunksix TIle Irish Orienleer 17 16 The Irish Orienteer o 8 I,{) "I- cups each. Nigel went for a lie down and i went to late and incur time penalties. This tear's error was du Carlit on the shores of Lac Bouillouses. The buy a T-shirt since i felt that Ideserved it. not to double check our grid references. We set off CONTINENTAL terrain was a mixture of sparsely growing pines The English "Independent" ran an excel- up one hill and down again into a deep valley. (mapped as runnable forest) and fast alpine meadow, lent article with photographs on the following When we looked back up again we saw the famous all at an altitude over 2200 metres. The contours Tuesday headed "Challenge of Exhaustion and Karrimor crocodile contouring around the hill we ORIENTEER- had a Scandinavian look to them (I've never been Exhilaration" and certainly this reflected our fin- had just descended. Our initial elation at thinking to Scandinavia but I've got a good collection of ishing mood: the exhilaration from covering 51 k we were correct was soon dashed when we recog- maps) and the lack of line features made the navi- in 3 minutes short often hours (our fastest time per nised our error and, yes, the 15 teams meandering ING gation challenging. At control 6 I discovered the Ian ever) and by the provisional results (later round the hiU were right. A double check brought real meaning of the phrase "oxygen debt" which us back up the mountain determined that that was conformed) that we were 68th. Bill Simpson ofLagan Valley Orienteers likes resulted in a period of circular orienteering while the end of our time-wasting. Given our enjoyment (at least on reflec- driving on the wrong side of the road. Last my enfeebled brain tried to distinguish between tion) Ithink it is appropriate to thank the sponsors, One of the many tricks of mountain ma- dried ponds and mapped marshes. summer he went to France ... Andersons and Karrimor, who have aconsiderable rathoning is to keep eating and drinking. This Having come to my senses and control 6 eventu- involvement in both events; the organisers who year's weather necessitated much drinking; indeed ally, Imade my way towards the finish down the This year Itravelled to one of the French 5-Day take on such a major undertaking and ensure that the two days sunshine was better than nearly all of steep slope which was ominously described in the events rather than the Scottish 6-Day and the extra things run smoothly for competitors; and the many this summer. Navigation was simplified by total information sheet as "all area of homogeneous thousand miles or so were well worth while. Itwas marshals and helpers, some of whom have to sit on visibility of the Scouish peaks which contrasted small marshes ans (sic) small vegetation which are my second foray into continental orienteering, cold and wet hilltops checking competitors through. with icy hail and a snowy whi teout in the northern not mentioned on the map". Lake District in England last year. having braved road blockages by striking French Apart from our inability to walk for three Etapc 2 proved to be staged 011 the least tcohni- lorry drivers to run in the French 4-Day last year, days after the K.IMM the only physical problem we On Day Iwe decided to staysouth of theovernlght cal of the areas. L'Orri Andreu on the French! but it was insufficient to prepare me for the rigours experienced on Sunday afternoon on the wily home campsite and take in as many of the controls as Spanish border (fence on south edge of map). 23 of running at high altitude in the Pyrenees. was severe hand cramp: obviously we had been possible. Straight away it became clear that there hairpin bends en route to this venue, which again Registration and the official opening ceremony clutching our maps and compasses too anxiously. was severe inconsistency in the points value of was a mixture of pine forest and alpine meadow. (No. No, don't give up: there are some bits about Did we enjoy it? W ou Id we do it again? The further controls. Some quite difficult controls were only The forest was much more reminiscent of home, forests, scenery and maps later on) were on Sunday we get away from the event, the more likely it is worth 5 points and when there is a target of 250 with denser trees, patches of felled and areas of lIth July. While many at home were toasting that the answer to both questions is "Yes". points to be achieved it is definitely not worth undergrowth. The contours were more rounded, themselves in front of roaring bonfires, the Simpson going for them. After a solid slog we had bagged with very little fine detail. Careful route choice ISO points and were back in the running. We family were huddled on top of a multi-storey car Just back from a trip to the World 0- paid off for a while. until an over-confident bearing park atstreet level (think about it) listening to a free arrived at the overnight camp with 10 minutes to and pacing downhill into a vague area of mottled Championships, UCDO and MDOC's pop concert by a local band called "Les spare. One of Ciaran' s great time and energy green and yellow forest left me searching for a Thomas Callery again ran in the Karrtmor Formidables". I'm still not sure which one was saving schemes is his version of "bottom" skiing small, short dry ditch without an attack point Mountain Marathon: Les. The wind whistled round and the snow-capped down the grassy slopes, however this docs nothing within 200 metres. A retreat uphill to the Spanish Wonderful weather and challenging point peaks of the Pyrenees glinted dimly through the for the lifespan of your lycras and hidden stones are border did little to help and control 4 finally sue- scoring typified this year's Karrimor. This was my threatening rain drops over Font Romeu. an occupational hazard ... cumbedmore to luckthanjudgement.l was puzzled third go at this annual attack of self-mutilation. My We had really pushed ourselves at the end So much for poetic erudition. Registration pro- en route to 5 by a fellow competitor's trepidation partner in crime was Ciaran Young of Setanta and were rewarded with 12th position despite our vided a complete list of control codes for every crossing asirnple two-wire fence until my memory Orienteers. The scene was the beautiful southern messy start. The leaders had 180 points and they course on each day. Cross reference to a complete wasjoltcd (literally) back to the warning in the in- uplands, home of Scottish 6-Day 1991 and Drum- had been more astute in going for the northern list of control codes and descriptions enabled formation leaflet to "De carefull (sic) Electrical lanrig Castle was arnajestic setting for registration section of the course and taking in far-flung con- competitors to construct their own control descrip- Fence". and night-before camp. trols of a higher value. tion list. A simple approach, which theBOFTech- The route to Etape 3 took me back through Font Saturday dawned bright and early and, nical Committee would frown upon. No pre-printed It always amazes me that despite being Romcu to Roc Del Falip, 'an area bordering the despite Ciaran and myself having one of the later control description lists were available. constrained by having to carry everything 'for a eastern edge of Lac Bouillouse. 'The terrain here starts, westillmanaged to arrive 10 minutes late to weekend's survival (and Karrimor do stress that it Day 1, or Etape 1 comme on dit en francais, was the steepest and roughest of the week (I still the start and we had to run the 4 Ian to get there. is a survival course. not some pleasure run) one dawned bright and clear. A short journey of 10 kID, have the scar to prove it), comprising mainly Seven hours of score chasing on the Long Score manages to fit in a four course meal during the 300 metres ascent and 8 hairpin bends took us from coniferous rocky slopes with some open meadow course loomed ahead. evening. Again you eat lots and sleep lots and the our camp site in Estavar to the event centre in Font to the north. In spite of, or perhaps because of the Last year I did the Long Score with Alan, annual clock change always benefits you on the Romeu, which is a winter skiing centre. Another 22 terrain, Ifelt that this was my best run of the week. Ciaran's brother. and our big mistake was to finish Karrirnor. [continued. onpage 31) km brought us to theassembly!finisb areaofDesert The 1.2 km path run from 2 to 3 might also have 20 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orien/eer 21 in with 24;,butEngland' ssurplus.after Day 1meant helped to shorten my time. fence). was missing, but I would still'go back an- SENIOR that they took the overall title ..The final. score was iwas beginning to feel that I was getting the other year. n England 267, Scotland 247, Wales 131, Ireland hang of this high altitude; complex terrain.ithen The, eastern Pyrenees is a beautiful area with HOME~NTERNATIONAL 113. Etape 4 at Forer Domanialede Barres brought me plenty ef opportunities for sporting activity. Font 1993 downtoearth. The obvious attack pointforcontrol. Romeu was used as a training centre for the french So once again.t;he competition is England v Scot- 2 was a massive kink in a track between two large Winter Olympic Team and has lots of ski runs as land for first place with Wales v Ireland for the boulders. Then, 200 m down the track tum left at well as tennis schools, an ice rink and a running North WestOrienteering Club celebrated their wooden spoon. If we could only come up with a population-weighted scoring system ... two boulders and 7.0m in to the largeboulderwas track. A permanent orienteering course is setoutin 2Dth birthday this year and staged the'Senior Home tbeplan. Couldn'bbe simpler! The plan feU apart the forests surroundingtlie town and extends onto International into the bargain. Run in conjunction Certainly the Irish team was under-strength: the when the track refused to kink and my previous a 1:25,000 scalemapsuitable for a mountain mara- with the "Irish Two-Day" the event featured teams physical andfinancial implications of the recent known location was 500 m away. Have you' ever thon. For the non-running.members of the family from Ireland; England, Scotland and W ales, run- World Championships were still being felt.and, as noticed how all those boulders look exactly: the there are plenty of touristy things to see (mostly ning on the new map of B.anagher in, the Sperrin so many of the Irish team are now based in Britain same after a while? Fully rested but frustrated, I grottes and eglises) and lots of pleasant walks Mountains and on the existing mapofBinevenagh, itis probably cheaper to "send" a team' to compete settled down and was pleased to complete a 1 krn through the forests. made for the 1990Irish Championships. there than to have a "heme" match. leg successfully, along a difficult rocky slope be- Marcus and Faye said thatthe French Alps are Northwest OC has always been an active club tween controls 4 and 5. I was surprised to spot much more spectacular than the Pyrenees. Ifthatis despite its small size: based Of! Limavady Gram- The Irish team featured several new caps: Gerry Marcus and Faye Pinker of CerkO at the finish so then a trip to the 1994fl'ench 5-Dayis a musi for mar School the club has produced suoh notable Brady (3ROC) and Tim Morrissey (SO) in M35, field as I had scanned the start lists fer familiar the scenery alone, because next year's event is in orienteers as current Irish team members James Colm Rothery (AJAX) in M21, Gordon Fallis names and found none. Tbeybad arrived too late to Haut-Jura. The event is centred on an area called Logue and Steven Linton, previous Irish Cham- (fennO) in M19. The team was: M19 - Brian run on Etape Lhaving been delayed by arail strike Les Rousses, with Etape 1 being staged in Switzer- pion Peter James and London OK Chairman An- Creedon, David Hollinger, Gordon Fallis, Marcus on their way from the Junior World Champion- land. Ihave prelirninary information, if anyone is thony Lewis. Indeed, the aforementioned Steven Pinker; M21 - Brian Corbett, John Feehan, Billy ships in Italy. interested in going. Linton drew the Banaghcr map and planned the Reed, Colm Rothery; M35 - Sean McSweeney, Etape 5 at Serrat de L 'Ours was unique. Achair courses as well as-running atWOC 93. Danagher is John McCullougQ, Liam O'Brien, Tim Morrissey, life took us 2 km north from the centre of Font (Continued from page 8). just across the toad from Moydamlaght, used for Gerry Brady; W19 - :AilbheCreedon, Emma Glan- Romeu to .a start 25.0 metres above the finish. The Marcus ran the 1Dkml25Dm course in 61.36, 2mins IOC 89 and probably the first Harvey map in ville, Faye Pinker; W21 - Julie Cleary, Darina first leg took us across the ski slopes to the open 27 clear of top British runner Richard Wren. Only Ireland. It's a fairly typical Sperrins forest: physi- Cunnane, Maeve Macl'berson, TaraH0ran;W35- mountainside. It could have been the classic zero Swedish.guest, O-Ringen winner Martin Larsson cal, with greenish forest and rough open mountain, Mary Healy, Jane Watt, Ursula Macf'herson, Anne climb event but the plan ner managed to.find a 100 finished ahead of Marcus. and provided few surprises (apart from the.dis- Savage. Sorry ifI' ve missed anyone, but the team m ascent somehow. The finish was a 100m sprint The Relay competition was held the previous tance to the start!). Barry Dalby (EastWest Map- that ran on the weekend was somewhat different along the main street of the town. Fortunately the day at Star Posts, to be used for the 1994 Harvester ping) did the survey and the map was as clear as from the-one listed on the notification of selection. street had been closed to traffic and Iwondered if TrQph~ overnightrelay next May, and the-race was you could wish. Also clear was the result after the the inhabitants of Rostrevor would be equally dominated by Swedish teams. After the relays the fu;t day's competition: England 193, Scotland obliging. The terrain was' not too complex, with JMcC. Irish were joint 4th with France, just ahead of 169, W ~es 91 .Ireland 89. Taken by surprise by tbe many line features, most of which were mapped! Belgium. 35 minutes to the start, some of the Irish team Race times en the last day tended to be the fastest One unusual feature.was the attempt by a dis- missed their start times but, looking at the result, it of the week, due to the downhill nature of the grul:ltl~d Park Warden to perform acitizens' arrest would have required more than a few altered start courses and the chasing start, based on the results on three of the runners in the Relay. He had lain in times to change that. The usual meal and social , of days 1-4.. wait beside the fast downhill run-in until a Swede gathering followed-at a hotel close to the school in CompassSport "'" Overall the event was friendly and fairly low was finishing, then pounoed and wrestled with Limayady }Yhere the teams were billeted. Full colour report on woe 931 Sub- key, with only 4.0.0-500 competitors taking part. him. Brian Creedon meanwhile.arrived at full tilt Next day we headed out to Binevenagh for the scribe now for only STG£15 via TIO The planning' and organisation were good: The and palmed off the would be assailant.followed by Relays. Thesteategy of the Scottish" English and or credit card direct to 25 Th'e control descriptions were a bit iffy sometimes and Jeff Butler. Perhaps the Swede thought it was a Welsh was to run two.long, three medium and three Hermitage, Eliot Hill, London SE13 the maps had the feel of beingbased mainly on quaint English custom, but apparently the warden short teams but the.Irish (all or nothirigl) ran three 7EH. ~ photogrammetry with limited ground survey, Vel1Y either didn't know that the-event was.on and had long, l~~ medium and three short .teams, falling Iittlegreen was used on four of the.maps and the full permission, or kno'X but-didn't c~e. AnYW,ay, further behind in the process. The Scots managed representation-of vegeration could have been bet- he was !t brave man to tackle the likes. ofthose lads to win the ReI a¥-competition by 78 to.Englands 7.4 ter. There were-some inconsistencies in what fea- on a flying finish! with W ales.making 4G points.and Ireland limping tures to show and places.where detail'(like a new The Irish Orienleer: 23 22 The Irish Orierneer Also thinking of Christmaapresents, Jane Watt has Three Rock Au revoir: We say goodbye (for the moment) to the club O-suit in various.sizes. the Flanagans who are moving to A'/r in Scotland Great Eastern - , .i1 .. Finally, remember that membership fees are now Orienteering and wish Pat, Brigid, Pamela and Kevin all the overdue. The fee is the same as last year-Family Club best. The Flanagans have been stalwart members Navigators membership £10, single person £8, junior and of Irish Orienteers, then of 3ROC for as long as anyone can remember. Between them Pal and student £5. Cheques should be made payable to Enquiries to Ve-raMurtagh, Brigid bave been lOA Chairman-Secretary and clo Nora Lalor, 6 Knocksmna Grove, GEN and .sent to Mary OColmain, "Grange", 19 The Cloisters, Terenure, Killiney Road, Killiney, Co..Dublin, s: Treasurer, 3.ROC chairman, secretary, Juniors Foxrock.Dublln 18 (01-2893497) Dublin 6W (01-908237). 3 RO:C o.fficerandcommi~eemembers;LeinsterTecbni- cal Officer; Leinster Newsletter Editors; mappers, Iwould like to thank all who helped at our opening Congratulations to all our planners, controllers and organisers for too many event oftheseason in Ballinastoe. Not only did we NATIONAL ADVENTURE members on International teams recently: Julie events to.list, right up to Irish Championships and have achallengingcourse but also some challeng- Cleary and Una Creagh at the World Champion- MARA THON 1994 Continental CUI', Pat is also the current holder of ing weather. The results are the best we could do ships in the USA;)effB utler and Emma Glanville the Mactire Trophy for outstanding services to given the soaked condition of the control cards. at the European Junior competition in England; What better way to spend a long weekend than orienteering. In addition to.all tbis they provided Organiser Nora Lalor also thanks all who helped at Maeve and Ursula Macf'hcrson, John McCull- using brain, brawn, boats, boots, bikes and the Editor with his first taste ofioternational oricn- Carrickgollogen on November 21st. Many hands ough, Gerry Brady and Emma Glanville at the more brain' to race, ride and row-among the teering at the Welsh O-Ringen in 1970: Thanks! make light work. That was our last event for 1993. ,senior Home International in Derry; Tim Totten- rugged bills, glens and lakes of Kerry in the We start again early in 1994 with an event in ham at the Junior 1I0me International in Wales; ultimate testofteamwork, endurance and stam- Pen Pals: Larry Roe, currently in Lesotho, has Corkagh Park on 17th January. John 'Clarke is Trina Cleary and Alison Touenham at the Veteran ina? been in touch: he's leaching in a highland area with organising this eventand will be looking for assis- Heme International in Yorkshire. Ifwe've missed no electricity or running water, his mountain bike tance. anyone, sorry! CappanalcaOEC is again inviting teams offour vanished en route from Ireland, but he loves it. If In March GEN will be holding the Leinster Cham- to undertake three days of energeticcompeti- you want to send him.a Christmas card or anything, pionships in Glencree, This is the club's first map Events: Thanks to aU the helpers at our Leinster tion, broken into stages covering orienteering, his address is Mopholosi Jl'igb School, P.O Box to be drawn on O-CAD. The preliminary plots Lc:gue events at Three Rock and at Carrick night navigation, cycling, initiative exercises, 456, Quthing 700, Lesotho. show the high level of crag and contour detail for hill running and water sports. Mountain, The more helpers wc get the easier the which the area is renowned, Anybody who would work becomes. However, helpers are needed for- The going will be of "National standard" Club O-suits are available from Trina Cleary Like to help with the mapping (mostly checking) Three Rock Wood on 26th December: Christmas (HARD!) (936187) and make very useful Christmas pres- should Contact our resident mapper Paul Nolan score fancy dress even t; Night even l and Day event Talk to someone who competed last year (if (2980686). ents. they have recovered): in the at Phoenix Park en February 5/6; Leinster Congratulations to Jane Watt (W40), Mary Healy League at Clara on March 20th; Phoenix Park Teams must be of four persons, at least two OK, Christmas is still weeks away, but Happy (W35) and Brendan Doherty (M45S) who all came "Notthe JK" on April 4th; Carlingford Mountain being competent navigators; all must have Christmas anyway. See you on St. Stephen's. Day firstin their classes in the Northern Ireland Cham- on June Sth, confidence on w.ater and be able to cycle and on Three Rock. Extra points and prizes for fancy pionships at Stieve Martin. Well done to.J ane and run. dress, remember! Mary who represented Ireland in the Senior Heme Cost is £300 per team, which covers accommo- Club Championships: The next 3ROC Club International in Banagher. Mary had the best run of dation, the best of food, event transport, spe- Championships will be on January 23rd at 00- the Irish W35 competitors. Well done also to Jane cialist equipment, event materials, insurance. nadea, near Clane, Co. Kildare(turn rightimmedi- and:'to Diana Large who represented Ireland attbe A non-refundable deposit 0f~30 is required ately after you leave the N7 for Naas, then through Veteran Home International in North Yorkshire. before December 31st to book a team place. Sallins and Clane). The handicapping system en- Thanks to-Wln McCormack who organised ajun- Formal

24 The Ifish Orienteer TIle Irish QrienJeer 25 Results 3RQC eVGnt THREE ROCK WOOD.3/10/93. LNNSTER LEAGlJE,l.

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26 The Irish Orhmteer The irish Orienteer 27 Results of AJAX event, Killiney Hill, Co. Dublin Results of GEN score event, Ballinastoe, Co. Wicklow, 26th September 1993 19th September 1993 ~~.~~~ee~.~~~.~~~.~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~--~·--~-- I BRlAN,EtEL!- OEJii M3~ 1QO 50 410 S4 ·S,BUCK WHQ{SE lyU3. 70 70 ~z~.~.~r>~oozo.~a~~~~>~.->o.~o.ae.~za.rm~J~~.o~.~ a 2 GAVINOOHBRTY OEN Mig 420 30 3i1o RA'CKEJ.. COYLE WHoiSI! wrs 10 70 3 EI. O'BRIEN 3ROC M21 :i~o 310 K.C.'OLWI!LL WHO/SI! MI3 70 70 is UfHWfl PADDY cl"BRIEN AJAX M40 310 310 C.M.FLYNN uc06 W21 10 70 SU''iWJliii'JI!ii"WHlffwrjj! I 5 RUTH LYNAM CNOC W35 zo 290 O.FRIEL PIN MID 70 7U 6 s. MURRY SST 1y140 ,no '270 K.OARLANP WHO M13 70 70 7 NICK BUTTBRFIELD ,GEN 11.121 250 250 B.MAOUI,RI> LJCDO M~l 1'10 1¢ 10 ~ ~ .~ ~~~~!~il~ BH~~~ ~~U§~iHH i ~ J.MACKEY M15 250 250 B, M8RCJ-iAN'r WCl MI71o.J 30 70 ~n , - CONNQR MURltAY GEN Ml? 250 250 A. RICHARDSON WHQ{SE MI3 70 7~ .. SOlD If 10 D.QUIN OEN M4U 300 00 240 J.SMrrH WHO/SE I"M 11l 10 !6~ !6'1!6 B~~ ~~B~il~~UU 11 O,ORDON acuorr 3RO,C M"21 Zl!J Z!6 CAROL TORMEY WHOiSB WlJ ~o 10 g2 ~" g g ,~f,H~nun~~~~ 65 MAIRI'lADD6VANf!Y WHo/S8 W13 DO ECJ'SULLilAI:lHAIr't 3R(,C 11.145220 220 00 ~~~gig 1-QMO'OORMAN (,NOC M:ll 310 1:.>0 220 P,ROOAN WI1O/SE M 13 '1O 10 no ~~~~ ~~~~i~i~iii~~,~~§j~$~~~~~~~~~~.~m~~~~.~~.~~&e 14 V. CRbNIN ST ANDRE MI7 aIIl :!OO IlIMI;AR SULI..·W"N WHO/sE W13 00 (.0 ~88~~~s~~~e~8~8a~~2~~S~~~~2~m~&~.8~~~~~~~~a AR'fHUR OREEN SBT 11.121 200 :!OO ss FREDERIC DRIClN WII0/51l Mi3 ;,Q ;,Q RICHARDO'OORMAN ~1},9 200 00 'lOO 69 VllltA MUR'jlA(;H 3ROC ~50 71) :)0 'v I .11.1. O'KEeFE PIN M~l 220 20 200 70 H. FI~II!L FIN W3S 7U ·ILl ~ ;;I' 18 T. KBI!GAN jilOC M21 200 so 180 p.O·eRl!~N AJAX M1Cl 4~ III 30 ~ A. UI SHUILLI!ABI'Ii\ 3ROC W"O 24Q ou ISO OE01We r{U';S 'Mi3 50 :lO ¥I '~OO.MAOUIRB UCOO M21 170 17f) 7J A.C(iQK OEN '1f) .lO M17 2() ~l(1 ~1 T. M,<;RA'rl~ 3ROC MSO loC) 1til) C.GOURTNEY '.wO ~&.$~~ee~$~~ •• ~~'~M.~W~~~~~~~~~~a&.~~~=s·-~-~-w~- ~ 'ritVt()l'HY MAOK~Y S'I' ANDlle 11.113100 30 lriCI 'A. Blmj',R 31!()Q W'U '2IJ '}(J :!3 H.Mo0 24 O. BYRNE ONOC M4S 320 190 131) L.NEESON 1.lO 20 I'.COAKLB:Y IMC 130 130 E. RCfl'~IWIlLl. WHO/Sa WI $. 11) XI iiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiliiiiiiiiiijiijjifiiiiiiiiiiiiii I: G:. DLJNLOP ssr MSS 330 200 190 79 AIS,LINO MAX Wll ':!u 20 10 JOHN £'OLllY·I'ISFIEH M13 130 130 CIARAN DL~O MIS" HI) 1:10 HI ·r.r.!JRAY 3ROC 11.112 10 1(1 r ~~~-~$ !~~ ~~ ~~C!~!! I~ T MAKEY Sf ANDlle Ml3 160 30 130 t:l li ~~u l §§M ~a~ ~~ _••~_W. m DQ'ceILMAIN 08N M4~ 130 lSI) J.O·l.IruSN I\.Jr\X W3S StJ 40) I,V IDlDtII ~ [xIN 51-IOR"1' CNClC M35 lI90 160 130 $3 J.BARRIl'l'J' CNOC '2~ 220 () til SOlD IDIDID 31 J.ORA Y .}ROC M45 120 1'21) C. 0' I-tAAA WHOiSE WI) 0 0 g ~B ~~~,~~~~~~Iff ~u ~! ,\. DR,ION WHOiSE'l' 11.113IW 120 10S81'H RYAN DI,SO IvIl) 170 170 0 HI ~(I f If a.LYNCH WI;QlSllT WlS 120 120 80 M.oeOCIHEOAN A.1A.'\( M.l1 '20 ·20 N. RICHARDSON WHO/sm' M17 120 1:20 $" MICliEAL&ALISOAI woe MIl 1>0 170 ·1·10 ~~e~~~~&'~~~~~~~~~ ••~~~.&~~~$~~~~~~e~~~~~.~.~~ •• ~ 35 AL>\N COX JROC/Sl' A M:11 1I0 110 till C.CARROLL 3ROC MQI) 9J 200 17il 88~~$a~8~~S8B~8~~S~~g~~.~~~~~~~~~eg~2.2a~e~~~~~~= E.LAWRENC8 WHO/Sit'r W1.5 110 IlQ Il9 DA VlD BROOKS 3ROC lvISU 320 J 210 ·bOO L. LA,WI',RNCE SE'r W21 110 111l 90 JACK MOORe Mll l,dO 1100·1030 ANDReA MORAN SF ANDRE W21 110 1)9 91 J. MoCOLLOUGH 3ROC 'MJS 4~O 16Oo)·J:!4t:1 N:'O'COLMAN OEN WI. no no !",O'HANLON ~RIlC lI0 110 Avcru&" :I«Ir-" by club (exdudina rolf'U' ~orCll) 41 CBRI\RD BlffLER 3ROC 11.113 100 100 GIN ~~ I JAIMECAB,EY WO MI7 100 100 Srn' riO ~~~.~~~~S __ ••• __ N~ t!l,1il ¥l !O,$ III 11: e Ii; ~ S R. DORREPAi\L A:RIJ.,EACI; M3S 100 100 CNOC 146 os, KENN8D:Y 100 00 HIO 3ROC 134 P. McCORMACK CNO<' 220 12() 100 STIiiND. 12~ 103 IPt iHj·ijiiijj I C.THORN~IILL OEN WI3 'l00 100 UCDO i;liiiiiiiiiiiiii~ I 47 MICHAIlL OUTI.ER snoc 11.150 90 90 FIN 100 If: ~ AJAx !.(J J.liAROROVes WHOISE't 11.113 90 90 18~ ~ MAURA HIOOINS ser W50 00 so WHO/SET 74 .~~h ~,~ ~§~~! ~~~ ~~~,!~ ~ ~~ ~~ MKOHLER WO MI1 9Q 90 WO 70 I ii?i WSQ ; .... SOlO .s J.MA:'TflRSON W~IO 90 90 OI.SO MI. Li J ;' '5' D. MLJ.RRAY GEN Ml9 90 8,~g'g ~ ~'8~~ .;~[,[ gl,.~ H 96 i"lI 0,0.00 J 1.0 IOHN SCOIT WHO/SET M13 !lU 90 H U ilii 1'1' II: . 3 f;l a ~i.lll~$; .~&;•• - ~~l5llS 1lI'~!::l ~ -a z_ lI6~~IlI~~~;~~~~k••~ ~~~~.~~~~~~~~~WS¥l¥l~.88 Iiaa

28 TIle Irish Or.ienteer The Ti'ish Orienteer 29 Results of Setanta Orlenteers 18 J. O'Brien M45 AJAX 79:33 12 E. A. O'Neill W13 3ROC 40:40 The Harveys map did suffer from some in- 19 D. 0' Murchu M40 CNOC 79:34 13 P. Flanagan Wll 3ROC 41:08 Lelnster League event at Mullaghmeen, 20 B. Lynch W15 WHO 80:27 14 C. Doyle MIS DLSO 41:31 consistencies, with very obvious linear features Co. Westmeath, 21 B. Flanagan W45 3ROC 81:36 IS A. Bull.... W40 3ROC 40:52 shown incorrectly or not at all; even a trig point was 22 G. Power W40 3ROC 85:57 16 P. Higgins Wl1 DlSO 56:54 17 October 1993. 23 U. Coghlan W21 lAOC 90:29 17 J.Swan 129:18 missing from the map. The Short Score planners C.McNamara 129:18 24 W.Rogan M55 FERMO 93:47 will come in for criticism because in perfect run- Brown (10.Okm 335m) 25 F. Flood M35 FIN 94:59 E. MacNamara 129:18 1 Pet....Keman M21 AJAX 83:12 26 M. K.11e11 MSO GEN 106:14 18 R.Swan 130:00 ning conditions only 15 out of250 teams managed 27 A.AyMng M19 DUO 107:27 30NF 2 Gavan Doherty M19 87:10 to qualify for a certificate with 250 points. Last 3 BIIy Reed M21 FERMO 88:25 28 F. WhMe SET 108:00 <4 A.O'Cleirigh M21 CNOC 89:03 29 T. Murphy MSO PXN 114:57 Yellow (UIcm55m) year many teams managed to get 250 points on the 5 B.~aney M21 CNOC 89:37 30 J. O. Clarke MSO GEN 123:18 1 J. Maslerson MI3 WHO 18:16 6 Marcus Geoghegan M21 AJAX 90:15 31 L. Naughlon W35 3AOC 125:05 2 O.Healy MIO GEN 19:26 first day alone. If the weather had been more 7 P.I ....Gargan M40 AJAX 93:36 32 V. Murtagh W50 3AOC 156:28 3 I. Gowfng W13 WHO 27:35 typically Scottish for the time of year I wonder 8 G.rry Brady M35 lAOC 100:36 S.Powell WI3 WHO 27:36 9 S.O'Boyle M35 CNOC 101:45 P. Brannan In/c) M21 SET 48:35 4 K.Colw.11 M13 WHO 27:51 would anyone have qualified? This lurching from Z. Fol.y-Flsher MI3 WHO 27:53 10 Pal Healy '-440 CNOC 102:20 O. W.ston en/c) M21 SET 50:34 one extreme to another from year to year devalues II F. Laff.rty M35 FIN 103:54 5 B. McGarry M7 FERMO 28:04 12 F. Hammond '-440 LVO 111:50 M. Higgins W50 SET ONP5 6 F. Orion M13 WHO 28:16 the certificate overall. 13 M.Oavey MI9 OUO 112:00 C. O'Toole MI9 OUO MP 14 R. Baird M13 WHO 28:19 14 P. Spillane M35 CNOC 113:26 40NF 7 A. Richardson M13 WHO 28:42 Two of Britain'S top ranked orienteers, 15 K. McDonald M3S ECO 113:53 8 M. Donlon Ml0 SET 32:SO Mark Seddon and Paul Hague, carne away with top 16 Georg __ ~. O. "I.t.LY (NOC: WI. 11.11 , ro GAMCAJI AJoU ... 0 )i.)' ) J, O'NIIl.&. C-X N to U.U

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32 TIle Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 33 20 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS SE England. ORIENTEERING FIXTURES 26 CONNACHT CHAMPIONSHIPS Mamclochalun, Comamona, Co. Galway. November 27 INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Woodlawn, Athenry, Co. Galway. 27 NI NIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS Gosford, Markethill, Co. Annagh. LVO. GR H 97 41. 27 HOLLYWOOD Co. Wicklow. CNOC. GR N 94 06. 28 CURRAGH WOOD Midleton, Co. Cor1<.Cor1<0 (C4), CL6. GR W 86 76. 28 KYLEBEG WOOD Stradbally, Co. Laois. CNOC C4. GR S 59 95. April 28 WOODLAWN New Inn, Co. Galway. PXN (C4), CROCL3, GR M 68 32. 1-4 JAN KJELLSTROM TROPHY Hereford. JK94, Hollydene, 80 Crowmeole Lane, Shrewsbury SY3 8AY, England. Cheap entry to 31.1.94. December 3 ROSSBEIGH Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry. Kerrey 0 ML3. GR V 65 92. 5 COLLIGAN Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. WatO (C4) SEL5. GR X 21 97. 4 PHOENIX PARK Dublin. 3ROC (LE) GR 00934. 5 KNOCKNACAREIGH Kilmurry, Co. Cor1<.Cor1