the IRISh oraenccer No. 111 Spring 2006

Rory Morrish at the Win- ter Olympics; Waterford event for St. Martin's school; part of the Bull island for the Lein- ster Championships in April; at Pad- dock Hill, Co. Wicklow. Peter and Daniel Kernan lead the charge to the fin- ish at Paddock Hill. (Photos: Rory Morrish, Andrew Cox, Martin THE IRISH ORIENTEER ADDRESS LIST

AJAX ORIENTEERS Jane Brennan, 99 Drimna9h Road, Dublin 12 (01-4557335) ATHLONE IT ORIENTEERS Nigel Foley-Fisher, AIT, Dublin Rd., Athlone, Co. Westmeath (0902-24465) che IRISh oracrrccec BISHOPSTOWN OC Sean Cotter, 45 Rossbrook, Model Farm Rd, Cork, (021-4546194) BLACKWATER VALLEY OC Ellen Feehan, Scarteen Lower, Newmarket, Co. Cork (029-60385) No. 111 Spring 2006 COMMUNITY GAMES ORIENTEERS Ted Lucey, Kilpadder. Dromahane, Mallow, Co.Cork (022-47300) CIT ORIENTEERS Padraig Finnegan, Sports Olllce, Cork Inst. of Technology, Rossa Ave., Cork. CORK ORIENTEERS Danny O'Hare, 3A Old Blackrock Road, Cork TIle Irish Orienieer is avail- Conflicting Demands CURRAGH-NAAS ORIENTEERS Gareth Evans, Hillfarm, Narraghmore, Ballitore, Co. Kildare able from all Irish ortenteer- DEFENCE FORCES ORIENTEERS Comdt. Brendan Delaney, Inlantry School, Military College, ing clubs or by subscription Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare. rienteering and forests arc like bread and butter, from the Editor: John DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ORIENTEERS The Secretary, DU Orienteers, House 27, TCD, Dublin 2.; strawberries and cream, Laurel and Hardy: they are McCullough. 9 Arran Road. O FERMANAGH ORIENTEERS Mery Campbell, 5 Knocknamoe Bungalows, Omagh, Co. Tyrone (048- inseparable in people's minds. Open ground orienteer- 82246818) Dublin 9 FINGAL ORIENTEERS Tom Burke, 2 Sycamore Ave., Beaulort Place, Navan, Co. Meath (046-74711) UohnmccuUough@blgfoot. ing has developed with the availability of good quality GALWAYIMAYO IT ORIENTEERS The Secretary, P.E. Dept., GMIT, Dublin Road, Galway com) aerial photography and photogrammctry to allow accu- GREAT EASTERN NAVIGATORS Susan Healy, 11 Belmont Grove, Stillorgan, Co Dublin rate mapping of complex areas, but many parts of the KERRY ORIENTEERS Rory Costello, 14 Manor Court, Tralee, Co. Kerry. (066-25532) LAGAN VALLEY ORfENTEERS Stephen Gilmore, 41 Drumlough Road, Hillsborough, Co. Down. BT26 6PX Subscriptions cost €9.50 country are dependent on access to forests for the sport, (048-92683812) . for 6 issues. Up to the 1960's, access to forests was prohibited, so MIDLANt> NAVIGATORS Barbara Foley-Fisher, Holly Cottage, Glasson, Athlone, Co. Westmeath (0902- orienteering started at just the right time to benefit from 85306) Cover: Caotmhe O'Boyle the relaxation of this ban in the 1970's. Nowadays we NORTH WEST OC Charles Reid, 55 Brentwood Park, Belfast, BT5 7LQ, (04890-666072) (eNOC) at Donadea (M. benefit from Coilltc's policy on access [0 forests for NUIGO The Secretary, c/o Studenls' Union, Nul, Galway ([email protected]) Flynn). OK DCU Dublin City University. David Healy ([email protected]) recreation, in tandem with t.heir requirement to produce SET ANT A ORIENTEERS Colleen Robinson, 60 Dunville Ave, Ranelagh, D 6 ; www.setantaorienteers.org NEXT COPY DATE timber. SLIGO ORIENTEERING CLUB Joe Bannon, Corrigeenroe, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (086-8305335) However, one must wonder where the balance lies be- THREE ROCK OC Vera Murtagh, 19 The Cloisters, Terenure, Dublin 6W (01-4908237) www.3ROC.org May 12006 UCC ORIENTEERS The Secretary, PE Office, UCC, College Road, Cork. tween timber production and recreational access. The UCD ORIENTEERS Box 64, Student Centre, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 ([email protected]) CONTENTS recent devastation of Hellfire Wood and Three Rock UL ORIENTEERS Ed Niland, c/o Clubs Officer, ULSU, University 01 limerick ([email protected]) News 4 forest in Co. Dublin raises this question. Forest and WATERFORD ORIENTEERS Andrew Cox, Newtown School, Newtown, Waterford MTBOWOC 10 ([email protected]) mountain areas on the doorstep of a capital city, with a 2006 12 WESTERN EAGLES - GALWAY ORIENTEERS Frank Ryan, SI. Mary's, Ballinfoyle, Galway (091-753829). Preview population of about one million people in the area, are Winter Olympics 16 IRISH O-ASSOCIATION Niamh Lalor, 6 Knockslnna Grove, Foxrock, Dublin 18 (01-2893497) an outstanding amenity. In this case, surely the commer- Event Reports 18 IRISH ORIENTEERING JUNIORS Niamh Lalor ([email protected]) cial value of the timber is outweighed by the amenity OA Raymond Finlay, Gortatole OEC, Florencecourt, Co. Fermanagh BT92 lED WOCTour 17 (048-66348888) Land Rover Challenge 21 value of the forest? If Coillte are determined to recoup CONNACHT OA Padralq Higgins, 24 Alverno Ave, Willow Park, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Mapping 25 the value of the timber, could the three local authorities LEiNSTER OA Vera Murtagh, 19 The Cloisters, Terenure, Dublin 6W (01-4908237) Results 27 in the area not pay the value of the timber in order to let MUNSTER OA John Mucklan, 13 Elmvale Close, Wilton, Cork (021·4343348) IRISH·O STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Susan Healy, 11 Belmont Grove, Blackrock, Co. Dublin (01-2885798) HJLlRl111I11ng 29 the forest survive as an amenity? BRITISH O-FEDERATION Riversdale, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2H(0044- o-rtxtures 30 If felling in unavoidable, then thinning rather than clear 1629·734042, FAX 0044·1629-733769). www.britishorienteering.org.uk felling should be the method of choice, in order to main- INTERNATIONAL O-FEDERATION Radiokatu 20, FI·00093 SLU, Finland (00358-40585 3801, fax 00358- Printed by Denton Print, tain an acceptable amenity value in the area in parallel 93481 3113): www.orlenteerlng.org Dundrum, Dublin 14. with timber extraction. Quite apart from the interest of orienteers, these are ar- Club and other orienteering websites are accessible from the Irish Ori- Results & arttcles are wel- eas which arc visited by large numbers of Dublin fami- enteering Association website, www.orienteering.ie come bye-mall. No respon- slbLUty Is accepted for er- lies for walking, cycling or other activities. Remember, for up to date orienteering information check the lOA web page at rors or on11ss1005. or their Finally, good and bad news from Cork: Lee Orienteers' www.orienteeringJe or the NIOA page at www.niorienteering.org.uk.or ring consequences. Rory Monish represented Ireland in cross-country ski- 0044-7020-963986 for NIOA event details. ISSN 0790-1194 ing at the Winter Olympics in Italy in February, finish- ing 88th in the 15 k race in very difficult conditions, but ) his club, Lee Orienteers, has disbanded. 2 The Irish Orienfeer The Irish Orienteer 3 18 February Clonmore North, Cahir, and purchase from the BMC and outdoor retail- COMP ASSSPORT CHANGE O-Bits 4 March Nagles Mountains. (Irish Champi- ers. Profits made from the map by the BMC Suse and John Coon, who have published onships), Glenville, Co. Cork. wi II be used to fund work programmes pro- CompassSport tor many years, have decided IRISH ORIENTEER COMPETES AT meting access, conservation, safety and to give up publishing the orienteering maga- WINTER OLYMPICS FINGAL SeATTER good practice. zine but will continue with their other publi- Irish ski-orienteer Rory Morrish finished Fingal are planning to run an evening league cations. Nick Barrablc has come to the res- 88th in the 151an Cross Country of 4 events on Thursdays in May and June. HEBRIDEAN CHALLENGE cue and will be taking over CompassSport event at the Winter Olympics in Torino, May 25'h Swords South, The classic British adventure race, the Heb- next year. Becky Carlyle will be looking Italy 00 17th February. Originally from June 151Malahide Castle ridean Challenge, is set to return to the mag- after SUbscriptions in future. Nick plans a Cork, now living in Norway, Rory (38) has June 8'''Newbridge House nificent Outer Hebrides of Scotland from the full colour 52 page magazine with a corre- evolved from foot-orienteer to ski-orienteer June 151h Swords North 3-71h July 2006. This unique race has grown spending increase in price. and now to the Olympics. Rory has com- The events will be on the same lines as the in s17-Oand prominence, as the sport of ad- Suse and John say that they have been really peted at the World Ski-O champs in Finland event in December in Swords, ~ss start venture has evolved rapidly. This gratified by all the kind words which people in March 2005, reaching 55th (Sprint), 53rd scatter event where you visit the coritrols in year up to 26 teams and 6 elite pairs will be have been sending them - Suse says "I have (Long) and 59th (Middle) place. Another the order of your choice. The two Swords able to push themselves to their limits. As very much enjoyed my spell in charge - and orientecr, Una Creagh was at the Winter events will use the streets as well as the always the event will be a relay style, allow- Ihope that you will support Nick as he feels Olympics too, working for the Irish Sports park ing teams of [our or five, and pairs, to com- his way into what is, for him, a new ven- Council. plete the 700 km course in five days, with ture." PLASTIC overnight stops at community halls along the Tf your subscription runs out you can sub- ELVIS THE ORlENTEER An innovative plastic map developed for island chain. scribe now on www.compasssport.com Elvis is still alive somewhere in the uni- outdoor enthusiasts by the British Mountain- verse, say cosmologists Alexa.nder Vilenk~n cering Council CBMC) and Harvey Maps has The route will involve hill , moun- PILOT PLAN and Jaume Garriga. They believe the rapid received a prestigious award for excellence lain biking, road biking, swimming and sea England's Danford Orienteering Club have expansion after the big bang divided the from The Outdoor Writers' Guild (OWG). kayaking, although as it's a relay. teams introduced a very up to dale pilot Develop- Universe into an infinite number of "0- Printed on a technologically advanced light- choose which member completes each activ- rnent Course for six of their Junior members. regions", isolated from each other because weight plastic material that can be folded, ity and normally teams have specialists at If the pilot is successful, then another group light hasn't bad time to travel between them. stretched, sat on and soaked without losing each sport. can start next September/October. In these Osregions. every possible version of its performance, the BMC's new 1:40,000 2006 will see the introduction of a 'pairs' The Development Course is focused around history will occur, they calculate. (from New Lake District British Mountain Map from category for suitably fit and qualified racers. the f 0 I low i n g act i vi l i c s : Scientist, via Sennan O'Boyle). Harvey has received the OWG's first annual This will present a major undertaking, as the I. A CD-ROM which will be updated each Derryck Draper Award, which recognises pair will be entirely self-supporting, and will month with new orienteering knowledge, MARGARET WILSON. equipment innovation that is of benefit to the compete along virtually the same course as skills and activities for them to undertake at We learned recently that Margaret Wilson, outdoor community. the teams. In addition, teams of four will be home and send back in to their orienteering wife of Ernie Wilson of Lagan Valley Orien- The ground-breaking map, which covers the 111 accepted without the sea kayaker. mentor. teers, died suddenly on November 25 • One majority of the Lake District's fells on a sin- The Hebridean Challenge is not necessarily 2. A monthly training session during which of Ernie and Margaret's daughters, Jane, gle sheet, and is less than half the weigbt of won by the fastest team, but by those who they will carry out a number of exercises to was very prominent in Irish orienteering, a standard laminated map, is printed on plas- can manage the logistics and cover the enable them to put into practice what they particularly as a junior. Our sympathies go tic material that makes it durable, tear- ground the most efficiently. have learned from the CD-ROM. to Ernie, Jane and Emma. resistant and 100% waterproof. It uses Har- 3. Event Reflections - they will reflect/report vey mapping data and a unique colour layer Entries are open now at £500 per five person on each of their runs at. events the previous MTBO IN MUNSTER shading system to portray relief clearly and, team, £400 per four person team and £200 month. Comments will be made and re- Cotkf) ran three mountain bike orienteering on the reverse, includes j :20,000 enlarge- per pair. A number of entries have already turned to them to consider. events early in tile year, culminating in the ments of the most popular summits in Brit- been accepted. Further details and 4. Their Orienteering Portfolio - a place to Irish MTBO Championships won by John ain's most visited hillwalking area. Informa- application forms can be found at the race keep all the material from the Development Casey and Mary O'Connell. lion on mountain rescue, first aid, website www.hebrideanchallenge.com Programme which will be reviewed with The events were 4 February Garrettstown and useful contacts is also included their mentor every three months at the train- Woods, Ballinspittle, Priced at £12.95, the map is now available to ing sessions.

4 The Irish Orietlteer The Irish Oriellteer 5 NO TO MICR-O erably in recent years, and the development McCord in Listening to Maps: nioaorienteering/tnessages and Micr-O is off the menu for the World Orien- in Asia, South America and Africa is par- There is no way to satirise a map. Ilkeeps http://groups.yahoo.com/grouplirish- teering Championships next year in Den- ticularly pleasing. Georgia included, the 10F telling you where you are. And if you're not orienteering/messages. mark now has 67 members. there you're lost. Everything is reduced to The IOF Council decision made in Japan meaning. A map may lie but it never jokes.. LEEO DISBAND states that the implementation of the Micr-O PORTUGAL, FOR IOF (Quotes from Compasssport's on-line At their Annual General Meeting on 16'h concept in the Middle DIstance at next year's EVENTS weekly digest of Osnews). December, Lee Orienteers put forward a Wor1d Orienteering Championships is con- The rOF bas appointed Portugal organiser of motion to disband the club. The motion was ditioned upon an agreement of comprehen- the 2008 World Masters Orienteering Cham- VIKING INV ASJON passed unani mously and one of the oldest sive TV coverage, which was to be signed pionships and awarded the 2008 Junior A group of Scandinavian orienteers on a orienteering clubs in the country is no more. before October ISL The possibility of ex- World Orienteering Champlnfisfiips to Swe- European tour visited Ireland back in Octo- tended TV coverage involved cooperation den. ber for events in Dublin and Wicklow. Or- When orienteering started in the Republic of between the organizers and the two Nordic ganised by veteran Swedish orienteer Peo 'Ireland, there were two clubs: Irish Orien- TV channels, Danmarks Radio and TV2 HOW TO SUCCEED AT 0 Bengtsson, the 38'h O-Ringen Autumn East teers in Leinster and Munster Orienteers. 10 Norge. The practical negotiations were posi- Hanny AUston of Australia is an inspiration Tour followed a gruelling schedule: just split in 1976 to form four smaller clubs, of tive and at the original deadline the only to many young people. With 6th place ill the look at this: which three (Great Eastern Navigators, Se- outstanding issue was the financing. Unfor- Senior World Championships, she bas the tanta and 3ROC) remain. MO changed their umately even though the deadline was pro- best ever woe resull for a non-European 2005-10-31 Osnabruck Germany name to LeeO when other Munster clubs longed il has not been possible to find the runner and she still has one year left as a 2005-10-31 De Zwarte Bergen Holland like Cork Orienteers, Thomond, Kerry, Wa- funds to fully cover the additional COSts. junior. The Medical student from Tasmania 2005-11-01 Sherbrook England terford and, much later, Bishopstown were Therefore the WOC 2006 organizers have turned to orienteering after a shouJder injury 2005- J 1-02 Sutton Park England formed but retained many of the original informed the lOP Lhat Micr-O wiU not be put paid to her swimming career. In an inter- 2005-11-03 Ireland Cork orienteering families (Monishes, put into practice at next year's WOe. It was view, with Erik Borg she explained how she 2005-1 1-03 Killi rrey Park Ireland Riordans, Meaghers, Whitings, Murtaghs) with regret that they take this decision - they does it. 2005- J 1-04 Djouce Ireland and individuals like Clare Nuttall, PaLLong, believe that cooperation between TV chan- Erik:How do you get time for everything 2005-11-05 Mytchett & Old Windmill Hill Marie B. O'Sullivan and Bill and Margaret nels from orienteering countries is a neces- and what about resting England Gregor/Groeger. Orienteers in Ireland are a sity if our sport is LO be shown frequently on Hanny: I think 1 am just iucredi bly organised 2005-1 1-06 New Forest England small family and the loss of even one mem- TV in the future. with my time. Ithink it all comes back to the 2005-11-07 Boulogne France ber is keenly felt. However, woe 2006 still bas a contract sacrifices. 1 get everything done that needs 2005-11-08 Arlen Belgium with the national TV broadcasting company doing first and then I play. If you do the 2005- J 1-08 Luxembourg Luxembourg Danrnarks Radio and will continue to work work and then play y0L1will never have any 2005-11-09 Mulhouse France CompassSporl bard to secure high quality broadcasts from problems. And I love to be busy. The more 2005-11-10 Feldki rch Austria Magazine all four finals. They also 110pe to maintain a you do the more experiences you have in 2005-11-10 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein good working relationship with the Norwe- life. I believe that ultimately this will make 2005-11-11 Winterthur Switzerland gian TV2 even jf MictO is no longer in the me a better person, she 1/aY8. 2005-11-12 Tesserete Switzerland Britain's O-magazine with news picture. Hanny's other interests include cross-country 2005-11-13 Venice Italy from the UK and around the world. running, uJtra marathons, kayaking, moun- The December issue with its re- GEORGIA JOINS IOF tain running, multi-sports, regaining, road Peo first brought a group to Ireland back in view of the major events in the The lOF Council recently approved an ap- cycling and . She has apart the late '70' s. He bas brought groups of ori- plication for associate membership from time job as a bush walking guide. enteers to the far east and to a variety of far- following year is worth the sub- Georgia, and admitted DPR Korea, associate flung locations. scription on its own! member since the year 2000, to full 10F membership, Earlier this year, the Council THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ... ORIENTEERING NEWSGROUPS www.compasssport.com has approved applications for associate If at first you find the control you were look- Did you know that there are two electronic member,sbip from Kenya and Somalia, and jng for, try not to look so amazed. orienteering for a in Ireland? Both are hosted admitted, Mongolia to full membership, The by Yahoo and their internet addresses are Access & Visa cards accepted. number of lOF members has grown consid- And some observations from Howard h t t p r/v g r o u p s c y a h o o . coml grou pI

6 The fr:ish OrieJUeer The Irish Orienteer 7 It is a pity to see a club with such a long and the markers relates to' the feature depicted by 4 February 2006 Latvia World Cup Event NEGATIVE DOPING TEST RESULTS distinguished history folding up: many peo- the centre of tbe circle. Movement up and 6 Sprint All results of the anti-doping tests carried plefrom outside Munster were associated down the track is permitted but no-one may 5 February 2006 Latvia World Cup Re- out at last year's world elite events in Foot with MO/LeeO, from their Irish Champion- approach the control markers in th,e terrain. lay Relay orienteering, MTB orienteering and Sid ori- ships in Glendav in 1978 up to their more Trail 0 completely eliminates the element of 22 February 2006 Russia World Cup enteering have been negative. On behalf of recent Championship events like Combawn, s pee d 0 v e r the g r 0 u n d . Event 7 & EOC Sprint the 10F, a total of 76 in-competition tests via areas like Castlefreke, Rostellan (with The markers are designated by letter as seen 23 February 2006 Russia World Cup were carried our at the World Champion- the wrong n01tp lines) and Watergrasshill. from a decision Or viewing point on the Event 8 & EOC Long distance ships in , Mountain Bike What is perhaps most surprising is that Cork track. The result is recorded by marking the 25 February 2006 Russia World Cup Orienteering and , ancl at was able to support three clubs at all. relevant box on a special control card. The Event 9 & ROC Middle distance World Cup events. sites are chosen so that they can be seen 26 February 2006 Russia World Cup Re- Thanks to LeeO for all the good times and from a wheelchair-navigable path but they lay Relay COLOURTIO let's hope that the remaining members stay may be quite a distance into the forest or You will have noticed the colour cover on active in the sport. . non-navigable terrain. The ~y~_pecial SKJ-O this and the last i.ssue. This increases the equipment needed is a cOII'pass. WORLD CUP 1ST ROUND RACES cost, butimproves its appearance. I think NIGHTO Some controls have a maximum timefor this ABANDONED there is no going back to black and while Martin Flynn's "Dublin by Night" had an- decision-making and the actual time taken is Following severe weather with temperatures now: would you agree? Changes in printing other successful season again this year, on recorded to act as a tie breaker for those with below -2bnc at the ski-O World Cup venue technology should allow more colour to be Tuesday evenings in the Dublin area. Start- the same number of points for correct deci- at Kiuruvesi, Finland, the organisers and used so that maps can be shown in all their ing on January 17th with Killiney Hill, the sions, controllers decided that for safety reasons glory. Hopefully the next issue win have series continued with SL Anne's Park, then An escort can give the competitor physical the two remaining races, a long distance moved in that direction. Hellfire, Belfield, Phoenix Park and Bushy help-pushing a chair, holding and orienting individual race and the first of the season's Apologies again for being late with this is- Park. the map and , even marking the relays, had to be cancelled. The sprint race sue, but work, family and actually orienteer- control card with the decision according to was also abandoned in temperatures of -26C ing lend to intrude. Overall winner of the long course was Mar- the competitor's instructions. Escorts may with 8rnls winds. The next round, consisting cus Geoghegan (AJAX), with Conor Short not help in the decision-making process. of twoindividual races and a relay, is sched- Sportldent Names (CNOC) taking the (ahem) Short course. For more information, please look at the uled for 2-5 February in Latvia. Wecall them Sf canis, in Britain, "dibbers", Tr ai l-O website: www.trailo.org/ in the USA "finger sticks". introduction/ A SPORl' FOR AIJL. -'1::1 Imagine a version of 34 outdoor sport, W ATO are including a Trail-O course in ~~ adapted for those with physical (mobility) their event in the Kennedy Arboretum in Co. ~~ '. C) disabilities, in which there is no need for Wexford on February 5th• olassificatiou by the degree or type of dis- a:~~ ..... ability, by age or by sex. Indeed, a sport so WORLD CUP 2006 a. ~. ;:. ~ 'open to all' that provided able-bodied people J4 January 2006 Finland World Cup Event ~~ observe one simple rule, they too can com- I Middle distance ~ ~ pete on equal terms with no advantage. 15 January 2006 Finland World Cup Event ..::::..~ '-' Trail orienteering is a sport offered to people 2 Middle distance S· with widely differing physical abilitiee.Tn- 18 January:2006 Finland World Cup Event eluding those with severely restricted mobil- 3 Sprint ~ (S• .ity, who all compete on equal. terms. 21 January 2006 Finland World Cup Event ;:s Competitors travel along a track or marked 4 Long distance ~ route and study clusters' of control markers 22 January. 2006 Finland World Cup Re- ~;:s placed in. the terrain. They are issued with a lay Relay :::t. very detailed map. and control descriptions. 2 February 2006 Latvia World Cop Event ~ With these aids, they must decide which of 5 Middle distance

8 The Irish Orienteer The'ilish Oriellteer 9 experience (and had a flying start) and Nina 2 Antje Bornhak GER 95:14 team with a good chance of a top 10 result MTB woe 2005 then started the 2nd leg and watched on the 3 Anke Dannoski GER 96:20 or better. In the men's the talent is out there, course... 31 Toni O'Donovan IRL 116:06 come to Finland! 33 Nina Phillips IRL 116:57 Banksa Bystrica in Slovakia played host I 200" M'P'B IAloe' , . Men's results: Next year's MTB is in Joensuu east- See Setanta's MTBO page at bttp://www. to tne J 1, rr ,Ln conjunction. 1 Finland (defending their-2004 gold) woe with the city's 750-year anniversary 2 France \ ern Finland (in July) where the navigation is setaota,orienteers,org/mtbo.htm for details of celebrations. In a skiing and 3 Switzerland 1 challenging with complicated networks of upcornmg races and more information on area, the distinguishing feature of this W ' small paths in intricate contour detail MTBO. , I • hi li b I .1" omen s results: year S cnampions tp was c lin, ots oJ 1 Germany (thougb not huge amounts of climb) and, ., times wiU be fast If the Irish team can re- Nina Phillips it, and how to avoid it. The Irish team 2 Czech Republic cruit one more woman we could have a relay was Toni O'Donovan, Nina Phillips and 3 France Thomas McNally. Long Distance Qualification (Wed) and -,\ t / IRISH ORIENTEERING Middle Distance (Tuesday 6.9.05) Final (Sat) The opening race was the middle distance, With only 60 riders allowed in the long Ii- '~ ~ CHAMPIONSHIPS with 19k/17k ideal-route distances for men! rials, the men had a tough job in the qualify- women, The map was almost equally di- ing races (3 heats, 20 to qualify from each)...... lOe '06 "" « IOF World Ranking Event vided between forest, mountain meadow Despite a brave effort on a tough course .~/ ~ \" (which it was allowed to ride) and urban Thomas had to setue for the B Final. In the (long distance) terrain. The race was won and lost on one or women's there were only 62 contenders so two difficult route choices. Thomas and finishing in a reasonable lime was sufficient. CARLINGFORD MOUNTAIN Toni, both at an MTB woe for the first lime, had steady opening races, while Nina The terrain for the final was mostly hilly Co. Louth pulled off a long-awaited top 25 result, with forest with a spectacular descent off a sleep th st the middle distance seeming to be her hill into ~hecity ~ntre to the finish in a park 29 April to 1 May 2006 stronger distance. surrounding the city museum. The courses were long with 4Ok/28k ideal distances for Three days of high quality orienteering with stunning views over Carlingford Men's results: men/women on one large 1:15,000 map. As Lough and the Mourne Mountains. Fast open mountain with multiple natural 1 Ruslan Gritsan RUS 67:02 in the middle distance route choice was criti- terraces and intricate rock and contour detail. The maps used for the 1993lrish 2 Jaroslav Rygl CZE 68:02 cal to avoid Significant extra climb and some Championships are being revised for the event. 3 Mika Tervala FIN 68:51 tempting routes across steep meadows and 119 Thomas McNally IRL 147:40 fingers of green forest (bike could only be DAY l-Middle Distance Championships Saturday 291h April (afternoon starts) Women's results: carried in forest) got even some of the best m navigators into trouble, Toni's navigational DAY 2-Long Distance Championships and WRE (Long Distance) 30 April 1 Michaela Gigon AUT 69:42 (successfully st defendIng her 2004 title) skills and experience from tile middle dis- DAY 3-Relay Championships Monday 1 May (morning) 2 Christine Schaffner-Raber SUI 70: 17 tance earned her an excellent 3l SI place, with 3 Ramune Arlauskiene LTU 71 :05 Nina 51 seconds behind having suffered in All three competition areas are within 20 minutes dri ve from the event centre in 23 Nina Phillips IRL 81 :07 one particularly bad route choice. Carlingford village, 47 Toni O'Donovan IRL 96:42 Men's results: For entry forms, accommodation and event details see Relay (Friday 9.9.05) 1 Ruslan Grltsan RUS 117:27 (thus taking Although having a 'legal' men's (open) double Individual gold) http://ioc.orienteering.iel2006 class team, Ireland took the strategic deci- 2 Vikt,orKorchagln RUS 119:06 sion not to race tbe relay, deciding instead to 3 Adnan Jackson AUS 119:10 If you require entry forms and a copy of the event bulletin 112to be sent by post, save e~ergy for the long distance finals the Women's results: send a large stamped addressed envelope to: Nigel C-Crawford, 13 Stamer following day. Thomas rode the first leg for 1 Paivl Tommola FIN 94:31 Street, Dublin 8,

10 The Irish Orienteer The irish Orienteer J 1 27-28 Ostsec 2-day, Germany's Baltic Coast. (www.iooJ.de) 2006 0 events 30 BOF National Event, BOK, Stourhcad 28 - June 5 Thermenland Open: Austria, Hungary, Slovenia (www.thermenlandopen.com) With the availability of cheap air travel. many orienteering destinations have become more accessible and affordable than ever. Here are a selection of mostly multi-day events from June Canada to Greenland, Scandinavia, Europe, the Far East, Australia and South America. 3-5 Belgian 3-Days, March-en-Farnenne. even as far as Dublin Bay. Multi-day events can make for great holidays and shorter com- 5-11 Bulgaria Cup, Primorsko, 00 the Black Sea. (www.bgof.org) petitions can be done over a weekend, so get your maps, diaries and internet connections 10 Harvester Trophy overnight relay, Hawick, Scotland and strut planning. Most, if not all, of these events have more information available on the 17-18 JukoJa, Finland. 7 man overnight relay. (wwwJukola2006.net) intemet, usually found through the web site of thenational orienteering federation for that 18-19 Yamagata 2-Days, Japan country. which in tum can be found 00 (he International O-Federation web site, www. 21-24 Arctic Midnight Orienteering. Greenland orienteering.org. Irish event details on www.orienteering.ie. 29 -July 2 European Youth Championships. Slovenia (www.eyoc2006.com)

March July 2-12 Mediterranean Open Championships, Sicily, Italy. (www.oricntcering.it/moc2006) 1-7 World Masters Champs, Wiener Neustadt, Austria (www.wmocoe.comj.onty those 17-19 Bishopstown OC are again running their Ballyhoura 3-Day over SL Patrick's week- over 35 need apply, though open competitions are also on offer. end, in Co.Limerick. Entry on the day this year. 2-9 Junior World Champs, Druskininkai, Lithuania (www.losf.ltljwoc2006) 24-26 Spring Cup, Hillerod, Denmark. Denmark will be popular training and competition 4-8 Takas Lithuania. Open races linked to JWOC. destination this year, leading up La the World Championships there in August.Iwww. 8-15 Swiss O-Tour in advance of the 6-Day (www.tour-o-swiss.ch) springcup.dk). 9-14 41hWorld MTBO Champs, Joensuu, Finland (www.mtbwoc2006.orienteering.org) More realistically, there's a BOF National Event in the Lake District on March 191h.SROC 9-14 World Trail-O Championships, Joensuu, Finland are running it. with a World Ranking Event, at Whitbarrow Scar. Kendal. 9-14 Finnish 5-Day (FINS) Joensuu, Finland 14-16 Western Canadian Champs, Whitehorse, Yukon (www.yukonorientccring.ca) April 15-22 Swiss 6-Day, Zermatt (www.sow2006zerman.ch) 1-2 British Championships, Midhurst, West Sussex. 16-2 I Swedish O-Ringen, Halsingland, 00 the Baltic coast: the biggest multi-day event of 8-16 Yunnan Festi val. China www.pwt-travel.com all. (www.oringen.com) 9 Munster Champs, near Nenagh,Co. Tipperary (BOC) 26-30 Norvestgaloppcn, Nordjjord, Norway. 10 14-16 Spanish Championships, near Santander, northern Spain 14-17 Australian 3-Day (www.orienteering.asn.au) August IS-17 .IK, Yorkshire: llkley Moor & Keldy. Bvent centre: Boston Spa, neal' Wetherby. July 28 - 5 World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark The 6-day WOC Tour, being www.jk2006.org.uklTraining.2-dHyindivldual.relay. Final closing date 31/3. Accommo- organised in conjunction With the World Championships in the western part of Denmark dation ranges from floor space up. from 30th July to 6lh August. promises to be one of the highlights of the 2006 multi-day 15-17 3-Jours du Sud-Ouest, Carcans, Bordeaux, France (htlp://perso. wanadoo. fr/ event season, Full details can be found on the WOC website, www.woc206.dk. Entries can lacol3JS02006.btm) be made on-line. 15-17 Bavarian 3-Day, Deggendorf, Germany (www.sv-mietraching.de) 6th - 12th Lake District 5-Day: based 00 the eastern side of Ole Lake District National Park 29-30 Tio Mila, Sweden (www.tiomiJa.sel2006)overnight relay. in the north west of England. The main towns in the area are Kendal. Windermere and Am- 23 Leinster Championships, Bull Island, Dublin. Ajax run this on a oew area of very bleside. The five competitions will all be held within 30 kID of Kendal. Cheapest entries fast sand dunes in Dublin Bay. See separate article or Ajax web site. before Apri.l22nd.(www.Jakes5.org.uk) 29 - May 1 Irish Championships & WRE, Carlingford. 3ROC and GEN return to the site 14-20 World University Championships, Slovakia of roc 1993 for intricate but steep open mountain orienteering. Incorporates a World 15-19 Brazil 5-Days (www.cbo.org.br) Ranking Event on the Sunday. (www.kJC.orienteering.iel2006) 24-27 Kopaonik Open, Serbia (www.jasenica.org.yu) 30 European MTBO Championships, Poland (to Sept. 3). May 6-14 European Championships, Estonia (www.olctlves.eeleoc2006) September 20 British Sprint Championships, Milton Keyoes 29 Australian Championships Carnival (to October 12). (www.orienteering.asnau/ 27-28 Ticino 2-Day, Switzerland auschamps2006)

12 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orieflteer 13 October 3-8 World Cup Final, France (www.wcup2006.fr) 6-9 North American Championships, Ontario, Canada (www.dontgetlost.ca.g!of) 7 2S-Manna, Stockholm. 2S-person relay. (www.2Smanna.nu) Irish 3 Day 2006 Inishbofin Island, Co. Galway rd th 13-14 World Regaining Championships, Australia Saturday 3 - Monday 5 June 2006 28-19 Karrimor International (www.kimm.org.uk) General Information November . Organisers: WEGO& CNOC 6-12 CISM World Military Championships, Parana, Brazil. Dates: Day I Saturday 3m June Starts 5-7pm 27 Venice street orienteering. (www.orivenezia.it) Day 2 Sunday 4thJune Starts Ilam-2pm Day 3 Monday SthJune Starts lOam chasing starts December 1-18 WWOP South America trip (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay) Maps: Scale 1:10,000 with S Metre Contours. Surveyed 2004/0S by PaLHealy and used 29-31 Asia-Pacific O-Carnival. Hong Kong (www.oahk.org.hkJapoc2006) for Irish Orienteering Championships 200S. Terrain; Open undulating and very runnable hillside with intricate contour detail and few There is lots more information about these and other events avai lable on the internet: for tracks and paths. Ground cover varies from bare rock to. low heather. Most of the re- that reason only some details have been provided here - enough LOwhet your orienteering entrants contain marsh with some uncrossable, All rock features arc not mapped; the black appetite and get you planning. line symbol without tags will be used for most crags. All open land is shown as white and all fields and farmland, is shown as yellow. Classes: All classes will be available subject to.demand. lOA NEWS AGM NOTICE Early Fees up to Tuesday 2nd May: Adults €36.00 (£24), Juniors (M/WI8-), Students and M/W6S+ €18.00 (£12), Family €90 (£60) lOA Annual General Meeting at Late Fees up to Friday Wh May: Entries received after this date may net be accepted. SWEDISH O-RINGEN CLINIC 4:30pm on April 30th after the Adult-s €45.00 (£30), Juniors (M/w18-), Students and MIW6S+ €22.50 (£IS). Family The Swedish Orienteering Federa- classic event at IOC (looking for €1 12.50 (£75) tion (SOFT) runs a five day clinic motions, nominations to Execu- Entries will not be accepted unless accompanied by entry fees or proof of payment. of technique training, lectures and tive and annual awards) Cheques to be made payable to Galway Orienteers "TIle Western Eagles" some social events before the Payment to Bank Account: Payments ether than Irish Bank account cheques should be made in euro to Galway Orienteers "The Western Eagles", CIO Frank Ryan, SL Mary's, Swedish 5 Day O-Rlngen event LAND ACCESS (18-22 July), . This clinic will be Ballinfoyle, Galway, Ireland. Account Number: 28095-071 at Allied Irish Banks. Lynch's The lOA submission on land Castle, Galway, Ireland. (lBAN: TE86 AlBK 9370 9628 09S0 71; (SIC: AlBK1E2D) Bank based at the O-Ringen event cen- access to the Department of National Sert Code 93-70-96) tre in Mohed which is near the city Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs is in Competitors from Northern Ireland or UK only may send sterling cbeques as a guaran- of Soderham. Registration for the the library section of the website tee and pay in sterling er euro en arrival and get their cheque back or alternatively transfer clinic must come through the Na- www.orienteering.ie. funds to. WEGO bank account as indicated above tional Association (lOA) and so This submission was drafted by SportIdent liming will be used. Remember to include your SI number on the entry form. lOA are now inviting applications. Niall Bourke (CorkO), Paul S1 card hire €2. Accommodation on the Island is limited so. it is advisable to. book early. See http://www. The lOA can register up to three Dunne (WEGO), Mary O'Connell people. mishbofin.cornj Comrnuting daily from the mainland is not feasible except for Day 2. Ho- (3ROC) and Nina Phillips (SET) tels: beth Murrays Hotel and Days Hotel offer excellent food and accommodation. The Registration for the clinic must be to whom the lOA wish to express before 31st March. island has several quality B&Bs , and a hostel with 30 bunks and family rooms. There is their gratitude for their work on one shop on the Island. our behalf. For further information, contact Entries; Entries to.Frank Ryan, Galway-Mayo. Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Gal- Niamh Lalor ([email protected]) way. Entry Forms available from Frank Ryan Email: [email protected]

14 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Oriemeer 15 Orienteers at the Winter Olympics, Torino 2006.

It's not every day that an orienteer gets lO the Olympics but once there 1 discovered 1 was WOC Tour - the multi-day choice not alone and a few others had made it too. Hilde G.Pedersen of Norway took bronze for Norway in Cross Country, she skied for the Norwegian Ski-O team in the 90's. At 41 she's still going strong. Ola Einar Bjerndalen took two silvers in Biathlon and was a former ski id-Jutland - in the western part of immediately adjacent to the woe relay orienteer. Remo Fischer of Switzerland was also an active ski orienteer before taking lip MDenmark - is the venue for the 2006 terrain. The Tour race is in the morning, cross country. He did the best of the Swiss team in the Cross Country events. World Orienteering Championships (Woe), with the finish in the woe relay arena Una May was there on behalf of WADA as well as my sisters Ursula and Catriona and my to be held in the period 29th July to 5th Au- where you can then cheer on your national brother SeIDl, giving well-needed support. Also one of the Italian organisers at the cross gust. The woe organisers are intent on team in the afternoon's action. country stadium was a keen orienteer and knew some Irish orienteers, So all in all the ori- making the WOC races as spectator-friendly enteering community was well represented ar this Winter Olympics! And I'm sure tbere as possible, and are also planning on filling Apart from supporting your country's team, were a few others besides. ~l spectators' spare time too. A 6-day open [here is plenty to do in this part of Denmark I competed in the 15 km classic cross country race in the Olympic Stadium at Pragelato event, the WOC Tour, is being organised, in your free time. The countryside with its Plan on the 17th of February. On race day I was suffering from tbe Ilu which took the wind and with its special event centre and dedi- many lakes and wooded hills is very out of my sails a bit but I still managed a respectable result, finishing ahead of two com- cated campsite with full facilities, it is ideal beautiful and has some popular tourist petitors ranked higher then me, placed 88 out or 99. As the snow conditions were difficult for your 2006 club tour. attractions, especially in and around on the day many of the skiers had problems. All of the lop Norwegians had massive prob- Silkeborg. Aarhus is a lively city with a lems with their skis having used tho wrong kick wax. lf anyone is tamlllar witb klister and The well-tested formula of 3 race days, rest wealth of amenities. what happened when you try and ski with it over fresh snow, you'll know it's hell. My skis day, then 3 more race days will be used. But were pretty OK for most of the course but as the temperature changed rapidly, so did the in anticipation that not everyone will make it In Denmark most orienteering clubs arrange snow and things became more difficult. to Denmark in lime for the first woe Tour a summer club tour to a multi-day event. Having being passed out by the Maccdonian, Darke, on the long up hill as J struggled with race on Sunday 30th July, it will be possible Many of them have already decided that my skis, 1 managed (0 overtake him in the last 500m, even though he beat me on time, but to run just in tile last 4 days and still find a WOC Tour will be the choice for 2006. We the feeling was good! Crossing the finish line did not win Ireland a surprise medal but in- place in lhe final results. look forward to welcoming clubs from many duced a wee jig all the same. Ireland's best result so far in cross country at. the Olympics other nations, to make WOC Tour and of but there is still plenty or room for improvement. Three days on woe terrain course WOC itself a truly international There was a twenty-strong 'Irish' contingent for the 'victory' luncheon and finally I could You can run in the elite runners' footsteps gathering. have my first drink after months on the dry, a hot toddy. on 3 of the WOC Tour days, when woe It was a privilege to represent Ireland at the Olympics in cross country skiing even though I terrain itself will be used. Day I. a forest O-Tour Programme th am an orienteer at heart. _ .... ._._ used in the 1974 World Championships, 30 July Day I UnA Vesterskov Carrying the tricolour at ~ - follows immediately after the long distance lSI August Day 2 Storskoven the closing ceremony was .. .. q.ualification heats. Day 4 - the .top aurae- 2nd August Day 3 Fl~jstrup Skov a great honour, and while LI~n of ~he week - IS on terrain new to 4th August Day 4 Lendal T stood there 1 could only orienteering, used the day before for the 5th A t D 5 G" B kk think of all those orien- long distance final. And on day 5, WOC HI ugus ay jern a er teers that 1 have known Tour competitors will start out on their 6 August Day 6 Sletten over the years, some that courses shortly after tbe Middle Distance are no longer with us, for Champions have been acclaimed. You can see full details and enter online on without them 1 wouldn't the event website www.woc2006.dk/tour. have made it this far. :1 Days 2 and 3 are both in forest beside the coast just south of Aarhus, giving different Clive Allen Rory Morrish but just as interesting orienteering as the inland forests provide. After day 3 it is JUSt a Rory in action at the short drive down the road to the WOC Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony and sprint final. The last day is in a cballenging area of forest

16 The Irish OrienJeer The Irish Orienteer 17 MI8L Colm Hill CNOC ing Ireland, While all can change (and usu- EVENT REPORTS in the sky, the Irish bravely entered the for- M21 L I Brian CorbettCorkO ally does) in the relays, this year, Scotland est and here are their results: 2 Stewart Caithness Clyde came good again with Duncan Coombs, Jon 3 Jan LockingtonNWOC Musgrave and Murray Strain gaining a clear European Junior W 186.1 km 220m climb M21S Kieran Rocks LVO lead. Wales were second after a sprint with Championships 1stSi mona Karochova, Czech Rep 48.51 M35L fgor Stefko LVO the second Scouish team and Ireland push- This years Junior European Orienteering 47th Clara Largey, 84.15 M40L Marcus Geoghegan AJAX ing England into fifth. England fared slightly Championships (JEC) were held in Graz, 48th Brinna Foley-Fisher 93.57 M45L Aonghus OCleirigh AJAX better in the Women's relay. followed by U1 Austria from 7 to· 9U1October 2005. The M50L John Rye RMOC t w o Scottish teams. championships involve 4 classes, M20, MI8 8.4km 320m climb M55L Wilbert Hollinger LVO This could weIJ be the first time that Scot- W20, Ml8 & WI8. 1st Magne Daehli, Norway, 54.38 M60L Alan Gartside LVO land has won the SHls away from horne. 44th Seamus O'Boyle, 71.04 M65L David Hogg NWOC When they won in Scotland, the crowd was The lrish team included: M20 - Patrick Hig- 45th Nicolas Simonin, 71.14 WIOA JilJ Stephens LVO treated to a chorus of 'Flower of Scotland' by gins; M 18 - Ruairi Short, Robert Browne, 55th Ruairi Short, 87.24 WI2A Aine McCann LVO manager and organiscr Gordon Ross. This Seamus O'Boyle & Nicolas Simonin; WI8 - 56rh Robert Browne, 106.45 WI4A Darina Fyffe FermO time victory was enoughl Erinna Foley-Fisher & Ciara Largey W 16A Erika Jones FIN (from CompossSpon 011(illc) M20 9.6km 400m climb W21 L I ESLerLogue EPOC The competition programme involved a 1st Csaba Gosswcin, Hungary, 59.45 2 Hazel Thompson SET The 2005 Junior Home International look splint race on Day I, II classic distance race 41 st Patrick Higgins. 91.24 W21S Niamh Lalor GEN place in South Wales on 24~1_25'hSeptem- on Day 2, and finishing with II relay on Day W35L Michele Rainey ber. The competition, for M/Wj4, 16 and 18 3. The terrain was of a continental type with The competition finished with the relay with M40L Fiona Maxwell LVO classes, has an individual and a relay event lots of contour detail which caused Rome the only competitive Irish team consisting of W45L Bernie O'Boyle CNOC over the weekend. Like the Senior and Vet- navigational problems. Seamus O'Boyle on thc first leg, Patrick W50L Ann Savage LVO eran events, is normally boils down to Eng- Higgins on the second leg, and Nicolas Si- W55L Teresa Finlay FermO land v Scotland for first and second with The sprint race was held on an area called monin on the third leg. The other Irish men W60L Trina Cleary 3ROC Ireland v Wales for third and fourth. The Ragnitz-Haidegg, a forested area with ran on a non-competitive team with a Span- W65L Rosemary Croley LVO Welsh gave the Scots a bit of a fright, com- courses ranging from 2-3km. iard on the first leg. The Irish Girls ran on a ing within 2 points of them in both races. non-cornpetiti ve team. Senior Home International Sadly, the Irish trailed in 4'h position. The results from the first races are: The senior home internationals were staged The final results for the Juniors were Eng- WI8 Northern Ireland Championships, at the beginning of October by the three land 129, Scotland 96, Wales 92, Ireland 43. Simona Karachova, Czech Rep, 17.21 Benone, 1" October 2005 clubs of Northern Ireland using MagiJligan 48th Erinna Foley-Fisher, Ireland, 27.29 First used for the British Championships, Sands, scene of BOC '02, and Woodburn, in The Irish juniors put in good individual per- 50th Ciara Largey, Ireland, 36.44 Benone is a superb area of open sand dunes conjunction with the NI Championships. Iormances on the mixed open and forested on the north coast. A bleak. enough spot on a Several of the top athletes weren't there, due sand dunes of Whiteford Burrows. running M18 wet and windy day, but conditions for NIOC to clashes with international fixtures, unwill- steadily with very few errors throughout the J st Stepan Kodeba, Czech Rep, 18. 16 were fine for running. AUan Bogle planned ingness to travel or to take time off work to team. The best result was Nick Simonin's 35th Seamus O'Boyle, Ireland, 22.03 the courses, criss-crossing the dunes and gel there. It was intriguing to sec the M21s 4th in M 16, and several others were only a 54th Ruairi Short, Ireland, 30.11 bringing runners through a mixture of fast being beaten by an M40, albeit one of the little way off the winning pace. 55th Nicolas Simonin, 30.18 runnable areas and slower, scrubby under- best M40s. The relay on Broughton Burrows caused a 56th Robert Browne, 31.47 growth. Losing contact with the map was Planner Allan Bogle introduced a new for- bit more difficulty, more technical courses costly, and groups of baffled orienteers were mat loop race, with four runners starting on a more technical map which some said M20 visible scratching their heads and wondering every two minutes. The area was rougher would have been more suitable for the indi- J st Jonas Mathys, Switzerland, 18.06 just where they were. than most of us remember it and courses vidual event. But this was no bother for 40th Patrick Higgins, Ireland, 25.07 somewhat on the long side. many of the juniors and there were some MIOA Angus Fyffe PERMO By the end of the individual day Scotland very good individual runs, though we lack The Irish Team competed on the second M12A Cillfn Corbett CorkO had won three of the four classes and held a the competitive depth LOdo really well at morning in pleasant conditions in the for- MJ4A Kevin O'BoyleCNOC 3-point lead over England with Wales lead- relays. ested bills near Graz. With hot air balloons Ml6A RuairfShort CNOC The Irish Orienteer 19 18 The Irish Orienteer Two times are shown for classes af- The Welsh improved even more than the galion and initiative assessments, taking MUNSTER ORIENTEERING fected by reversed codes: the affected Irish this year and finished well ahead on them well into the night. legs were dropped out of the results - overall points. The final score as usual was CHAMPIONSIDPS 2005 Sunday 16th October 2005 at CIon more one of the advantages of 8portldent tim- Cold and tired, they were woken from their I st England, 2nd Scotland, 3rd Wales, 4th ing? Ireland. North, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, organised by tents at five the following morning for a Cork Orienteering Club. group problem-solving exercise of hoisting The Veteran Home International took vehicles before breakfast at the campfire. M21E 10.4km place in Kyloe Woods, Northumberland, This challenge was followed immediately by 1 Alan Barry CorkO 90.47 overlooking the Holy Island kayaking exercises in the freezing-cold lake. 2 Ivan Millar LVO 101.21 Orienteer for Land and abseiling a daunting 12-metre of Lindisfarne. The irish highlight of the 3 Conor Barry CorkO 101.31 relays was Ruth Lynam Leading the pack wall t.o a balcony hovering above water. back at the end of the mass start Tirst W21E 7.47 km Rover Challenge technical 4x4 driving in the Defender, Dis- leg. The finish was exciting, with the first 1 Petranka Pacheva BOC 64.41 (78:59) AT the end of two gruelling days of physical covery 3 and Range Rover Sport through the 10 teams spread over I min 43secs - unfortu- 2 Ruth Lynam CNOC 68.52 (89:16) and mental challenges, three finalists were Land Rover Experience Jungle Track and nately none of them was lrish! 3 Allbhe Creedon CorkO 70.05 (83:57) selected to represent Ireland at the Land swamp-testing ground, mountain-biking and Rover G4 challenge International Selections mechanical aptitude. In the individual races there were two Irish M21L Mick Hannon DFO in February 2006: Vanessa Lawrenson from winners - James Logue (M35) and Ruth Ly- M35 John Scannell CorkO This series of activities brought to a close BOC Carbury, Kildare, Paul Mahon (Setarua Ori- nam (W50) , ably supported by a 2nd place M40 Dermot O'Sullivan the Irish national selections for the 2006 for Wilbert Hollinger (M55) and 4th places M45 Aonghus O'Cleirlgh Ajax entecrs) from Dublin and Gary Robertson Land Rover G4 challenge. r S . ( F' M50 Gerry Brady SET from Fivemiletown near Fcrmanagh, lor teven .LlDton M35) and rona Maxwell M20 Conor O'Brien BOC (W40 runnmg as W35). The rest of us could- W21L Miriam Feehan BVOC The Irish national selections started on Sat- "Ultimately we had to lind three competitors nt sustain their good work and we finished Mi8 Seamus O'Boyle CNOC urday, November 26, at 7.30am, when 44 10 go forward to the )nternational selections, no worse than in previous years - fourth. My M21S Danny O'Hare CorkO competitors from around the country were but it was a very close call. Everyone who ambition to hold the Stonewall Trophy (for M55 Billy O'Neill CNOC made it this far showed the passion for ad- BVOC flown to Land Rover's 'Home of tile Legend' the Ireland/Wales match) has been foiled yet M60 Ted Feehan venture which is the essence of Land Royer again. W40 Mary O'Connell 3ROC off-reading and adventure activity centre in W45 Bemle O'Boyle CNOC Birmingham. and we wish them every success in their W50 Mary Healy GEN future endeavours." said John Paul Mooney, Selection for next year's event (Wales arc M16 Ruairi Short CNOC What followed was a weekend of physical marketing manager of Land Rover Ireland. . '.. . W2i S Susan Healy GEN and menial challenges, designed to tind the One of the three victors from this weekend lI~e hosts) ~sba~ed on the Irish and provrn- W18 Erlnna Foley-Fisher MNAV will be selected to represent Ireland and cial championships. Two have already taken W55 Ger Power three competitors who have what it takes to 3ROC compete with competitors from 17 other place and the third, Coooacht, has a closing W65 Faith White win the Land Rover G4 challenge, to be held SET countries in the actual Land Rover G4 chal- date of this Friday, so get your entries in! Mi4 Kevin O'Boyle CNOC in April this year. lenge 2006 starting on April 23, 2006, in (Alan Gartside, Team Manager). W14 Laura Cox WATO Wi6 Niamh Curran BOC The eight women and 36 men selected from Bangkok. Th.e challen?e takes p~a~e over M12 Cillin Corbett CorkO h dreds f r t b . . ith four weeks, mcorporanng 4x4 driving and un . 0 app ICar.' s were nmmmg WI multi-s ort challen es in Thailand Laos. To what can we attribute our level of sue- W12 Cliodhna Galwey BOC expectation and tension as they were thrown B·.'J P d B I" g , Ajax cess at the Home Internationals'? Lack of Mi0 CathalO'Cleirigh mto. a dernandiing morrung. 0I' activiiviti es de- raz: an ·OJVla. CorkO exposure to regular high-class competition W10 Niamh Corbett signed to thoroughly test (hem in a range of (Sunday Independent, 4'h December 2005). bi ed '.. all' . I WNov Anne Barry CorkO com ill witn a srn onentcenng popu a- MNov Ken Healy BOC mental and physical areas. lion certainly don't produce teams with the strength and depth rcquired.- Ed CorkO donated the income from the 81 After five hOUTS of activities with names like card rental and EOD entries to the Spine Tingler. Ladder Rack and Jungle Fe- GOAL 'Paklstan Earthquake Appeal", a ver, the 44 exhausted, cold and battered sum total of €203. competitors had no rest as tbey then em- barked on a new range of 4x4 driving, navi-

20 The Irish Orienteer The irish Orienfeer 21 LEINSTER Amenity Park, the Glen. Neighbouring pri- [email protected] M21L mary and secondary school teachers and CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 Communications Officer: Andrew Quin 1 Corbett, Brian CORKO 1:04:02 YOUUlgroup leaders attended an introduction email [email protected] 2 Tamas, ReluRomania 1:11:04 3 Burke, DarrenCORKO Ajax are now accepting entries for Lhe2006 to orie~tecring ~d n~vigation skills at lhe Development Otlicer: Vacant 1:11:31 M21S Coffey, Malrtin DFO With aim Coaching and Training Officer Neil Leinster Orienteering Championships on Par~ the Of. enc~u~ag~ng them to M21N Foyle, John51Bn WEGO St-Remy-les- Sunday April 23rd on Bull Island in Dublin make better use o.r this facility III a healthy Dobbs, 27 rue Pierre Curie, M35 Scannell, John a n CORKO Bay. Full details are available on ajax Olien_ All d b a c ft hiv e . man n e r . Chevreuse 78470 France. email coach- M40 Plm, Andrew WATO teering.ie . mem crs 0 t e public. are welcome to [email protected] M45 O'Cleirigh, Aonghus AJAX Please enter online and pay via paypal or use the per~anent onenteenng course in the M50 Brady, Gerry SET credit card; however if you prefer you con ?len.Amelllty Park. Pennan~nl markers are Connacht Championships M55 Hollinger, Wilbert LVO M60 Gartside, Alan still use a paper entry form (download from III place around the Pa~ With set courses Porturnna, Co. Galway was the venue for a LVO M65 Martindale, Frank 3ROC ajax.oricnteering.ie), planne.d out ~y an experienced map maker line Connacht Championships staged by The online entries & payments system has and or~enteen~g expert. Packs which include WEGO 011 November 27th 2005. Sport- W10 Corbett, Niamh CORKO been developed by Martin FI map~, msuucnons, course layouts etc. can be Idem timi.ng meant that the courses could W12 Cox, Jane WATO and is available to all clubs organisi~g ~~e~ obtrun~ free of charge from Ole Recreation, criss-cross the area, perhaps a bit too much W 14 Cox, Laura WATO entry events. Amenity and Culture Dept, Abbey Court on Ole longest course, but the planner was W16 Curran, Niamh BOC The competition area Is an intricate sand gouse, Geor~es QuaY,?r by phoning Lhe~. limited by the existence of a golf course W18 Foley-Fisher, Erlnna MNAV W21L dune system surveyed and .0. on.021492~74J. Irom the Cork right in the middle of the compelition area. 1 O'Boyle, Niamh CNOC 1:20:08 mapped by Aonghus O'Clcirigh in Corporation Website. Runnable forest with unusual contour fea- 2 Creedon, Ailbhe CORKO 1:20:09 200512006. Aonghus is also planning the tures and old walls provided the navigational 3 Feehan, Miriam BVOC 1:29:05 courses. This event promises to be exciting, . lOA Officers interest and the map was resurveyed by W21S Lucey, Sharon ULO fast, compJex and spectator Executive Chairperson: Dave Weston. Padraig Higgins for the event. W21 N Felle, Laura S1Bn friendly - dont miss it. The map scale wilJ Mullinavcigue, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow. W35 Honkasaarl, L1isa WATO be 1:5,000 with a 2.5m contour interval for Tel. 086 8150512 email chairper- W40 Muckian, Sheila CORKO all competitors. Longer courses will have a [email protected] W45 O'Boyle, Bernie CNOC Results W45S Cox, Angela map exchange. Sponldent timing will be Administrative Secretary: Niamh Lalor WATO M10 O'Cleirigh, CathalAJAX WOO Savage, Ann used. email [email protected] LVO M12 Hili, Brian CNOC W55 UI Shuilleabhaln, Alne 3ROC The closing date for entries is March 31st, ~onorary Treasurer: John Casey, 10 M14 Short, Conor CNOC W60 Higgins, Maura SET 2006. Enter early because all fully paid-up Fieldstone, Tramore, Co. Waterford. Tel. M16 Higgins. Gerard LVO W65 Murtagh, Vera 3ROC competitors received by Saint Patrick's Day 051-30224 Work email t reas- M18 O'Boyle, Seamus CNOC W70 White, Faith SET (March 17th) will be placed in a free draw urerteorienteering.ie M20 O'Brien, Conor CITO for an Electronic Map Measurer. Mapping Registrar: Marcus Geoghegan Special permission has been granted by eC:[email protected] Dublin City Council'S Parks Department for Fixtures Secretary: Fergal Buckley, 103 Orienteers 1.0 use Bull Island and they will Meadowlands, Oakpark, Traloe, Co. Kerry be monitoring the event. Please do your best Tel. 0863306932/0667126530 email fix- The Irish MTBO team Nina to showcase Orienteering as an environment [email protected] Phillips, Toni 0 'Donovan and and family friendly sport, Controller of Technical Standards: Trina Thomas McNally at the 2005 Information & Queries: email Cleary, 25 Templeroan Grove, Rathfarnham. World Championships (See [email protected] Dublin 16. Tel. 01-4936J87 email techni~ report on page 10). ca [email protected] Director of High Performance: Brendan Cork News 0' Brien, Asbmor House, Willbrook Street, Cork City 's First Permanent Orienteering Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Tel. 01-4950570, Course - The Glen Amenity Park 086-8296016 email [email protected] "The city's first permanent orienteering Director of Junior Representative Orien- course was set up recently in the Glen teering: Ruth Lynam email junior-

22 The Irish Orief/teer The Irish Oriemeer 23 the OST's latest digital product, Trail Mas- The event centre is at the new Foy Centre lOA Mapping Course, ter. The students were shown how £0 pre- IDe 2006 Details in Carlingford, where there will be chang- pare their mapping boards and base-maps ing facilities, a restaurant and some self- November 2005 for Saturday's survey instruction. The closing date for individual entries is catering accommodation. 7th Apri1 and for the Relays, 14m April. The Classic race on Sunday incorporates an The Irish Orienteering Association's Map- For the Relays, a new class structure is be- IOF World Ranking Event for the two Elite ping Officer, Marcus Geoghegan, organised Saturday a mapping course on the weekend of No- After assembling in Belvedere me students ing introduced for all except the open classes. Men's and Women's and the Junior classes. vember 18-20th 2005 near MuIlingar, were shown two methods of creating an The handicap system is the one devised by • County Westrneath, A previous lOA map- accurate pacing scale. They were men di- the Scottish Orienteering Association, de- JunIor News ping course was organised by Pat Healy in vided into four groups with a leader. The signed to allow everyone to run an appro- Avondale, County WickJow, in February rest of the day was taken up with field sur- priate distance for their age class, and to Time Trials 4 - 5 March, Dublin, for 2001 and in November 2002 Noel Donagh veying, covering pacing confirmation, plac- produce similar winning times for each MIW 16's upwards. organised a GPS mapping seminar. ing a Magnetic North line 00 the base-map, relay team. The accommodation and classroom ses- plotting a traverse, plotting point features, With all of tile classes starting together, and The spring 2006 trials were held on 4 sions were in Lilliput adventure centre (a.k, plotting an area, classification of features, wi.th all of the handicap teams running in and 5 March, on the usual areas, ter- a Jonathan Swift Park), on the southern and continuation of the survey the single overall handicap competition, it rain & hill on Three Rock Mountain, and shore of Lough Ennell and Padraig Higgins The instruction followed the good-practice should make for very close racing when track in Belfield arranged a superb survey area - Belvedere sequence of plotting t.he perimeter of an allowance is made for the handicapping. We stayed In Glendalough Youth Hos- House on the eastern shore of Lough En- area. then triangulating spot features, plot- Courses for all of the handicap classes are tel, and a special event was run at Car- nell, a 160 acre area of rolling parkland and ling area features and finally adding land- based on an estimated winning time of 35 rigoiligan. deciduous woods. form. The [our groups met for lunch, minutes, and the winners of the overall There are Squad Tours planned to the swapped areas, swapped instructors and handicap competition will be the first to JK In Yorkshire at Easter and the Lake Belvedere Estate has been registered as a continued surveying. finish. District 5-Day in August. Western Eagles/Galway Orienieers (WEGO) map .and they intend to run an Saturday Evening event there, possibly the Irish Park-O Pat Healy demonstrated OCAD, the com- Special Waterford Event Championships, in May 2006. The original puter-aided design program for drawing 6":I-mile map of Ireland from tbe 1850's orienteering maps, including setup, scales. Pupils from Transition Year al Newtown was used as a base-map for the course. templates and point, line & area features. School, Waterford, have taken part in the Special emphasis was placed on the use of Young Social Innovators programme. They The six instructors were Sean Cotter, Bish- OCAD's Bezicr function - mastery of this ran a small event for children at St Martin's opstown OC, Pal Healy. Curragh/Naas Oc. single OCAD feature is incredibly benefi- special school in Waterford City. They took Martin Flynn, Ajax OC, Padraig Higgins, cial to an OCAD user. In order to teach the photos of 6 sites in me school grounds. The WBGO, Val Jones, Fingal OC and John use of Beziers Pal used a template that was children were paired off with their helpers O'Callaghan, Bishopstown OC. There were distributed in the early nineties by the and then set loose to locate the kites. At each 26 students from J I clubs, representing all OCAD authors but has never been offi- of the 6 sites, they had to choose from a set. three lOA regions and the NlOA. cially included in the product documenta- of photos which the correct one was. These tion. The students then drew their day's tbey stuck to their master sheet with Velcro. Friday Evening survey into OCAD under the tutelage of the They also had to punch their control cards if Pat Healy took the students through the course instructors. they were able. The joy on the children'S Part of the Angle Tarn map, to International Orienteering Federation's Val Jones gave a presentation that drew on faces was worth all the effort We hope to be used in the Lake District 5- mapping instructor's presentation, which his extensive experience of park maps. He develop a course for the Special Olympics Day in early August: lfyou are introduced the concepts and technologies covered the differences between normal group in Waterford in partnership with the going, book you accommodation involved. Samples of base-maps, aerial orienteering maps which are drawn using Waterford Sports Partnership and Waterford early: It's a popular holiday des- photographs, diapositives and photogram- the International Specification for Orien- teering Maps (lSOM 2000) and Sprint/Park City Council. (See photo on back cover). tination metric plots were shown. A stereoscope was demonstrated. Pat also demonstrated maps which are drawn using the sprint

The Irish Orienteer 25 24 The Trish Orienteer specification (lSSOM 2005). He used many map. Sean has given Ills permission for his Carrickgolligan 5th February 2006 15 C O'Sullivan W21 GEN 75.38 Great Eastern Navigators 16 A Bonar-Law map examples and discussed the mapping of mapping documentation to be published on M70 GEN 78.52 17 David Dare M50 SET 79.56 schools, the use of freely available aerial the rOA website. Planner: Wyn McCormick 18 A & 0 Lehane MIW21 83.31 photography and the special requirements of Marcus gave a presentation that outlined his Controller: Mary Healy 19 Deirdre Nagle W55 3ROC 85.10 park and trail-O maps. experiments of orienteering mapping using a Organizer: Nora Lalor 20 Melanee Heather W21 SET 85.44 A de-briefing session took place in the local consumer grade GI'S. He discussed GPS and 21 Harold White M60 3ROC 87.20 pub. DGPS technology. reviewed the output of SHORT (2.2km 55m 7c) 22 Laurence Quinn M11 GEN 89.25 the 2002 GPS seminar, talked about directly 1 Caoimhe O'Boyle W8 CNOC 22.05 23 Tom Talbot M40 94.17 2 Cathal O'Cleirigh M10 AJAX 25.10 24 Clare Walsh W60 3ROC 94.27 Sunday Morning entering symbols into OCAD, and discussed base-map augmentation using OziExplorer, 3 Brennans & Berrys MIX AJAX 25.47 25 Conor McCann M14 DLSO The students spent Sunday morning learning 4 Jonathan Quinn M9 GEN 26.19 100.40 how to survey contours in an area of Belve- both in the field and at home. 5 Mark Blake-Knox GEN 28.10 26 Jane Brennan W40 AJAX dere House for which Padraig had prepared 6 Aedin McCann W12 DLSO 28.29 106.32 a special base-map the night before. The Creidhc O'Sullivan of GEN won the instruc- 7 Anna Mangan W10 SET 30.23 27 Daniel Kersach M12 AJAX students were shown how to measure and tors' prize of a Silva sighti.ng compass for 8 Aoife Kernan W8 AJAX 31.23 121.19 mark spot heights and how to interconnect the best field survey. Each student was given 9 Halpin 32.39 28 Sinead Malin them to create landform features. a CD containing the course documentation 10 Basil & Jack Bailey GEN 32.45 124.45 and presentations, various pieces of refer- 11 Slnead Mailn W10 36.19 29 C Carroil M70 3ROC 12 Fiachra McCann M8 DLSO 38.20 127.16 ence material, students' OCAD files and Sunday Afternoon 13 C English W60 GEN 38.44 30 Simon McCormack M21 GEN Marlin Flynn gave a presentation entitled photos of the weekend. 14 Dalrlne O'Rourke W12 FIN 43.44 138.47 printing maps from OCAD that covered best Marcus Geoghegan 15 Mary Allen 43.54 31 Tom Brennan SET practice in map printing, including: tradi- 16 Therese Ailen 43.54 155.45 ~ionaJ spot off~et; CMYK offset; laser; ink- NEW RECORD 17 Michael Butler M65 3ROC 44.20 E Kernan W40 AJAX DNF Jet; photocopying and the problems associ- 18 O'Hanlon Family MIX 45.26 Vera Murtagh W65 3ROC DNF ated with each technology. He also dis-

26 The Irish Orienteer The Irish OriellTeer 27 19 Tony Lawlor M40 CNOC 83.42 6 Sarah Nf Ruairc W21 FIN 51.33 20 Ted McCormack M20 GEN 84.24 7 Aine Nf Shuilleabhatn W55 3ROC 51.43 Mountain Running Fixtures 2006 21 Don Short M50 CNOC 84.26 8 Claire Walsh W60 3ROC 59.38 22 John Crowley M45 GEN 85.17 9 Melanie Heather W21 SET 60.56 Sun, 5th Mar, 11:00 AM, Ballinastoe Winter, 380m, 9.80 kin 23 Susan Bell W21 LVO 86.18 10 Donnchadha Quilty M21 DUO 61.41 Sat 11 Mar, SHeve Gullion 3.5 mis, 1000 ft, 12.00 24 Hazel Thompson W21 SET 89.29 11 Owen McCarthy 3ROC 62.00 Wed, 15th Mar, 1:30 PM, Irish Schools Championship, 250m, 5.5 km 25 Mary O'Connell W40 3ROC 89.58 12 Willie Whelan 62.50 Sat 18 Mar, Glenarlff Mountain Race 6 mis, 1200 ft, 13.00 26 Eileen Young W35 FIN 94.27 13 Joshua Kirkley M21 70.51 Sat 1 Apr, Slieve Bearnagh 3.9mls, 268Oft, 12.00 27 Dave Weston. M40 SET 94.40 14 Charlie O'Connell M60 73.12 Thur 6 Apr, Castlewellan, short race, 7.30 28 Stephen McCarthy M21 SET 94.57 15 Sinead Roche W21 GEN 77.50 29 Anne Morrissey W45 CNOC97.59 16 O'Malley family 79.44 Thur 13 Apr, Tollymore Mountain Centre 4.5 mis, 1200 ft., 7.30 30 Colin Walsh M40 SET 107.34 17 Philip & Ian Marron 83.02 Wed, 19th Apr, 7:30 PM, Goal Flash, Killiney Relay, 220m, 2.5 kin, 31 Deirdre O'Neill W35 FIN 107.51 18 Stephen & Tom Brennan SET 84.59 Thur 20 Apr, Slieve Martin, 4.5 mis, 1600 ft, 7.30 32 John Agnew CNOC 109.27 19 Con Carroll M70 3ROC 87.18 Sun, 23rd Apr, 8:00 PM, Claragh Mountain, 352m, 6.2 km 33 Doyle John CNOC 111.27 20 Vera Murtagh W65 3ROC 96.47 Wed, 26th Apr, 7:30 PM, Mountain View, 326m, 5.5 km 34 Stuart Scott M21 DUO 114.14 21 Enda Timoney 101.27 Thur 27 Apr, Binnien To The Top, 2 mls,2000 ft, 7.30 22 Fergal & Eoin Smyth & 102.20 35 Ger Power W55 3ROC 120.33 Sat 29 Apr, P & 0 Knockdhu ClaSSiC,4.7 mis, 1470 ft, 13.00 DW~~ ~F Conor Timoney K Walley W40 FIN DNF Sun, 30th Apr, 3:00 PM, Round Mountain, 335m, 8 km DNF Wed, 3rd May, 7:30 PM, Hellfire and Brimstone, 260m, 6 km Results of 3ROC Night Event, Phoenix Kieran Rocks M21 LVO Thur 4 May, Moughanmore, 3 mis, 1500 ft., 7.30 Park, Dublin, 18th February 2006. Nigel Campbell-Crawford M60 3ROC 44.59 Sat, 6th May, 12:00 PM, Circiut of Glenmalure, 175m, 21 km Sat 6 May, Annalong Horseshoe, 13 mis, 5200 ft, 11.00 Long course 7.7km Non-competitive Wed, 10th May, 7:30 PM, Three Rock Dash, 198m, 4.8 km 1 Marcus Geoghegan M40 AJAX 48.45 Niamh O'Boyle W21 CNOC 34.11 Thur 11 May, Hen & Cock, 2.5 mis, 1500 ft, 7.30 Alan Ayling M21 GEN 48.54 2 Sun, 14th May, 1:00 PM, Doon, 335m, 10 km 3 Rualrf Short M18 CNOC 49.31 John McCullough Planner/Organiser 4 Gerard Butler M21 3ROC 53.06 (with help from Eoin & CHona McCullough) Wed, 17th May, 7:30 PM, Corrlg, 235m, 5.6 km 5 Philip Brennan M35 SET 53.46 Thur 18 May, Monument Race, Tollymore Forest, 4 rnls, 1000 ft, 7.30 6 Tony Lawlor M40 CNOC 56.33 Lost property: Hand torch. Sat 20 May, Rostrevor, 7mls, 2500 ft, 12.00 7 Fergal Buckley M21 DUO 57.35 Wed, 24th May, 7:30 PM, Bray Head, 274m, 5 kin 8 Val Jones M50 FIN 58.46 Thur 25 May, Loughshannagh Horseshoe, 4 mis, 1700 ft, 7.30 9 Sennen O'Boyle M50 CNOC 58.50 Sun, 28th May, 1:00 PM, Crohaun, 350m, 9 km 10 Dave Weston M40 SET 59.40 Wed, 31st May, 7:30 PM, Scalp, 244m, 6.4 km 11 Mary Healy W50 GEN 59.45 Thur 1 Jun , Rocky, 4 mis, 1300 ft, 7.30 12 Eoin Dunne M35 3ROC 60.14 13 Ruth Lynam W50 CNOC 60.17 Sun, 4th Jun, 12:00 PM, Carrauntoohil, 1126m, 13.7k m 14 Colm McKenna M35 67.59 Wed, 7th Jun, 7:30 PM, Howth, 360m, 8.50 kin 15 Somhairle Foley M21 SET 81.59 Thur 8 Jun , Meelbeg Meelmore, 3.5mls, 1800 ft, 7.30 16 Brendan Doherty M60 GEN 87.38 Sat 10 Jun , Donard & Commedagh, 6.8mls, 3300 ft, 12.00 17 Melanie Spath 104.30 Sat, 10th Jun, 7:00 AM, WlcklowWay Relay, 120 km 18 Ger Power W60 3ROC 105.48 Wed, 14th Jun, 7:30 PM, Paddock Lake, 420m, 9.00 km Fri 16 Jun , Donard Forest, 4.Smls, 1400 7.30 Non-competitive (Mountain bike): ft, Martin Flynn M35 AJAX 48.03 Niall McAliruien studies his map at Sun 18 Jun , Ragstaff to Carlingford, 11mis, 3000 ft, 11.00 Sun, 18th Jun, 1:00 PM, Sliabh Barna, 532m, 10.00 km the Hellfire Club. Short course 4.7 km Wed, 21st Jun, 8:15 PM, Brockagh, 400m, 8.00 km Fri 23 Jun , , Smls, 820 ft, 7.30 1 Conor Short M16 CNOC 38.19 Results are welcome. Think offu- Wed, 28th Jun, 7:30 PM, Tibradden, 305m, 8.00 km 2 Andrew McCarthy M21 AJAX 39.39 lure generations of researchers and 3 CianO'Reilly M21 AJAX 42.22 orienteers and don 't just put them on See www.imra.ie or nimra.org.uk for more details of races. 4 Brian Lawless M60 3ROC 43.52 5 Stuart Scott M21 DUO 46.04 the internet.

28 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 29 4 Ardargh Wood Cork BH Spring League 5 BOC 6 Slieve Croob, Co. Down NI Series 4 LVO Orienteering Fixtures 2006 7 Monaloo Wood Cork Cork Spring League 7 BOC 7 Inch Sand Dunes Kerry SW League 4 KERRYO 9 Farran Forest Park Cork Inter-Firm League 1 CORKO March 2006 11 Doneraile Forest Park Co. Cork All-Ireland Primary Schools Champs BOC 4 Irish MTBO Championships, Nagles Mountains Co. Cork CORKO 11 Doneraile Forest Park Cork Business Houses Spring League 6 BOC 4 Drum Manor, Co. Derry NI Series 1 NWOC 14 Coumshingaun Waterford Southeast Spring League 6 WatO 5 Coolbeggan Wood Co. Waterford Cork Spring League 1 BOC 16 Currabinny Wood Cork Inter-Firm League 2 CORKO 5 Gortin, Omagh, Co. Tyrone Tough Guy #2 FERMO 18 Farran Forest Park Cork BH Spring League 7 BOC 12 Glenpatrick Waterford Southeast Spring League 3 WatO 20 Kilbroney/, Co. Down Spring Cup LVO 12 Knockreer Estate, Killarney, Kerry Spring League 2 KERRYO 21 Trooperstown Co. Wicklow Leinster Inter-Club Champs GEN 12 Modeligo Wood Co. Cork Cork Spring League 2 BOC 23 Corrin Hill Cork Inter-Firm League 3 CORKO 12 Sugarloaf Co. Wicklow Leinster Spring Cup 4 UCDO 25 Glenbower Wood Cork Business Houses Spring League 8 BOC 11 Castlearchdale, Co. Fermanagh. Local Club Score FERMO 28 Dinish Co. Kerry Kerry Spring League 4 KERRYO 11 Event Safety Training LVO 30 Lyredane Cork Inter-Firm League 4 CORKO 17-19 Ballyhoura 3 Day Thomastown Wood, Ruppulagh Wood, Garryarthur Wood, Co. Limerick BOC. Entry on the day. June 2006 18 Garvagh Forest, Co. Derry Local Club Score NWOC 1 Corrin Hill, Fermoy. Cork Business Houses Summer League 1 BOC 19 Burren, Co. Fermanagh Tough Guy 3 FERMO 3-5 Irish 3-Day 2006 Inishbofin, Co. Galway WEGO I CNOC 19 Glengarriff Forest Park Cork Local Event CORKO 6 Ballincollig Regional Park (East) Cork Inter-Firm League 5 CORKO 21 Tickancor Waterford Munster Secondary Schools Champs WatO 8 Rochestown Woods Cork Business Houses Summer League 2 BOC 23 Melleray Co. Waterford Munster Primary Schools Champs WatO 10 Tollymore,Co. Down LVO Spring Cup 25 Slieve Martin, Rostrevor, Co. Down. NI Series 2 LVO 13 Watergrasshill Co. Cork Inter-Firm League 6 CORKO 26 Glendasan, Laragh, Co. Wicklow Leinster Spring Cup SET 15 Rathcormac Mountain Wood Co. Cork Business Houses League 3 BOC 26 Knockaun Wood Waterford Cork Spring League 4 BOC 20 Farran Forest Park Cork Inter-Firm League 7 CORKO 26 The Crags, Glenflesk, Co. Kerry SW League 3 CORKO 22 Martin Valley Trail Cork Business Houses Summer League 4 BOC 24 Wicklow Mountains Rogaine SET 24 hour score event April 2006 27 Glenbower Wood Co. Cork IFL 8 CORKO 1 Mahon Falls, Co. Waterford SE Spring League 4 WatO 29 Currabinny Wood Cork BH Summer League 5 BOC 2 Howth Summit Dublin Local Event FIN 2 Davmore Waterford Southeast Spring League 5 WatO October 2006 2 Rochestown Woods Cork Cork Spring League 5 BOC 7 Northern Ireland Champs FERMO Lough Navar 4 Doneraile Forest Park Cork All-Ireland Secondary Schools Champs BOC 6 Glen Amenity Park Cork Business Houses Spring League 1 BOC 8 Woodburn, Co. Antrim. LVO Spring Cup 1 LVO AND FINALLY ... 9 Munster Champs Castielough Demesne, Portroe, Co. Tipperary BOC Once again, apologies for the late arrival o/TIO 11I. Thanks to all the contribu- 13 Curragh Wood Cork Business Houses Spring League 2 BOC tors to this issue and to those who provided photographs (particularly the injured 20 Currabinny Wood Cork BH Spring League 3 BOC Martin Flynn!). 22 Mullaghcroy NI Series 3 FERMO More and more in/ormation on orienteering (fixtures, entry forms and results es- 23 Leinster Championships, Bull Island Dublin AJAX pecially) are readily available from the internet so the emphasis o/TIO may 23 Modeligo Wood Co. Cork Cork Spring League 6 BOC change. J would be very interested in articles which help orienteers to improve 26 Delamont MTBO LVO (navigation techniques, map reading, competition preparation, training). We do 27 Rostellan Wood Cork Business Houses Spring League 4 BOC 29-30 Irish Championships, Carlingford, Co. Louth 3ROC/GEN very' little to help in the development of new orienteers on the technical side. More photos and maps are always welcome. May 2006 JMcC. 1 Irish Relay Championships, CarJingford, Co. Louth The Irish Orienleer 31 30 The Irish Orienteer