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FY8 5LW Tel 01253795597 .una,..., .orienreerlna-onhne.co.uk Fax 01253 739460 THE IRISH ORIENTEER ADDRESS LIST AJAX ORIENTEERS Peter Keman, 29 Willowbank Park, Rathfamham, Dublln14.(kemanpeter@eircom. che R1Sh oraencecc net) 1 ATHLONE IT ORIENTEERS Nigel Foley-Fisher, AIT, Dublin Rd., Amtone, Co. Westmeatl1 (0,90,2-24465) BISHOPSTOWN OC Sean Cotter, 45 Rossbraok, Model Farm Rd, Cork, (0,21-4546194) No. 109 Spring 2005 BLACKWATER VALLEY OC Ellen Feehan,'Scarteen Lower, Newmarket, Co. Cork (0,29-60,385) COMMUNITY GAMES ORIENTEERS Ted Lucey, Kilpadder, Dromal1ane, Mallow, Co.Cork (0,22-4730,0,) The Irish Orienteer is avail- CIT ORIENTEERS Padl'i!ig Finnegan, Sports Office, CO'rkInst. of Technology', R(!)ssaAve., Cork. able from all Irtsh orienteer- A NEW PLAN CORK ORIENTEERS Rick Austin, Gurteenroe, Macroom, Co. Cork (0'26-42995) CURRAGH-NAAS ORIENTEERS Ruth Lyman, Baltyboys. Blessington, co.wtcktow ing clubs or by direct sub- DEFENCE FORCES ORIENTEERS Oomot. Brendan I]elaney, Infantry 5011001,Military College, scnptton from the Editor; At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Irish Odell- Cur~gl1 Camp, Co. Kildare. John McCullough, 9 Arran reering Association last December, one of the areas dealt DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ORIENTEERS The Secretary, DU Orienteers, House 27, TCD, Dublin'2.; Road, Dublin 9 with was the adoption of a very ambitious Strategic Plan FERMANAGH ORIENTEERS Mary Campbell, 5 Knocknamoe Bungalows, OmaqhCo. Tyrone,(048- e-mail for 2005 to 2007. The plan, of course, requires action at 82246818) . johnmccullough@bigfoot. FINGAL ORIENTEERS Tam Burke, 2 Sycamore Ave., BeaulortPlace, Navan, Co, Meath (0,46-74711) all levels in the sport for it to succeed. The IOA Execu- com GALWAY/MAYO IT ORIENTEERS Th,e Secretary, P.E. Dept.. GMIT, Dublin Road, Galway tive cannot possibly carry it through on its own. One of GREAT EASTERN NAVIGATORS Nora Lalor, 6 Knockslnna Grove, Foxrock, Dublin 18 (o'H~893497) the beauties of the sport is that the Executive are all very KERRY ORIENTEERS ROry cesteuo, 14 Manor,Court, Tralee, Co. Kerry. (0,66-25532) Annual subscription costs LAGAN VALLEY ORIENTEERS Stephen Gilmore, 41 Drurnlouqh Road, Hillsborough, Co, Down. BT26 €9.50 for 6 issues. active in the sport as competitors: not a single blazer to 6PX (0,48,92683812). be seen among them. LEE ORIENTEERS Clare Nuttall, 4 Upr. Panorama Tee., Sunday's Well, Cork (0,21-430,0,373) Cover: Eoin Rothery (AJAX) MIDLAND NAVIGATORS Barbara Foley-Flsherl Holly Cottage, Glassor), Athlone, Co, Weslmeath (0,90,2- 85306) hands over to Mark Geary The main points of the plan are: NORTH WEST OC Chailes Reid, 55 Brentwood Park, Ballast, BT5 7LQ, (0,4890,-6660,72) inthe World Mountain Bike Increased promotion of orienteering at all levels; SUppOTt NUIGO The Secretary, clo Students' Union, NUl, Galway (Irene_ralston@hotmai!,com) Orienteering Champion- for inclusion in the Summer, Winter and Special Olym- OK DCU Dublin City University. David Healy ([email protected]) ships Relays tn Australtatn pics; Tncreased support for mapping; Increased adminis- SETANTA ORIENTEERS Hazel Thompson,:2 Orw~1I Mews, Ralhgar, Dublin 6; Info@setantaorlenleers. October (Nina Phillips) org trative and technical expertise in clubs and regions; Pro- SLIGO ORIENTEERING CLUB Joe Bannon,. Corrigeenroe, Boyle, Co. Roscammon (0,86-830,5335) NEXT COPY DATE motion of trail-O and MTB-O; Further development of THREE ROCK OC V.era Murtagh, 19 The Cloisters, Terenure, Dublih 6W (0,1-490,8237) the coaching programme; Develop technical instruction UCC ORIENTEERS The Secretary, PE Office, UCC, College Road, Cork. 1st Aprl12004 UCD ORIENTEERS Box 64, Student Centre, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 (orienteering,club'@ucdJe) courses for novices; More professional management of UL ORIENTEERS Ed Niland, clo Clubs Officer, ULSU, University of Limerick (Olo'[email protected]) CONTENTS the National O-Squads; Improved communications; WATERFORD ORIENTEERS Andrew Cox, Newtown School, Newtown, Waterford Club contacts 2 schools development programme; co-operation with ,([email protected]) Ne~s 4 NIOA; child welfare and anti-doping directives. WESTERN EAGLES - GALWAY ORIENTEERS Frank Ryan, St. Mary's, Ballinfoyle, Galwa~ (0,91- 753829). ' ., 2005 Orienteering 10 IRISH O-ASSOCIATION Dave wsston, 49 Ashlawn, Ballinteer, Dublin 16 (0,1-2960854) World MTBO Champs 14 The lOA tends to hide its light under a bushel: there are IRISH ORIENTEERING JUNIORS Nfamh Lalor ([email protected]) lMRA Flxtures 20 people working away in the background all the time to NORTHERN IRELAND OA Raymond FiQlay, GOI1atoleOEC, Florencaceurt, Co, Fermanagh BT92 lED O-Fixtures 22 give us our few hours of enjoyment at the weekend. If (0,48-66348888) we aTI do a lillie, rather than leaving the lot to the Bxecu- CONNACHT.oA Padraig Higgins, 24 Alvemo Ave, Willow Park, Athlone, 'Co. Westmeath. Printed by Denton Print, LEINSTER OA V,era Murtagh, 19 The Oleisters, Terenure, Dublin 6W (0,1-490,8237) Dundrum, Dublin 14. rive, the outcome will be far better. Various officers have MUNSTER OA John Mucklan, 1:) Elmvale Close, Wilton, Cork (0,21-4343348) been tasked with different parts of the plan. It maybe on IRISH-O STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Susan Healy, 11 Belmont Grove, Blackrock, Co. Dublin (0,1- 2885798) Results and articles are the ambitious side, particularly' for an amateur organisa- BRITISH O-FEDERATION Riversdale, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire DE42H(o'o'44- particularly welcome on tion, but it does, highlight how much we need to do to 1629-7340,42, FAX 0,0,44-1629-733769). www.britishorienteering.org.uk disk or bye-mail with a keep the sport healthy, INTERNATIONAL O-FEDERATION Hadiokaiu 20" FI-o'o'o'93SLU, Finland (00,358-40585 380,1, fax 00,358- printed version as back up. 93481 3113); www.orienteering.org Please keep the formatting A plan is a start, but it takes us all to do it. Remember the Club and other orienteering web sites are accessible from the Irish Orienteering Association web- simplel No responsibtlity is palindrome - A man, a plan, a canal- Panama! site, www.orienteering.le accepted for errors or omis- sions, or their conse- Remember, for round the clock orienteering information on lOA events ring 1890-923490 and for quences. In the meantime, take a look at the orienteering choices NIOA events ring 0044-07020-963986 or check the lOA web page at www.orienteering.ie or the on offer this year and go out and try something or some- NIOA page at www.niorienteering.org.uk. lSSN 0790-1194 where new. 2 771eIrish Orienteer The Irish Orienteer 3 ACCESS - THE WHOLE cess agreed for today. Over." events. Accommodation may be in short Limited entry on day but not for Cham- STORY! Richard: (after a pause) "But they've got supply, so you are advised to book pionship courses. guns Bill!" early. LVO ate running a sprint-O at Slieve After some careful negotiations, a cease LVO have a map of Copeland Island, The island is a 45 minute ferry trip [Tom Gullion, a few krn west of Newry, the fire was agreed to allow the event to off Donaghadee in Co.Down. However, Cleggan and more accommodation may day before, so you could easily make a take place and everyone was later orienteering-there isn't all plain sailing, be available on the mainland if the is- weekend of it. Enter the day for the counted onto the ferry back to Dona- as Stephen Gilmore outlines ... land fills up. sprint-O. ghadee. The terrain is' described as open undu- Stephen Gilmore, Hon Sec, LVO We can't use the area in the winter as lating and very runnable hillside with DUBLIN BY NIGHT the boat service doesn't run and in any intricate contour detail, so if the weather The Dublin By Night series is currently case the island is too exposed with no ORIENTEERING ABROAD? is reasonable it should be a memorable under way, with events at two new ven- she I [ e r Orienteering abroad next summer? weekend. (Maybe even more memora- ues (Belfield and Deerpark, Mount Mer- We can't use the area in the summer as Check out the Irish Orienteer guide to ble if the weather is bad?). rion) added to some of the regulars. Un- most of OUf club regulars are off on holiday events .in this issue! The Championships is being organised fortunately the GEN event on January holiday or orienteering elsewhere. jointly by Western Eagles, Galway- 25th was cancelled.