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Q)Cf}OLU c Z a: ur o l-ua::::iIJ.::;::;o.:::ia:cw<tCf} Vi _ LLi a: Gi C/)'-'0 <t 0 0-' ~ '0 <t 0 0 Q)° W _j (U o zll'lf-oCf}'2o:I:<t 't: C ~ I e Annual subscription costs Fiddling while Rome Burns ~f!:~@g:zx~a:5~a:~:I: l'i ;j zzoz«wx<tzo< < :l E9,50 for 6 issues. ~, z ~ 5l OOOOa:~zQ«o.<,l ~ IIJ OOUOf-f-<oa:(J)wo.l- ~ -I W OQ) ~ decision has been taken by the NJOA and the fOA not to enter co i::J (J) a: ~~ Cover: Paul Mahon starts a team in. the SHI/or 2002. The reason behind this has been -I z 0 (/)t: the MTBO wac Relays (see the general lack of interest by elite orienteers in putting "C (I) u, 1-- ,0 A <t page 12) . Nina Phillips themselves forward for SHI team selection this year and over the 5l~~~~~~~51~lSllSl Q) o GMOO'<tIDIl'lM"'l!l'-~lllll'l '6 ...._ 0 0('0a: ~ past number of years . .~- = z&l!3wwwwww !:iCHCHO! al a: n.~ NEXT COpy DATE This position will be reviewed in 2003 and it is hoped thai we will be (I) m :E Cf} Cf} Cf} \£\£~ z ~:!:: 1-" .1Cf} ~a:Cf}a: LUa:..,..,'" _ ~ m October 31st 2002 c. .. 0: W ::l in a position to select and enter a team. g~~ ~~5~9~~~~~ ~ z. ~ ... (.)Cf}LULU~~~G ~~I-~m # CONTENTS So runs a statement this week from Brendan, 0 'Brien, Director of (1) Oi News 4 ti ~~~fl i3,~:$ ~ ~:::i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ High Performance Orienteering with 1G)A, undoubtedly wO-',_J0I!:!0~I-'a:z::;Cf) i !:;: .~ «._ Map Evolution 10 Brnedan -::::1 al3;~~~og;:l:J:JI7J:J:l .... ~ o, Ul MTBONews 12 knows more about this than Ido, but Iam very disappointed that no ::l 8 tT 'Q.~(.) ~[lt~g:g~~J:~:f~t u.~ ift w .. Mountain Running 14 Irish team will be travelling to Cornwall for the event. As 'a former If) _Ja:~77-'00~:r;:~0~ ._ <!S - (/) :: Swedish Clinics 15 :J<:5»::la:a:a:Ia:a::5 Q) zC/') .... a: ('0 SHI team member, manager and course planner, r know many ,~ -co _,. n.E Event Reports 17 > Come & Learn It 23 orienteers who would have given their right arm to be selected to ron ,(I) - .. c;; s: rOFNews 24 for Ireland and who still would. What does it say about the prestige U ~w 5~ .. su-o 25 > C) of being selected for an lrish team? Is the World Championships the .- ,'" ll'lll'lll'llllllllll ll'lll'lll'lll'lllllll ll'l ~* Z~ Visualisation in 0 26 e UJO!~O!O!O!O!O!O!O!O!O!O!O! ~ d~ 0 M only game, in town? Surely we should be grooming our future World G 00 W Lakes 5-0ays 28 W 10 ~~w5~~~~gjZ~!!~ ~ World Cup 1. & 2 29 Championship competitors in races like the SHf? Let's hope we're :::> N (I) a:z f-- . .." Results 31 - .. 'm ~~*~oo~~8 ~~~ ~ W~ CL zex) back in the race in 2003, ~ w> WC\I Club Contacts 34 s ~ ~ z ~ Fixtures 35 o o~ Q) n a more positive note, isn't it great to be starting back into co o ~ ([t> .Dl ~fff .... ~~ -e -0 ~ >-.,...O another orienteering season? We've had a great year, after ~ I- ,~~~,t:;; g t;; ~ tu ~ LU .~ Printed by Denton Print, a.. _J .. the devastation of Foot and Mouth disease: the British and (I) C/)~~~~~~<222..,o3; ~ gja: G w Dundrurn, Dubli1114. O ~ ~ooOOOO~~MNll'l1D1D ~ u.1- 0>< Irish Championships, the return of the Shamrock, the World Junior :I OOOOOoz««« 1: o C/') :::> C'C .E o z u, .. <{L1. Championships, a Junior training camp at the Lakeland 5-Day and ~ ~~~~~~5~~~~~~ Resu Its and articles are j ::;::;::;::;::;::;Cf}cncncncncn<n " oz ·co the World Mountain Bike O·Championships spring to mind. rail ~en particularly welcome on o Wt3 ~ IM disk or by e-mail with a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ However, to return to a recurring theme, it seems' to me that 11lI111bcrs .2 ~ -IW - (/).,... '0 WI • ex) printed version as back up. -I< !:ic.Jc.Jc.Jcucuc.Jc.Jl!lc.Jc.Jcul!l~;:8~~&!;i$oim~~oi orienteering are dropping and the orienteering population is ageing. C/')I- .. ~N Please keep the formatting C/) ~ This needs to-be addressed seriously iftlie sport is to have a future. T W """f!Il"" LU I-W t)!;{ .. W~ simple! No responsibility Is mm ~ffiO:! ~ WI- W.,... see my kids out on Saturday mornings training for hurling and o::t: a: m:Jm zOw accepted for errors or If) mmO::lo. _ma: :e COz 1-0 football with maybe 80 other under IO's. Have we any comparable o ~m5a:oo <t-t( omissions, or their "*' initiative for orienteering? Have we the vision to look forward and ti~ a.. - Q) conseq uences. ww.-o~ z~5z~ffi~ffig:~~... o~I-Cf},,!ea:o. ~~~_. ~z.:..: a:t- face the challenge? Or are we fiddling while Byrne roams, as Keats I- 0 U woo' f!:! Cf} .._, I- _=> 0 al~a:;J,!za:;J,z~~~il3<~ 0:0 W and Chapman-would have said? f- '0. IJ. - 0. IJ. - F- 0 m -' ,52 ..I COW I ISSN 0790·1194 0"'-'''''''-'''''''00.<0< , m»»»><~~z~ 0:0 OZ cP.S. If obscure literary references are lost on you" consider LL« yourselves lucky!) 2 Th.e Irish Orienleer The Irish Orien.teer 3 THE O-ZONE: to Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Denmark, NIOC @ BlNEVENAGH South Africa and Slovenia. Ski-O, training, elite races and technology are also covered. Orienteering news from Ireland and the World The 2002 NlOA Champs are being run by You can subscribe for €30 (8 issues). Details on NWOC on the new British Elite Championships www.orienr-sport.com. IRISH ORIENTEERING map of Binevenagh on Saturday 19th October. IRISH ORIENTEER TROPHY 2002 ASSOCIATION AGM It's a one day event and the entry form is on the ORIENTEERING HISTORY SOC have offered to run the Irish Orienteer Glcndalough Hotel, CO.Wicklow Saturday II th NTOA website www.nioricnteering.org.uk and Take a look at www.otienteering-history.info Trophy competition again this year. They won May 2002, following the Irish Individual NWOC website www.nwoc.info as well as in this the event at Dundrum Wood s couple of years ago issue ofTIO. Orienteering Championships at Kanrurk but never got the Trophy, a glass decanter. Can lOA TECHBLAST Mountain, Co. Wicklow anyone help locate it please? Charlie Reid ofNWOC says it should be a good Revision ofTOF Control Descriptions Rules will be sent to all clubs. Bascially it's an event with the combination of the significantly inter-club competition with seven learns per club, The AGM coincided with the presentation of improved "elite" map (which was pretty A draft of IOF Control Descriptions 2003 is now made up according to the age classes listed prizes for the individual event on the Saturday good to start off with), being able to use some available on the IOF website below. (Remember age classes? It's yuur age on and there was an attendance of about 40. new bits and get back into the most complex www.orienteering.org. Changes include the 31 st December 2002 that counts; M35, say, The Code of Ethics and Practice for Children's forested area which had been rather overgrown removal of some symbols and the inclusion of means men aged 35 to 39 on 31st December next; sport in Ireland was discussed. The Children'S for a few years subsequent to a major thinning new ones.