ComPass PoInt .') ~9"onsors Of che IRISh oracnccere ~~:. ',p The Orienteer's Choice QJLle'~G~. ."\ ~"9 8 IN TrFW, %~yI!IC) No. 87 October - November 1998 IR£I.SO Com petitio"! shoe lor high demands and exira com Ion • ..t.~'H)~'"'''''' • .. 'IP"'" .v·.,\.ltt.;, • ..:,.ll(l'lI, • ,h,t) bJ!l' .pol,1f H • ".oh,!1.,,1l~.,I('r" Jrd • .\lgO (\1.W bO < "Orienteering - .s my way of living", says Iorgen MArtensson, Check out tne new ~ SILVA JM range of orienteering Suits and Equipment available (rom Compass Point - bnngrng excitement into our Span, u. f ICIAI.SUPf'L1Ek rO\\(H':CI"II Sec us at our h.gh street shop. event shop or choose OUt fast and friendly mall order service. I 10 Market Square. Lytham. Lanes FY8 SLW Tel: 01253 795597 Fax: 01253 739460 email: [email protected] ~ Importer & UK Drstrrbutor of SILVA orienteering equipment 48 The Irish QricnJeer THE IRISH ORIENTEER ADDRESS LIST' '8 The Irish Orienteer is(,:..,Jilable from all Irish orienteering clubs IRISh oraenccec AJAX ORIENTEERS Brendan O'Connor, 31 Moyglare Abbey, Maynooth, Co. Kildore. Ph. 086- or by direct subscript jon from che 2419428, e-mo~ [email protected] ATHLONE RTCORIENTEERS Nigel Foley-Fisher, RTC, Dublin Rd .. Athlone, Co. Westmeath (0902-24465) the Editor: John McCullough. 9 No. 87 October - November 1998 BISHOPSTOWN OHC Ted Lucey, Kilpadder, Dromohane, Mallow, Co. Coo (022-47300) Arran Road. Dublin 9 BLACKWATERVALLEY OC John Geory. Marsholstown. Milchelstown. Co. Cork (022-25306) (e-mail [email protected]). 2020 VISION CORK ORIENTEERS Miriam ni Choilir. 6 Ashton Pork. Blockrock. Cork (021-319838) CURRAGH-NAAS ORIENTEERS Ruth Lynam. Baltyboys. Blessington. Co. WlCklow (045-&7183) DEFENCE FORCESORIENTEERS Comelt. Denis Reidy, Adl. Genaral's Branch. Parkgote. Dubin 8 Annual subscription costs From time to time it's nice to take the opportunity to reflect DUBUN UNIVERSITYORIENTEERS The Secretay. DU Orienteers. House 27. TCD. Dublin 2. IRO.50 for 6 issues. on what the future may hold. In many cases there is little or FERMANAGH ORIENTEERS Bill Regon. 9 FlorOllUIe. Emlskillen. Co. Fermonogh B174 6AP (08-01365- nothing you can do to influence events but on occasion 326213) FINGAL ORIENTEERS Lillian Quill. 640 Col~ns Ave .. Dublin 9 (01-S376506). NEXT COPY DATE individuals can have a significant effect, FORESTWARRIORS OC Tom Conlon. Curratrench. Ballytornon. Bayle. Co. Roscommon (078- 15th November 1998 What if orienteering could be reintroduced to schools as a 47055) combination of nature study, environmental education, FORMER UCCO Tony Joyce. Undlstorne. Bishopstown. Cork (021-541246). CONTENTS geography and physical education? What if scouts all over the GALWAY ORIENTEERS Fronk Ryon. St. Mary·s. Ballinfoyle. Galway (091-753829). Ntws 4 GALWAY RTCORIENTEERS The Secretory. P.E.Dept. RTC. Dublin Rood. Galwoy (091-753161-2213) country were to do real orienteering? What if it were in some lOA IlulltUn II GREAT EASTERNNAVIGATORS Nora Lalor. 6 Knockslnna Grove. Foxrock. Dublin 18 (01-2893497) ltlnsler Ntws 12 mass-participation programme like the Community Games? KERRYORIENTEERS Rory Costello. 14 Monor Court. Manor Village. Trolee. Co. Kerry. (066- FortSIS" PtOplt IS Many orientecrs started either by accident or because of 25532) ROjIul1lf Rtpuru 16 family involvement, but there must be hundreds, thousands even, LA~AN VALLEY ORIENTEERS Geoff Somerville. 6 The HIli, Queensway, Derrylaghy, BT 17 9EY (08-{)1232- AdvenlUrt Muraloon 20 612284) of orienteers out tbere who haven't found out that that's what they MM Wtlllhl Survtll 22 lEE ORIENTEERS Clare Nuttall. 4 Upr, Panoramo Tce .. Sunday's Well. Cork (021-300373) ltlnsltr Coachlnu 24 really are. There are other Jorgen Martenssons, Eileen MIDLAND NAVIGATORS Barbaro Foley·Flsher, Holly CoMage, Glasson, Athlone. Co. Westmeath IOF News 25 Loughmans, Aongbus OCleirigh's out there, maybe living next (0902-85306) O-Allmln Prourom '17 NORTH WESTOC Charles Reid. 29 Belmoral Court. Beltest BT97GR. door to you, We have to give them the chance of finding the IMRA "NtFRA ractS '19 SETANTAORIENTEERS Jocelyn Cotholln. 36 Toney Rood. Dundrum. Dublin 14 (01-2985799) fulfilment we have each found in orienteering. Look at the SHI RtflOrl 29 SUGO ORIENTEERING CLUB Joe Bannon. Corrlgeenroe. Boyle. Co, Roscommon (086-S197887) Ruulls 30 greater Dublin area: well over a million people but why just a SOUTHERNORIENTEERS Kevin O·Dwyer. 2 Wellington Villas. MIlitary Hili. Cork (021-506740) FIKluru - Orlentferlng 46 THOMOND ORIENTEERS Mlchoel Meade. 7 Cedar Court. Kennedy Pork. Limerick (061-412104) couple of hundred orientccrs? THREEROCK OC M6lre Walsh. Moorpark. Kllmoconogue. Co, Wicklow (01-2868871) It may be impossible to look forward to 2020, but we can UCC ORIENTEERS The Secretory. PE Office. UCC. College Rood. Cork. COlier photo: Darren 8urke try to steer orienteering in the direction we want over the next UCD ORIENTEE.RS The Secretory. Bax 55. Ubrory Building. UCD. Belfield. Dublin 4. (CorkO) at the Connacht five years. The beauty of it is that we are being presented with UCG ORIENTEERS The Secretory. c/o Porter's Desk. concoose. University College. Golway. Championships at Golden Grove. WATERFORDORIENTEERS Veronica Purcell. Lodge's Lane. Newtown Hili. Tramore. Co. Watertord. just such an opportunity on October IOth/IUb. The lOA are IRISH O-ASSOCIATION c/o Yvonne Begley. AFAS. House ot Sport. Longmile Rood. Dublin 12. (01- (Mary Healy). flO is paid for holding a workshop to plan the development of orienteering over 4509845. tax 4502805), lOA S4K:I.tary; Ken Griffin. 12 Island Way. the cover photo. Get going! the next five years and this will be tied in with government grant IlAuskerry Estate. BallincaDIg. Co. Cork (021-S70338). e-moll [email protected] applications and funding. It's a new departure for lOA and one NORTHERN IRELAND OA Violet Cordner. 19 Derrygovad Rd.. Annaghmore. Co. Armogh BT62 1NO Printed by Denton Print. which is vital if orienteering is to succeed in the highly (08-{) 1762-328749) Dundrum, Dublin 14. competitive marketplace out there where sports are all fighting CONNACHTOA Padroig Higgins. 24 Alverno Ave. Athlone. Co, Westmeoth. for a slice of the cake and a share of the population. LEINSTEROA Vera Murtagh. 19 The Cloisters. Terenure. Dublin 6W (01-4908237) MUNSTEROA John Mucklan, 13 Elmvole Close. Wilton, Cork (021-343384) Results and articles are As the man said, you might have the best mousetrap in the IRISH-O STUDENTSASSOCIATION Allbhe Creedon. Tovlo. Mount Prospect. Douglas. Co. Cork (021-361824). particularly welcome on 3 1/2 world but if nobody knows about you're doomed to failure. A BRITISHO-FEDERATION Riversdole. Dale Road North. Darley Dole. Motlack. Derbyshire DE4 2HX inch floppy disks or bye-mail broad-based approach is needed to ensure the success of (0044-1629-734042. FAX 0044·1629·733769). with a printed version as back INTERNATIONAL O-FEDERATION Sec. Gen,; Barbro Ronnberg. Radlokatu 20. FI·OOO93SLU. Finland (00358- orienteering into the next century but your participation in the 40585 3801. fox 00358·93481 3113. e-moll [email protected] up. Please keep the formatting process is essential. simple! TIO is produced in the Editor's attic on an Apple Mac The lOA's response to the problems facing the sport is a very using MS Word and Quark positive step, but without the support of orienteers it is, like the Remember, for round the clock orienteering information on lOA events Xpress. No Excel, please! mousetrap, doomed to failure, Let's go along to Terryglass and ring 01-4569099, for NIOA events ring 0044-1399-873281 or check the ISSN 0790-1194 make sure it's a success. lOA web page at http://homepage.tinet.ie/-ioa/ or the NIOA page at www.askip.demon.co.uk/nioa/nioa.html 2 The Irish Orienteer The Irish Orierueer 3 (Reserves Brendan' ,Brien, John Casey. lOA CONFERENCE championship Paul N~<Jhad a nightmarish race selected for the Worlds in Reunion. John Lenihan Brendan Delancy, Geoff Somerville, Hugh and could only manage 8th in the miserable (Riocht), Gerry McGrath (Dundrum South McLindon) As you may have seen in the lOA Bulletin conditions. Dublin), Colm Rothery (Metro St. Brigids), W21 Una Creagb, Nuala Higgins, Julie Cleary. elsewhere io this issue, there is a vitally Francis Cosgrave (Blackrcck), Aonghus Eadaoin Morrish, Ailbhe Creedon. important conference on October 10111 at Behind the dominant Lenihan who is set to O'Cleirigb (Dundrum South Dublin), Kevin (Reserves Nina Phillips, Fiona O'Brien, Terryglass, Co. Tipperary. It's vital for the future appear at his eightb World Mountain Running Thompson (London Irish). Later, Francis Joanne Mein) of orienteering in ireland as it will decide 00 the Championships in September, a close battle Cosgrave dropped out of the team and was M35 Aongbus O'Cleirigh, Colm Rothery, Colm direction we are to go in over the corning years, ensued on the rough windswept slopes of replaced by Jonathan Lamont who gets his first O'Halloran, Brian Corbell. (Reserves Pet e r to see if we can capitalise on the recent World Dingle's highest mountain. As the runners vest. James, John Muckian, Justin May) Cup and continue to develop. climbed higher, tbe weather conditions got W35 Eileen Loughman, Ruth Lynam, Clare worse. Lenihan forged ahead to finish to win. At The worn ens race was won by Lcucrkenny's Heardman, Mary Healy (Reserves Organiser Noel Donagh writes "Each participant tbe finish, the recorder • a frozen Vivian Margaret Synott in her first ever mountain race Ann Savage, Sheila Muckian, Ruth Blair. will be requested bring a written statement of O'Gorman . had to wait as Gerry McGrath took and she was followed home by Una Creagh Marella Fyffe). their vision for orienteering. It is expected that 2nd some three minutes behind the (Crusaders) and Anne O'Keamey (Altringcharn). each person's vision will be very different, Irish champion.