Munster Schools Championships

The Munster Schools Championships (Primary and Secondary) that take place on the 7th of March will now go ahead. They take place in Trabolgan Holiday Village.  This event is organised by The Irish Orienteering Schools Group.  The organisers wish to acknowledge Bishopstown Orienteering Club and Sean Cotter for facilitating this.

– Finn van Gelderen, Vice Chairperson and Communications Officer.

Events this coming weekend

Orienteering in Cavan, Galway and Cork this weekend!  All events are suitable for beginners, ask at registration and someone will assist you.

Any questions email comms@orienteering.ie

Sun 26 Feb, Deer Park Forest

Car parking and registration is at the lakeside, outside Virginia College, the following is Google Maps link to the car parking location https://www.google.ie/maps/dir//53.8311701,-7.0846235/@53.8311891,-7.0848166,18z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0

Road signage to the event carpark will be from the junction of Main St and New St in Virginia village.

The Start/Finish is 800m from the carpark, (10 mins walk) and crosses the edge of the Golf course. Orienteers MUST give way to golfers and WALK while crossing the golf course.

Refreshments will be provided at the event.

YELLOW       1.9K,  Climb 25m  9 Controls.
ORANGE       3.3K,  Climb 35m,  9 Controls.
RED              4.5K, Climb 50m,    11 Controls
L/GREEN      4.2K, Climb 90m,    14 Controls.
GREEN          5.2K,  Climb 120m, 15 Controls.
BLUE*           7.7K,  Climb 150m, 17 Controls.
Brown*         9.3K,  Climb 210m, 21 Controls.

*Blue and Brown include a map exchange. The 2^nd map is on the reverse of the first. The 2^nd map starts with last control from the 1^st side of the map.

Sun 26 Feb, Kilcornan Wood

Sun 26 Feb, Spike Island

SPIKE ISLAND, from Kennedy Pier, Cobh Square (W800650). 

Ferry times & fees from bishopstownoc@gmail.com,

Start within the Fort and use Fort, Ramparts & Moat.  Cork Brass Monkey Winter League & Family Day

Events till Wednesday 22nd February

There are events both sides of the border this coming week.  The Armagh Sprint Weekend kicks off on Friday AM with a training event followed by 3 Days of top class sprint orienteering in Northern Ireland. This event will incorporate the Armagh 5km Road Race which is said to be one of the fastest races in the World (67 people broke the covetted 15min mark this year). Yannick Michiels took 2nd place in this year’s race in a very tight race.   The event is pre-entry and entries have now closed, there is EOD however on Sunday.  Some of the top orienteers in the world have entered the event including Murray Strain, Charlotte Ward, Tim Robertson and Kris Jones.  The Irish entrants include sisters Niamh and Caoimhe O’Boyle, Olivia Baxter, Niamh Corbett, Susan Lambe, Eadaoin Mc Cavana and Aoife Donaghy.  Mens open includes Kevin O’Boyle, Colm Moran, Eoin Mc Cullogh, Darren Burke, Cillin Corbet and Conall Whelan. It promises to be a weekend of fast action, great spectating and thrilling races.

The final details for the event are here

Moving around the country there are also events in Sligo, Kerry and Cork on Sunday. All events are suitable for beginners, ask at registration and someone will help you. On Tuesday there is a schools orienteering event on Midleton CBS Grounds, for more information see here

Any questions email comms@orienteering.ie

Details

Sun 19 Feb, Strandhill South

Sun 19 Feb, Upper Torc – Muckross

Sun 19 Feb, Myross Wood House Retreat Centre & Grounds

Tue 21 Feb, Midleton CBS Grounds

Orienteering Instructor Course, 23/24 Feb 2017

Orienteering Instructor Level 1 Training Course
Venue: Larch Hill Scouting Centre, Tibradden, Co. Dublin
Date: Thursday/Friday 23rd & 24th February 2017
Cost €120 per person

The award is aimed at club orienteers, teachers, youth leaders and outdoor instructors in a position to introduce beginners to the sport.

Trainee instructors will:

• Be introduced to the Orienteering Ability Awards as a progressive scheme for developing orienteering skills in novice and beginner participants.
• Plan and deliver sessions that introduce the basic understanding of an orienteering map, including map colours and commonly used symbols.
• Explore a range of activities suitable for introducing of orienteering in the classroom, school grounds and in local parks and woods.
• Become familiar with equipment and skills necessary to organise orienteering activities.
• Learn to carry out risk assessments for orienteering activities and how to use course planning tools for organising simple orienteering competitions in private grounds, parks and small woods.

Candidates will be required to complete a logbook and a practical teaching assessment to qualify as an Orienteering Instructor.

Candidates will need to have a basic knowledge of the sport and some event experience prior to the training, ideally this should consist of a minimum of three public events on Orange or Red courses (this is an entry level adult standard).
Course will run from 9.15 – 4.30 each day.

Use the link below to book and pay for your place

https://orienteeringinstructor.eventbrite.ie/

Eoin Browne

Events this coming weekend

There are 4 events this weekend.

Please note that the upcoming Meath Local Sports Partnership/Fingal Orienteers events at Blackwater Park, Navan next Saturday, Feb. 4th and the follow up events there on March 4th, April 1st and May 13th, are not suitable for regular orienteers.

The next round of the Dublin by Night series will take place next Sat evening, Feb. 4, in Rockbrook Park School.  The map of Rockbrook was drawn to Sprint standard by Lawrence Quinn and updated recently by Aonghus O’Cleirigh.  Scale = 1:4000

On Sunday, Dublin University Orienteers are hosting an Urban Sprint with courses suitable for everyone.  If you fancy trying an urban Sprint in a historic campus this is the event for you. Don’t let the title put you off, it’s also a challenging map reading exercise and definitely worth a try, even if you are a beginner!

Finally this  Sunday, the Cork Brass Monkey Winter League continues with the 6th event in the series,  there are courses suitable for everyone,  Doneraile Forest Park is a beautiful part of the country.  There are the full range of courses available. Park in car park just inside the main gate & walk northwards to northernmost entrance gate for Registration & Starts.

Any questions email comms@orienteering.ie

Summary

Details

Sat 4 Feb, Blackwater Park

Sat 4 Feb, Rockbrook Park School

Sun 5 Feb, Trinity College Dublin

Sun 5 Feb, Doneraile Forest Park