SAVE THE DATE – Hit-The-Town 2027 Urban Orienteering Festival
OI are excited to announce that we will once again host the Hit-The-Town Festival of urban orienteering. This will also incorporate the Irish Sprint Orienteering Championships as we continue to build this exciting weekend annually.
Save the date for a great weekend of sprint championships, a fun retro event and an urban event in Cork City!
More info will be announced soon, with further information being posted to the IOC website.
VHI Team 2026 Announcement
And not to be outdone, here are the Irish selections for the Veteran Home International which is in the English Peak District this weekend 19-20 September!
The team is:
W40 Niamh O’Boyle
W45 Toni O’Donovan, Fionne Austin
W50 Brid Casey, Sharon Dickenson
W55 Eileen Young, Carol Black
W60 Heather Wood, Ursula Morrish
W65 Liz Deane, Ann Savage
W70 Ruth Lynam
M45 Joe McClure, Rob McEvoy
M50 Brian Rowe, Killian Brennan
M55 Stuart Crawford, Philip Johnston-Davis
M60 Lyle Fleming, Bill Edwards
M65 Michael Burton, Colm O’Halloran
M65 Brian Corbett
M70 vacant
Team Manager Sharon Dickinson
Team Ireland for Senior Home International 2026
The SHI Selectors are delighted to announce Team Ireland for the Senior Home International 2026. The competition will be held in Northern Ireland on the 3rd & 4th of October. We congratulate the team on their selection, and wish the team the very best of luck with the competition.
Selectors: Rosalind Heron, Dave Masterson & Philip Baxter
W20
Aoife Masterson
Eimear Casey
Emma Graham
Reserves: Deirbhile Hassett, Kathleen O’Donnell
M20
Eoin O’Donnell
Jack Wilkins
James Ewart
W21
Aoife McCavana
Clodagh Moran
Emer Perkins
Emily Rowe
Niamh Corbett
Rosalind Heron
M21
Colm Moran
Conor Short
Daire O’Brien
Niall McCarthy
Paul Pruzina
Ruairi Short
Reserve: Liam Cotter
Team Manager: Rosalind Heron
All reserves are non-travelling.
The Download August 2026
Check out the latest edition of The Download is now available for you to read. Find out what has been happening in orienteering across Ireland here!
Irish Orienteering Championships 2027
SAVE THE DATE!
Great Eastern Navigators (GEN) are delighted to announce the dates for IOC2027. Mark your calendars for a fantastic weekend in scenic Roundstone, Connemara from 01 to 03 May 2027.
More information will be added to our IOC webpage and IOC social media accounts in the coming weeks.
The following areas are no deemed out of bounds in the interest of fair play between now and the competition date.
Rescheduled Irish Championships 2026
On behalf of Cork Orienteering Club, I would like to thank the Irish Orienteering community for their understanding and patience over the last number of weeks.
We have surveyed our IOC2026 competitors. Based on the responses, we have decided to proceed with the Relay Championships on Saturday 29th August, and the Classic Distance Championships on Sunday 30th August.
We know that unfortunately these dates will not suit everyone, but we would like to encourage as many people as possible to attend. Further details regarding entries and refunds will follow shortly.
Yours sincerely,
Rob McEvoy
Event Coordinator
On behalf of the IOC2026 organising committee
HP Squad take on World Cup Sprints!
Best of luck to Niall McCarthy & Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan who will be representing Ireland in the World Cup events this weekend.
The city of Lidköping will host a weekend of challenging sprint orienteering. More info can be found here.
South West League Winners
The south West League came to a close in Glenabo yesterday where prizes were awarded by Steve Perkins (BOC).
Well done to everyone who took part in this fantastic regional series of orienteering events across Kerry & Cork, and to BOC, CorkO & KerryO for making some challenging and interesting courses over the past few months in the league’s third year.
Well done to all the winners across the categories and if you want to learn more about the league please click this link for results and information!
Liam Cotter (KerryO) – pictured receiving the prizes from Steve Perkins (BOC) for himself, Liam & Natsuko Cotter who won their categories.
Terry Ley (CorkO) pictured receiving his prize from Steve Perkins (BOC)
for the Green League.
Daithi Russell (BOC) pictured receiving his prize from Steve Perkins (BOC)
for the Orange League.
Orienteering Ireland AGM 2026 – Rescheduled
Orienteering Ireland’s 2026 rescheduled AGM will take place online at 8pm on the 4th of June. An invite code has been sent out to Club Secretaries for this online meeting and we encourage all members to attend to have your chance to hear about how our NGB, and our sport has been doing over the past year.
The agenda (unchanged from the original agenda), directors & officers reports, and other info can all be found here.
Dave Richardson RIP
It is with deep regret that we share the very sad news of the sudden death of our dear friend Dave Richardson. Dave, who was known to many, was a keen and passionate orienteer who died while controlling for the Irish classic distance championships.
The orienteering community wish to extend their deepest sympathies to his wife Anyta, their family, clubmates, and friends at this difficult time.
Information about Dave’s funeral arrangements can be found here.
IOC26 organisers and all in Orienteering Ireland.
