Orienteering Photography Competition

We would like to increase our supply of Irish Orienteering photos for use in general publicity, social media and on websites. Orienteering Ireland is running a photo competition with a closing date of Friday 20th December, 2024.

Prize categories* are as follows:

· “Sport for life” first prize €100 / Second prize €50 / Third prize €25

· “Adventure” first prize €100 / Second prize €50 / Third prize €25

· “Behind the scenes” first prize €100 / Second prize €50 / Third prize €25

Prizes are All4one vouchers worth the amount stated above are awarded.

Anyone can enter as many times as they want. The photos/videos are to be of Irish Orienteering anywhere showing any aspect of the sport, and must give a good image of the sport for use in printed matter and/or websites. Photos/video must be submitted in digital format. The submitted media will be stored in an online library for use by OI with the photo attributed to the owner. Entries will be published on the web as they are received. Please send entries to info@orienteering.ie by email or share to google drive.

Entries must include the photo owner’s name, which may be published, and a contact point (email, phone or address) which will not be published. Wherever possible a description of the photo would be appreciated (date, venue, orienteer’s name, club, course, etc.)

Rules are as follows:

· The competition is open to orienteers and non-orienteers alike.

· Entrants can enter as many times as they wish with non-duplicate photographs or may include multiple entries in one submission.

· Entries will be accepted any time up to midnight on Sunday 15th December 2024.

· Photos must be taken less than 1 year old (taken on or after September 1st 2023)

· Entries to be sent to info@orienteering.ie

· Each entry must include photographer’s name and email as well as the entry category.

· Each entrant must request permission from the person/s in the photo/video that they are happy for the photo to be entered into the competition.

· Name of entrant will be published.

· Where possible each entry should also include background information on the photograph (date, venue, orienteer’s name, club, course, etc)

· Photos must be of Irish orienteer(s), in any location. This can include orienteers or helpers at an orienteering activity at Irish locations, or Irish orienteers competing outside of Ireland.

· Photos can be entered by anyone, once the original photographer (or photograph owner) is in agreement with the rules outlined here.

· Photos entered may be used by the OI (on a non-commercial basis) for publicity/websites, printed material etc, and credit will be attributed where possible, although the OI cannot be held responsible for publication by third parties of photographs without accreditation.

· Categories are as follows: Sport for life, Adventure, Behind the Scenes (These categories are open to the individuals interpretation)1d

· Prizes will be awarded €100 for 1^st, €50 for 2^nd, and €25 for 3^rd in each category.

· Judging will be by an independent panel of orienteers.

· The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Good Luck!

Team Ireland for Senior Home International 2024

The SHI Selectors are delighted to announce Team Ireland for the Senior Home International 2024.  The competition will be held in Scotland, on the 7th & 8th of September.  We congratulate the team on their selection, and wish the team the very best of luck with the competition.

Susan Lambe, Dave Masterson & Philip Baxter (Selectors)

W20

Ellie Simpson

Emily Rowe

Eve Buckley

Reserve: TBC

M20

Daire O’Brien

Fionn O’Callaghan

Tivon Tyner

Reserve: Josh Hoare

W21

Aine McCann

Aoife McCavana

Aoife O’Sullivan

Éadaoin McCavana

Emer Perkins

Rosalind Heron

Reserve: TBC

M21

Cillín Corbett

Eoghan Whelan

Josh Hoare

Liam Cotter

Mark Stephens

Paul Pruzina

Reserve: TBC

Team Manager TBC

All reserves are non-travelling, unless already selected as part of the team

We’re hiring!

Orienteering Ireland are delighted to announce that we are in a position to hire a Regional Development Officer for the Greater Dublin area.

If you or someone you know might be interested in applying for this role, we would love to hear from them.

Why Work With Us?

Competitive salary.

Flexible working arrangements.

Working in a task and goal orientated environment.

Working in a collaborative environment where new ideas are encouraged to achieve our goals!

Any queries can be sent to vacancies@orienteering.ie

The Role Description can be found below:

Entries closing for the Irish Orienteering Championships

Entries for the Irish Orienteering Championships are closing on Sunday 14th April.

Relay entries have an extension until Tuesday 23d April.

Entry details and other information is at: https://ioc.orienteering.ie/home

Can’t wait to see you all there!

Now it’s time to register to Jukola relay 2024!

World’s largest orienteering relay, Lakia-Jukola will be run in Kauhava, Finland 15.-16.6.2024. The first and the cheapest registration period will close this upcoming Friday 2^nd Feb at 11.59 pm. Remember to register your team and additional services like tent places and pay the registration fee by then.

Go to the registration HERE

Check out the Event Invitation HERE

SHI 2024 Selection Policy

The Senior Home International is taking place on the 7th/8th September in Scotland. It will consist of a Relay race on the Saturday and an Individual race on the Sunday.

Team will consist of: 6 x M21, 6 x W21, 3 x M20, 3 x W20

The purpose of this policy:

• To enable the selectors to select the best possible team
• To provide eligible athletes an opportunity to claim a place in the team

Selection criteria:

• Selectors are Susan Lambe, Philip Baxter and Dave Masterson.
• The team will be announced at the end of June 2024.
• Athletes must declare themselves available for selection by Sunday 26th May 2024
• W/M18s can declare themselves available for selection, as long as they are aged 18 or over
  by the date of travel
• If W/M20s want to be considered for 21s they should declare for both 20s and 21s.
• It is recommended that you run in the age class you wish to be selected for, or where relevant
  you run the same course (eg if 18s run the same course as 20s).
• Athletes must inform Susan Lambe of any illness or injury before any particular selection race.
• A senior member of the selected team will be asked to act as Team Manager over the
  weekend.
• In the case of withdrawals, the selectors will select a suitable replacement using all selection
  races (below).
• We will select the team with the aim of achieving the strongest set of results. Athletes may
  be selected to gain experience, and we would encourage all older juniors to consider putting
  themselves forward for selection.
• It is each athlete’s responsibility to ensure they are eligible to compete for Ireland on the date
  of the competition – see rules on the British Orienteering website https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/home_internationals

The first 4 places in the W/M 21 team and the first 2 places in the W/M 20 team will be selected
using selection races 1-3 (listed below). To fill the remaining places selectors will look at all known
form, particularly from races 1-3 & a-b (listed below). Please note that athletes may be selected if
the selectors feel that they will help improve the team’s results. When it has not been possible to
select a full team from the named races an athlete may be selected to gain experience.

Please note the SHI is a self-funded event. You may be eligible to apply for funding from clubs, councils
etc. NI athletes are welcome to read the NIOA policy on International Representation.

Official policy downloadable below.

Last chance for O clubs

Less than 8 weeks to go for your sports club to be in with a chance to win €5000

Enter on the www.texacosupportforsport.com website.

View this email in your browserTexaco Launches Fourth Support for Sport Initiative Texaco Support for Sport is now open for entries. We have €130,000 to share equally between 26 sports clubs in 26 counties irrespective of sporting discipline. That’s a €5000 award to each successful club.Find out more here or once you’ve registered with us, simply follow the steps below and apply at www.TexacoSupportforSport.com before 31st January 2024. REGISTER NOW We look forward to hearing from you.   Texaco Support for Sport    Any sport.  Every county.   Our mailing address is: Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited 1st Floor, Block B Liffey Valley Office Campus Quarryvale Dublin 22 Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing list.© 2023 Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved. TEXACO and the STAR T logo are registered trademarks owned by Chevron Intellectual Property LLC. Used with permission.

Support for Sport

This may be of some interest to clubs. It looks like a great opportunity.

View this email in your browserTexaco Launches Fourth Support for Sport Initiative Texaco Support for Sport is now open for entries. We have €130,000 to share equally between 26 sports clubs in 26 counties irrespective of sporting discipline. That’s a €5000 award to each successful club.Find out more here or once you’ve registered with us, simply follow the steps below and apply at www.TexacoSupportforSport.com before 31st January 2024. REGISTER NOWWe look forward to hearing from you.   Texaco Support for Sport    Any sport.  Every county.   Our mailing address is: Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited 1st Floor, Block B Liffey Valley Office Campus Quarryvale Dublin 22 Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing list.© 2023 Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved. TEXACO and the STAR T logo are registered trademarks owned by Chevron Intellectual Property LLC. Used with permission.

Social Media Workshop for Orienteering Clubs.

It is becoming increasingly important that clubs use social media to advertise and promote their orienteering activities with the aim of attracting a wider audience to our sport.

For this purpose Orienteering Ireland is running another 1 hour social media workshop on:

Tuesday 14th November 7pm – 8pm.

Mark Stephens will look at social media talk, covering posts, stories, reels, when best to use each feature, and their differences.

The workshop will also look at Canva, and how to put text together with images.

Clubs attending should have set up an Instagram account and Facebook page beforehand.

Ideally each club will have a minimum of one person attending, who will be happy to take on the role of the club’s social media accounts.

The registration form below also gives you the opportunity to ask questions in advance of the workshop.

Regional Development Officers

This week OI was delighted to reengage the services of Déirdre & Mark for another year. Déirdre & Mark have put a Trojan effort into developing how we deliver our programmes and look forward to their revised roles as Regional Development Officers (RDO).

OI will be in contact with clubs about how we aim to assist you further with our RDOs over the coming months to promote and support our sport across Ireland.