Senior Home International 2023 Selection Policy
World University Orienteering Championships 2022

The 2022 World University Championships start today in Switzerland.
Ireland are represented this year by Aoife O’Sullivan (UCD), Clodagh Moran (UCD) & Darragh Hoare (UCC). The team manager is Caroline Murray.
The event can be followed (results/GPS/web tv) at the IOF Live Centre.
Programme:
Wednesday August 17th – Sprint (watch live)
Thursday August 18th – Long
Friday August 19th – Sprint Relay
Saturday August 20th – Middle (watch live)
Sunday August 21st – Relay
Good luck to the team taking part.
World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2022
This year, after a gap of 7 years, Ireland will again be represented in Mountain Biking at the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships which are taking place over the coming days in Falun, Sweden.
Niall McCarthy (BOC) will be taking part in all the individual races.
- 15/7 Middle Distance
- 16/7 Relay
- 17/7 Long Distance
- 19/7 Sprint
- 20/7 Mass start
For event updates visit the event website or the IOF’s Live page.
Darren Burke
High Performance Manager
WOC 2022 Kicks Off Sunday

The 1st Sprint World Orienteering Championships starts on Sunday (June 26th) with the Sprint Relay, Tuesday (June 28th) sees the first Knockout Sprint competition at a World Championships, and the championships conclude on Thursday (June 30th) with the Sprint.

In a change to the team selected, we will have a Sprint Relay team with Josh O’Sullivan Hourihan & Colm Moran being joined by Clodagh Moran & Eadaoin McCavana. Kevin O’Boyle will be running the individual races with Josh and Colm.
The races can be followed from the IOF website.
Good luck to those taking part.
WOC 2022 Team Announcement
Congratulations to those selected and my thanks to the selectors for their work.
Darren Burke
High Performance Manager
WOC 2022 Selection Policy
The Orienteering Ireland WOC 2022 Selection Policy has been published:
My thanks to the selectors for their work in preparing the policy.
Darren Burke
High Performance Manager
Junior Home International 2021
The following have been selected to represent Ireland at the Junior Home International which is taking place in England on October 9th and 10th.
W14
Eve Buckley
Ellie Simpson
Fionnuala Rowe
Niamh Browne
M14
Conor Masterson
Eoin O’Donnell
Gerry Browne
Cian Wickham
W16
Rebecca Linton
Emily Rowe
Clodagh O Donnell
M16
Oliver O’Kane
Dan Murphy
Ben Cairns
Josh Hoare
W18
Meadow McCauley
Maya Buckley
M18
Liam Cotter
Cuan Riordan
Eoghan Whelan
Daniel Earnshaw
Congratulations to those selected and best of luck at the JHI.
JWOC 2021 & EYOC 2021 Teams


The teams to represent Ireland at the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) being held in Turkey between September 5th-10th in Turkey and the European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) being held in Lithuania between August 20th-22nd have been selected.
www.jwoc2020.org
www.eyoc2021.lt
JWOC
M20 | W20 |
Aidan McCullough | Aoife O’Sullivan |
Daniel Earnshaw | Rachel Collins |
Darragh Hoare | |
Eoghan Whelan | |
Liam Cotter | |
Peter Reed |
EYOC
M18 | W18 |
Daniel Earnshaw | Meadow McCauley |
Eoghan Whelan | |
Liam Cotter | |
M16 | W16 |
Dan Murphy | Emily Rowe |
Daire O’Brien | |
Oliver O’Kane | |
Oscar Rowe |
Denis Murphy, Brendan O’Brien & Martina Rowe will accompany the EYOC team, with John McCullough & Ber O’Sullivan accompanying the JWOC team.
Congratulations to all those selected.
Junior Selectors:
- Ruth Lynam
- Stephanie Pruzina
- Darren Burke
- Mike Long
JHI 2021 Selection Policy
The Junior Home International is scheduled for October 9-10th in Southeast England.
The selection policy for this event can be downloaded above.
In particular note that the event in Woodburn Forest (Co. Down) on July 24th and Fauna Wood (Co. Wicklow) on September 5th are selection races for the JHI, with additional details regarding same in the selection policy document.
World Orienteering Championships 2021
The World Orienteering Championships start tomorrow, July 3rd, in the Czech Republic with the Sprint.
Qualification is in the morning with the final in the afternoon for the top 15 in each of the 3 qualification heats. Ireland has Paul Pruzina, Kevin O’Boyle & Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan running the sprint.
Start Times:
Paul – 08:05
Josh – 08:12
Kevin – 08:28
On Tuesday (July 6th) there is the Middle distance race. Qualification with the final in the afternoon. Conor Short, Paul Pruzina & Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan will represent Ireland in this race.
The relay is on Thursday (July 8th). Colm Moran, Paul Pruzina & Conor Short will make up the team, running order to be decided. It starts at 17:25.
And the long distance race is on Friday (July 9th). Colm Moran will represent Ireland in the long.
Web TV is available for the Finals.
The WOC website has been updated to include links for live results, GPS tracking and maps.
Wishing the team all the best,
Darren Burke
High Performance Manager
Check the Meet the Team post for information on athletes.