Old Leinster Championships - General Discussion

RE: Old Leinster Championships

johnmccullough — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:20:47 +0000

Thanks, Ian. The gap for M21 in 2005 is because there was no Leinster club finisher on the course that year.

RE: Old Leinster Championships

imurphy — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:58:32 +0000

2005 results https://fingal.orienteering.ie/oldresults/LOC2005results.html

RE: Old Leinster Championships

johnmccullough — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 22:55:17 +0000

Thanks, Eoin - a very reliable source of obscure historical O-information! I'll fill in as many blanks as I can and publish the updated list. Niamh O'Boyle also provided great information to fill in some blanks, particularly in the W21 class.

RE: Old Leinster Championships

Eoin_Rothery — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:01:34 +0000

My records have 1979 as the first Leinster Championship - Wally won in 75:29 (I was third in 82:02). Eileen Loughman won the Womens. Setter - Aubrey Flegg, Controller- Colin Dunlop, set by Setanta at Devils Glen. I think I have the 2nd map - it has controls 21 to 34 on it, but I don't have the full results.

Ballinderry 1981 was run by UCDO: planner Dermot O'Beirne, controller Catherine Murtagh, organiser David Larkin. Atle Hansen won, with Aonghus the Leinster resident champion (I was third again). Carey May won the womens. Again, I have the second half map; and the program, but not the results.

Old Leinster Championships

johnmccullough — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:04:10 +0000

I have been trying to fill in some gaps in the records of the Leinster Championships, prompted by having access to the "Setanta Shield", the perpetual trophy given by Setanta Orienteers for the M21 class winner. Thanks to the people who provided information.

There are still some unknowns: the first is where the 1978 Leinster Champs was run. Having been back through the archives, I now think that the trophy was awarded to Wally Young on the basis of his winning the Leinster League series in 1978. This would correspond to my own recollection that the first actual Leinster Champs event was at Tiglin in 1979. Wally is recorded on the trophy as the 1978 (and 1980) winner. I still don't know who won in 1979.

Ballinderry (1981) was a forest near Rathdrum and it was a UCDO map but I don't know who ran the event that year. Any ideas?

There are some more blanks in the record, as not all the winners put their names on the trophy, and additionally, not all the names on the trophy have a club recorded.

In 2005 there were a lot of DNFs so it's not clear if there were any Leinster finishers and I don't know if DFO (Defence Forces Orienteers, a closed club) is a Leinster club or not. There were 7 finishers, the first 4 from outside Leinster and the last 3 were DFO, and 9 non-finishers in M21.

I have attached the winners' list (see link) so you can have a look at it.

John

Leinster-Champs-M21-Winners.pdf