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Brockagh

Date Sunday, 20/03/2022
Venue Brockagh
Address Laragh, Co.Wicklow
Event Format Leinster League
Club Website GEN
Start Times 11:00 - 13:00
Signposted From Laragh
Contact martin.mj.odonnell@gmail.com
Latitude/Longitude 53.010718, -6.30271
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Pricing

Adults: €8 / personChildren: €5 / childStudent: €5 / studentUnwaged: €5 / personOAP: €5 / personFamily Discount: €20 (Maximum of 2 Adults and no more than 5 family members / family)

Summary <!-- wp:group --> <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Event Details</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:group --> <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:list --> <ul><li><strong>Terrain: </strong>challenging open mountainside with lots of contour detail</li><li><strong>Control Descriptions:</strong> On map and available loose at the start.</li><li><strong>Refreshments</strong>: Available at assembly</li><li><strong>Dogs</strong>: Not allowed on the open mountain, OK on lead in Assembly area</li><li><strong>Parking</strong>: Along forest roads, some of these are narrow and rough, so take care.</li><li><strong>Limit entrie</strong>s: There is a limit of 150 competitors for this event, so enter early. There will be no entry on the day for this reason.</li><li><strong>Directions</strong>: The entrance to the event is at Brockagh Resource Centre, use Eircode A98 D3H1.</li><li><strong>Time to Start and Finish:</strong> TBA</li><li><strong>Maps</strong>: Maps are printed on water-resistant material at a scale of 1:10,000 for all courses on A4 paper. Contour interval is 5 meters.</li><li><strong>Timing</strong>: The SportIdent units will be SIAC enabled.</li><li><strong>Start-times</strong>: 11 – 1pm </li><li><strong>Courses close:</strong> 3pm</li><li><strong>Leave no Trace:</strong> Please bring all your rubbish home.</li><li><strong>Map Notes:</strong> <ul><li>A faint path on the Yellow course has been taped</li><li>There has been a considerable amount of burning on the west side of the main Brockagh ridge</li><li>Some dark green areas of the map are gorse that was almost impassible, but having been burnt can now be crossed.</li><li>There are some faint new tracks that have not been mapped, and there are a number of firebreaks that have been cut (wide stripes where heather was cut very short). These are very visible from a distance, but are not mapped.</li></ul></li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></div> <!-- /wp:group --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Thanks to the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Coillte for granting permission to use their land.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:group --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Course Details</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table {"style":{"color":{"background":"#e0ebeb"}},"className":"is-style-regular"} --> <figure class="wp-block-table is-style-regular"><table class="has-background" style="background-color:#e0ebeb"><thead><tr><th>Course</th><th>Length (km)</th><th>Climb (m)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Brown</td><td>8.8</td><td>345</td></tr><tr><td>Blue</td><td>6.1</td><td>250</td></tr><tr><td>Green</td><td>4.9</td><td>170</td></tr><tr><td>Light Green</td><td>3.7</td><td>145</td></tr><tr><td>Orange</td><td>1.7</td><td>85</td></tr><tr><td>Yellow</td><td>1.7</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator -->
Difficulty rating 6/10 Open mountain only, some paths
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Entries open on 14/03/2022 @ 07:00 AM
Entries End 19/03/2022 @ 17:00 PM
Participants limit 140
Remaining Entries 29

Results from previous events held near here

20/01/2008 Glendalough
01/02/2009 Brockagh (East Top)
10/03/2013 Brockagh Mountain, East Top & Mall Hill
08/04/2018 Brockagh
01/03/2020 Brockagh Mountain; East Top & Mall Hill
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