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Cronykeery

Date Saturday, 27/01/2024
Venue Cronykeery
Address Ashford, Co.Wicklow
Event Format Night Orienteering
Club Website SET
Start Times 18:00 - 19:00
Contact set@orienteering.ie
Grid reference T 292 981
Latitude/Longitude 53.0180262805479, -6.07442622850558
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Pricing

Adults: €7 / personChildren: €5 / childStudent: €5 / studentUnwaged: €5 / personOAP: €5 / personFamily Discount: €15 (Maximum of 2 Adults and no more than 6 family members / family)

Summary Young woodland and intricate open areas.
Notes

Tyner family farm, 5 mins from the M11. Accessed off the R761. No signage apart from a couple of kites at the entrance. Unfortunately, no public transport along this part of the R761. Parking on grass. if this is too wet, we will spread out parking on hard standing. Car pooling will be appreciated. 

Eircode A67 YV40
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iWnMbtjafgi1y3DH6

Please note, the access road goes up the middle of the competition area. There are likely to be participants on the road. 

Terrain is mostly young woodland with some detailed open areas. See results/routegadget of previous night O 10 years ago
https://www.orienteering.ie/result2/?oaction=moreResult&id=2028

Ground is soft. Shoes with grip are strongly advised.

3 courses

2 technical courses (Long & Short) following the format of the Dublin night O series. 
Long 4.5km 95m climb 22 controls
Short 2.5km 25m climb 12 controls
Novice 1.7km 10m climb 9 controls Course follows line features.

Juniors (U16) with experience can participate unaccompanied provided they carry a whistle. Please make your self known to me or registration before hand.  

Sportident timing is being used with SIAC enabled. Sportident cards can be hired. 

Limited entry on day (subject to map availability) with surcharge above the online entry fee.

Start times 6 - 7pm with courses closing at 8pm. With shadowing of juniors, I will accommodate later split starts but I will be keen to wrap up sooner than later. 

Livestock will be confined to one field which is marked out of bounds. Some fences are marked as uncrossable with a purple line. These are sheep wire with electrified wire above. There is one mandatory crossing point on the long course. Otherwise use the gates which will be open. 

 

 

Difficulty rating 3/10 Paths/parkland with some off-path (forest/deep grass)
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