Ballawley Park
Date | Saturday, 04/02/2023 |
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Venue | Ballawley Park |
Address | Dundrum, Co.Dublin |
Event Format | Night Orienteering |
Club Website | GEN |
Start Times | 18:30 - 19:30 |
Signposted From | Jct of Sandyford Rd/ Parkvale |
Contact | martin.mj.odonnell@gmail.com |
Latitude/Longitude | 53.281864, -6.237714 |
Google Maps | Click here |
Pricing |
Adults: €8 / personChildren: €5 / childStudent: €5 / studentUnwaged: €5 / personOAP: €5 / personFamily Discount: €15 (Maximum of 2 Adults and no more than 5 family members / family) |
Summary | Ballawley Park is a small suburban park with a mixture of forest, mature trees and open land. Both courses will make use of the surrounding housing estates and the grounds of the IMI (Irish Management Institute). There are no major road crossings however participants need to be aware of traffic and pedestrians in the area. |
Notes |
Technical Long - 5km, 28 Controls Short - 2.9km 17 controls · 1:4000, ISSprOM 2019-2
· A4 Rite in the Rain
· SIAC will be enabled
· Control descriptions will be printed on the map.
· Loose copies available in the start box.
· Map flip on Long Course. Safety Notes · Both courses have controls in the surrounding housing estates.
· There are no major road crossings however participants need to take care when crossing roads and carparks.
· Participants need to be aware of the likelihood of meeting non-orienteering pedestrians or cyclists during their run. Please be respectful other park users.
· A steep embankment in the IMI campus will be taped off. It is mapped as a dark green vegetation but has recently been thinned - keep-out.
· This is a sprint event – features that are mapped as impassable are not to be crossed even if a runner feels they are physically capable of the challenge! |
Difficulty rating | 2/10 Paths/parkland |
PreEntry |
Enter online on orienteering.ie |
Entries open on | 29/01/2023 @ 11:00 AM |
Entries End | 03/02/2023 @ 23:59 PM |
Results from previous events held near here
18/04/2015 | University College Dublin; Belfield |
02/11/2019 | Ticknock Park |