Mahon falls
| Date | Sunday, 21/04/2024 |
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| Venue | Mahon falls |
| Address | Comeragh Mountains, Co.Waterford |
| Event Format | Other |
| Club Website | SEVO |
| Start Times | 11:00 - 13:00 |
| Signposted From | R676 @ Mahon Bridge |
| Contact | southeastvikingorienteering@gmail.com |
| Grid reference | S 31401 08056 |
| Latitude/Longitude | 52.223687, -7.5411599 |
| Google Maps | Click here |
| 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 | open mountain with intricate boulder detail, few paths |
| Notes |
SEVO will host a colour coded event on the intricate boulder area of the Comeraghs used in 2016 for the IOC. In the absence of a Munster league, this will be of a similar standard. Please enter a s early as possible to faciltate printing of maps. Register here Planner: Robert Pim. Controller: Liisa Honkasaari. Organiser: Andrew Cox Provisional course lengths: Brown 7 km; Blue 6.2 km; Green 4.8 km; Light green 4 km; Red 4km; Orange 2.4 km; Yellow 1.9 km Climb to be calculated. It is significant. No courses are buggy friendly. Anyone with a buggy is recommended to take the surfaced path into the waterfall. Younger runners may need some shadowing. All maps will be on waterproof paper. The longer courses will use 1 to 7500 scale with shorter courses at 1 to 5000 due to complexity of detail on the map. No toilets available at this venue. Try any of the following options: Crough Coffee at Mahon Bridge. You might consider car pooling from this spot to reduce traffic on the narrow mountain road. Cooneys Yard here Applegreen in Leamybrien here
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| Difficulty rating | 6/10 Open mountain only, some paths |
| PreEntry |
Enter online on orienteering.ie |
| Entries open on | 01/04/2024 @ 11:00 AM |
| Entries End | 19/04/2024 @ 22:10 PM |
Results from previous events held near here
| 28/10/2007 | Mahon Falls |
| 16/11/2008 | Davmore |
| 08/11/2009 | Davmore |
| 20/10/2013 | Mahon Falls |
| 01/05/2016 | Mahon Falls |
| 22/04/2018 | Mahon Falls |
