Sport Ireland Campus
| Date | Saturday, 15/01/2022 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Sport Ireland Campus |
| Address | Blanchardstown, Co.Dublin |
| Event Format | Night Orienteering |
| Club Website |
Fingal Orienteers |
| Start Times | 18:00 - 19:00 |
| Signposted From | R843 Snugborough Road |
| Contact | Fingalorienteers@gmail.com |
| Grid reference | O 085 397 |
| Latitude | 53.396300459138 |
| Longitude | -6.36865298587394 |
| Pricing |
Adults: €8 / person |
| Summary | Sport Ireland Campus is a mixture of largely flat open, woodland, playing fields and buildings |
| Notes |
No entries permitted on the night. Entry via this online entry system only. There will be two courses on offer - Short ( approx 4k) , Long (Approx 8k) Climb is negligible on all courses SI will be used for timing and rental SI cards will be available on the day
Please note that this is NOT a sprint event, the long and short courses make use of the National Cross Country running track areas and forest so dress as for normal orienteering.
This is night orienteering so a torch is REQUIRED
Map : 1:5000 A3 redrawn by Eileen Young December 2021 from the 2020 map updated by Val Jones and Eileen Young, from the original by Laurence Quinn and used by kind permission of Orienteering Ireland. The event takes place entirely in the Sport Ireland Campus and does NOT cross into the Tolka Valley Fingal map. Directions to the Event The event is located at the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin, which is close to the M50 and N3/M3 This can be found HERE https://www.google.com/maps/search/national+sports+campus/@53.3964113,-6.3670749,16z/data=!3m1!4b1
The Start and Finish are located at Abbotstown House in the centre of the Sport Ireland Campus, and *** NOT *** the National Aquatic centre , which is at the main entrance. This is not simple to get to, so here are detailed directions from the main gate https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1JAORIXjd77WraUBYT_wgSWh6PEoH4neV&ll=53.394877276825696%2C-6.363902148501552&z=16. O-Signage will be available from the main Sport Ireland Campus gate. |
| Difficulty rating | 3/10 Paths/parkland with some off-path (forest/deep grass) |
| PreEntry |
Enter online on orienteering.ie |
| Entries open on | 08/01/2022 @ 16:00 PM |
| Entries End | 14/01/2022 @ 23:00 PM |
Results from previous events held near here
| 25/01/2014 | Tolka Valley Park |
| 07/07/2015 | Tyrrellstown |
| 28/08/2016 | Tyrrellstown |
| 28/01/2017 | Tolka Valley Park |
| 15/09/2019 | Corduff Park |
| 03/11/2019 | Tyrrellstown |
| 23/02/2020 | Sport Ireland Campus |