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ATHLONE RTC ORIENTEERS Nigel Foley.fIsMr. rnc. DubOnRd.. Athlone. Co. Westmeo1h (0902-24465)

Ted tucov, Kipodder. Dtomohone. Mc)lIow. Co. Cork (022-47300)

Ellen feehan. Scaneen Lower. Newmurl<et. Co. Coli<.

JIm O·Oono\lOl'l. CosllelroO$Ure. Con's HI•. Douglas. Cork. (021-361544)

John Colclough. 28 The Villoge. Newbridge. Co. K'iidore (045-432267)

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Cover: Amy Houlihan (CorkO) withher 2nd prize in W 12- from IOC 96.

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The Irish OrienteerJuly-September 1996 ISSN 0790-1194No. 78

COMMITMENT

Remember Roddy Doyle's 17IeCammitments'l "The Irish are theblacks of Europe, the Dubliners arc the blacks of Ireland and theNorthsiders arc the blacks of Dublin. So soy it: I'm black and I'mproud". It's a bit like that with orientcers: When asked if you'reinvolved in sport, don't just mumble "Oh, I do a bit of jogging".Say "Yes, I'm an orienteer".How can we expect to be taken seriously if we don' t take oursel vesseriously? To attract sponsors, to gel new people involved. to beable to hold our heads high in the sporting arena. we have to takeourselves seriously and too few do.What we need is commitment from oricntecrs. It's a bit likereligion. isn't it? Arc you an oricntccr for an hour or two on aSunday or is it a way of life which influences all other facets ofyour existence? Orienteering needs people who are committed,who are orienteers every day. Not people who are obsessed, butwho arc prepared to do a lillie bit every day (0 help the sport along.To continue the religious analogy: look at Christianity for in-stance, how a dozen ordinary guys. enthusiasts. set out to trans-form the world and became amajor force in society. We don't needto transform the world. just develop one small activity in our owncountry. Simple. isn't it?

One aspect of laking ourselves seriously is 10 have prestigecompetitions: national championships, regional championships,intcrprovincials. In recent times the old Grade levent has virtuallyvanished IU1dthe regional and particularly interprovincial cham-pionshi ps ha ve been poorly su pporicd. W hat can we do? Our homebased top orientcers 110 longer have courses of sufficient lengthand technical difficulty to allow them to prepare properly forinternational races abroad or even for Championships because allthey get to run in is events with 60 minute winning times.

Lastly, we need to tackle the issue of'fundraising seriously. Hasanyone ever tried a scheme of Patrons who donate money to thecause and ask For nothing in return? Imagine 100 people donating£100 each per year (less than £2 per week): this would raise£10.000 a year. Just think what our international teams could dowith that: the teams could be (he best, not] ust those who can affordto pay for (he privilege of representing Ireland.

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FIXTURES CHAOSUnfortunately in the last issue of TIO an incom-plete fixtures list was included instead of the ver-sion which was supposed to be there. Most of theevents missing from it were in the summer andautumn but a couple were sooner than that. Icanonly offermy apologies to the clubs concerned andassure them that it won't happen again.

NEW MAP GUIDEBarry Dalby of Eastwcsr Mapping has producedanother excellent map guide.this one for the 70kmEast Munstcr WayfrorrrCarrick on Suir to Cloghecnin Co. Tipperary.The Mapguidc consists of a I :50.000 scale map insections, surveyed for the guide, and an accompa-nying booklet withdctails offlora, Iuunu, local his-tory, accommodation and places of interest alongthe way. Even without the map, the guide hook isan interesting rend in itself.11,e Guide is a companion volume for the MapGuides to the Wicklow Way, the South LcinstcrWay and the Blackwater Way.The Map Guide is availuble Icost Ea) from outdoorshops, bookshops or direct from EastWcst Map-ping. Ballyrcdmond, Cloncgnl, Ennlscorthy, Co.Wexford (054-77835).

FO RESTR Y GRANTSA £4.5 million grant scheme for amenity forestrywas announced recently by Ivan Yates. Ministerfor Agriculture, Food and Forestry. The UrbanWoodland Scheme will help local authorities todevelop orestablish woodlands with public recrea-tional facilities and the Amenity Woodland Schemewill support the development of woodlands for avariety of leisure, sporting and recreational pur-poses ( ..... for example, cquestriun activities,walking, rambling, orienteering and a variety ofactivity sports" says the press release).One feature of the scheme is that access to thepublic generally or to specific groups must beprovided for at least 90 days per year.Perhaps this is the beginning of a recognition by theauthorities that forests arc much more than just acrop and that the amenity value of forestry is amajor asset to any community. maybe equalling oreven outweighing its commercial value - although

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the recent felling of much of Kilmashogue Woodin Co. Dublin (the firstforeston the Wicklow Way)makes one wonder.Further details of the schemes are available fromThe Forest Service. Dept. of Agriculture, Food &Forestry. Leeson Lane, Dublin 2 (01-6072000).

SCOTLAND IN '97Details have been announced of the 1997 ScottishSix Day event, "Breadalbane '97", near Perth inAugust 1997. The event centre will be Aberfeldy,45 minutes from Perth. and the areas 10 be used arcDrummond IIill, Rannoch Forest, Lcachdann Tomna Croich, Creag Vincan, Dunalastair and BirnamHill.Entry forms arc available from Breadalbane '97,POBox 14754, Alloa, Scotland, FK!02Z0 (or e-mail: sinclairs@msn.eom).

SKI-O INOLYMPICS?Ski orienteering has now met the criteria requiredfor inclusion in the winter Olympics, with 25countries in 4 continents participating. The Japa-nese plan to include Ski-O as part of the "culturalprogramme' at the Nagano Olympics in 1998 andthe lOP is working hard to get Ski-O in the officialprogramme for the olympics in Sail Lake City,USA in 2002.At the World Ski-O Championships at Lillcharn-mer in Norway last February, Italian Nicolo Cor-radini retained his long distance title by just 11seconds from Norway's Vidar Benjaminsen. Thewinning time was 105.00 for the 22 krn course. Inthe short ruce (8.91cm)Sweden's Bjorn Lans beatDenjarninsen by 7 seconds. In the Womens' races,Annika Zell (SWE) won the 14 km long race andfinished second in the 6.7 km short race, won byFinland's Arja NuoLioja.

UI~STER TAKE INTERPRO111e home team took the 1996 InterprovincialChampionships at Slieve Martin in Co. Down onApril 20th. The event was well planned and organi-sed but poorly attended, with no representatives atall from Connaught or Munster. The final scorewas Ulster 211. Leinster 180.At one time the InLerPro was an event for whichteams were selected, then it was changed LO an

event associated with a regional Championship butnot requiring selected teams. This was based on the(apparently erroneous) assumption that the bestorientcers would still attend the event and that itwould be a prestige event. The past few yew-s theevent has fallen on hard times and it needs aninjection of ... well. something, Maybe it's time toselect teams again, ortore-include it with a Provin-cial Championships, but it can't go on decliningthe way it is. At present the home side have a bigadvantage, as I.einstershowed last year and Ulstermore recently. There nrc few enough events of anyconsequence in Ireland and we can't afford to loseanother one.

RECORD ENTRY I,'OR SHAMROCKWith five hundred entries for the 1996 Shamrocka-Ringen. the event goes from strength tostrcngth,With a (well deserved) reputation for fricndl iness,flexibility und good orienteering, the Shamrock isnow In its 8th yew' and this year will attract about350 orientecrs from abroad, outnumbering theIrish by more than two to one. Isn't it cxtraordi-nary'! Well done to Cork Oricntccrs, though - theyhave been the initiators and the mainstay of theevent since 1989 in addition to running three IrishChampionships in the same period and innumer-able other events. Other clubs please copy.

1988 WORLD CUP ANNOUNCEDThe details for the 1998 World Cup races havebeen published by the lor. starting in Ireland andincluding the Swedish a-Ringen.The programme is:Events 1-4: May 221ld - June Ist Cork/Kerry andLake District in England. One qualification raceforclassIcdist;U1ce,twociassicdistance races, onerelay and one short distance race with a qualifica-

fier.Event II : Vosu, Estonia. Classic race.Event 12: I Oct. Haamcnlinna, Finland. Shortqualification & final.Event 13: 3 Oct. Haamcnlinna; Classic.Event 7: Sept. 15, Krakow, Poland. Classic dis-tance.

RADI-ODublin readers may be interested in a weekly radioprogramme which features outdoor activities likeathletics, mountain racing. triathlon, hill walkingand. of course. orienteering. "The Right Track" ison Thursdays from 8 pm to 9 pm 011 Anna Livia FM(103.4).

IOFTOMOVEThe Irucrnationul o-Fedcration has announced thatits headquarters arc to move from Sollcntuna nearStockholm 10 Helsinki next January. The movefollows the uppolnuncnt of Finland's BarbreRonnbcrg as IOf. Secretary General, replacingLcnnart Levin who retires in August, She hasworked with the Finnish OF since 1983 as Infor-mation Officer, llcad of Communications, Mar-keting Manager and finally secretary General in1993.

GET FIT FOR 0A new book by Steve Bird. "Get Fit for Orientcer-ins", has been published by Nonington Press, ajoint venture with CompusaSport. Steve is a lec-turer in Sports Science and has represented Eng-land at orienteering. It's avuilablc from Com-passspon Publications. 37 Sundycoombc Road,Twickcnham, TW 12LR Enslal1d,costsSTG£9.95plus P&P (£ 1.80) and is well worth reading. A fullreview will appear in the next iss lie.

tion race.Event 5: Swedish 5-Day, 20-24 July, Gastrikland, SUMMER WALKSSweden. Some of you may be interested in organised walks.Event 6: 13 Sept. Krakow, Poland, relay; 14th This information was pirated unasamedly fromqualification race for classic; Irish Mountain Log.Event 8: 18 Sept. Poprad, Slovakia: Classic dis- 3/8 Benbulbcn Challenge (Michael Mulli-tance, gan 071-41267)Event 9. 20 Sept. Poprad. short qualification and 10/8 Mourne Seven Sevens (08-01247-final. 465121)Event 10: 26 Sept. Vosu, relay; 28th classic quili- 3118 Burrcn Walk (Alan Shaw 061-343959)

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14!9 Glover Highlander (Alan Tees 08-01504-810834).Irish Mountain Log, the quarterly magazine of theMountaineering Council of Ireland, is about to gofrom A5 (the same as TID) to A4 format (twice thesize). The circulation, though, is about five timesgreater than TID: every member of an affiliatedclub gets a copy.

BALL YHOURA 3-DA YThanks to Sean Cotter for a report on the Bally-houra 3-Day at Easter. Unfortunately the computerdiskjust produced gibberish when I tried to down-load it. Perhaps next time we'll get it sorted out.

SETANTA MOUNTAINMARATHON

Back again folks ... this year's event will takeplace on Sunday 28th July. Starts between 11am and Ipm. Usual format i.e. long distanceorienteering. Start is at the Shay Elliot Monu-ment which is on the Military Road runningroughly southwest out of Laragh towards thesoutheastern end of Glenmalure and Agha-vannagh. Map reference: T129 921.

BREAKTHROUGH!Aonghus 0 Cleirigli CNOCCongratulations ...1'0 Una Creagh for her terrific victory ill theBritish Championships, a first for Irish Orien-teering. This landmark result must he rated asone of the finest performances ever achievedby an Irish orienteer. Una leads the new breed ofIrish elite who started their orienteering in Ireland,moved to Britain in their late teens! early twentiesand continued their development there.

This breakthrough is significant for the followingreasons. A nation's standing in the eyes of theinternational orienteering community is largelydetermined by the finishing positions of its eliteathletes in important races. An important race isone in which aconsiderable numberof world-classathletes compete seriously to win. The BritishChampionships is such a race and the standing ofIrish orienteering has he en raised by Una's victory.This result has significance also for the inspirationit gives to all Irish orienteers, and especially to ourrepresentative athletes - senior.junior and veteran.

Many years stri ving for orienteering excellence isrequired before this standard can he reached. Unahas been very close for a quite a while now. Ilersuccess is deserved. It's a victory which makesyou proud to be associated with Irish orienteering.6 TI,e Irish Orienreer

Congratulations are also due to lean O' Neill, winnerof the W50L competition at the lK., the first Irishwoman ever to achieve victory in the most com-petitive class of her age category at this event. Inthe past Jean has represented Ireland internation-ally at senior level in middle-distance track racing,and con tinues to represent T reland as a veteran bothin orienteering and in track.

On the domestic front congratulations to bothColm Rothery and Eileen Loughman on winningtheir first National Individual titles. Itwas a doublevictory for Eileen wbo also led the CNOC women'steam to its first Irish Relay victory. Colm, who isthe same age as myself to the day, is the first M35to win the Elite title. (Hebeatme to it.) Maybe wecan work u trend here ...

"There's much more to Orienteering thanwinning the World Championships" ... IsJohn McCullough rIght?

1 enjoyed John's rapturous reminiscences in hislast editorial. I recall racing in Grindelwald my-self, the staple diet of chicken-and-chips availablein the beer-hall every evening. and the very un-Swiss riot at the end of the week, after which Pat

Healy assisted the local Gestapo with thcir cnquir-ies, Imprinted indelibly on my brain.though, is thememory of camping in a mud-bath that week inmonsoon conditions, and getting up before fouro'clock one morning while it was still pitch-dark,eating a breakfast of Alpen mixed with hot water,and making three transport connections to the farside of Switzerland, so that we might make oureight o'clock starts on time! What's worse ... wecalled that fun!... But I digress ...

For the majority of orieruecrs, John's sentimentthat there is somewhat more to orienteering thanwinning the World Championships, is probablyaccurntc, but for a tiny minority, winning theWorld Championships, or to he more precise, thedream of winning the World Championships. iswhat the sport is all about. This dream makes allthe sacrifices in terms of time, money. effort. andopportunity cost. worthwhile.

In reality, for one reason or another, very fewrealise their ultimate orienteering dream. hut it'sthe pursuit of thut mission which enriches and re-wards. It is the suugglc which is important andNOT the victory. For the very few among usblessed (or-cursed) with a visionof achieving suchorienteering excellence and who arc fortunateenough to be in circumstances which allow thepursuit of such a goal. the dream of winning theWorld Championships is NOT ONLY the mostimportant thing in orienteering. but for a briefperiod may become the most important thing in Life... (as a number of current and ex elite-squadmembers willtcstify to over a few beers).

Support Fantasy World Cup ... Surely Not?Exhortations in the last TID to participate in Fan-tasy World Cup may have overlooked the fact thatthe proceeds of this competition go directly tosupport the British Squads. Now I'm aware thatBritish Squad members dig into their own pocketsand contribute up to 150 pounds towards eachoverseas trip, and they're a great bunch of guys andgirls. (And I know that Una Creagh is one of thecompetitors that you can "buy" in the FantasyCup.) IIoweverourown squad members must footthe entire cost of similar training trips and compe-titions themselves.

Remember that the British Team are our rivals atthe World Championships. and every British ath-lete Finishing aheud of on co foul' own will contrib-ute (0 pushing an Irish competitor out of tbe quali-fying zone, and down the results table. So for thoseof'you who have already entered the Fantasy WorldCup. considercontribut ing to the Irish Squads fundfive-fold!

(Editor'S note: Modesty forbids Aonghus from rc-ferring to the fact that he himself won the H35Lclass at the JK, another grout performance in alloutstanding orienteering career which, I hope. hasmany years left.)

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IOC96 area, with a spectator control around halfway, and M55 6.5km 3 SuePlm Wc;tO 72.05I Pogel McCormack GEN 81.5Q

Former UCCO (Rory Morrish, John Feehan & 2 Alan Show ThO 8U8 W55 4.2km

Colm 0'1 Ialloran) and CNOC(Eileen Loughman,3 con Groetzer 3ROC 91.32 I Clare Nulloll LeeO 62.33

CONNACHTTAKES ON IOC96 - AND 2 Diona LargeGEN 74.00Maureen Dooley & Ruth Lynam) took their first M60 5.3km 3 Mouro Higgins SET 79.J1J

WINS Irish Relay titles.I A.Bonorlow GEN 75.13

How do the same few people in Connacht2 Mortin HoDenslein 3ROC 88.53 W60 3.3km

A score event at Portumna followed on the Mon- 3 Peler Devlin lVO 109.11 I Faith WhIte ssr 63.072 Jean Mullen3ROC 161.18

manage to run an Irish Championships every day for anyone who cared to stay around. Final M65 4.2kmfour years? We returned to Co. Galway this result: Ticks 100, Orienteers nil. I Sven I(ulldorff SET 69.43 W65 3.3km

2 Seon Rolhery 3ROC 76.36 I Moria O'SuIIIvan leeO 107AOyear, this time LOWoodford and to Portumna. One curious feature of the start lists and results was 3 Norman Ervine lVO SO.56

Derrycrag and Dcrrygill on the edge of Woodford that anybody who adrniued to baving a year of birthW10 5.7km

M20 9.6km 1 MorvO'Connor Corf(O 67.10village was an interesting area of forest. much of had it permanently linked with their name, divulg- I Pc;trlckFeehan BVOC 87.43 2 Maureen Dooley CNOC 87.53

2 Conor Creedon Corf(O 90.20which is being allowed to return to its natural state. ing information that the selectors had guarded with 3 TrevorSlot1ery CNOC 102.52 WIS 3.4kmTony Cotter's courses were well received. manag- their lives and cocking a snook at the Data Protec- I Claire O'Connor Corf(O 68.49

MI8 8.3km 2 Deirdre Creedon Corf(O 68.51ing to steerthe experienced competitors awuy from tion Act at the same time! I Conor BorryCorf(O 94.59 3 Anne Feehan BVOC 93.42the roads (at least until they discovered lhut the Overall. the Connacht a-Council did an excellent 2 11mTottenhon FernlO 100.02

3 DCl\IIdMasterson WHO 104,31 WI6 3.4kmforest wasn't as white as it looked on the mup). TIle job in running the events. Unfortunately the choice I I Sheila Foehan BVOC 44.25

southern part of the area was a strength-sopping of the May Bnnk Holiday weekend clashed withMI6 3.4km 2 Susan Healy GEN 46.43I LukeC-CroWford 3 ROC 51.29 3 ErnrnoJone Carr WHO 48.56

bog with marsh, heather and drulnagc ditchcs. after the British Championships at Oban in Scotland and 2 Declon KeilyWotO 65.463 Flnchrn Fltzuibbon WofO 57.43 WI4 2.8km

which the forest was a welcome relief. Excellent took away u numberof British-based Elite runners I AlliinnAuslin COrf(O 25.01weather and a convcn ient assernbly urea udded to and a number of competitors from Northern Ire- MI4 3.4 krn 2 Del1lseHealy CNOC 26.55

I JOII()fhan Lucey BOC 31.47 3 LOIJ,oCotter BOC 28.11the conviviality of it ull. Cohn Rothery (AJAX) lund, Given that so many of the Irish squad are 2 John McGroth 3ROC 35.07followed in his older brother Eoin's shoes by based in the UK. perhaps a more determined effort 3 Devin HaolyGEN 38.46 WI2 2.5 km

I Nklmh MOlllssey Corf(O 20.18taking the Men's title while Eileen Loughman 10 avoid this clash could be made in future years? MI2 2.8 kill 2 AmyHollhon Corf(O 30.22

(CNOC) at last won all Irish title. having been However, it's an ill wind that blows no good, and I NiallWalsh 3ROC 23.00 3 Nlornh LalorGEN 36.452 MOIJliceFeehan BVOC 28.28

runner-up several times over the years. Fastest on Una Creagh won the W2 I Elite class at the British. 3 LukeMcCormack GEN 35.20 WIO 1.8 killI ErlnnoJone Foley-floher PxN 28.36

the men's course on the day was UCOO's Frcder- Well done! MIO 1.8km 2 JennKerBo"ett PxN 83.56iek Sturesson. but he was ruled ineligible to he Irish Irish Orienteering Champships 1996

I Tlernon Fnlglbbon woio 21.342 3191 McCormack GEN 37.22 M21S Brendon O'Connor Ajax 81.04

Champion on a technicality. leaving Cohn to take (Individual Day 1) Woodford. Co. Galway M35S John MuldoWney PxN 90.41the trophy. M21E 12.2 Ian W2IE 9.Skm M40S AnlhOnyMcGonlgle NWOC 65.10

I Frederick Sturesson UCOO 95.29 I Eileen loughman CNOC 92.31 M45S Eddie Niland Ajax 104.58Many winning times were longer than expected: 2 COImRothery Ajax 100.00 2 Eodooln Morrish lee 0 95.45 M55S Emosl lowrence WHO 105.07

the pre-race information seemed to suggestthauhe 3 Colm O'HoIoron leeO 100.30 3 Mkion Feehon BVOC 109.34 MI8B Patrick Mende SOC 132.43

" BrionCorbell Corf(Q 110,57 4 Ernma GIOnv~1e 3ROC 112.02 MI68 MorteFinlay WHO 36.26area would be flat and fast. In fact it was neither. 5 Podroig Higgins PxN 121.17 5 Nina PhalilX 3ROC 131.55 MI"B OovidHonno NWOC 17.08

None of the courses had and climb given becauseMI2B Diormuk:!Finnegan SOC 23.49

M21l 9.5 Ian W2lt 1>.5 Ian MIOB Pogel McConoock GEN 43.21the planner considered it negligible. On my R.7 km I OoveWeslon seT 98.45 I Shello Mucklon Corf(O 99.06 W40S Nora lolor GEN 80.44

2 Andrew PimWolO 103,"1 2 Heolher Ervine lVO 100.08 W45S Frances O'Neln seT 78.37course I counted about 200 m, Results. as is too 3 John Mucklan Corf(O 104.01 3 lIlsa Honkosaorl WatO 100.21 WSOS Audrey LCJWIence WH069.09often the case, were slow to appear. so much so that W21N Annamorie Lucey SOC 50.58

M35 9.Skm W2IS 4.2km WI4B Caroline Dennehy SOC 20.45the evening prizegiving was uhandoncd in favour I LlamO'Brien Corf(O 9.cl33 I IMhBlolr NWOCM 59.54 WI2B Nicolo Smyth NWOC 23.03

of a combined function next duy. 2 TimMorrissey Corf(O 100.473 ChrisMcConn LVO 105.48 W35 6.5krn IrishOrienteering Ralay ChomplonshllX

Portumna forest park has always struck me as (If) I Christine Brown EskVOG 84.47 51hMay 1996Po~umna Forasl Pork. Co. Golwayexcellent area for a relay: fast. nut, reasonably MAO 9.0km 2 Mory Curran CorkO 143.47 Pramiar FUCCOfl. MOllishJ. FeehOn C. O'Hollcron

I KevinO'Dwyer SO 81.20 Open 40+ AJAXK. McDonald P. Gorgon D.fleidydetailed, picturesque and with good facilities and 2 John McCullough 3ROC 81.35 W40 5.7km Womens Ope" CNOC E.loughmon M. Dooley fl. Lynam

potential assembly ureas. Obviously the same 3 Denis Reidy Ajax 84.13 I fllrth lynamCNOC 73.33 Ope" 50+Corf(0B.Creedon J. O'Donovan fl. O'Connor2 Jone Wutt GEN 76.50 Women. 40+ 3 ROC 1.Cleary A.Tottenht)m M.Walsh

thought struck the organisers in Phoenix Naviga- M45 8.3 k 3 Mory Healy GEN 80.46 Open 18·WHOS. Lynch D.Masterson J. MastersonI Ion McNeill 3ROC 92.13 W18·Corj(OT. Donovan C. O'Connor D.Creedon

tors because this is where they brought us for Day 2 SeonCollerBOC 96.02 W45 S.3krn Open 14· WHOD.Cox I.Kerrfl. Powell2. Again. sunshine helped things along. but some 3 WilbertHollinger LYO 97.52 I Monico Nowton 3ROC 65.51 W14-SOC S. Lucey L.Cotter C.Dennehy

2 Carmel Feehan BVOC 72.~ Ad Hoc Club BOC J. tocev T.Lucey S.Collercourses Were over-long and the absence of any M50 7.Skm 3 Aine O'Suilleohhain 3ROC 77.'Z2 Ad Hoc Mixed AJAXW. McDonald A. N.Other F.O'Briencommentary or results made things difficult to I Bernard Creedon COrf(O 78.55

2 Nigel C-Crowford 3ROC 86.14 WOO 4.2kmfollow. Frank Ryan "s courses made good use of the 3 Ted Feehan BVOC 87.34 I TrinoCleary 3ROC 61.04

2 Jean O'NetiIFIN 67.57

8TIle Irish Orienteer I The Irish Orlcntccr 9

IOF CONGRESS IN JULYThe 18th International Orienteering FederationCongress meets in Jerusalem from July 16th to21sl. The Congress meets every two years anddecides the policies to be followed by the 10F forthe coming few years. The move to Israel forCongress confirms the lOr's efforts to include theweaker and developing countries in its activities:although it is originally a Scandinavian sport, it isnot exclusively theirs.The number of countries affiliated to the lOr: hasgrown to 50, including five Associate members.The 101' has in the past couple of years beenparticulurly invalved with the inclusion of moun.tain hike orienteering, the Olympic question andthe marketing of both orienteering and the loritself. The (OF has mounted a steady campaign toget Ski orienteering into the Winter Olympics andhope to have Ski-O included in the cultural pro-gramme associated with the 1998 games and in thegames proper in 2002.Among the proposals lCJ he put before the Congressis one to structure 101' committees to cope withdevelopments in fool, ski, trail and mountain hikeorienteering.On the Olympic question. the 10F's long-term aimis to have orienteering included in the Summer,Winter and Paralyrnpic Games. Orienteering isrecognised as WIOlympic sport but is unlikely to heincluded in the Summer gnmes in the foreseeablefuture.The aims of the IOF up to the I 99R Congress are toachieve a higher profile Iororicntccring. to furtherthe spread of the sport, to improve communica-tions in 10F and strengthen the organisation. AnItalian proposal is that the Congress should elect aCouncil for four years, not two as at present; thereis a Russian and a Swedish proposal for the J uniorWorld Ski-O Championships to be held every year(not every two years) and another Russian pro-posal for a Veterans Ski-O World Cup (they'reorganising one in I (99): there are applicationsfrom Australia and Finland to run the 200 I WorldChwnpionsbips and applications from Russia andSweden to run the World Ski-OChumpionships in10 V1(t Irish OrienfeerI

2000. Meanwhile Austria.the Czech Republic andPortugal have all applied to host the 1998 Con-gress.On the question of affiliation fees, the proposal isfor every country topay the same annual affiliationfee eventually. This means that countries like Ire.land wiiJ have a gradual increase from our presentfigure of 6.000 SKr(aboutJR£570) to 20,000 SKr(lR.( 1,900). Britain, on the other hand, will sectheir fees roughly halved to the same figure andSweden's will be reduced to less than one tenth ofwhat they arc paying now.The current rOF President, Sue Harvey from Scot-11Uld.was in Dublin in March on business. She wasinterested in seeing how Irish orienteering wasdeveloping, particularly that the World Cup eventsin 1998 were going to include Ireland. One of herconcerns is in making orienteering more media-friendly: two developments could help this along _the advent ofGPS systems allowing the movementof orientecrs to be tracked precisely in the forestand the development of televised park orienteeringraces in major cities with the top orientccrs racingagainst one another.The 10F's Annual Report for 1994-'96 has somcinteresting titbits in it: last year the lOA had 1278active orienteers, 22 clubs. produced 6 new mapstotalling 26 square km, ran 130 events and had abudget of about £26,600. Other countries witbsimilar numbers include Austria (60 clubs, 1050members, 28 new maps, £92.000), Belorussia (17clubs. 1000 members. 10 maps, £3, 100) and NewZealand (20 clubs, 1200 members. 30 maps.£15.100). The others range from Sweden (62,500members, 760 clubs, 450 new maps, £2.6 millionto Slovenia (129 members. 7 clubs, 8 new maps,£3,100). Nearly all the National Federations havea central office with full or part lime employees.Britain has 7.0000ricntccrs. 145 clubs and a budgetof more than £330.000. but the population is abouttwenty times ours, socomparativelyspeaking we'renot doing too badly!

lOA AGM REPORTThe 1996 Annual General Meet ing took placeafter tile Irish Championships, in the hall atPortumna, Co. Galway on 4til May. Initiallyat tcndance was poor bUI the room filled gradu-ally, helped by the belief that the Individualevent prizegiving would follow.111emeeting was largely uncontrovcrsial, the onlysparks flying'whcn Ted Lucey of'Bishopstown ob-jected to what he regarded as disparaging refer-ences in the Hon. Secretary's report to his club. Inthe end it was suggested that note no taken in theminutes of Ted's disagreement and the meetingcontinued.The other reports went smoothly (the Trcasurcrrc-ported lin operating loss of £<)56Ia5t year on paper,but there was £5,000 put aside towards the 1998World Cup events in Munster). The FixturesSecretary's report showed that 146 events wereregistered in 1995 (93 in Munster, 39 in Leinstcr,13 in Connacht and 1 in Ulster - FermO are affili-ated to lOA for insurance purposes: the Burrcnmap is largely in Co. Cavan). Coaching OfficerFrank Ryan brought the meeting up to date on hisproposals for II formalised coaching scheme.These were followed by constitutional amend-ments WIdthen the elections. Several officers werenot going forward again. notably Treasurer BrianHollinshead (ending IIrun of'five 3ROC treasurersgoing back more than 15 years) and Faith White asChairman . Mapping Officer .Iohn Walshc appar-ently resigned during the yew' over the ongoingdisputes in Munster and was not going forwardagain. The new committee is: Chairman BernardCreedon (CorkO). Secretary Ken Griffin (CorkO).Treasurer Noel Donagh (PXN), Mapping BobPinker (CorkO), fixtures Frank Cunnane (C(lI'kO).Technical Scan Caller (BOC) . Junior Affairs Ber-nard Creedon (CorlcO). Coaching Frank Ryan(PXN), Development Pat O'Connor (WatO), PROTed Lucey (BOC), Environmental Noel Morrish(LeeO),lnternational Officer vacantThe organisation is in a reasonably healthy statebut growth in numbers has slowed or stopped alto-gether. The meeting recorded the passing of ColinDunlop during the past yew' and noted that he will

be sorely missed. Colin's wife, Alison, is present-ing a silver plate to the lOA as an award to com-memorate Colin. On a happier note, World Cham-pionsbip qualifier Una Creagh (3ROC) wasawarded the Mactire Trophy. Eileen Loughman(CNOC) was awarded the Sil va Tropby and BobbyO'Connor (CorkO) was awarded the second Silvaaward (for behind the scenes work - he's a main-stay of the Shamrock O-Ringen among otherthings).The fixtures report. the composition of'thc Execu-tive COITU11illeeand the forthcoming World Cupevents all show that the epicentre of'Irish orienteer-ing is firmly in Munster. as if there had been anydoubtabout it.

The Ten Commandmentsfor Reducing O-Mistakes

1 Thou shalt not panic.2 Thou shal t not follow an M21 E.3 Thou shalt not be perfect. nor

even try to be.4 Thou shalt not change routes

midway through the leg.5 Thou shall not compound the

error by doing a grid search.6 Thou shalt not worry about what

other people are going to do.7 Thou shalt not keep on thinking

about the complete cock-up youmade at the last control.

8 Thou shall not ever get dis-tracted by helping an M21 Ewho's lost Just so you can bragabout It afterwards,

9 Thou shall nol try to deliberatelyrun ofTIn the wrong direction tofool that twit who's been follow-ing for the last four controls.

10 Thou shalt not get diverted intotaking a slightly longer route sothat you can run a blt longerwith that cute ortenteer whomyou would like to know better.

Bill Teahan (from the O-Net, via Clyde-O-scope and Score).

Vle Irish Orienleer J 1

MAN OF LA MANGA

Almost three thousand veteran orientccrs optedfor Spain at Easter torun in the Veteran World Cup.These grey-beard loons included about twentyfrom clubs in Ireland, North and South. taking onthe best over-35 orienteers in the world.Murcia city in the south east of the country was

the event centre and the races were all quite closeby. Unfortunately. most of the competitors werestaying at La Manga, a tourist resort on the coastabout an hour's drive away by motorway, so wedidn't have much contact with the centre of things.The pre-event inform ation didn 't givemuch away

about terrain or courses ('"typical Mediterraneanforest". whatever that is). There wus even lessinformation about things like where to get yourcontrol cards 01' descriptions, whieh finish lane touseorhowto figure out which final you'dqualiflcdfor. but the programme was liberally endowed withgreetings in Spanish and English from local digni-taries.The week after Easter is a time of fiestas in the

area. with parades apparently featuring Spanish In-quisition type figures and other local celebrities.The orange and lemon blossoms were out and thescent wafted through the open windows of thebuses bringing the runners to each event. Transportwas well organised and overall the organisationwas exceptional. except for the lack of importantinformation.There were nearly 300 M45's and MSO's. 200

M3S'sand40's, lS0W45's and S5's. 160WSO'sand even twoM90's. The Swedes were the largestgroup (576) with countries as far away as SouthAfrica, New Zealand, USA, Japan. Ecuador andAustralia represented. The various countries pa-raded at the opening ceremony and were treated toa parachute display by the Spanish army, thenanother. then another. then ...The format ofthe competition was for two quali-

fication races which were added together to give afinal placing. This placing then determined whetheryou qualified for an A. B orC final. Smaller classesmay only have had an A or an A and B final. I thinkthat 80 runners qualified for the A finals. 80 fort heB and the rest for the C. so the optimum method/2 The Irish Orienteer

was to scrape into the A final by running steadilyand conserving your energy for the Final, thenrunning the race of your life to win. Imanaged thefirst part (79th out of 80 to qualify for the A final)but not the second!The weather was very hot by Irish standards.

though probably pleasantly cool for Spain, and theterrain was arid and stony. The forest was mostlyscrubby trees. well spaced and with little shade, ona land of spurs and gullies which presented goodroute choice problems. The first two days at San-tornera ("a fundamentally agricultural town: thelemon crap is being particularly important ...")were on two overlapping maps. The streams shownon the maps were totally dry and were used asrough paths by many competitors. The forest wasvery runnable, though, and winning times fast. Allthe maps were at 1:10,000 scale and had beensurveyed by PoLish orientecrs. Incidentally, theplanner of all the events, Marlin Kronlund, was 80the week of the competition.In my case. severe blisters caused by the heat put

paid 10 my ambitions of good performances. andalthough 1made the A final in M40 r chose to runthe last day in running shoes rather than O-shoes togive my feet a chance. This, combined with a 7minute mistake. saw me drop down the results likea stone.Curiously. many of us felt that the terrain of the

Final at Fuente de Alamo was inferior to the twoqualification races: much more vague and withmore undergrowth though not as hilly. The runnersstarted in reverse order in the final, slowest rust Iwas sure Iwas in the B final starting about 11.30,but just to check Iwent to the hotel up the roadwhere several coach-loads of Swedes were stayingat about 10pm the night before. Disbelief turned toalarm when Irealised that, not only was Iin the Afinal but Iwas starting at 09.30, with a 75 minutedrive, an 8 kIDbus ride and a 3kIDwalk to the start.The Ail' Force gave us another display. roaring

upside down over the finish area just above thetree-tops, at the Final. great forthe concentration ofthose still in the forest but quite spectacular for therest of us.Results are not yet to hand. but several other Irish

competitors made the A finals, including Trina

Cleary and Teresa Finlay.It's a curious event: anyone over 35 can enter and

some very good oricnteers take part, but also quitea numberof not-so-good ones. There was an asso-ciated open competition too (1 never saw Scandi-navian oricntecrs so keen to show a young girlwhere she was on her map as when we came acrossher looking lost on the way to our start: of course,the fact that it gave them achance to look at the mapbefore the race was by the way). It certainly was agreat way to spend Easter. World Champion Jor-gen Martensson (Sweden) won the M35 class by 6minutes: Anne Donnell from Northern Ireland(who oricntccrs in Britain) won the W65 class andLiz Cumpbcll (Wales. a previous Shamrock win-ncr) who finished first in the qunlicication raceshud u bod run. finishing well down the field after amistake three controls from home. The leadingW40's weren't helped by the Fact that the organ-iscrs ran out of maps for them in the final - twice!Next yeur the VWC is in Camp Ripley, Minnc-

soia (that's at the top in the middle) from Scptcm-ber 27 to October 4. Twelve hundred oricntcershave already booked their accommodation for theevent. 161110nthsin advance. '111C area is one whichbarely lost out to New York for the 1993 WorldChampionships. TIle address is VWC 1997. PODox 23044. Richficld. MN 55423, USA (Phone!fax 00-1-612-869-4043. e-mail: VWC97@ao1.com

TEAM SILVA ANNOUNCED

Ten of the best oricntcers in the world - five menand five ladies - have now concluded an agreementwith SILVA Sweden AB. The purpose of tbis co-operation is to further strengthen SlLVA's positionin the sport of orienteering allover the world.

The ten Elite orienteers are:Jorgen MartcnssonJanne SalrniCarsten Jl'lrgensenYuri OrncltchcnkoPetter ThoresenAnna BogrcnMarlena JanssonGunilln SvardYvcuc HagueKataliu Oluh

SwedenFinlandDenmarkUkraineNorwaySwedenSwedenSwedenEnglandHungary

- "It feels exciting to be able to ellgage oricnteersranked among the best in the world in this way".says I luns-Gunnar Tillander. president of SILVASweden AB. "The oricntcers will be ournational as

771(:Irish Or;enleer 13

HILL TRAINING FOR IM-PROVED ORIENTEERING

PERFORMANCE

Aonghus 0 Cleirigh CNOC

"Hill training provides a great mental breakfrom flat-ground ambling, improves leg-muscle power, expands stride length. enhancesrunning economy, and protects leg musclesagainst soreness ."

So says Owen Anderson. editor of RUNNINGRESEARCH magazine. (the only running news-leiter written entirely by exercise physiologists.)The following is abstracted from his article in theJan-Feb 1996 edition oftbe maguzinc titled.:I.l1iru::.tiYour MotherForgotToTcll You About I IiIITntjn-Ins; Any comments 1 have added arc in italicscript.

RUNNING RESEARCH has it's own page onthe World Wide Web, so ifyou've got access. theWeb address is hllP://www.gisd.com/rl1l. You cansearch an index of all topics in past Newsletters.and can order back issues at $3.00 each. You canalso write to Running Research at P.O. Box 27041Lansing. MI 48909. USA.

Why Hill-train? .. ,

Runners (and oricniccrs) benefit from sucngthtraining. since it reinforces tendons and ligaments.lowers fatigue during running. reduces injury ratesand improves running form. But not nil forms ofstrength training have equal effects on your run-ning performance. The strength building exercisesthat most runners emphasise. including knee ex-tensions.Icg curls, leg and shoulder presses. bicepcurls, etc, probably arc the least helpful of all theresistance ro'utines because they don't do a goodjob of replicating the neuromuscular patterns re-quired for running. You become better at pumpingiron, but not much better at running. Most strengthroutines focus on individual joints and smallnumbers of muscles and don 't require your musclesto support full body-weight. as they do during run-ning. In contrast. running up hills forces the

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muscles in your hips, legs, ankles and feet tocontract in a co-ordinated fashion while support-ing full body-weight, as they would during regularrunning, and to contract more powerfully thannormal. because they must overcome gravity tomove you up the hill. This increased stress on themuscles leads to dramatic increases in power whilerunning. which translates into longer. faster run-ning strides.

RUl111il1g Research ...What does scientific research say about hill train-

ing? Reports arc very favourable. In the famedKarolinska Institute in Stockholm, investigatorsasked II accomplished Swedish marathon runnersto include hill training in their normal routine.After just 12 weeks, the Swedes' running effi-cicncy improved by about three percent. enough toshave 60-90 seconds from their lOoK race-timesand over six minutes from their marathons. Inaddition, Swedish researcher Bengt SalLin hasdetermined that hill-trained runners have higherconcentrations of "aerobic enzymes" in their legmuscles, compared to runners training on the flat.(Aerobic enzymes arc chemicals which allowmuscles to function at high levels for long periodswithout fatigue).

Hill-Running Strategy .. ,So what kind of hill workouts are opti-

mal for improving performance? How do youstart? Sim piy work one hill session into your tra in-ing every week. using one of the sessions ex-plained below. After iwo months you'll be readyto move into a special 6-week training periodwhich emphasises hill workouts. During this pe-riod, alternate two hill sessions one week with onethe following week (for a total of nine hill sessionsduring the six-week period). Hill efforts can besubstituted for the speed training you would nor-mally carry OUL It's ideal toput this kind of periodnear the beginning of your racing season. becausethe increases in power you will achieve will trans-late into faster performances during the season.

You']] need two kinds of hills - a very steepincline measuring at least 25 metres from top tobottom to maximally boost power. and a moremoderate set of bills upon which you can gambol

for 25-30 minutes without getting bored or dead-tired (e.g. a hilly park. or sand-dunes) in order toimprove your resistance to fatigue during strenu-ous running. (Lrun repeats of a seven-minute loopat the Magazine Fort area of the Phoenix Park).

Four of the very best hill sessions ...Workoul No 1: Jogging warm-up for 1O-ll

minutes, then carry out repeats on the scarily sleepincline mentioned above. On the incline try to runat an intensity which feels tougher than 5-K racepace (i.c. significantly faster than your normalorienteering race pace). Recover by jogging easilyto the bottom, and surge up again as soon as youfeel ready. Start with four or five 'reps' for yourfirst session and graduully increase the difficulty ofthe workout by adding more reps and shorteningthe amount of time you spend recovering.

Workout No 2: After a thorough warm-up,'bound' up the same steep slope as in the previousworkout. (To bound, spring from foot to foot withan exaggerated vertical hody motion, emphasisinghigh knee-lift, and full stretching of the AchillesTendons as your feet hit the ground - by landing onyour toes with each foot-strike and 'rocking' backon to your heel before springing upward and for-ward). Recoverbyjogging back downthc hill. andbegin with just four or five reps per workout.gradually increasing the numberovertime. Bound-ing is a great alternative to normal uphill running,because it dramatically bolsters leg-muscle powerand running efficiency. (It was the techniqueemphasised by the Swedish marathoners men-tioned above).

Workout No 3: Over rolling terrain ruu con-tinuously for 25 minutes at a pace which feelsslightly less intense than lO-Krace pace (i.e. equalin effort to your orienteering race pace). Try to"attock" the hills, increasing your effort as youascend. and emphasising staying relaxed, balancedand under control on the downslopes. Try tochoose a course over which you're always movinguphill or downhill.

Workout No 4: Using a stair (or step) -rna-chine in a gyrll, after a warm-up, alternate toughone-minute intervals with 3 minute easy recoveryclimbs. Start with just four one-minute reps persession. hut gradually increase the number and

shorten the recovery periods.

How often? ...Do hills about three times every two

weeks during those periods of training when youare trying to improve muscle power and runningeconomy (you should do two to three of these pe-riods per year. lasting for about six weeks eachtime). During the rest of the year, you can trainabout once every two weeks. Always use the prin-ciple of progression: Start with a small number ofrepeats (four to five) and increase the number overtime. Never let your hill-repeat mileage add up tomore than the total volume of interval training youcan normally handle each week.

Downhill Running? ..You can increase your pace on down-

slopes by lO-15% without increasing your oxygenconsumption, heart rate, or perceived effort - butthe technique must be practised,

Race Strategy ...If there arc hills early in a race then run

cautiously, otherwise your muscle cells may in-crease in acidity so much that you'll have bigtrouble with the rest of the race. Save savageauacks on hills for late in the competition.

Hill Training and Orienteering ...If hill-training is considered important

to runners who race on thc flat. how much moreimportant is it to ourselves'! Not only must wecontend with a significant amount of ascent anddescent in competition (up to 5% each of racelength), hut also we must cavort through strength-sapping. lactate inducing terrain. Lactic acid is thenatural enemy of ihc oricnteer -map-reading blun-ders and decision-making errors can easily follow.Leg-strength is critical. Wc' vc got to be able to runas fast us possible, for as long as possible in hillyterrain, without producing significant amounts oflactate, Indeed, we should probably be couductlngmore of our training on hills than is recommendedabove. For example. in addition to the specific billsessions detailed, we should also be running ourlong steady runs in hilly terrain, as well as compet-ing ill the odd mountain race.

77,c IriJh Orienfeer J 5

First find the Event2114/96: Raven's Rock. Imet two Finnish orien-teers at the 44 bus in Poolbcg Street, Dublin. Theirstated objective was to run on an Irish map. Weagreed we wanted to walk from Enniskerry 10Raven's Rock, 31an at most I warned them that thecourse closed at 1300hrs, the best objective was tooffer 10 collect controls. Om inousl y, there were nodirection signs in Enniskerry. We left Enniskerryat 12.00, at the bifurcation of roads we turnedNorth for Glencullen Bridge and we stood wist-fully at Ballybrew Quarry, all of us knew the startrnustbc duc Wcstofus. Muriejta and Jari discussedthe cui desac in front of us as the lead ill to the start,Iwas not part of this conversation in Finnish. Ihavevisited Finland, I asked Jari his profession. hehanded me his card it read> Mujuri JUJ'i VaUJ'aPaueristoupsecri which I instantly trnnsluted 10Major, Artillery Reconnaissance Bnunlion. Las alowly Infantry Lieutenant demurred to his superiorlay of the land skills and he naturally tookcommand of the trio. I was fully cognisunt ofJMc::C's comment at the end of my ltlst letter "I'dsay being main road user orientated is a sensibleapproach" .so we pressed on to the main Glcncul-len road, we reached Fox's Pub and Juri photo-graphed our only direction arrow of the day. Wespotted the start across the Glencullen Valleywithin 2 Ian of Fox's Pub and we cut across thevalley and the river. The water was icc cold. As weneared the stan cars, Juri asked me was thereshooting here? Just then as I spoiled the charredtree stump he was examining. scenes of Yprcs,Messincs Ridge, Verdun flashed across my IIIindoItold him about the forest fires of recent years, hedoubted my answer. We met Paddy O'Brien andthe Cashins and we offered to collect controls.They said they had enough people and kindly gaveus II run at 14.00 on the Red course. I set off. run0.5km and hurt myself quite badly. Jari and Mar-iejia ran 5 controls and returned to the finish. Iasked their opinion of running on an Irish map andthey said it was very different, very undulating. Iremembered collecting loganberries ncar Rovani-erni in northern Finland and sure enough the treesare evenly spaced without the apparent aftermathof an artillery barrage! The Vaara's were notprepared fororicntccring. I had some spare dry tee

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shirts, and we set off for the local hostelry with aroaring open fire. Shortly, Juri said it was time togo, as we quit the premises he asked do peopledrink there all day? 1did not reply directly but saidit was drier and warmer than where we were. Atthat point Martin Flynn of AJAX gave us a lift tothe DART. He said a 10l of people had troublefinding the event.I give him the honourofentitlingthis letter. We entered the "DART cart" the dis-tinctive odour that greeted us confirmed thatsomeone had parked a tiger. "Don't worry, wehave that in Finland too". All in all it was a day toremember, for all of us. I asked how events arcnotified in Finland, the answer: 6 figure gridreferences!111e Vaara's wanted Irish maps, I gave them asmany us Icould. Imust explain to the one reader ofthis letter if the Editor dares to publish it, that Iamnew to cast coast events, and yes this accountreflects badly on me. At least we achieved ourobjective. J hope to be in contact with the Vaara'sorienteering club which is north ofTurku in west-ern Finland in time, they have 250 members. - PaulDunne

Another reader writes:

DNPv DNF"Having attended a few O-events over the wintermonths and having suffered two severe bouts ofDNF (did not finish) Syndrome, I decided I wasgoing to tackle this problem atmynextouting withPMA (Positive Mental Attitude).So. the day duly arrived: Sunday May 12th 1996.Checked the lOA Calendar of Events and set off forDjouce Woods, arriving at 10.30 am for an earlystart. I was somewhat surprised to find that I wasthe only ~competitor. in fact.I was even moresurprised to find I was the Q!11y competitor. Aftersome wandering about l resigned myself to the factthat the event must have been cancelled.11.00 am and I set off home again. On arriving, Jdecided to go out for a run anyway and headed offon the road forthgem there hills. Imagine mysurprise when, at the junction of Oldcourt Roadand Stocking Lane I carne across a sign saying"Orienteering' . I had to investigate further. Thesigns brought me to Hellfire Wood. By this lime I

was too late and too knackcred to enter and set offon the long run home. Hence the discovery of thenew syndrome: DNP (did not partake).I hope this will be my only experience of thedreaded DNP and to safeguard against a furtherauack I will certainly in future be ringing the eventhot-line for confirmation of upcoming events. Asfor the DNF's, well, that's another day's work. (Isthere a hot-Iine for help with DNF's?)The Wandering Orienteer.

LEINSTER CHAMPION-SHIPS

Glcndalough has a long orienteering history,back 10 the days of black and white maps. Ithas seen it); share of'big events: Irish Champi-onships, World Military Championships andContinental Clip. The most recent incarnationis a clear, 1:10,000 OCAD map which gOI itsflrst airing on May 251J1 for the LeinsterChampionships. The new map is far morelegible 111aJlna 1: 15,000 predecessors, par-ticularly on the sleep slopes.Planner Darry Dalby opted to start and finish in thenailer south west pill'! of the area, avoiding thelarge crags overlooking the lower lake, but stillbringing the longer courses across the open moun-tainside to the Derrybawn ridge and back throughthe steep forest towards the finish.Brendan O'Brien (AJAX) scored his first majorwin with almost six minutes to spare over WOCteam member Steven Linton (NWOC) with Con-nacht Champion John Casey (UCCO) third in theElite class. A poor turnout in the W21 Elite classmeant that Eileen Loughman was the only com-petitor - perhaps a reflection on the choice of dateso close to exam lime.Organisers 1111'eeRock were lucky in obtaining aparking and assembly field right beside the forestand doubly lucky that most of the heavy showerswhich were prevalent did not strike too severely.Physical courses are unavoidable in Glendalough,but the heather on the hill (to quote "Drigadoon")and the amount of climb on the courses made forlong winning times.

Apparently amisplaced control occurred on coursesI and 3 (M21E, M20, M21L, M35L) so that.although the results will stand, the organisers re-quested that they arc not used for selection pur-poses.Next day only 23 teams ran the Leinster Relays atClarabeg, across the valley from GlendaJough.Courses were fast despite the climb and CNOCwon the Premier class (Brendan Delaney, PatFarrelly and Pat Spillane) while 3ROC (Nina Phil-lips, Nadya Hutchinson & Una Coghlan) wereunopposed in the Women's Open. A disappointingturnout: the effort of staging a relay event is consid-erable and not everyone would consider itjustified,particularly if such small numbers attend.

Students Summer JobsScheme

111elOA has been approved to participate asa Sponsor in the 1996 Students' Summer .lobScheme, subject to the conditions of theScheme being adhered to as spccifificd in thedocument Notes for approved Sponsors (ST13) and the work being carried out in accor-dance with the work plan submitted withapplication. Four students will be employedon the scheme in Dublin, four in Cork andfour in Galway. Eligible students with jobcertificate should contact me at the follow-ing address: St. Mary's, Dallinfoyle, GalwayTel. 091-753829

Frank RyanlOA Coaching Officer

IOCTRIVIADid you know that the CorkO relay team of BobbyO'Connor, Jim O'Donovan and Bernard Creedonwall the M50 class while their three youngestdaughters (ClUJ'eO'Connor. Toni O'Donovan andDeirdre Creedon) won the W 18- class?

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COACHING CORNER

The following have completed an lOA level I orlevel 2 Assimilation Coaching Course in the Na-tional Coaching and Training Centre. Universityof Limerick and have also completed their writtenassessment cxaminarion successfully. If'yournarneis not listed and you have sent me an examinationpaper please contact me as it is the one with noname on it

Trlna Cleary.Ita O'Hanlon. Brian Keogh. DarnicnCashin, Colin Bunce, Nigel Foley-Fisher. PrankRyan, Deirdre Ryan, Joseph Ryan. ConchurMuinhncachain, Robert Musgrave, Mwy MeGe-ady, Conor Creedon, Toni O'Donovan. RobertO'Connor, Paul Dunne, Michael O'Driscoll. Vic-tor Fuscio, Liarn Roberts. Simon Evans, AidanRyan and Gavin O'Neill

Printed below for your information is the revisedrequirements for the lOA Level One - InstructorAward. Details of the other awurd requirementswill be published over the next few issues ofTIO.The next assimilation course is being planned forend of September/October but I am unable to givethe exact weekend at this time. Contact the Na-tional Adventure Centre, Tiglin. Ashford. Co.Wicklow Tel. 0404-40169ifyou wish to a IIe 11(1thefour day course which can be done as four daystogether or as two weekends.

LEVEL ONE - INSTR UCTOnS AWA IWAim: To provide coaches with the ability to intro-duce participants to the sport of orienteering in anappropriate manner.Duration:40 hours comprising 4 days course contact timeEntry Requirements:A candidute must be over 18 years.Methodology:A strong emphasis will be placedon thcskill dcvcl-opment and enjoyment aspects of the sport. In-volvement of coaches in practical coaching activi-ties will be encouraged. Discussion. activity andthe provision of core principles and frameworkswill be utilised in order 10promote the independ-ence and adaptability of the coach from the outset.

I R 771('Irish Orienteer

The Sport.The candidate will be required to:-have a knowledge oftbe production of simpleori-enteering maps (e.g. black and white map of schoolgrounds. recreation area. etc.) and the require-ments for using land for orienteering permission.insurance. etc.).-have a knowledge of safety procedures for orien-teering.-havc a knowledge of suitable equipment, bothpersonal and that required for event organisation.-be acquainted with the planning principles and or-ganisation of simple orienteering events for begin-ncrs, together with a knowledge of the Association' sevent structure and competitions and proficiencyschemes.-know which services and resources arc availablefrom the National Coaching and Training Centre,Irish Orienteering Association. the Irish Orienteer-ing Training and Coaching Board. the RegionalAssociations and local clubs.

The PartlclpantTIle candidate will be required to:-undcrsiand the process of skill development andbe able to outline the major stages in growth anddevelopment.-be able to define the components of fitness whichcontribute to physical performance (endurance.strength. speed.flexibility) and be aware of themethods by which the components offitness can bedeveloped.-undcrstand at a basic level the working of theCardio-respiratory. Muscular and Skeletal Sys-tems.-to be able to monitor progress and provide posi-tive feedback.

The CoachThe candidate will be required to:-undcrstand the role of the coach and coaching eti-queue,-have a knowledge of the qualities of which con-tribute to effective coaching.-be aware of good communication techniques.-have an understanding and ability to use up IOdatemethods of introducing orienteering to beginners.

-havc an awareness of legal responsibilities associ-ated with coaching.-catcr for disabled participants in the sportPractical Coaching:Each course participant must complete a logbookwhich will be issued to candidates upon registra-tion in which to record and detail a summary of 5-15 training sessions that must be conducted afterthe course.This documentation is necessary beforea candidate may attend the next coaching level.

Assessments:The candidate will be examined to assess his/hercoaching knowledge and competence in applyingthis effectively. The examination will be in threepartsI.Open hook assessment to be undertaken within4 weeks of the completion of the courseFor the written examination the three major com-ponents, the SPOrt. the Participant and the coachwill be examined.2. Continuous assessment. with particular refer-ence to practical couching.For the practical the candidate will be required to:(11) demonstrate the abi lity to teach basic introduc-tory orienteering techniques in all effective andsafe manner including map skills like orientationand 'thumbing' and use of the compass and hand-ruil navigation.(b) plan orienteering activities suitable for (i)younger beginners and (ii) older beginners. P1"e-pQl'Cmaterials and set exercises out in terrain.3. Logbook.Assessment of the candidate's ability will be con-ducted by Q qualified Regional Coach or SeniorCouch. The candidate should apply to he .assessedwhen he/she thinks they have gained sufficientknowledge of orienteering and coaching. The ap-plication may be made to the coach running thecourse 01' to uny other qualified Coach or SeniorCoach. whose names can be obtained from theAssociation's National Office. Application formscan also be obtained from there. The assessor willindicate the areas in which he wishes to test the can-didate and also arrange the practical assessment.Additional requirements:A candidate must:(0) have studied and he conversant with the rele-

vant training and coaching aspects of tilt: BritishOrienteering Federation's publication - 'TeachingOrienteering".(c) have successfully completed, in a reasonabletime. a valid and age-appropriate course at a mini-mum of 5 open orienteering events, one of whichmust be of grade I or championship standard. or-ganised under the Association's rules, during thepreceding twelve months. At colour events, thefreen course orhighcrsbould be completed. Train-ing and score events will not suffice.(d) be a member of a club, centre or groupaffiliated to the Association.(e) hold acurrcnt Basic FirstAid certificate.(I) produce a simple (black and white orcolour) map.Evaluation:Coursc partlcipnuts lind tutors will be asked to pro-vide 11 written cvuluution of the course.Certttlcatlon:Level J Certificutc issued by 10ATCB with Na-rional Coaching and Training Centre accredita-tion. Standards will be monitored through thcjointplanning and review process.

Sponsors of the Irish Orien-teering Team at the World Ori-

enteering Championships,Germany,

August 13-20 1995

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Technology thatclears the way

It is now or never, for the sport of orieruccringas a TV-sport. writes Ola Gustafsson in theSwedish orienteering magazine, Skogsspon.That is the feeling you get, when the SILVATime'Track Systcm research and dcvclopmcnucamintroduce their mode of thought and open the wuytowards a future where orienteering will be as ex-citing. for example. as skiing is on TV. The onlydifference is that orienteering offers so much moredrama.The SILVA Tunc'Track System will be II reality.with trial competitions this autumn and hy mid-yew' 1997 the system will be ready to be used.- It is n very exciting time ahead of us. says LarsGullikson, responsible for the development atSILVA.

What will this new technology system give us?Well, first of all it will make the sport of orienteer-ing better suited for the TV -scrcen, us the runnerscan be followed all the way, via radio transmitters.Similar tests have been done earlier on severaloccasions. but have comcto nothing. Among otherthings it was decided that a system should havebeen able to follow the runners at the O-Ringen, afive day orienteering competition. in Sundsvall1988. but it turned out to be a complete failure.The big difference this time. is that a company witha lot of influence is behind the development.- Orienteering is a tradition at SILVA. says LarsGullikson and this company is very determined tosucceed in their ambitions regarding this develop-ment.- Through our knowledge about orienteering UJ1dwith our partners in this project. we can satisfy thedemands 011 the system. so that we get what We areaiming for.- Our model is based on radio techniques. in com-bination with satellite navigation techniques, saysGuIJikson. We are taking into account that thesystem sbould be able to track up to 4000 runnersat the same time.

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Teaching the television viewer to like or ientcer-ing on the screen.111ekey to success with the system is that SILVA- and the sport of orienteering - prove to the TVmedia that the viewers interest in recognising ori-enteering will be great enough. Today the sport oforienteering is absent from TV sports. It is there-fore important to "teach" the viewer that this isgood entertainment.- To make it happen, we must co-operate with theTV channel, so that we work together and reach thegoal ahead of us. Gullikson continues.The new sophisticated system is modular, whichmeans that it will be connected to the Regnlytiming system which already exists and has beenused at several competitions. and SOFT's (TheSwedish Orienteering Federation) competitionadministration system and so on.The diugram shows how the system is built up. Allthe information is collected via a GPS masterstation. There is a computer. II radio transmitter, aradio receiver and GPS. The master station issituated in the finish area,A number of portable base stations are placed in thecompetition area. These are equipped with radiotransmitters. radio receivers and GPS. From these,the distance to each runner is measured and thentransmitted to the master station. wbich does all thecalculations.The runner carries a radio transmitter which trans-mits signals to the base stations all the time .A number of stations can be connected to themaster station for time measuring, registration,competition administration. map printing. TVmonitor or jumbo screen display etc.

Sec your own route!Route printing on the maps will be a best-seller tothe oricntcers. For a small cost, you can get a mapwith your course and route. A printer at the finishmanages this directly after the race. Today manyorienteers trace their routes, not knowing exactlywhere they have been. Soon they will get a map.from the computer, which has recorded where therunner has been.During theO-Ringen competition, 4000competi-tors must be tracked by the system at anyone time.

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This is when the greatest demand will he madeupon the system. Each runner will CWTY a verysmall transmitter. probably placed on the arm orbehind the hack.

Robust hut lightweight.Sl LVA is co-operating with a British companycalled Navstar, the company responsible for theradio aspects. Nuvstur is far ahead in this type ofdevelopment.- Robust radio u'ansmitters for the runners arc es-sential. At the same time. the weight can nut hemore than about 200-300 grauuucs. Our Britishpartner can produce it, 111C trials have highlightednew possibilities. If the system functions in thickforest. tracking orienteers at racing speed. it willhave many other applications. says Gullikson. lIementions arcus like education. military training.supervision of young navigators for example andthe rescue services.The lime plan for the project involves a series offield studies and tests. during the spring and thesummer of 1996- and hopefully a broadcasted TV

competition in the autumn. It is planned to have thesystem completely ready by the summer of 1997.Some of the most importunt months for the sport oforienteering are ahead of us.- If we succeed - and [ wn convinced that we will- this can be the key for opening the door to theOlympic gumcs for example. says Lars GUllikson.

This is how a TV broadcast could look, with theSILVA TimeTrack System fully developed:TV cameras at the start and finish. and at two orthree control points in the wood.At any time. including during live transmissions, aless detailed map of the competition area can bedisplayed on TV. or on a giant screen at the finish.Flashing symbols can indicate and follow the po-sitions of the competitors. This makes it possiblefor an experienced commentator to analyse theroutes and performances of each runner. There areoptions. when it comes to how the race infonnationis represented graphically.All the time, of course, the race lime is displayed onthe screen.

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Via the on-screen map. mistakes in finding thecontrols or navigating the best routes can be seen.The time lost can be calculated by comparing thetimes taken by each competitor between the con-trols.When the runners are approaching TV controls.with the help of the radio signals from the runner'stransmitter, the cameraman knows in good time,when and from which direction. the runner iscoming.Even ifup to 4000 runners are being tracked by thesystem, you can choose to have only one or morerunners tracked on the screen III the same time. Inadvance you can choose a seeded field of.Ici's say.ten runners to follow. Furthermore. all the runnerscarry a transrniucr and if something drumatichappens outside the seeded field, you can quicklydisplay his route and where he is in the wood.Most likely it will be 20-40 runners, either theystart.every minute or maybe two at the same minutebut on different COurses. The runners will he on thecourses for about 30 to 50 minutes.To make a livc transmission from 11 World Cham-pionship classic distance. as the competition istoday, is hardly practicable, The competition takesthree to four hours. - At First, the competition willbe trunsmiucd after the event. so the programmecan be edited in order to make a more interestingand exciting programme, Lars thinks. Gradually,as the TV viewers and the organisers learn. livebroadcasting will he preferred.

Now or never, the sport of orienteering will be asuccess as TV entertainment.

(This is a schematic illustration how the SILVATimeTrack System is buill up. The runners trans-mitter is sending radio signals, which arc recei vedat a number of base stations placed in the compe-tition area. From there, tbe signals are transmittedto the master station, where the information isinterpreted by a computer, From this information,the runners position call be established within 5metres. The master station provides race informa-tionto the participants and organisers.)

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FISHERMAN'S WHAT?

We have all heard the risks of competing with aviral infection like a cold or flu. Myocarditis is notthe only hazard ...

All orientcers arc very conscious of the safetyhazards which exist in our forests and the possibil-ity of suffering various types of injury to variousparts of the body - in fact most orienteers have beeninjured to one degree or another.However at the Victorian Club Relays in LittleForest in March, an injury occurred to an orienteerwhich. whilst rare and certainly not of the display-able type, was nonetheless very painful and poten-tinily dangerous.Identities of the people involved have been sup-pressed to limit possible embarrassment. The per-son was the third leg runner of the team (as will beseen later, there may well have been some symbol-ism in this) and he came up the steep hill to finishstrongly - hot and puffing but orherwise apparentlyfit. The other two members of his team werewailing to discuss his run, but as he came forwardto them they noticed that he seemed to be walkingstrangely, In response to anxious enquiry it cameout that the orientccr in question bad a slight coldtbut was causing him to cough a lot.In case he got a fit of coughing OLl bis course he hadtied two "fisherman's Friend" cough lollies in thecomer of his handkerchief and tucked it securely inthe waistband of his jocks. During strenuous activ-ity on the course, his impromptu medicine cabinet,affected by movement and gravity, had found itsway downhill until it could descend no further.Securely tucked in there, nestled against a ratherlender portion ofthc runner's anatomy, the lolliesin the package, affected by heat and perspiration,proceeded to melt and soak through the material ofthe handkerchief. The resulting solution, quitestrong and irritating to the skin, came into intimatecontact with some very delicate areas, causingsevere discomfort to our (by this time) unhappyrunner.Being committed. the gallant orienteer ran on andfinished his course, giving it his all. On hearing thissad tale the two members of his team (taking themaucr very seriously of course) helped the poor

MOUNTAIN RUNNING

Dote Venue Miles/feetJuly 3 GAA club. Dungriffin Rd.•Howth. Co. Dublin. 5.0/6I:XJ7 Mangerton (scenic cor pork. Muckross. Killamey) 6.0/230010 Djouce. Co. Wicklow. (lake cor pork) 5.5/140014 Sfrickeen Hill (Gop of Dunloe. Klilorney) 4.0/125013 Snowdon 1.0/330017 Moulin (Crone Wood. Glencree) 5.0/150024 Kippure (Featherbed road) 6.0/90028 Glemnmalure (Carrawaystick bridge) 11.5/150031 Sugarloaf BBQ (Glencormac Inn) 3.5/1400Aug 7 Prince William'sSeat (Boranaraltry Bridge) 4.0/80011 Powerscourt Ridge (Crone Wood.Glencree) 7.5/3CXXJ14 GOAL Bray Head Flash (Strand Hotel) 1.5/62518 Glenmacnoss(laragh) 13.0/365031-1 World Trophy. Tetfes.Stubaital near Innsbruck. Austria.Sept 8 Powerscourt Ridge (Crone Wood. Glencree) 8.5/315029 Dublin Peaks (Ilcknock, Three Rock) 7.0/1345Oct 27 Scalp (Dublin Sport Hotel. Kilteman) 4.0/800Nov 17Three Rock Dash (Ilcknock. Three Rock) 3.0/650Dec 15Howth (Dungriffin Rood) 3.0/60027 Christmas Flash. Bray Head (Strand Hotel) 1.5/625

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IrIshChampionships (best 3 of 5); lC = Leinster Championships (best 3 of 5); MC = MunsterChampionships (best 4 of 6); CC = Connaught Championships (2 of 2); AIC = All-IrelandChampionship race; II= Lelnster league; KL= Kerry league; INT.= International race.

More Information from Douglas Barry (01-2868180), Jane Watt (01-4936241) or Govan Doherty(01-2806611)

fellow across to a doctor (another orientcer) whohappened to be standing nearby. The victim, de-clining a visual inspection, described the injury.The good doctor seemed to take a long time inmaking up his mind re treatment and when hefinally spoke it was in a voice somewhat difficultto understand - he seemed to be affected by someemotion.The only words which carne across clearly were"amputation of the affected part". At this ourhelpless victim melted into the crowd and was lastseen hobbling painfully to his car.It is pleasing toannounce that the affected orienteer has recoveredwithout any evidence of permanent damage.This article is published in the interests of safetyand should be taken quite seriously by those peoplewith colds so they give due consideration to wheremedication should be carried whilst competing.(This cautionary tale comes from Australian 0-magazines toClydc-O-Scope to Score to110 to ...)

LElNSTER NEWSA new Leinster Committeewas elected at theAGMonJune l lth, The position of Chairmanid still vacant. Other officers are - SecretaryVera Murtagh (3ROC), Treasurer John Colc-lough (CNOC), Fixtures Andrew O'Mullane(GEN), Mapping Brian Power (SET), PROjacquie Horan (AJAX), Technical JohnMcCullough (3ROC).A Development Sub-committee was also setup, with Tom O'Gorman (CNOC), Nina Phil-lips (3ROC), Martin Flynn (AJAX), FionaO'HanJon(AJAX), Philip Brennan (SET) andJacquie Horan (AJAX).The League prizes were distributed after theAGM which followed the CNOC Curraghevent.

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CONNACHT REGION NEWS

IOC96Approximately 400 participants attended the IrishIndividual Championships in Woodford and about200 stayed on for the Relays in Portumna on thefollowing day. The organisers were blessed withfine weather for the weekend whieh helped tomake the event successful despite the small num-bcrof officials running the event. A very big thanksto the people who helped out especially the peoplefrom outside Connacht. No thanks to the peoplewho said they would help hut failed to turn up.Comments on the maps and courses J will leave to

the competitors.

PHOENIX Nl~WS

Membership fees arc overdue and and should begiven to area representatives. No fees no moreTIO's and no more correspondence.

Engle Eye

SETANTA SCRIBBLES:

CUffiAGM:The committee for the 1996 season is as follows:Chairman Dave WestonTreasurer Frances OLNeiliSecretary Jocelyn CathalinPhilip DrennanMichael ManganEamon Woulfe

RECENT EVENTS:Thanks to all those who carne along to the HellfireClubon May 12th - and well done to all who com-pleted the courses (especially those who tackledthe "proper" Norwegian one!).

RECENTRESULTS:Congratulations to all (lUrprizewinners at the IrishChampionships: ... Faith White (I st), Mauru Hig-gins (3rd), Frances O'Neill (l st), Dave Weston(lst) and Philip Drennan (2nd). (And for those whodidn't get one of those rather unusual trophies ..beuer luck next lime! !).

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Well done also to club members competing at theLeinster Championships: (in no particular order)Sven Kulldorff (3rd M65L), Caitlin Bent (2ndW50L), Frances O'Neill (2nd W45S), MauraHiggins (3rd W55L), Michael Mangan (8 thM35L),Paddy Walsh (1st and Leinster Champ M60L),Brian Power (2nd M45S), Dave Weston (2nd andLeinster Champ M21 L), Philip Brennan (3rd M21 L)and Joe Bent (4th M55L).Form continued the next day in the Relay compe-tition. 3rd place in the premier class was taken byDenis Deasy, Dave Weston and Philip Brennan(after a "flying" changeover from Dave to Phil );and 2nd place in the Ad Hoc event went to BrianPower, Michael Mangan and Jackie Atkinson.Well done also to Maura Higgins and Sven Kull-dorff who formed a SE'flGEN team with DianaLarge.

Sctunta also appear to be doing well in MountainMarathons .. the A class in the Comeragb Moun-tain Marathon (the weekend before the LeinsterChamps) was won by Michael and Dave(justdon' tmention the blisters! i). Lovely jackets thougb!!

UPCOMING EVENTS:Our own Mountain Marathon (which is really along distance orienteering event) takes place onSunday 28th July, starting from the Shay ElliotMonument. This is on the Military Road runningsouthwest out of Laragh towards Glenmalure andAghavunnagh ...map reference TI29 921.

The Djoucc event (postponed from May) will takeplace in October and there will be an event in Mul-laghmeen in November as scheduled.

Last but not least.. the best of luck to Philip Bren-nan, Michael Mangan, Eugene O'Sullivan andDave Weston - our team for the National Adven-ture Marathon (3rd place '94, 2nd place '95,........ 17! !??).

Membership renewal forms have been includedwith this issue ofTIO - for those of you who havenot paid your 1996 subs yet!

GENNKWS

Thank you :To all members involved in our lasttwo events i.e. Brockagh and Trooperstown inparticular Joe Lalor. Jane Watt and J. D. Clarke(Brockagh). Nick &Andrew Butterfield and BrianBell (Trooperstown) both events went well despitevery different weather conditions. There will be norest this Summer as we have urgent mapping proj-ects on hand see enclosed Genology for moredetails.

Congratulations:Irish Champions M 10: Paget McCormack; M 55:Paget McCormack; M 60: A. B. Law.Ted & Luke McConnack, Ninmh Lalor, DavidSusan &Mary Ilcaly, Audrey Sheridan, AndrewO'Mullanc, Jane Wall & Diana Large also wonprizes.Leinster Champions: M I0: Paget McConnnck;M40S: David Quinn M21 S: AndrcwO' Mullane,M55: Paget McCormack; W55: Diana Large.Audrey Sheridan, Jane Watt & Niamh Laloralsowon prizes.It is nice 10 see the club being represented, a specialwell done to young Paget Me Cormack who was at-tending his first Irish Championships as acompeti-tor and received a lovely medal to mark his win-ning debut. his dad is giving him very good ex-ample,Good Luck: to all members doing exams andtravelling to the Shamrock O-Ringen, the Swisssix-day or any other exciting adventures in thecoming months. We expect to sec a lot of you outmapping so don't hide away for too long.

Nora LalorSecretary G. E. N.

ENGLAND WIN smA5 minute winning margin for AJAX's lain Roch-ford in M35 was not enough to rescue Ireland from4th place in the Senior Home International atAvicmore on June 8/9. The nex t best perform ancewas from BVOC's Patrick Feehan, 7th inM19. Theterrain at Docharn and Dcishar, described as veryfast and incredibly technical, tested the Irish to tbefull, particularly the less experienced team mem-bers on their first international outing. A goodperformance by Scotland saw them going into theRelays with a slim margin over England, withWales well clear of'Ircland. The result at the end ofDay Iwas Scotland 169, England 167, Wales 99,Ireland 65.Good strategic planning of the Irish relay teamssaw us take 3rd in the Sh0l1 race (Patrick Feehan,Kevin O'Dwyer, Brian Corbcu) and 5th in theLong (James Logue, Darina Cunnane, lain Roch-ford) while Steven Linton ran the fastest timc oftheday for the first leg on the Medium race. Irelandovertook Wales by 18points but it wasn't enough.England meanwhile had an 8 point margin overScotland to make the relay score England 78,Scotland 70, Ireland 42, Wales 24. On a positivenote, though, all the Irish team Iinishcdiheircourses.The final score was England 245, Scotland 239,Wales 123, Ireland 107.This confirms the closeness of the two pairs,England/Scotland and Ireland/Wales. The CelticCup, Ireland v Wales (possibly with Cornwall aswell) is to be in Ireland this year (probably inconjunction with the Veteran "orne Internationalin Co. Down in October) and will doubtless be acliff-hanger since Ireland and Wales are very closeat all levels of competition.Next year's Senior Home International will be inIreland in September.

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Training your Map Memoryby Irina Kuranova, RUS

Man'y people prefer to train alone or with a smallcompany of friends. Very often they would like tomake their orienteering education more intensive,hut don't know exactly the best way to do it, If thisis you, read on!

I.A mid- week task

Yuur weekend compcrhionwill give you ~H.31imcs morevalue If. 2 '" 4 duys aftcr theevent. you ,",CPU'l1O draw, on uplain sheet or paper. the map.tlun~ with the UMe you ful·J,)\\'c<1. w()r~ill~ ;.olely frommemory. JI I~nul ,'0 unportam1hllt (hi I"l!lvnt vhy,:,cl~ar('shu\\'nlh~ :-..:lfnc !'Ii/I.' u~ Oil lhe nuip, butyou i\hlluld Ir~ hllrd Itl rcmcm-ber ihcir rd:II"c ~i?e andp."IIIIIII ;HlU t'l n\'oitJ 'urge,·(lng :my of lhe Illaln rCUl\lrc~you saw [I' yIIU run mum! yourcourve. Sec nguI'c,' I

Fine Ul~\l if yuu ran add in unysmall fl'UI urcs which were: noton the I11"P but which you no-.!cell dunug your run.

After finishing your drawing.check it with the real map andnote the ohjecls which you for-gut about. Sumet imcs itbecome" dear that the 'hole inyour memory was the locationof your mistake whilst runningyour course!

2. Simplify the map

One of the key sk ilis of 3 goodoriemeer is the abililY ro sce themain structure of relief formand line object. 10 understandlhe srructurc rapidly and thenremember II. You can traiu thisskill al home. especially al atime when Ihere arc no compc-tilions.

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them to enable you ((I rccog-nize them. Paste 15 • 20 of thesmall pieces onto a white sheetin random fashion.

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idenlify and picture in yourmind the main informationshown. Theil draw what youcan remember on a plain sheetof paper (sec figure 2). Youhave achieved a good result ifyou can draw all the roads,paths, gullies. Streams.marshes, hills etc. It is not soimportant if you forget somesmall things provided youdon't need to change directionin this area: if you do.then Iheycan become very important!

You are doi ng well If. aftersome training. you are confi-dent that you can renllyremember the main informa-tion and can run without oftenhaving to stop to read the map.

3. A Training Exercise

Take two copies of one mapand Cut one of them into smallpieces. These pieces shouldhave enough information on

Look 31 a single piece. and run• fast loop. say 200 to 400 me-tres long. Then try to find thissection or map on the big map.as soon as possible. using onlyyour memory.

II's mucb better to do this kindof training with a friendl Thenyou can make it into a smallcomperuion between you.

4. Pace Counting

J expect you know how manypaces you run in 100 metres.Choose some small sections onthe map and write directly.without measuring. how manysteps arc needed 10 run each ofthem. Then check how accu-rate you were by measuring thelength of each section,

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Hope you all enjoyed the Sugar Loaf 'lunarlandscape' experience (fire damage fromlast summer)!

Special thanks must go to;

Planner - Nina PhillipsController - Trina Cleary (3ROC)Organizer - Bernard Maguire

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Results of GEN Leinster LeagueBlue Course 5.6Km/335mevent Green Course 4.2km/270m

Brockagh, Co. Wicklow Class Name Club Result Class Name ResuClub24th March 1996 MIS TTotlenham 3ROC 54:30 M45 P McCormack GEN 58:34M40 W.Young CNOC 59:15 M50 T.McGralh 3ROC 62:17

Brown Course 7Km/330m Orange Course l.4Km1120m M21 A.O'Muliane GEN 67:54 W50 J.O'Nelli FIN 67:3CW21 E.Loughman CNOC 68:44 M21 H.McLlnden 72:34M40 I.MacNeili 3ROC 71:27 M40 M.Seary AJAX 73:2~

Class Name Club Result Class Name Club Result M45 N.C·Crawford 3ROC 71:36 W45 W.McCormack GEN 74:57M21 J.Feehan SVOC 83:00 A.Seattie 46:35 M21 P.Kampen UCOO 74:23 M45 P Sutler 3ROC 80:0CM21 J.Casey UCCO 68:28 H.Graham 46:35 W21 E.Glanvilie 3ROC 78:01 W50 T.Cleary 3ROC 80:0EM35 J.McCuliough 3ROC 69:52 E.Clonan 47:05 T.Fitzgerald CNOC 78:57 M55 F,McCormack CNOC 82:~M21 A.Mallig UCDO 70:26 W45 M,Walsh 3ROC 50:11 W45 M.Nowlan 3ROC 79:08 W21 U,Coughlan 3ROC 83:4CM21 M.Flynn AJAX 74:23 M,O'Connell 53:22 M21 M.O'Neili WATO 82:05 M35 ARyan AJAX 86:1CM21 A,O'Cleirigh CNOC 75:20 W12 N,O'Soyle CNOC 53:37 M45 D.O'Murchu CNOC 82:31 M16 G,Sulier 3ROC 87:0~M21 P.Notan GEN 79:33 O.Kennedy WO 55:24 M21 M.Jennings CNOC 82:51 M55 D,Brooks 3ROC 87:2EM35 S,O'Soyle CNOC 81:57 Ml0 N,Walsh 3ROC 55:39 M40 T.McConmack GEN 84:14 M40 G.Smith FIN 89:11M21 A,Tyner 3ROC 86:07 M14 A.Nolan DLSO 58:36 M21 E.Dunne 3ROC 84:29 M55 B.Holilnshead 3ROC 91:2~

S,Wilson LVO 88:07 M18 M,Procler WO 81:14 W40 R,Lynam CNOC 85:29 G.Syrne 92:0'M40 P.Gargan AJAX 89:53 AWalt 61:14 W21 N,Phillips 3ROC 89:47 F,Gunnlng CNOC 94:0eM35 M.Mangan SET 91:05 W12 S,Nowlan 3ROC 65:14 M45 P,Curran 93:09 M21 o.srewne FCA 94:5(M21 M,O'Keefe FIN 91:33 M13 C,Walsh 3ROC 66:01 W21 F,O'Hanlon AJAX 94:41 M35 o.ccme FIN 95:0!M40 s.sen GEN 91:57 M50 S,O'Neili SET 70:11 M21 D,McTague 97:31 David & Marcus 97:5:M40 D.Reidy AJAX 95:36 E,Kenny 76:26 W40 ATottenham 3ROC 101 :18 M55 M.Butier 3ROC 99:5!M35 p,Splllane CNOC 96:17 W45 D.Nagle 3ROC 76:26 V.Jonas Disqualified DNP13 M35 R,Dorrepaal SET 110::m35 T,Duggan CNOC 100:15 M21 C,McGulnness OPC96 78:29 o.sro« Disqualified DNP13 M65 S.Rolhery 3ROC 116:1M21 T.Joyce FUCCO 102:43 C de B & Cora F 84:22 W45 A,O'Sullivan 3ROC 125:-M21 G.Brady CorkO 103:15 D D'Arcy CNOC 87:14 M60 c.cseen 3ROC 127:1M19 C.Scolt LVO 107:36 L,Crawford CNOC 87:16 C'ONelll DisqualifiedM21 J.Keating AJAX 115'57 W12 J.O'Nelll CNOC 90:52 DNP8,15

C.O'Mera Disqualified Wrong Nos 7/'M35 T.O'Keefe CNOC 118:43 Wl0 C,O'Nelli CNOC 91:05

M21 D.Carolan OPC96 95:37W21 L,Donnelian OPC96 116:22 Yellow Course 1,7Km/50m Red Course 4.9Km/230m

Light_Green Course 2.8Km/220m W45 B.Barry OPC98 119:38C.Hanlon OPC9S 122:18

M55 P.O'Donoghue OPC96 131 :30 Class Name Club Result Class Name Club ResultClass Name Club Result W60 J,Mulien 3Roc 148:55 Ml0 T,McCormack GEN 34:58 W21 S,McCluskey 3ROC 58:03M19 G.Collins CDAC 60:49 M13 A.Cooka Disqualified DNF Ml0 P.McCormack GEN 35:22 M21 C,Lewis 3ROC 58:03W55 C.Nultall LeeO 62:18 W11 E..Donlon Disqualified DNP3 M10 D,McHugh 39:45 M21 S,Sanner 58:03M19 G,Carroll CDAC 62:52 M19 D,Gormally Disqualified DNP5 Y,Flynn OPC96 41:21 M35 K,Carey 3ROC 64:30W55 D.Large GEN 64:03 M40 M.O'Reilly Disqualified DNP3 M7 H,Nowlan 3ROC 44:29 M17 J.Kohler WO 65:48

G.Fitzgerald 3ROC 73:22 M21 P.Roche Disqualified DNP8 M8 P.McKenna AJAX 45:45 M45 G.Porter GEN 98:38N.Tumer 3ROC 73:22 M19 K.Fitzsimons Disqualified DNP9 M11 E,Kelly CDAC 46:42 W35 L,Naughlon 3ROC 103:21A,KELL Y (AMC KELLy) FIN 82:15 M16 I,Cosligan Disqualified MP3,6,7 Wll H.Collins CDAC 46:44 M35 K.Murray GEN 107:38

M35 D,Clark 83:08 A.Murphy Disqualified DNP5 C,CASHIN AJAX 48:48 M21 D,Lawler 119:00W40 N.Lalor GEN 101 :33 M.Beary Disqualified DNP8 A,Malkln 51:55 M21 S,Hlckey 119:0GM19 T.McNally OPC96 109:08

J.Donlon Disqualified DNF Wl0 H,Young CNOC 57:59 M16 D,O'Srien DLSO 124:27G.Filzgerald 3ROC 114:31 A Doyle Disqualified No Finish TIme M7 R.Short 58:32 J.oetaney 129:00

W45 F.O'Neili SET 118:35 R.ElIIs 59:54 Alden P? 129:00W17 E..Pol Disqualified DNP6,7,8 Wl0 H.Cunningham 60:14 M15 J.Sell Disqualified DNP12W16 N,O'Co/main Disqualified DNP 6,7,8 W5 C.Mangan SET 63:22 T,Dun/ea Disqualified DNP3,5M35 P,Donlon Disqualified DNF Murray 65:26 M.O'Mara Disqualified DNP3,6W18 S.McCormack Disqualified DNP 11 M.Kelly GEN 87:59 M18 D.Mullan Disqualified DNP3W16 E.O'Neill Disqualified DNP4,7 L.Foley OPC96 114:32 Bda Bara Disqualified DNP6

O.&N.Kirwan Disqualified MP7 S.Gleeson Disqualified DNP9 W21 S.McE.voy Disqualified DNFM.Kelly Disqualified DNF C.Short Disqualified DNP9 D.Prichard Disqualified DNP 9-12

W21 J.Atkinson Disqualified DNF Ml1 1.0'Mara Disqualified DNP4,9 W21 N,Hutchinson Disqualified DNFMl1 S.Lyons Disqualified DNP7,9 V.Donaghy Disqualified DNF

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Results of RAVEN'SROCK event 21/ Apr /96 E O'Brian FIN M50 DNF M. Walsh W45 3ROC 64.00Organiser Darntcn Cashin. Planner Denis Reidy. Controller Brendan O'Connor M Buller 3ROC MSS DNF M. Butler M55 3ROC 66.51

BFlynn DNF D.Large W55 GEN 68.45BWE BROWN FFlynn DNF U.Coghlan W21 3ROC 72.30L Donovan AJAX M21 90:49 B O'Brien AJAX M21 85:50 F O'Brian FIN M21 DNFJWatt CEN W45 98:46 P Spillane CNOC M35 87:15 A Butterfield CEN M3S DNF' C.Carroll M60 3ROC 73.25D Quinn CEN M4S 100:30 TDuggan CNOC M3S 90:30 AB??? CEN M40 DNF D.Nogle W45 3ROC 73.48N Crawford ROC M50 100:51 B Bell CEN M40 91:14 T.McCormack M40 GEN 74.55R Lynam CNoe W40 106:00 J McCullough 3ROC M10 99:40 N~: Four competitor" on the red course did not 1McCormack MlO GEN 77.48J Lalor GEN M40 108:09 D Deasy M35 100:00 return their cards to the finish or Indeed report P.Cooke M60 AJAX 78.14M Nowlan 3ROC W·15 110:30 D? SET M21 108:20 their return to an event official. These people are F. Richards M18 84.14M Recd FERMO M55 111: 11 J Keatlnge AJAX M21 132:35 members of affiliated clubs, according to their l. Naughton W40 3ROC 90.45B Doherty GEN M50 112:31 A MalUg UCDO M21 134:30 stubs.If they are In (act members of Ovclubs, then M.Cusack 102.37N Phillips 31WC W21 112:35 M O'Keeffe FIN M21 139:00 I can only S'lY lllat Ulclr lack of'consldcranon (or the B.Sharkey W21T McCorl1lack CEN M·10 113:12 M Mangan SET M35 143:30 organisers Is very disappointing. FIN 111.28E O'Shea GEN M35 113:14 D Delaney CNaC M21 DNF V.Murtagh 3ROC 115.40E Loughman eNOC W21 113:45 eBums AJAX M21 DNF J.Mulien W60 3ROC DNFM O'NellI WATO M21 121:06 P Brennan SET M21 DNF

Results ot Setanta event held at HellfireJ. Purcell DNF

J Hughes CNOC M50 136:30 A Tucker M35 DNF lPurcell DNFD Short CNOC M40 DNF GBmely conxo M21 DNF Wood, 12th May 1996 l.Purcell DNFW McDonald AJAX MI8 ONF S O'Doyle CNOC M35 DNF A COURSE: (NORWEGIAN): 6.1 K P.Neolon DNFE Dunne 3ROC M21 ONF D Large GEN W55 130:00 M. Barry DNFo Ilcale ROC M21 ONr. K Kelly 29 Sc M40 152:25 S.O'Boyle M40 CNOC 53.20 G.McNQmora DNFL Naughton 3nOC W10 156:40 B.Bell M40YELI.OW V Murtagh 3ROC W55 DNF GEN 58.44 F. Flood M21 FIN DNFN O'Ooyle CNOC WI2 2:1:12 S Flt:tgerflld 3ROC DNF LMacNe11i M45 3ROC 68.53 R.McNamara DNFJ Corrie FIN M12 33:10 M Higgins SET W55 ONF B.McGrath M45 3ROC 71.40 A. McNamara DNFK Mc Cormack GEN WI6 33:24 J Mc GroUl 3ROC MI4 DNF N. C-Crawford M50 3ROC 75.05 T. Lawlor DNFI Cosugan 3ROC MIG 3":10 S Donlon CNOC W19 DNF M.O'Neill M21 WATO 78.53A O'hlJlgln WIO 34:12 CWalsh 3ROC WSO DNF R.Lynam W40 CNOC 81.58 C COURSE: 2.4 KL Me Connack GEN MI2 35:11 T Buller 3ROC WSO DNF D.O'Murchu M45 CNOC 87.53 C.McHugh 27.42TMcComlack MIO 35:30 S Mc Cormack GEN W18 DNF D.McTague M21 91.55 N.Treston 3ROC 28.16A OiHlllgln 30:10 DFlynn SET M21 DNF G.Brady M40 CORKO 99.04 J.FHzgerald 28.161I.lIowlan 3ROC MIC) 42:00 J Lynam 3ROC M70 DNF R.Garrett M45 3ROC 100.36 E.Kemon W21 AJAX 29.00D McHugh hJAX MIO 15:42 D Spillane CNOC MI9 DNF.s.o'setu AJAX MIO 45:42 D. Short M40 CNOC 176.32 A Gardner M15 30.35N Lalor GEN WI2 46:33 RED R. Dorrepaal M35 SET DNF G. Fitzgerald 3ROC 34.25B & C Mnng.'1n SET 60:00 J Kohler WO M16 88:45 E. Dunne M21 3ROC DNF H.Nowlan M10- 3ROC 37.50D.Deli GEN WIO 64:40 K Carey 3ROC M35 93:06 M.Keliett GEN DNF P. Garry 38.32J.Conie FIN WIO ONf' J Atkinson S[:;I' W21 DNF P.McNamara M20 DUO DNF S.Moran 38.34P Dunne PXN M35 DNF A Tottenham W45 3ROC DNF Y.Sinnott 40.16ORANGE. RWallace AJII.X M21 DNF

D.Monohan 40.18M O'Connell W21 105:31 BCOURSE: 4.5K C.Mulvey 40.22M Flynn W35 111:20 GREEN.P. Nolan M21 GEN 34.53 P.McPartlinA Noilln M14 119:20 L C Crawford 3ROC MI6 72:46 41.22

S Nowlan 3ROC WI4 129:40 P McCormack OEN M55 75:48 AQuin M17 3ROC 39.47 G.Flood 41.23M I3cIIry W40 139:56 B McGraUI 3ROC M45 90:59 L.Oi hAlrrhain M16 SET 44.07 S.Nagle 41.34D NI GhoiJeaJn CEN W35 ONF A Ryan AJII.X M35 93:15 G.Butler M16 3ROC 45.26 S.O'Boyle CNOC 42.20A Kelly 29 Sc WI4 ONF D Brooks 3ROC M55 94:50 . M.Nowlan W45 3ROC 49.04 N. Wilson M13 42.47Aol(e Kelly 29 Sc WI4 ONF M Beary AJAX M40 95:10 M.Bohan 51.20 R. Flood W10 FIN 44.29J Kelly 29 Sc ONF A Ni Shullleabhaln3ROC W45 100:28 S.Peel M45 3ROC 52.47 Z. O'Sullivan 44.35NWnlsh 3ROC MI2 DNF J OiNeJll FIN W50 102:10 A Boner-Low M60 GEN 53.22 S.CorriganJ Keane GEN ONF DWickham AJAX M35 104:50 Cooke & Redmond W45

44.36GEN 56.15 R.McGrathE Deuton 3Roe WI2 ON'" D Conic FIN M35 114:10 W12 3ROC 46.23

P Nealon ONF G Buller 3ROC M16 115:47 A Ni Shuilleabhain W45 3ROC 57.50 F. Cusack 48.10M Walsh 3ROC W45 117:02 S. Rothery M65 3ROC 58.43 l. Kendellen 94.45

UGHTGREEN U Coghlan 3Roe W21 118:56 H.McLindon M21 59.40 N.Redden 94.45N Lalor GEN W40 81:29 B Holl1nshead 3ROC M55 129:40 D.Reilly 59.46 A Bell W12 GEN DNFP Donlon snoc M35 99:04 S Rothery 3ROC M65 141:SO N. Hutchinson W21 3ROC 61.44 F. Flood/B. Moher M7 FIN DNFB Power SET M45 101:30 W McCormack GEN W45 142:31 S.Donovan W19 62.20B Green 3ROC MI5 110:40 D Clark 175:52 B. Hollinshead 3ROC 62.37F O'Neill SET W45 118:58 Roy 175:52 J.Atkinson W35 SET 63.30W O'NolU SET MSO 125:57 C Carroll 3ROC MOO DNF B. Lawlor W21 63.3836 The Irish Orienteer D,e Irish Orienleer 37

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WARRENSCOURT Co. Cork. CorkO IFL6. GRW 38 67.5.30-7.30 pmRAVEN'SROCK Glencullen, Co. Dublin. Squad fundraising event run by

AJAX. GR 0 20 18.Junior World Championships, Vilcea, Romania.KILBRITTAINWOOD Co. Cork. Cork 0 IFL7. GRW 5447.5.30-7.30 pm.FARRAN Co. Cork. BOC Summer League. GRW 4871.GLENBOWER Killeagh, Co. Cork. CorkO IFL8. GRW99 77. 5.30-7.30 pm.World Student Championships, Veszprem, Hungary.CHIMNEYFIELD Glenville, Co. Cork. CorkO IFL9. GRW 90 85.5.30-7.30 pm.WICKLOW MOUNTAIN MARATHON Shay ElliotMemorial. near Laragh. S8 long-O.GARRETTSTOWN Co. Cork. Cork 0 IFL9. GRW 58 44.5.30-7.30 pm.WORLDCUP4 G6teborg, Sweden (Short distance)

August3-4 WORLDCUP5 & 64-10 Croeso '9617-19 WORLDCUP7&821 WORLDCUP924 WORLDCUP 1031 BOFNational event

Oslo, Norway (Classic & Relay).Welsh 6-Day event, Llanfalr Caerelnion.Langnau, Switzerland. (Relay & Short distance).Leuk,Switzerland (Classic).Villard de tens. France (Classic).Peak District (IOF Elite event).

September7 BINEVENAGH urrovoov. Co. Derry. NISeries 6. NWOC. GR C 69 30.7-8 FUTURECHAMPIONS CUPFINAL Southern lake District. England.8 CURRABINNY Co. Cork. Cork 0 intro event. GR W 7962. 11-2 pm14 DRUMKEERAGH Ballynahinch, Co. Down.l VO Sprint-O 4. GR J 32 47.15 BAlUNCOlUGPARK Co. Cork. CorkOintro event. GRW 5971. 11-2 pm.15 PHOENIXPARK Dublin. 3ROC introductory event. GR0 0934.21-22 JUNIORHOME INTERNATIONAL Ambleside, Cumbria ..22 GARRETTSTOWN Co. Cork. Cork 0 Cork league 1.GRW 58 44. 11-2 pm.22 KILLINEYHill AJAX introductory event. GR 0 26 25.28 FlORENCECOURT Co. Fermanagh. NISeries 7. FermO. GR H 1733.29 GLENCREE Co. Wicklow. GEN Leinster League event. GR 0 192143.29 KILWORTH Co. Cork. SO Cork league 2. GR R83 03.11-2 pm.

October 19966 MOYDRUM Athlone. Co. Westmeath. PXNConnacht 19 1. GRNlO3420.6 NECARNE Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. FermO. Sl6. GR H23 57.6 WARRENSCOURT Kilmurry. Co. Cork. Cork 0Cork Lg.3. GRW 38 67. 11-2 pm.12 NI CHAMPIONSHIPS Be VETERANHOME INTERNAnONAl SlieveCroob, Ballynahinch,

Co. Down.lVO. eod. GR J 32 47.Co. Down. VHI Relays.Dublin. UCDO event. GR 0 1829.Co. Down. VHI Relays. GR J 32 37.Co. louth. 3ROC leinster League event. GR J 18 11.Glenville.Co. Cork. CorkO. Corklg 4. GRW 9085.11-2.Co. Fermanagh. FermO Sunday league 7. GR H 1733.Galway. GRTCConnacht League 2. GR M 252 287.West Midlands.England.Co. Down. NI Series 8. LVO. GRJ 1918.Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. LeeO event. GR R81 18.11-1 pm.

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November 19963 CRONYBYRNE nr. Laragh. Co. Wicklow. AJAX Leinster Lg. GRT 1992.3 FLORENCECOURT Co. Fermanagh. FermO Sunday league 8. GR H 1733.3 KNOCKNACAREIGH Kilmurry, Co. Cork. CorkO Cork League 5. GRW 3664.9 DOOHATTYGLEBE Co. Fermanagh. NISeries 9. FermO. GR H 1831.10 CLONTYKllLA Boyle, Co. Roscommon. PXNConnacht Lg 3. GR G 864046.10 MUlLAGHMEEN Co. Westmeath. nr Oldcastle. S8 Leinster Lg. GR N 4778.10 WALSHTOWNWOOD Midleton, Co. Cork. Cork 0 Cork League 6. l l-Z pm,16-17 MUNSTERCHAMPIONSHIPS Knockanaftrin, Co. Waterford. GR S2817.23 CAIRN WOOD Dundonald,Co. Down. LVO night event. GRJ45 76.24 BAll YNOE Midleton, Co. Cork. Cork Championships. Cork O. 11-2prn.24 ClONBROCK Ahascragh, Co. Galway. PXNConnacht Lg 4. GR M742408.24 THREEROCK MOUNTAIN Dundrum, Co. Dublin. 3ROC event. GR 0 1723.24 BOFNotional Event 7 Bewick Moor. Alnwick. Patrick Smyth 0044-191-236-4152. cd

10/11/96.30 BENBURB Co. Tyrone (just barely). l VO Sprlnt-O 5. GR H 82 52.30 NI NIGHTCHAMPIONSHIPS Palace Demesne. Armagh. LVO. GRH 8645.

December 19961 CURRAGHWEsT1 CURRAGHWOOD8 MALAHIDECAsnE14 TOll YMORE26 THREEROCKMOUNTAIN27 CURRABINY

Co. Kildare. CNOC Leinster League. GR N 78 12.Mldleton, Co. Cork. Cork 0 Cork Lg 7. GRW 86 76. 11-2 pm.Co. Dublin. UCDO event. GR 022 45.Newcastle. Co. Down. LVO event. GR J 3532.Dundrum. Co. Dublin. 3ROC Christmas Score. GR0 1723.Co. Cork. Cork 0 Xmas event. 11-2 pm. GRW 7962.

POINTSTO NOTE:All these events are open to the public. Major events usuallyrequire pre-entry but some entry on the day courses are normally available. Starttimes are generally between 11.00 and 1.00pm. Safety check: Courses usuallyclose around 3.00 pm - you must report to the finish whether you complete yourcourse or not.Details, dates and venues can change so always check with the organisers. thelOA hotline (01-4569099) or the newspapers if you are uncertain. Thisappliesparticularly to events in the distant future ...GR=Ordnance Survey grid reference (explained on all OSmaps). If a 6-figure gridreference isgiven it is for the car park or assembly area. If a 4-figure reference isgiven it issimply to help you find the competition area and it means that the eventorganisers have not supplied the information on exact location.

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