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THE IRISH ORIENTEERNO. 50 December - January 1991 ISSN 0790-1194

The IrishOrienteer ispublished at two·monthly Intervals and Is available through 011 IriShorienteeringclubs. All material concerning orienteering will be gratefully receiVed by the editor. John McCullough.9 Arran Rood. Drumcondra. Dublin 9.

The copy dates for the forthcoming issuesare:NO.51 February-MarCh 1991No. 52 April-May 1991No. 53 June-July 1991

20January22 March20 May

For further information on orienteering contact the Irish Orienteering Association. c/oAFAS. House of Sport. Long Mile Road. Dublin 12. (01-501633/569099 24 hours).

COVERPHOTO:Anthony McGonigle (NWOC) 01 Ihe NIChampionships at Gortin (Oorlno Cunnane). £10for you if your photo makes It to the front pagel Block and white or colour. about lO'xS' please.

RESULTS:Cost £6 per page submitted.

FIXTURES:The fixtures list is the most recent available but experience has shown thot changes canoccur. frequently at short notice. If you are In any doubt. check with the organising Club or the SportsDiary In the newspapers. Start times are generally from 11.00am to 1.00 pm. Where possible onOrdnance Survey Grid Reference (GR) IsgiVen for the area.

SUBSCRIPTIONS:£6.50 per annum (six Issues)or more cheaply through your club.

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CONTENTS3467910121415

LettersStudent O·NewsWord Junior Home InternationalThe Year AheadMournes Mountain MarathonSWissFive-Day1991World ChampionshipslOA BullefinJunior News

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Orienteering Fixtures3-D OrienteeringIrishTwo-Day 1990SI6n Ie SleanagloghSWedishQ-Ringen 1990Club News pagesResults Section

Why not write something for The Irish Oricntccr? News from your club or your province.whatever strikes you as intercsrlng? Do un event report I The sky's the limit. Mapping.planning, juniors, organisation. competition. cout rclling. equipment, techniques, gadgets,Iprofi les of people or clubs ...

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Primed by Denton Print. Dundrum, Dublin 14. (01-988944)

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Lf£fJf]'E1\SWlS's UP IN ARMS

Dear John,

At the recent Irish Two-Day I competed asaWIS andwas very annoyed about the length anddifficulty of my courses. On Day 1 in Brockagh my course was 3 km and it was won in 29 minutes.On Day 2 my course was 2.6 km, I completed it in 26 minutes, the winner taking only 22 minutes.

These courses were far too shon as the recommended winning time for aW IS course is 3S-40minutes. On both days the courseshad very lirtleroute choice andwere offlnle technical difficulty.At the Swiss S-Day the course lengths for my age class were: 3.4 km, 4.7 km, 3.9 km, 4.0 km and4.1 km. How can we be expected to compete abroad if we are doing courses here well below thestandard of those abroad?

In other countries there are enough people orienteering to provide one course for every ageclass, here this isn't possible. However if the WIS's and W13's are running on the samecourse thecourse must be challenging for both age groups.

In future I would like a course which involves some route choice and is physicallychallenging. After all, orienteering is an adventure sport.

Sheila Convery .

Dear John,

Although cynics may argue that asasport orienteering is in astateof inertia (moreso in certainregions of the country) it is perhaps fairer and more optimistic to call it a "developing" sport, Withthis in mind I feel that development will only come with constructive criticism and well-meaningsuggestions. I say this in order to stress the fact that I'm not writing this lener for the sake ofcontroversy or because nobody would listen to my moaning but because I found my courses at theIrish Two-Day completely unacceptable and unchaUenging ....

We WlS's have become accustomed to courses ofover3.S km with challenging navigation.In last year's Two-Day at Knockanaffrin we ran a4.0 km/130m climb course. At the Irish Champsin Bineveoagh our course was 3.8 km andatBallygawley 3.7 km/12Sm climb, atDerrybawn we ran4.12 km/220m and at last year's Junior Home lnternationsl in Wales the WIS course was 4.1 km/18Sm with high technical skills needed.

The Two-Day alsoraised more questions: did theM1S'sreceive control descriptions writtenin English? We did. Did the organisers think we had bad eyesight? The boxes on our control cardswere almost twice the size of the usual ones and the ones that the other competitors got. The size ofthese boxes created awlcwardness when punching on the second line (numbers 10-14).

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Why were we grouped along with W21C and WI3, the latter more questionably? WI5's aremore experienced, have the ability to tackle navigational obstacles and can run a technically difficult3.5-4.5 kIDcourse moreso than W13's (no offence!).

Some may argue that course length may not matter, it's the orienteering involved but, Iaskyou, what orienteering could be involved in a one and a half mile run?

Aileen de Res (AJAX).

(This is an edited version of Aileen's longer letter - Ed.)

APOLOGY: to John Feehan whose name was inadvertently omitted from his letter about the WorldJunior Championships in the last issue.

STUDENT ORIENTEERING NEWS

Irish Student Team Manager, Frank Ryan, brings us up to date ...

World Student Championshjps 1992: preparations in Ireland are now starting for this event although thevenue is not yet arranged. All third-level students both in Ireland and overseas should take note.

Potential tearn members should contact Frank Ryan now if they wish to be included in the panel, and shouldcommence training immediately if they are not already doing so. In this regard each person should keep atraining diary which should be available for inspection by the team manager if requested.

Squad training will be held periodically and even at this stage an overseas trip is being planned for thesummer to give potential team members the opportunity to gain international experience and improve theirstandard.

HESF Score-O Championships: The Higher Education Sports Federation score orienteering championshipswill take place in Woodlawn Wood, Athenry, Co. Galway, beside Woodlawn railway station on the Galway-Dublin line, on Saturday 19th January 1991. The event is open to all third-level students but with a teamcompetition for men and women confined to colleges affiliated to the HESF. The competition is beingorganised to suit students who wish to travel by train and entries should be sent to: Entries Secretary, HESFOrienteering Competition, c/o Frank Ryan (address below) to arrive by Friday II th January 1991. Entry feesare £2 per student for a pre-marked map. Entries will only be accepted if accompanied by fees.

The 1991 Irish Student Championsbips are being held at Slish Wood, Collooney, Co. Sligo on Saturday 9thFebruary and entries should be sent to Entries Secretary, IOSA Championships, c/o Frank Ryan, to arrive bySaturday 19th January. Entry fees are £4 per student and entries will only be accepted if accompanied byfees. Maps will be pre-marked and six classes are available: M2IND/C and W21N.B/C. A limited number ofpre-entries will be accepted from non-students for this event at £5 each, to run after all Championshipcompetitors have started.

These events should provide an early opportunity for potential team members to meet and compete againsteach other and also plan for the time ahead before the next World Student Championships.

The Irish Championships, all Regional Championships or overseas equivalen.t, and Grade 1 events will formthe basis for eventual selection, with the Irish Student Championships being mandatory. Potential teammembers must compete in the Elite class if one is available.

Contact Frank Ryan, Regional Technical College, Dublin Road, Galway.

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NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS

Two events of interest to students are theScore Championships at Woodlawn, Co.Galway on 19th January and tbe IOSAChampionships at Slish Wood, Co. Sligo on 9thFebruary. Attendance at the IOSAChampionships is compulsory for syudentsseeking selection on the Irish Student team. Seethe Student O-News page for details.

RUSSIAN SPRING

A secret document has come into thehands ofTIO concerning an international event inLeni ngrad on May 16-18 1992, the first WorldCup event to be held in the USSR. Full details inFebruary 1992 from Alexander Manayev,USSR, 192102, Leningrad, Strelbischenskayastr, 15-22. Phone 167-812-2381768, FAX 167-812-2381766 .. In addition to the World Cup allclasses will be included in thecompetltion.Entries cost US$60 ($30 for juniors)and entry closes on March lst 1992.

Other competitions on January 19/201991, June 22/23 and September 21/22 and June20-July 1 1991 are also available. Details fromAlexander Manayev. Lf the team travelling to anevent is 10or more the organisers have offered tocover the COStof the the team manager or coachwhile in the USSR. It may also be possible toarrange exchanges for teams or individuals.

ODDS 'n' ENDS

.. Entry forms for the Irish Championships,Leinster Championships, Jan Kjellstrom Trophyand Shamrock O-Ringen will be available toreaders of TlO soon ..... Curragh Orienteers and Orienteering Naashave JUSt amalgamated to fonn Curragh-NaasOrienteering Club (CNOC). This is in line withrumours published in TIO some time ago butcategorically denied by a reliable source!Congratulations to the new offspring. The club'sfirst main event will be the final of the lrishOriemeer Trophy on January 20th ...'" Sorry if you didn't get your Scottish 6-Day entry fonn in TIO 49 but 1 didn't getenough. More should be available soon ...'" Join AFAS (Association for AdventureSport) for £5 and get AFAS News quarterly,information on AFAS activities (holidays, Tiglincourses etc.). Contact Bill Hallowes, AFAS,House of Sport, Longmile Road, Dublin 12 ...

* What a pity that the active hill runningscene in Ireland gets no coverage in Up andDown, the new colour fell racing magazine; comeon, IHRA, get started! (At least its sistermagazine CompassSpon gets TlO) ...• Orienteers in the news: hands up all ofyou who spotted Harry Quirke (Curragh) andCharlie Lawn (Southern Orienteers), along withNiall Bohan's father, at the inauguration of MaryRobinson ...* lOA AGM time again: IrishChampionships weekend, April 27th 1991, atKilfinnane Outdoor Centre, Co. Limerick.Seceral positions will be up for grabs ...• Munster OA AGM is scheduled forJanuary 27th afte Cork O's 10th Anniversaryevent at Garrensown ...'" Ursula McPherson (3ROC) has beenappointed manager of Oartan Outdoor Centre inCo. Donegal. Ursula has worked at RunkerryCentre ncar the Giant's Causeway for severalyears and before that at Tiglin ...'" Qualified Instructors and a SeniorInstructor are required at lillie KiIlnry AdventureCentre in Co. Galway. Contact Jamie or MaryYoung for details (095-43411) ...8 Results of challenge at National event,Pcmbrey, Oct 20th: S. Wales 48, Munster 45.'" No pets: at an event at Kangaroo Gullyin Australia last summer a couple from BendigoOrienteers did tile course accompanied by Ringo,their 3-year old llama, who carried their packs.They were in training for a trekking expedition.

CONNACHT CHANGES

Michael Deasy of UCGO is the newChairman of the Connacht region, with JohnWalshe Secretary and Frank Ryan Treasurer.John Walshe's address is Mooeymore East,Oranmore, Co. Galway. Joe McDermott ofSkerdagh Outdoor Centre near Newport, Co.Mayo, is Development Officer with a specialresponsibility for schools orienteering in theprovince. The news from Connacht is that acombination of orienteers from the west may runone day of next year's Irish Two Day inNovember in Co. Tipperary, with a consortiumof Leinster clubs running the other day in thesame area. An area near Lough Corrib has beenhinted at for the 1992 Irish Championships.

Western Eagles Orienteers, the Galwayclub, have a new Secretary in Lineke Siam-deJongh, Lydican, Claregalway, Co. Galway.

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WARD JUNIOR HOME INTERNATIONAL1990Karen Convery reports on Ireland's best ever performance at the event

The team, minus theNorthern crowd, met up inDublin and were firstintroduced to Ray, ourchauffeur, and our luxurymini-coach which waschristened later. Needless tosay the arrangement workedout very well, though I thinkRay got a bit tired of our tastein music and occasionallyrebelled by demanding someradio-play.

Charlie Reid was nearlylate for the boat but theywould probably have waitedfor them anyway as it was farfrom being packed out. Weseemed to have that effectwherever we went.

As night fell the backof the bus seemed to comealive: the bus was thereafterknown as the "Luvve Bus". Asusual on arriving at thehostel we were met with thebombardment of friendlinessshown by the other teams!After much persistence wemanaged 10 squeeze a replyfrom some of tbem. Little didthey know that this was theNew, Improved Irish Team. Ithink the bus did surprisethem, but the Ovsuits had thembowled over. The wholc teamunveiled them together togreat effect. They reallylooked good: they wereespecially flattering if youhad extra-long legs and 50inch thighs. They were evenin demand for exchange withthe other teams. not thatanyone did, of course]

Even if we psychedthem out we unfortunatelydidn't beat enough of thcm,except for Marcus Pinker andJohn Feehan. However therewas a big improvement on lastyear - those 2km time trialshad done some good after all -and nobody was last, though

some could have done with asex-change: Patrick Feehanwould have come second hadbe been a girl!

The Saturday night dowas very posh: the Englishteam seemed to lose sighl ofthe fact that it was anorienteering night. Allwearing jackets or dresses.Aileen and I decided to bringour Debs dresses next year.The meal suggestcd schooldinners, which led Charlie onto thinking what we'll givethem next year, His bestsuggestion involved a noveltyaspect, "Catch your ownp ct at o", potatoes beingsuppl ied on each table in atank of water. Could beinteresting ...

As usual we rose to theoccasion at the prizegiving. Ithink it could've been a firstfor Ireland - twO prizes in aJunior Home, Marcus was 3rdin MIS, John 1st in M17. Muchhand-clapping and generalnoise-making before movingon to the disco, The music wasa bit limited, most records gotplayed twice, three times iflucky: Scots were neverknown for their generosity.Time came to leave, but wherewas John? Good question ,.,

We had been cold thenight before but that nightwas even colder. When twoblankets and three devers stillweren't effective we huddledtogether to keep warm. Wecame to the conclusion thatthis was a summer hostel.

We really provedourselves in the relays: theMIS and MI3 teams werebeaten by seconds into secondplace, the rest of t he teamswere 3rd but not so far behindthe leaders. That afternoonthe otber countries turnedhomewards and we headed for

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Motherwell even thoughEdinburgh would have beenpreferable, for some morethan others.

Passed some time at arather empty cinema andeven more time at a bigleisure/sports complex. Wedecided to hit town. For such abig place there wasn't a greatselection of things to do orplaces to eat. Most of us didmanage to avoid eating rain-forest burgers, though.

The natives weren'tvery hospitable to t hc irvisitors. Three team memberswere likely suspects for localcrimes of breaking windows,etc, or so the local Bobbiesthought. On re-entering theleisure centre we had a jobconvincing the local securityguard that, no, we weren'tfrom a childrens' home, wejust wanted to meet up withthe rest of our group. It took alot of persuasion.

By the time we got backthere weren't enough hoursleft to bother going to sleepand feel OK when gelling up -better not to bother sleepingat all. Well, that was the plan.I don't think anyone survivedit. We hauled ourselves up atthe lovely hour of 7 am,everyone feeling wonderful,and burnt our lips andtongues for the last time onthe hot chocolate. Then weleft, another Junior Homeover. Many things had beenachieved, many recordsbroken - 3 days 6 hours?

Thanks to all the adultswho accompanied us butspecial thanks to bothBernard Creedon and CharlieReid who put a lot of workinto the weekend. We allenjoyed it.

THE YEAR AHEADAs usual at this time of year The Irish Orienteer publishes a list of notable or promismg

looking events for the coming year. Many of these will be a suitable basis for a holiday - evenfor non-orienteers!

The two obvious attractions in '91 are the Scottish Six-Day and the World Championshipsin Czechoslivakia, both in August, but you'll probably find something to satisfy those itchy feetsomewbere. Now read on ...

The Irisb bighlights will be the Connacht Championships at Union Wood near Collooney,Co. Sligo in February, Lcinster Champs at Brockagb, near Glendalough and the inauguralSprlnt-O Championships at Curracloe, Co. Wexford in March (fall-back area is Tramore), IrisbChamps on the North face of the Galrees in April, the Shamrock O-Ringen in late June(incorporating a sprint-O race for Day I) and the Ward Junior Home International in West Corkin October.

Things arc fairly quiet on the international front early in the year, unless Ski-orienteering is your forte: the Ski-O World Cup takes place between January 27 and March 3 inSwitzerland, France, italy, Norway and Finland. "Proper" orienteering starts in February andMarch with four two-day events in Spain from Feb 23 to March 31 (the last is at Easter). A largemotor caravan is going from England to these events: contact Flexihol (03-0948-840522) ifyou're interested. (They're also going to the World Champs in August ... ), Easter also sees 3-Dayevents in Prance, Germany and Australia and the Jan Kjcllstrom Trophy In Derbyshire. (Expectentry forms in TIO).

Regular events, though not much attended by the Irish, include the Dutch 4-Day on May9-12 at Mazderwyk, the German 3-Day (May 18-20), USSR Cup (May 17-21), Belgian 3-Day (May18-20) and the Spanish 3-Days (June 29-1uly I and July 19-21). Tho Scottish Championships,always popular and usually worthwhile (especially if you live not too for from Larne) should begood: June 8-9 at Dunkeld and Blair Atholl near Pitlochry.

Por the under 21's the Junior World Championships (Classic. short and relay) is in Berlinfrom July 7-13 while thc Swiss 6-Day (really two x 3 days) runs from July 7-14 at Lausanne andThun. The Scandinavian scene gets going in earnest with the Hlillefors 3-Day in Sweden (July 8-10) after which there are so many events they can't all be listed! The big one (Swedish 5-Day -20,000 runners) is at Arboga from July 22-26 (entries close March 1st). Old-timers may like torevisit Austria for the Alpen Cup (Graz, July 13-14) and follow it by the German 5-Day at Uslar(July 16-20). Meanwbile back at the plain filled with small lakes, the Finnish 5-Day runs fromJuly 16-21. To touch on Norway, the O-Festivat runs from July 30-August 4 at Halden.

Why not start August off wth the Scottish Six-Day in Galloway (August 4-10) - only 4 daysholiday needed as it includes our bank holiday on August 5th. Follow this up with the Czech 3-Day (18-20th) and the World Championships (20-25th) at Marienske Laznc and finish off witbthe Harvester Trophy overnight 7-man relay on August 31st-Sept 1st near Guildford in Surrey(mid-way between Heathrow and Gatwick). For those of a military inclination the 24th CISMChampionships takes place in Sweden (Sept 22-28) before the spotlight falls on Cuba for the EastCuba competition on October 4-9. While in that area (give or take a couple of thousand miles) theUS Championships take place at Potosi, Missouri on Oct 12-13. Take a break then (you'll need it)before the Australian Xmas 5-Day at Goulburn, NSW from December 27-31 followed by theVeteran World Cup in Tasman.ia from January 5-11 1992. Which is where we came in.

Good orienteering!

(More details of all of these events and more on the IOF Fixture List, and entry forms for some,can be had from the Irish Orienteering Association - address on page 2.)

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TIO FINALS

NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS

woe 93 NEWS

The final of the 1990 Irish OrienteerTrophy is on January 20th at the Curragh, Co.Kildare, where Cork 0, 3ROC and LVO slug itout. The event will be open to everybody,though, not just these three clubs.

The 1991 final has already been set forSeptember 22nd. All clubs affiliated to lOA andNTOA are invited to enter as soon as possible.Full details are being sent to club secretaries anddetails of the draw and entries will be in TIO 51in February.

As a reminder, the course/class combinations areas follows:Team A (Brown course) M21;Team B (Brown course) M17/19/35/40;Team C (Blue course) W19/21, M45/50;Team D (Red course) M13/15, WI5/17;Team E (Green course) M55+, W35+, with atleast one 50+;Team F (Yellow course) MIOlll; Wl0/l1/13.

HELP BULGARIA

This letter was received the other day:

Dear Sir,My name is Marin Angelov. I am a youngorienteering trainer. I work in a orienteering clubin Silistra, We have a lot of difficulties. Wehaven't enough maps for training, we haven'talso means and money. We would like tocontibute with you to exchange an experience.

If you want and if you have possibility,help us. You can help us with everything fororienteering sport,

With regards!

My address isBulgaria

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No doubt there are may ways in whichthe more developed Western countries could helpthose orienteers less fortunate than ourselves. Weare now at a stage in our own development whenwe should start to help others such as theBulgarians so that we can put something backinto this great international sport in which we cancommunicate with one another through ourcommon language of the map without anyshared spoken language. TIO will gladly co-ordinate any response to Marin's request,

The refusal of the US OlympicCommittee to give grant aid to the USOrienteering Federation to produce maps for the1993 World Championships has been aconsiderable blow to the organisation. Twoalternative possibilities have surfaced, however:the Sons of Norway (SON), an organisation ofAmericans of Norwegian ancestry, and theMinnesota Amateur Sports Commission(MASC).

The USOF are still trying to get fundingto hold the event in the challenging terrain of theeast coast, but if this doesn't materialise then itmay move to Minnesota. The IOF believes that$80-100000 could be raised by sponsorship inEurope but if all this falls through the USA maybe unable to hold the event. Despite being such abig country (possibly because of it) orienteeringIs still relatively unknown in the US.

SUPPORT THE SQUADA new orienteering car-sticker is in

production for sale to help the Irish Internationalteam, specifically for the World Championshipsin Czechoslovakia next Au~st This will be onsale at events and from TIO III the new year.

The "Put ORIENTEERING OD tbemap" stickers will sell for £1 (more if you like).Stop me and buy one.

HILL RUNNING NEWS

Forthcoming attractions are the OuistmaSFlash up Bray Head on Thursday December 27that 12.00, starting at the end of the Prom and anumber of local races in the Dublin/WIcklow areain theearlypartof91:m'1 Bray Head 12.00 hrs1M The Scalp 12.0010/3 Mount Leinster3013 Strickeen Hill 12.0031/3 Mangerton 12.0014/4 Bray Head 10k 12.0021/4 Clennont

The New Balance Evening League will start onMay 1st at 7.30 pm with the HellFire FlashInformation from Douglas Barry (01-868180).

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MUNCHING YOUR WAYACROSS THEMOURNES

Niall Smyth reports on his experiences of the Andersons Mourne Mountain Mara-thon in September.

The Mourne Mountain Marathon is a combination of all the positive aspects of hill walking,fell running, orienteering and athletics. The two days of the marathon demand the skills of hillnavigation, route choice, camp craft and negotiation of difficult terrain. The competition is a cross-country orienteering event held in the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down. Working in pairs thecompetitors have to complete the course carrying food and equipment for an overnight camp. Thereare three classes in the event: A (60 Ian), B (50 Ian) and C (35 km).

Competitors are obliged LOcarry a tent, stove, first aid, torch, rain gear and enough food for36 hOUTS.After these directions you are free to interpret the equipment necessary for the event. Thisvaried greatly among the participants butrhose wishing to compete seriously would need to keep theirpucks down below 10 pounds weight. Some obviously achieved this while others struggled tor twodays with unnecessary equipment. Una Creagh 'srescarch during the event revealed that The averagerucksack weight was 15.1 pounds and the minimum was 7.0 lbs.

The equipment issue has two facets: light clothes, sleeping bag, orienteering shoes andraingear will help the keen competitor but may lead to a cold night at the camp. Light thermal top/legs, tracksuit, shorts and T-shirt seemed to be the order of the day. Solving the problem oflightweight equipment and the conditions is one of the interesting aspects of the Marathon.

Food and COOkingare an important part also and essential to success in the event. High energyfood is necessary during the day to prevent too many stops. Munching your way across the hills willsave lime.

The camp is a great social get-together and a welcome sight at the end of a hard day. This"Tented City" is probably unique to hill walking, set high in the mountains. It is selected near a streamfor a water supply but not for the abundance of level camp sites! But any camp site will do at thisstage. Afterdinneryou can drop in on the neighbours or just shout across the peat hags. This is whatthe event is all about.

The key to any event of this type, as in orienteering, is route choice. In the Marathon it is ona grand scale (1 :25 000 map used for the event) with some legs of3 104 krn, The features were notdifficult to find (stream/path junction, summit, knolls, path bends). There were only seven controlsto locate on the B course and len on the A course. We found thai more controls would have made itmore interesting on Day 1 on the B course.

Controls were closer together and the terrain more intricate on Day 2. It also sorted OUI thehill walker from the orienteer: in misty conditions at the start of the day the hill walker went straightfor the control on a bearing while others followed line and contour features. With no mist it becamea runner's event. Sometimes you don't want to see bow far away the next control is placed!

The only way to find out about this event is to try it for yourself. The Marathon has everythi ngfor everybody and you should include it in your diary.There are a 101of other hints I could include but I will leave them for you to find out the hard way.

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RESULTS SUMMARY

A course 1 Brian Ervine (LVO) &Adrain Philpott 4.55.54+3.33.56=8.29.502 John Kewley & Mark Seddon 6.07.47+4.00.12=10.07.593 John Gibbison & David Rosen 6.04.14+4.21.22=10.07.59

B course IJames Logue (NWOC) & Graham WIIlaOIl 4.38.s4+3.21.30=8.00.242 Andy & Stella Lewsley 5.02.14+3.50.14=8.52.283 Michael Barton &Wesley Kettyle 5.1l.24+3.42.23a8.S3.47

1 Andrew &Marie Philipson 3.31.40+2.19.34=5.51.142 Mark Leyland & Andrew McCaIm 3.50.04+2.22.30=06.12.343 Marcus Pinker (Cork<» & Brian Creedon (CarkO) 3.40.25+2.33.42=06.14.07

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SWISS 5·DAY 1990Thomas Callery (UCDO) was there.

The 8th Swiss 5-Day was beld in the Zurich Oberland in mid-July this year. A lower standard oforienteering was expected in this region !han in previous five-day events and the entry was about 50% lesstnan expected. The Swiss still put up excellent organisation and competition, however: all five days werewithin walJcing distance of train stations in which the brilliant Swiss public transport system carried the 2000competitors 10 the events - no cars were allowed.

Wide, steep open pine forest was the gencnl urraio. Inmany areas coatrol features were scarce, apanfrom rootstocks. Tunes were very fast and mistakes costly. Most of the competition was dominated by theSwiss who held 10 of the top 11 places on the men's Elite course. One major outside victory weot 10 theveteran US orienteer Sharon Crawford who dominated the 045 class and went 00 to do the same in Swedeo aweek later.

The weather was as hot as it could be and it was the most serious threat 10 the fast running required.Over 1100 litres of free sports drink were given out each day 10 quench the endless thirst of finishers. FiveUCDO-ers braved the elements as well as the Convery family from 3ROC.

For myself, despite having one of my best ever runs on the 2nd day - very fast and few mistakes - Iwas still only 58th of 130 co~titors: competition was that strong. On days 3 and 4 we were surprised byareas of fight and low runnability. Large areas of high nettles made the going tough for early runners. It wasalways the climb and descents in the searing heat which took their toll, however.

Day 5 was in the surrounds of the Zoo almost in central Zurich. A high-speed chasing start ensued forall, only seconds separated many compentors. The final run-in was an athletics track.

The Ladies' Elite class had provided the most competition of all. Sabrina Fesseler and Brigitte Wolffrom Switzerland and Yvette Hague from Britain had a major duel all week with Sabrina winning aver Yvette.Two weeks later Yvette turned the tables when she beat Brigitte and Sabrina inlO 3rd and 4th places in theWorls Student Championships. Christian Hanselmann of Switzerland won the men's Elite comfortably andalso <lidwell in the Student Championships two weeks later.

In one of the most expensive countries in the world, orienteering comes good and cheap. Fer £80 wewere accommodated in nuclear bunkers, given unlimited transport and good orienteering for a wcelc.

Next year the event returns 10 a 2x3-day fOl'Dllltwith a two-day break in between. After this summcr'sevent I highly recommend Switzerland.

(Next year's event runs from July 7-14 I1lausaone and ThUD. Entries close on April3rd. Details from 6lours de Suisse, Case Postale, 01-2053 CERNIER. Switzerland. This could be tied in with the Gennan 5-Day (16-20 July) then the Swedish O-Riogca (22-26 July»

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RUSSIAN MAPPERS

NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS

A rather cryptic information sheet, inGerman, was received recently by the lOA. Itoffers the help of orienteering mappers from theUSSR who will come and survey areas usingsome technology which is independent ofweather.

Their estimates of the length of timeneeded to survey an area vary from 4 days fortwo cartographers to revise a map of a simplearea to 120 days for one surveyor to do acomplex 10 square km map from scratch whereno base map was available.

The person to contact is VladimirTomasch but the address is in Cyrillic script: ifyou want a copy contact 1'10 and I'll senddetails.

MANASLU 1991

Orienreers Damien Cashin and Anne-Marie McKenna, who jointly run "Call of theWild Outdoor Activities" at Roundwood, Co.Wick low, are running two 25-day treks in theGurku Himalaya of Nepal next Spring.

The Irish Manaslu 1991 Expedition willbe in the area and these support treks will be inMarch-April and April-May. The cost is 1R£1950approximately. Setalls from Call of the Wild, 01-818212, FAX 0404-45161.

VHI TEAM

For the record. the team selected to travelto the first Veteran Home International atPembr:ey in south Wales in October was-W40+ Monica Nowlan, Maura Thornhill, AnneMay, Maria Pinker; W50+: Nuala Creagh, HazelConvery, Diaia Large; W60+: Mfuin Morrish;M40+: Billy O'Neill, Sean McSweeney, SeanCotter, Wilbert Hollinger; M50+: Alan Pim,Maxwell Reed, John ONeill; M60+: MichaelHewson, Fred Calnan, Terry Dooris.

In the event, Maria Pinker was injuredand team manager Trina Cleary ran in her place.Talent scouts were out spotting possible Irishteam members, eavesdropping on conversationsfor the hint of a brogue or a twang which mightgive away an Irish ancestry, and a couple ofpossible candidates approacbed for futurereference ...

The final result was England 103,Scotland 87, Ireland and Wales 52 each. Therewere some peculiar alliances at the event, withGeoff Peck returning from the FaT East to winM40 for Scotland while Carol McNeill, Scottishfor as long as anyone can remember, won W40for England. Piet van Rooyen, late of Sctanta,was running in M60 for Wales, while TerryDooris (whose mother hailed from Enniskillcn)picked up 3 points for Ireland in the same class.Ireland's best result was Wilbert Hollinger's 4thin M40.

CANCELLA TION

The DLSO/3ROC mass-start event listedin 1'10 49 for January 20th next at SaggartWood, Co. Dublin has been cancelled. The eventhas been replaced by a Colour Event at theCurragh, Co. Kildare, which will double as the1990 Irish Orienteer Trophy final between Corko (the holders), Lagan Valley Orienteers andThree Rock OC.

MONKEYWRENCHING

We have all been told over the years ofthe dangers of putting nails in trees. In otherparts of the world this type of thing is done withthe intention of saving the forest: one of the mostpopular forms of monkeywrenching (putting aspanner in the works) is tree-spiking. This takesplace in the world's remaining virgin forest, notin plantations. The trees are spiked, usually withsix-inch nails with the heads clipped off JUStbefore the final driving. It doesn't hurt the tree, itsaves its life. To avoid the remotest possibility ofinjury to foresters the nails aren't placed wherethey might cause kickback or a broken chain.They are intended for the expensive blades of theautomated sawmill.

The exercise is performed years beforethe projected felling and communiques issued towarn forestry companies. As timber can bescanned with metal detectors, ceramic pegs areoften used. The logging of wilderness areas iseconomically marginal anyway and the industryis hit where it hurts, in the pocket. The spiking ofjust a few trees has proved sufficient to detersome clearances while in massive operations inBritish Columbia several thousand [Tees werespiked.

Those carrying out these operations havebecome known as ecoteurs. Their bible,Ecodefense: a field guide to monkeywrenching,is now into its second edition in the US. I hopethings haven't gone that far here, though.

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WORLD ORIENTEERINGCHAMPIONSHIPS 1991

The second WOC Bulletin has recently been circulated to member countries of theInternational Orienteering Federation and is summarised here for your information. Certainchanges in the World Championships rules will apply this year also, and these arc highlightedin the text, As you must know by now the events take place at Marianske Lazne (Marienbad) inCzechoslovakia from August 20-25 and arc preceded by an open 3-day competition in the samearea. Marianske Lazne is 150 km from Prague in western Bohemia.

The woe WeekThe programme for the WOC week isAugust 20th Model race foe short-distance championships. opening ceremony21 st Short distance WOC22nd Model race for Individual WOC23 rd Individual WOC and competitors' party241 h Model race for Relay WOC; IOF and Press races251 h Relay WOC. closing ceremony.

For the firSI lime a "Shon distance WOC" is to be held. with courses of 5km/160m for men and 4km/120m for women. The "Classic" Individual races Arc of 16 mk/600m climb for men and 10km/400m for women and the relay 11.5 km/460m and 8.5 km/34Om.

Preliminary entries have to be in by December 31st: and we don't even have a team manageryet (although there arc strong rumours thai It will be a joint effort between Ei lecn Loughmanon administration and Pat Healy at the event). Final entries close on April 30th 199 I. Entryfees arc about DM700 per person (about IR£260) 10 cover food. accommodation and transport aswell as competitions. (It also includes "lunch pockets" for all learns: useful!)

Terrain:"The WOC will be held on continental terrain, 400·800m above sea level. There arc hard terrainshapes, partly a thick net of roads. a big number of details (situational and vcgctarlonat).Boulders. stony fields and cliffs occure. Mostly there is a coniferous forest. There is aminimum of season vegetation (high grass, nellie). It is easy seeing and running through theforest. Somewhere are steep stony slopes". The climatc is Central European with averagetemperatures of 25 C.

Maps:All maps will be at I: 15000 scale with Sm contours and IOF standard symbols. A "remarcabletree" will be shown by a green circle of O.Smm diameter,

Training camps:The first training camp was held during the past summer. Number 2 will be in Prague fromMay 12·19 in conjunction with the Czechoslovak Cup (May 11-12). The third and final trainingcamp will be from August 11-18 at Plzcn, 90km SW of Prague in conjunction with the CzechChampionships on August 10-11. The terrain for these camps is similar 10 the WOC terrain. COSIof camps is DM400·860 per person (IR£IS0-325) depending on accommodation.

Travel:Prague is the closest airport to Marianskc Laznc with bus and train connections. Since 1990the requirement for a visa to visit Czechoslovakia bas been relaxed bUI it still applies tocertain countries.

Spectators:If you want to go to see the WOC there is a 3-Day event on August 18·20 on maps used for thetraining camps and on 22nd you can run the Shon Distance and on the 24th the Individualcourse. Entries for these events close on May 15th. Fees are DM20 for under IS's. DM50 (about

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IR£19) for others for all five days. Not bad! Entry forms from: WOC 1991, Svaz OrientacnihoBehu. Na Porici 12. 115 30 Praha 1. Czechoslovakia; phone 16-42-2-357-039.

Scientific SymposiumThe 4th International Scientific Symposium on orienteering will be held from 26th to 29thAugust at Marianske Lazne. The special topics include talent scouting and talent promotion.training control, psychological training. social aspects of performance, performenceimprovemcnt in women's orienteering. training with children. experiences of coaches.Ireland's Faith White is one of the four on the Scientific Commiuee.

New RulesAt the IOF Congress in Cambridge new rules were approved for the World Championships toapply from January Ist 1991. Interestingly the 1991 Championships appear to be breaking therules already. since the programme for the event speeificd in the Rules puts the "classic"individual event on day 2 and the short distance event on day 4. The introduction of the short-distance event will make a big difference to weaker countries like Ireland.

The relevant clauses in the Rules as far as eligibility arc as follows: A compcrhor shall be acitizen of the country for which he is running. In the individual "classic" championshipseach country can have one man and one woman running. More may run (to a maximum of 4of each) depending on placing in the tOP 30 at the last WOC. in the tOp 25 at the last World Cupseries. or the number in the top 10 ar any previous WOC. A second competitor may run if nonequalify otherwise.

In tho short distance event 4 men and 4 women can run. There will be four semi-finals withone runner from each country in each race and all four will run In the final. The semi-finalsimply determines whether you run in the A (top 12 in each semi) or B final.

Both relays arc for teams of four and any runners on the learn arc eligible. The regulation forthe cut-off rime now states that the relay courses will be closed 7 hours afler tho men's massstart and 6 hours after the women's. If a runner comes in for changeover less than SO minutes(women) or 70 minutes (men) before the cut-off than they won't be allowed 10 continue andthe learn will be disqualified for exceeding the time limit. In the individual events the cut-offis 70 minutes after the last start for all in the short race and 3 hours and 4 hours after the laststart for women and men in the "classic" race.

Winning times:The planned winning times are, for the classic individual, 65 minutes for womcn and 90 formen. For the short distance 25 minutes each and for the relay 50 minutes per leg for womenand 65 for men. Courses are supposed to have no more climb than 4% of the course length.

The next bulletin will be out next June. J.McC.

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lOA BULLETINIrish Orienteering Association

Congratulations to Bernard Creedon and Jobn McCullougb on being the 1990 recipients of tbeSilva Award. If any two Irish orienteers deserved tbis award. these two did. Their service andcommitmcnt to Irish orienteering over the years bas been immense. On behalf of all orienteersI would like to tbank them for their endless labours tbat have benefitted all who haveparticipated in this great sport of ours.

lOA Technical Officer Trina Cleary has produced the latest Ii.sl of lOA approved Controllers.Copies of the lisl are available from the JOA/AFAS office at the House of Sport.

Pat O'Connor has joined Bob Pinker as the second Munster selector and Maura Thornhill hasjoined Trina Cleary as Leinster's selectors.

Aubrey Flcgg , lOA Environmental Officer. is puuing Ihe finishing touches 10 hisEnvironmental Resource Survey. The questionnaires will be sent to all club secretaries inthe ncar future. It is very important thai we identify areas of special imparlance 10

orienteering and grade them according 10 their importance to us and our sport. By having thisinformation on record and circulating it to other interested groups we will be in a muchstronger position to protect areas of special interest.

AI the recent Ward Junior Home International event the Irish runners did exceptionallywell. All the athletes must be congratulated and in particular the lOA Junior Affairs OfficerBernard Creedon. Much of their success must be attributed to him and all wbo assist him inpreparing the Irish elite orienteers of the future.

Michael Deasy has been appointed Conn aught Chairman and as such is welcomed as theConnaught representative onto the lOA Executive.

Thc date for the lOA AGM has been set for Saturday 27th April 1991 at Kilfinnane OutdoorEducation Centre, Co. Limerick at 5.00 pm. This will coincide with the Irish Championships.

All clubs have been sent the fonn for our 1990 Census. I would ask all club secretaries to fillin the information and return it to me as soon as possible.

1'ina{{y, tfie Chairman. ana officers of tfie [ri.sfi Orienteering .9lssociation u/ould'CiK!. to wisfi aIr otietueets a fiappy Christmas ana a gooa year's orienteering in1991.

Pat Redmond, lOA Executive Secretary, 18 Orchardstown Avenue, Rathfarnham,Dublin 14. Phone 01-947385 (Home); 01-572622 (Office).

General Enquiries: lOA, c/o AFAS. House of Sport, Long Mile Road, Dublin 12 (01-501633

REMEMBERfor up to date fixtures information

call the lOA Inf-O-llne at

01-569099 (24-hours)

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JUNIOR NEWSAs a reminder. here's the most recent National Panel in the 13-19 age classes. From now on theM/W19's will be looked aftcr by the Junior selectors and will be selected on the basis of thesame major ranking events as the Juniors. Naturally many of you will be changing age classeson January 1st but the next Panel published will reflect this.

WI3Teresa Connolly (CorkO). Maureen Dooley (CNOC). Francesca Doonan (Cork O), Ruth Hollinger(LVO). Carol Hunter (NWOC). Ruth Hollinger (LVO). Marianne Hutchinson (CorkO). B. Keogh(CNOC). Emma Lawrence (SET). Vick-y Logue (NWOC). Joanne Mein (NWOC). S.O·Brien (AJAX).Mary O'Connor (CorkO). Kalie Rudd (SET). Kale Thornhill (GEN).

M13Stephen Bogle (NWOC). Jeff BUller (3ROC). Conor Creedon (CorkO). Alan de Lacy (ECO). PatrickFeehan (BVOC). R.Gallagber (NWOC). J.Loughrey (DLSO). Declan McDavill (NWOC). DavidO'Connor (CcrkO). Shane O'Neill (DLSO). James Reed (FermO). D.Sandcs (CorkO). Brian Tormley(SET). S.Walsh (DLSO).

W15Sheila Convery (3ROC). Aedcmar Cooke (AJAX). Michelle Cooke (NWOC). Aine Connolly (CorkO).Ailbhe Creedon (CorkO). Emily Cronin (CorkO). Sharon Devlin (NWOC). Miriam Feehan (BVOC).Brfd Higgins (LocO). Angela Murphy (CorkO). Fiona Nash (BVOC). Faye Pinker (CorkO). AlieenRice (AJAX). Susan Ryan (BVOC).

MI5Henry Bradley (SET). D.Bnrmnn . John Chandler (CorkO). Sean Corcoran (CorkO). Aaron Cronin(CorkO). Brian Creedon (CorkO). Niall Deighan (NWOC). Finan Dooley (CNOC). Fergus Doyle(CorkO). N.Drion (SET). D.Flggs. N.Hnnrahan (CorkO), D.Hodge (DLSO). Dllvid Hollinger (LYO).John Hurley (CorkO). A.Hutchinson (CorkO), Aidan Kelleher (CorkO). Dcclan Logue (NWOC).Sean McSweeney (CorkO). Edward E. Niland (AJAX). Michael O'Connor (CorkO). J.P.O·Ncill (BVOC).Marcus Pinker (CorkO), Scan Roche (CorkO). Eoin Shaw (ThO). Jason Simpson (LYO). AustinWhy re (Cork O),

WI7Tara McLenaghan (NWOC). Karen Convery (3ROC). Rachel Doonan (CorkO). Vandn Dowse (3ROC).Emma Glanville (3ROC). Julie Graham (NWOC). Audrey Hunter (NWOC). Kathleen McAuliffe(BVOC). Katie O'Hara (SET). Pauline Ryan (CorkO). Niamh Shaw (ThO). Jane Wilson (LYO).

M17Fergus Blackmore (CorkO), Brendan Cronin (CorkO). Jeremy Cronin (CorkO). Kenny Cummins(NWOC). Gavan Doherty (GEN). F.Drion (SET). John Feehan (BVOC). Leonard Floyd (PIN). GarthJames (NWOC). Colin Lucey (CorkO). Mark O'Neill (DLSO). David Ryan (BYOC). Brian Scannell(CorkO). Colin Williamson (SET).

W19Rachel Burgess (3ROC). Michelle Cashman (CorkO). Susan COli (CorkO). Hilde Creagh (3ROC).Darina Cunnane (CorkO). Nuala nf hOigfn (LccO), Aidecn Hutchinson (Cork O), Aine Rice (AJAX).

M19Fergal Brcnnock (CorkO). Rory Buckley, Laurence Doddy (3ROC). Colin Fitzgerald. PeterGlanville (3ROC). Declan Harold. Barry james (NWOC). Damien Kelly (FIN). Wesley Law (Cork O),Paul Nolan (GEN). Peter O'Hara (NWOC). Andrew O'Muliane (GEN). Paul Ryan.

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ORIENTEERING FIXTURES

December26 MONASTEREVAN2 6 THREE ROCK WOOD

2 7 RIVERSTICK WOOD30 TRAMORE

Co. Kildare. CNOC cross country event at Hill Wood. Start 12.00.Christmas Score Event. 3ROC. 11.00·13.00. GR 0 17 23. Fancy dressrecommended.near Kinsale. Co. Corll. Corll 0 Xmas fun event. GR W 66 58.Co. Waterford. WATO grade 2 event, Sand dunes. GR S 59 01.

1991January6 CORONATION PLANTATION CO.Wicklow. Wesl of Sally Gap. ECO colour LL4 evenl GR 0 08131 3 KILLAKEE alias HellfireWood. Co. Dublin. UCDOColour event. LL5. GR 01222.1 9 STUDENT SCORE CHAMPIONSHIPS Woodlawn. Alhenry. Co. Galway. GR M 6730.2 0 CURRAGH CO. Kildare. CNOC colour evenl and The Irish Orlentear Trophy final.2 0 WOODLAWN Alhenry, Co. Galway. UCGO grade 2 colour event. GR M 67 30.2 7 NEWBRIDGE HOUSE Donabate.Co. Dublin, GEN Gr. 3 event. GR 0 21 49. Note change of venue2 7 GARRETTSTOWN near Kinsale. Co. Cork. Cork 0 tenth anniversary (badge) event. GR W 58 44.

February3 BEAUMONT PARK3 FANORE9

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Corll City. CorkO grade 3 relay event.Co. Clare. Burren OEC grade 2 colour event. GR M 14 07.IRISH STUDENT CHAMPIONSHIPS SII.h Wood, Collooney. Co. Sligo.GRG7531.

PHOENIX PARK Dublin. 3ROC colour event. LL6. GR 0 09 34.KILLAHALL Y WOOD Lismore. Co. Waterford. WATO Grade 2 event. GR X 08 94.UMMRA WOOD near Macroom, Co. Corll. Cork 0 grade 3 Norwegian event. GR W 37 72.WELSH CHAMPIONSHIPS Afan Argoed. Port Talbot. S. Wales.CONNACHT CHAMPIONSHIPS Union Wood. Collooney. Co. Sligo. GR G 68 28. Entries to John

Walshe, Moneymore East. Oranmore. Co. Galway by 15.2.91. Grade 1 eventon Sunday.

PHOENIX PARKCLARINBRIDGECLOGHEENSUGARLOAFHOLLYWOODKILSHEELAN

Dublin. 3ROCNight.(). GR0 09 34.Co. Galway. WEO grade 2 colour event. GR M 43 20.Co. Tipperary. Munster League 2. GR S 04 12.Co. Wicklow. UCDO colour event. Lelnster League final (LL7). GR 0 2313.near Blessington. Co, Wicklow. CNOC colour event.Co. Tipperary, WATO Gr. 2 evenl and Munster Schools' Championships.GR S 27 22.

CURRAGH WOOD Midleton, Co. Cork. CorllO Gr. 2 mass start score event. GR W 86 76.IRISH SPRINT-O CHAMPIONSHIPS Curracloe. Co. Wexford (provisional venue). WATO.LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS & Interprovincial. Brockagh. Co. Wicklow. 3ROC. GR T 12 97.LEINSTER RELAYS Killake •• Co. Dublin. SET score relay (provisional venue). GR 01222.PORTUMNA CO.Galway. Cuslume·WEOgrade 2 colour event. GR M 85 04.JAN KJELLSTROM TROPHY 91 Chesterfield. Derbyshire. Training. two-day Individual. relay.

Co. Galway. LKAC grade 2 colour event. GR L 77 65.Fermoy. Co. Cork. SO Gr. 2 Munster League event. (Possibly atChimneyfleld).

CORINBEG near Newport, Co. Mayo. SORCO grade 2 colour event.KNOCKANAFFRIN CO.Waterford, near Clonmel. WATO Gr. 1 Munster League event. GR S 28 17.MULLAGHMEEN CO.Westmeath, near Oldcaslle. SET colour event. Great area. GR N 47 78.TRACTON CO.Corll. LeeO Gr. 3 event.IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS Rossadrehld, Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary. Corll OC.

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Portlaw. Co. Waterford. WATO grade 3 event.CHAMPIONSHIPS Carrick Mountain, Glenealy. Co. Wicklow. GR T 23 93.Tramore, Co. Waterford. WATO grade 3 event GR S 55 02Portlaw. Co. Waterford. WATO grade 3 event.Laragh, Co. Wicklow. GEN. Leinster Score Championships.GR T 16 97_Laragh. Co. Wicklow. Leinster 2-Day. ECO. GR T 12 97.Laragh. Co. Wicklow. Leinster 2-Day. 3ROC. GR T 16 93.

BRANDON HILL Graiguenamanagh.Co. Kilkenny.WATO grade 1 event. GR S 7040. New area.SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS and National Event. Pillochry. Perthshire.DRUMLEAGH Glen of Aherlow. Co. Tipperary. LeeO grade 3 event. GR R 87 25.COUMSHINGAUN Comeragh Mountains, Co. Waterford. WATO grade 1 event. GR S 33 10.SHAMROCK O-RINGEN Ballingeary and Glengarriff, West Cork, Cork Orlenteers.

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Berlin, Germany.TRAMORE Co. Waterford. WATO grade 2 event. Sand dunes.

August4 - 1 0 SCOTTISH 6-DA Y Southern Uplands '91. Dumfries area.2 0 - 2 5 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Marianske t.azne, Ozechcslovakia.

Septembera RIVERSTICK Kinsale. Co. Cork. CorllO grade 3 beglnnors' even!. OR W 66 58.a THREE ROCK WOOD Dundrum, Co. Dublin. 3ROC colour ovent. Lelnster League (Ll)t. GR 01723.1 5 CORRIN HILL Fermoy, Co. Cork. CorllO grade 3 beginners' event. GR W 80 96.2 2 CURRABINNY WOOD Carrigaline, Co. Cork. CorkO grade 3 beginners' event. GR W 79 62.22 IRISH ORIENTEER TROPHY FINAL 1991.2 a NORTHERN IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS2 9 CURRAGH WOOD Midleton, Co. Corll. CorkO grade 2 even!. GR W 86 76.29 KILLAKEE Hellfire Wood, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. SET Sprlnt-O. GR 0 1222.29 NATIONAL "TRY ORIENTEERING" DAY

Oclober5 - 6 WARD JUNIOR HOME INTERNATIONAL Tlr na Spid6lge, and Ros M6r, Inchigeela. Co. Cork.5 - 6 VETERAN HOME INTERNATIONAL and National Even!. Dunkeld and Craig a'Barns. Perth. Scotland.1 2 - 1 3 MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS Coumbaun. Mitchelstown. Co. Corll. Lee Orienteers.1 9 - 2 0 WARD SENIOR HOME INTERNATIONAL and National Event. BelWySY Coed. North Wales.2 0 MALAHIDE CASTLE CO.Dublin.UCDO grade 3 event. New map.GR 0 22 45.2 0 GARRETTSTOWN Kinsale. Co. Cork. CorllO Gr 2 event. Corll League 1. GR W 25 68.2 7 MAHON FALLS Comeragh Mountains. Co. Waterford. WATO grade 1 event. GR S 32 07.

)November3 CLARA9 - 10 IRISH TWO-DAY17 BROCKAGH

Laragh. Co. Wicklow. 3ROC colour event. LL2. GR T t6 93.Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary.Laragh, Co. Wicklow. GEN colour event. LL3. OR T 1297.

Nole: Events in italics are for information only and do not form part of the Irish fixture list. Onlyregistered events run by clubs affiliated 10 the Irish OrienteeringAssociation, with competent officials, are covered by insurance. Alwayscheck with the organising club or the Sports Diary In the newspapers ifyou are in any doubt that an event is going ahead as advertised.

inf-O-line : Up to date fixtures information is available on 01-569099 (24-hours).

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3-D DISASTERUCDO's Michelle Kelly reports from the Southern Navigators 25th birthdayevent last July

Those of you who were present at Day 2 of the Irish Championships in Limavadyduring May might have noticed entry forms for the SN Birthday Event to be held ncarFamborough in Hampshire over July IS-16th. I had the dubious Iortune to be working inEngland at the time and took pan on the first day with three friends ...

SN had advertised this as a novelty weekend of orienteering and three separateevents were organised for Saturday. The opcner was straightforward orienteering with achoice of long (3 maps), medium (2 maps) or short (just the one map!) courses. I can't reporton this as, like Irish Saturday mornings, English Saturday mornings unfailingly follow the'night before' ...

For the not-so-early-risers a non-competitive colour event was available. Theterrain, a Ministry of Defence training ground, was sandy based with more than its fairshare of impenetrable waist-high ferns and ambiguous paths, "Nothing new in that!" youmight think - but when was the last time you emerged from the 6th control to find yourselfat the wrong end of an Army cadet's riOc?!!

With heartbeat eventually restored to double figures J proceeded to the day's thirdevent, which added a whole new dimension to my orienteering experience. On that fatefulday I had my first (and hopefully my last!) encounter with a 3-dimensional map - acomputer generated 3-D map with 20 metre contours (section lines, to be exact, and, no, Idon't understand that eitherl) Four views were givcn: North, South, East and west(blindingly original, eb1) with the 9 controls pre-marked on each.

Starting in pairs, on the assumption that the proverbial two heads might be bcucrthan than one, we soon found ourselves a "four-hcads-beucr-rhan-two" approach. Even stillI found it very difficult to relocate without the aid of vegetation markings. Perhaps somepacing would have helped?

At any rate the four of us managed to find a grand total of (understatement) at 5.30pm and following the arrows back to the finish. To add insult to injury we were informedthat the fastest completion time by that stage was a mere 40 minutest

Back in London, following showers, cats and refreshments appropriate to the hour,we conceded (without much hesitation, mind!) that 3-D orienteering wasn't the ideal eventfor our motly crew - a foursome consisring of two relative novices and two completebcginners!

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IRISH TWO-DAY 1990November 17-18

Back in WickJow where it started life as the Leinster Two-Day in the late '70's, iheIrish Two-Day this year visited two areas used before for orienteering, Brockagh and CarrickMountain, and gave us two days of good quality typical Wicklow orienteering: mixtures ofmostly runnable forest, open mountainside and lack of detailed contours. Three Rock's JustinMay and Julie Cleary took the M and W21A prizes, with the other prizes going all over thecountry.

Luckily for organiser and competitor alike the weather of the preceding days clearedto brighter conditions, although still very cold, and the variable cloud level at Brockaghmade some of the open mountain section of most courses quite interesting. The summer'sferns, recent felling and sturdy fences all caused problems for course planner Ross Stanleyat Brockagh, but the new 1:10000 scale map by Nick Buucrficld was acknowledged as a hugcimprovement on the 1983 1:15000 map. The map exchange on the A and B courses after only3.6 km was a factor which had an adverse psychological effect on many of the competitors:it's nice to get at least half the course over before a map exchange, but at least the secondpan of the courses was fairly fast. In all classes the overnight leaders were to maintain theirpositions, except in M40 where Sean Cotler (CorkO) was to pull up from 3rd on Day 2.

Carrick Mountain on Day 2 provided shorter, faster courses with more road running.Planner Colin Dunlop coped well with the deficiencies of the orca (brambles, rocky areasunderfoot) and the map (inadequate checking before printing) lind the generally fasterwinning times were a pleasant surprise to many competitors.

Virtually everything about thc event was lew-key: fewer orlenteers than usual hadcome over from Britain for it, despite its proximity to airports and ferries (most of thevisitors were here at 3ROC's invitation for the resumption of the 3ROC v LOK Challenge). Theabsence of an event centre, of an overall co-ordinator and of any semblance of a unifiedTwo-Day event was apparent but symptomatic of recent activity levels in Leinster. GreatEastern Navigators and Setanta Orienteers both did very competent jobs running the event,but it lacked something, the extra ingredient which makes a Two-Day memorable, somethingspecial. Perhaps if an overall co-ordinator had been appointed, particularly where theevents arc being run by more than one club. to look after things like event advenising(espeeially in CompassSport and British local Ovnewslcucrs), an event centre,accommodation and social activities. tbings would improve. 11 must be asked why the IrishTwo-Day is in November: surely a time of year with longer days and better weather would bemore attractive?

As you will have realised from the letters page, not everyone was happy with theircourses, notably the W15's and W45's wbose courses were too short. Like politics,orienteering is often the art of compromise, and in this case it didn't work. Small numbers ofcompetitors often tempt organisers lO rationalise classes and courses, meaning that someclasses get unsuitable courses. It really points out thal planning and controlling should bedone far enough in advance to let competitors know their approximate course lengths on theentry form so thal they can enter the most appropriate class.

Overall Impression: Competent.

J.McC.

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SLEANAGLOGH, CARRICK MOUNTAIN

Something made me go back today. As with an ill acquaintance, you were on my conscience for timespast. Ipedalled through the drizzly gale and padded up your driveway.

At first Icould not find you and when Idid pan of my soul sank.

Iheld up your portrait of three years and all those leafy memories filtered back. When first Icameto plot your secrets you shyly greeted me as a lonely hill widow, bUIwe did come to an understanding... You watched while I paced and lined your random patterns. The sway of the spruce and thelightness of your larch moved with me as, like a flea, I groomed your flank.

We became friends and I explored you allover, from the blotchy, ill-thinned patches to the sundustedglades where squirrels peeped out ... fine upright stands fading into the distance ... here marsh andstream, there foxgloves, moss and fern. Your silent walls of earth, silent stone ruins, the departed.

Later Ipaid you flying visits, running from stone to tree, greeting alJ in my path and you showed methe controls in return!

Now razed, raped by rough lumbermen with rasping chainsaws ... your stately spaces reduced to ayellow field. It happened at least a year ago. I'm sorry. I did notlcnow.

Barry Dalby.

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WATCH OUT

NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS

COMPASS SPORTSeveral street night events and cross

country night events are in the pipeline for theDublin area for early next year. Watch this spaceand keep an eye out for notices at events.

Note also two fixture changes in Leinsterin January: the Saggart event on 20th has beenreplaced by the Curragh, and the Corkagh Parkevent on 27th has been replaced by NewbridgeHouse, Donabate.

SENIOR HOME DISASTER

Apan from a good number of the selectedteam opting not to travel to the Ward SeniorHome International in Yorkshire. for a variety ofreasons. disaster struck the eventual team withthe six strong Cork contingent involved in a caraccident in Wales and the Editor being struckdown by a mystery illness the day before therace, Luckily the car accident didn't result in anyinjury and the Editor has recovered, but aconsiderable amount of improvisation by theharrassed team manager, Colin Henderson, wasthe result. The highways and the byways werecombed to PUt together a team.

ResulLS have not come to TlO yet but youcan take it that the result was England, Scotland,Wales, Ireland. A great run by Vince Joyce tofinish 2nd in M35 wasn't enough to raise theoverall position of the Learn. Perhaps we'll have afulJ report in TIO 51.

COMPUTER CORNER

Galway's Frank Ryan, doyen oforienteering west of the Shannon, wonders

whether any reader has or knows of a programfordoing results for a Championship event whichwill run on a Macintosh? !fyou can help phonehim at 091-53828 (home) or 091-53161 ext 213

(work).

FOR SALE

VJ Spike Ovshocs, tungsten spikes,excellent condition, worn twice. Fit size 10 foot.Price negotiable. Contact John McCullough (01-378819).

(Small ads like this are free ...)

CompassSpon magazine is still availableLO members of clubs affiliated to the lOA for theall-in price of IR£ 12.00. This represents aconsiderable saving on the normal subscriptionprice of STG 13.50 but applies only tosubscriptions and renewals through The IrishOrienteer. To subscribe, send payment of TR£ 12with your name and address to JohnMcCullough, 9 Arran Road, Drurncondra,Dublin 9.

It's an ideal Christmas present!

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SWEDISH O-RINGEN 1990Jocelyn Cathalin (VCDO) reports on her first visit to the big one.

The event was held around Gcteborg from 23-27 July centred on an old army barracksin an area known as Kvibcrg, Tcmporary facilities in the event centre included a bank, pOSIoffice (where postcards of the maps with special postmarks could be bought), tourist office.laundry, souvenir shop, supermarket, a huge sports shop (Sport and Motion), environmentdisplay, photography shop and, of course, information on the 1991 and 1992 5-Day events.

A wide range of accommodation was available. We had booked beds in the classroom of alocal school. John Feehan (BVOC) was also staying there. No private cooking was permitted inthe school building bUI breakfast was available in the cantccn for SEK20 (about £2) per day.Deirdre ni Challanain (AJAX) was camping in the school grounds. Mark Donovan (3ROC)managed to get a room in thc event centre itself but these went vcry quicldy. A number ofcampsitcs were set up in thc area, allocated by language spoken. One problem was that spacein campsites was only provided for tents if you also had a car or caravan; this nearly caughtOUI George Taylor ank Kieran O'Brien of LKOC who flew in with a tent. Lucidly the LVOcontingent had a spare corner so eventually two lillie green tents with tricolours (the secondbelonging to James Logue of NWOC) appeared just across thc road from tbe event centre.Aidecn Morrish (LeeO) and Cathal Cregg (LKOC) who were attending the (orienteering I)clinics were staying in another school.

According to the information we had received dinners were available at the eventcentre for SEK«l (about £4) per day. This was a masterpiece of large-scale catering where youbought your ticket outside the army canteen, handed it over on the way in and weresubscqucmly faced with a very good meal; for example Tuesday's menu was fried Swedishmeat bells with cream sauce, macaroni and lingonberry jam. Vegetarian alternatives weresupplied every day. Bread, salads and drinks were also available. Rumour bad it thai secondhelpings could be had. but I didn't see anyone going for them (not a reflection on the qualityof the food, which was excellent, but instead on the quantity which people had on their platesto start with). Depending on the time of the afternoon you ate at queueing did not take up a lotof lime. We therefore fed ourselves while in Sweden for £6 per day, with occasional top-ups ofjam sandwiches and pancakes.

As in Switzerland part of our entry fee paid for a local transport ticket. Our school wastwo tram stops away from Kvibcrg but this distance was walkablc. In Sweden competitors weretransported from the event centre to the events by fleets of coaches, six at a lime. On oneoccasion one lane of the main GOteborg - Stockholm motorway was closed off for the exclusiveuse of thc coacb convoys and orientcers cars.

Once we reached the assembly area the usefulness of club standards became apparent.With around 20,000 competitors this was hardly surprising. We generally left our gearwrapped in the UeDO banner ncar the globe which was where the people who were attendingthe clinic were gathered. The distance to the stan, and your start time, were printed on yourstart number. Distances to my stan varied [rom 4.2 km to 0.9 k:m. Toilets, drinJc: stations, spikeand clothing checks were all provided on the way to each of the eight starts (spiked shoes arebanned). The number of courses at each stan (about twelve) could be confusing, for examplewhcn a H20ALI map was picked up instead of a H21ALI. Maps Cor most classes were 1:15,000scale, the exceptions being the very senior, very junior and direct entry classes which hadI: 10,000 maps.

I bad entered tbc D21AKI class. Course lengths varied Cram 5.2 km to 6.8 km with 9-10controls (climb was never specified). The terrain was mainly fast open natural forest with anincredible amount of contour detail. Marshes were common but runniog water non-existent.Drink stations were provided and also came in useful for navigation. There were few linefeatures but 00 some legs paths and tracks for ski-orienteering could be used. Some of theterrain was very rocky and in a couple of cases a steep rock slope bad to be descended on theway to the last control: no joke with the cream of the world's orienteers also coming down at

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high speed. Run-in lengths ranged from 300-440 m and an eight-lane finish is necessary.Every competitor was photographed finishing once and these photos could be bought in theevent centre. Once finished, the maps were taken and new maps issued to each club at theevent centre later in the afternoon. No drinks were supplied at the finish but showers, foodand a post office were available at the assembly area eacb day.

On the first day I exceeded tbe three-bour cut off point (possibly due to a contourculture-shock after the relatively simple Swiss orienteering), so went down as "overtime" forthe rest of the weelc. However I managed two 2-hour runs later in the week, about which 1 wasquite pleased. Unfortunately I baven't got any other published results.

A small complaint about this event; an awful lot of information is suplied only inSwedish. For such an environment-conscious country they also give competitors an awful lotof jlUlk paper. Apart from this the organisation could not be faulted.

The Swedish O-Ringen is definitely something to be seen as an example of large scaleevenu. Trying 10 find your gear after returning from your run is ... interesting. It is also aphysical imposaibility to be on your own in the forest; whenever you stopped you could see atleast ten other people, about half of whom were Swedish, and most of whom were lost. If therewas I control nearby these lost soul~ could be seen gathering like vultures to swoop on anyonewhose control it was in order to find out wbere tbey actually were on the map.

So if you don't mind huge numbers of people everywhere, and you want to orienteerwith some of the world's best, go to the Swedish O-Ringen.

J;ll(]60LOQJ6Kl ceeQ§_

Readers of this page will no doubt have noted its obsence in recent issues.This was not due to the world cup. exam pressure, election strategy. Cork'sdouble, Mary's election or Brian's deletion. Francie's toe or mappingblues. It was'nt that nothing was happening _ Doug and Gerry went andgot wet in the Mournes. Bernie went to Japan. Mike to California and Johnto Germany. Myles set up a youth Club. Lillian and John ran a beginnerseVent for people short of tenners! Eight club members went to Mayo andlearned how to survey and what you sharpen a pencil with. Organised asChoole event for the rain. Sent Christy off on his 1st event with Teresa _she says the only time you run is at the start and coming into the finish.Leonard went and trained with the National Squad and he hasn't talkedsince. Any chance of a Christmas Party?No. the scribe stayed qUiet so no one could Bay he was "slagging again,thata all he's good tor"- who is it this issue? Well you've had your restand enjoyed it. watch out for '91!Enjoy the season ot good will.

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great 'Eastern 9{avigators Orienteering c[u6

Enquiries: Andrew O'Mullane, 79 Glenbrook Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Ph: 933891.

The Irish Two-Day 1990;The members of GIN have once again excelled themselves in running one of

Ireland's major events. The weather was fine, with the spectacular scenery ofGlendalough, Glendasan and Clenmacnass from high on Brockagh ( if you avoided themist!).l would like to mention some names;

Controller: John McCullough (3ROC), Planner: Ross Stanley, Organiser: DermotKennedy, Brendan Doherty for stepping in in Dermot's absence, Eveleen McAuley forentries, Diana, Mike Hewson and ABL for results, the Thornhills, McCormacks,McCormacks et al for start and finish, Peadar for refreshments, Brenda and Margueritefor registration, Dave and Helen for parking, Jane for Mountain Rescue(!), Arthur andBrian and all the members of SET for their end of the operation, and last, but not least,all the 350 competitors who made the weekend a success. Phewl

MappingAs you may have noticed, GEN has a new map, i.e. Brockagh (Where?- see

above). Ross would like to thank (I'll keep this shore) everybody involved, especiallyNick for drawing it.

Corkagh ls almost ready, but unfortunately not until after next January. There arenew projects on the way, but more information later.

Now for something completely different;Congratulations to: (more famous people) Diana Large, Andrew Bonar Law,

Michael Hewson, Maura Thornhill, Jane Watt, Andrew O'Mullane and Gavan Doherty,all of whom made sure that GEN was represented at all the Ward Home Internationals,during the autumn.

Subs:It is time to leap for joy, as you can now pay your annual subs. If you haven't

already, then would you please contact the secretary as soon as possible (Subs:Individual: £8, Family: £10, Student/Junior: (4). But why all this joy? Well, on receipt ofyour sub, you will get a membership card, which will be worth £1 off the full rate atevents the length and breadth of Leinster from January 27. So before you know it, youwill have made back all the money you spent on the GEN sub (that's the theory!).

And Fillally:GEN's next eyent will be on January 27, but will not be in Corkagh. as previosly

advertised, due to technical difficulties (there's no map- yet!). So this event will be on inNewbridge House, Donabate. Volunteers will be needed- you never know, you may bementioned. Meanwhile ...

;~ Merry Christmas, ana a :Happy 'J{ew 'J{avigating Year ~oa.m24

SeLOO'LO oRieo'LeeRSSETANTA p.()TES

AtflJALCJ:NERAL ~ETIIIG: The Club AG1 wil 1 take place beforethe end of January (see enclosed notice for date, time, andvenue). As in previous years, we hope to make this a socialevening, after the fOnT8l business is corpleted. All Merrbersare asked to attend. As usual, we will be hoping for sane'new blood' on the Ccmnitt.ee for the following year.

IRISH 2 - DAY 1990: This event was organised jointly withGEN on NDverrtler17-18 last. satanta organised the Sundayevent at Carrick Wood, near Ashford. The general concensus;s that the event was a great success. This was largely dueto careful planning, organising and controlling by allconcerned and of course the good weather did help. ();rthanks to 3Ra: for the use of Carrick and to Ted McGrath forcontrolling. A sunnary of the results is included in thisedition of the no and it is intended to issue, shortly, acorplete set of results.Many thanks for the support of so many mentlers, old and new,on the day.

FUT~E EVENTS:the Club is cannitted to the following events:second day of Leinster Ch8ITPionships (March 24th.). Thisw1ll nIOSt likely be a score relay event at Killakee. Therew1ll al1lo be a colour event at MullagtYneen, Co. We8tn8ath,on April 21st. We are hoping that nore mentlers wi11 expressan interest in organising, planning or controlling futureevents. There is 8ITP1eexperienced help avai lable and theeffort involved is most rewarding.

INJ~IES: Quite a few well knownMentlers have recentlyreceived ankle and other injuries and have spent 8Illlllfortunes on physiotheraphy. Whythe sudden upsurge?Hopefully all will soon recover to fU'I, nore cautiously, infuture!

SEASCNS ffiEETIIIK3S:the Ccmnitt.ee wish all rnerrbers andfriends a peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year.

EJlQJIRIES:enQUiries and correspondence concerning satantaOrient.eers rmy be addressed to;

Setanta Or;ent.eers,C/O. Brian FQ,ter,15, Templercan Avenue,rublin 16.tel. (01) 941378

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THREE ROCK ORIENTEERING CLUB

Club Secretary: Vera Murtagh, 19 The Cloisters, Terenure,Dublin 6W. (01-908237)

Christmas upon us once again and the usual rush to get everything bought, decorated, cooked. hasdescended upon the nation. However our score event on 26Lh December will soon work off all thatover-indulgence in food and drink. Remember it's rancy dress. extra points awarded to thosesuitably attired. The venue is Three Rock and Justin May will be looking for helpers on the day.before or after their run. The usual wonderful prizes will be awarded. and there may even besome mulled wine left over from last year ...

EVENTS 3ROC are running Lelnster League event 6 in the Phoenix Park on 10th february.Volunteers will be needed to help out. We are also running the Leinster Championships atBrockagh on Saturday March 23rd. A large number of club members will be needed to help outbut, where possible. a run on the day is guaranteed.

TIO TROPHY FINAL Definite date for your diary - Sunday January 20th. Venue - theCurragh, Co. Kildare (new map). The final is between 3ROC. Lagan Valley and Cork O. ALL 3ROCmembers will be needed to run in this competition - it is your chasnce to do something for yourclub. Juniors. please contact Liam Convery (Juniors Officer. 697107) if you need a lift.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The AGM will be on Friday February 1st 1991 in GlcnalbynSports Centre, Stiltorgan. lit 8 pm. A good attendance is important as it is your chance to influencethe future running of the club and to make known your ideas, observations. criticisms etc.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP CARDS Immediately after the AGMmembership cards will be issued on receipt of subs., as a two-tier system of entry fees will be inopcration at events. If you haven't got a card you will have to pay more (or is it that if you have acard you will pay less?)

FIRST FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS Next FF on 4th January 1991. David Rowe will talkabout mapping, i.e. surveying an area. The next day we will have a practical session on ThreeRock. meeting at Lamb Doyle's pub at 10.00 am. New members are particularly welcome, It's a goodway to get to know fellow club members. Still on training. at the Newbridge House event(Donabate) on January 27th a special training session will be run by 3ROCkers for 3ROCkers.Please be there for 11 am.

WARD SENIOR HOME INTERNATIONAL 3ROC were represented in Yorkshire byKaren Convery, Una Creagh, Hilde Creagh. Julie Cleary, Trina Cleary, Anne May and Vince Joyce -well done all of you. Special thanks to John Creagh wbo provided transport at short notice.

LEINSTER TWO-DAY Excellent performances by 3ROCkers brought many honours.Our splendid I st. 2nd and 3rd places in W21 A was a great acbievement: congratulations to JulieCleary (who won on both days), Una Creagh and Maeve McPherson. Justin May's consistent runson both days brought him the M2IA crown, again congratulations, Justin. Congrats also 10 EmmaGlanville (tst W 17), Hilde Creagh (lst W19), Monica Nowlan (1st W40), Nuala Creagh (1st W50); 2ndplaced Karen Convery (W 17), Nigel Campbell-Crawford (M45) and 3rd placed Sheila Convcry(W J 5), Trina Cleary (W40) and Joss Lynam (M60). 3ROC also provided the controllers. JohnMcCullough and Ted McGrath .

FINALLY The 3ROC/LOK Challenge match at the Two-Day brought victory to 3ROC by 18 points.The weekend was a great success and our visitors thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Thanks to allwho provided accommodation and transport over the two days. No results yet from the returnmatch at Epping forest but in tbe next issue the final results will be revealed.

Liam Convery is looking for a controller: Liam is planning the Leinster SchoolsChampionships on Carrick Mountain in May and needs a controller. It is a closed event with justfour courses, so if you would like to help out phone Liam at 697107.

And finally. :H!AP'P)' CJf!J{JS'J.').{;U !49{_'1J 'J.(J;'W %JU. (j'ltf:.'£'[{'J{ljS to all our members - see youon the 26th in FANCY DRESS!

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SHORT COURSE1 A. DELACY2 B. TORMEY3 J. MACKEY4 L. O'HARA5 B. DOHERTY6 G. MAY7 C. MACKALL8 D. CLARKE9 C. THORNHILL10 M. O'NEILL11 K. THORNHILL12 E. O'NEILL13 P. O'NEILL14 J. GRmSON15 S. GRmSON16 N. LAWLOR17 E. LAWR£NCE18 K. CW1PTON19 P. MAY20 V. ~1URTAGH21 H. SCULLY22 T. ACHESON23 J. CLARE24 A. DELACY25 E. DUNNE26 E. P. DURRANT27 S. KERSHAW28 B. CORK£RY29 T. COLLINS30 P. O'HARA31 M. O'tlARA32 M. NOWLAN33 E. O'BYRNE34 I. HI Ol'lULEBH35 N. WALSH36 A. MAGRATH37 AISHLING

+ 60NF

ECOWHOWHOAJAXGEN3 ROC

DLSOGENSETGEN3 ROC3 ROC3 ROC3 ROCGENWHOWIIO3 ROC3 ROC3 ROCWHODLSOECO3 ROCGEN

AJAXAJAX3 ROC3 ROCECO3 ROC3 ROC

18.2118.3618.4519.1019.5925.4628.3729.0833.0833.1833.4033.4833.4934.5535.0336.1140.0240.0540.0740.1040.15l.O .3242.4145.0746.5548.2054.1959.0767.2770.3870.4772.0972.0974.1893.3893.4293.44

LOST PROPERTY - SILVA COMPASS WITHPACING SCALE

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E Course (4.6km, 120m) F Course (4.QI,m, 95m)-------------.---.--1 C. Dunlop S8 M55 48.50 1 O. Lovely LOO W13 76.43SETANTA ORIENTEERS 2 S. Convery 3ROC W15 52.31 2 Quinn, Hynes LOR W13 83.05--------- 3 H. Convery 3ROC W50 62.50 3 F.Galligan LOR W13 85.16RESULTS OF MULLAGi>lEEN ffi. 1 EVENT: SEPT. 23rd. 1990. 4 L. Convery 3R(X; MOO 65.48 4 S. Hynes Lffi W13 86.275 J. Butler 3Rcx:::M13 66.26 5 E. Roe Lffi ~113 99.08Planner: J. Catha 1in; Controller: 8. Heeney 6 M. Hewson GEN M60 68.08 6 H. Ligett LOR W13 99.34Oganiser: B. Power 7 D. Large GEN 1</50 69.16 7 S. Maguire LOR W13 101.008 8. Thormey I'/HO M13 69.21 8 P. McQui 11an SET 114.51A Course (9.5km, 305m) M21A B Course (8.0km, 295m) 9 M. crermton WHO M13 69.26 9 K. ~1cDarby LOR W13 115.12--------------- 10 T. Stronge 1'iI-()W15 80.54 10 N. Corigan LOR W13 116.591 J. May 3Ra: 67.19 1 E. Lougl'Ynan NAAS W21 84.16 11 E. Kernan AJAX W218 82.09 11 8. O'Connor SET W55 117.022 8. Delaney ECO 69.24 2 J. Giezendanner SWITZ 84.19 12 E. Moody WriO W15 82.53 12 M. Burke Lffi W13 117.033 S. McSweeney BVOC 75.45 3 M. McPherson 3ROC W21 95.02 13 L. Mackey 1'iI-()M13 85.08 13 5. Masterson Lffi W13 117.174 D. Connerney WE 78.29 4 M. Convery 3ROC W21 104.53 14 J. Mackey WHO M13 85.09 14 A. Clarke LOR 1~13 117 .195 A. Pim WATO 84.01 5 P. Lalor CO M45 104.54 15 S. Allen WHO M13 86.48 15 S. O'Neill LOR W13 118.236 J. Walshe WE 85.05 6 V. Jones COO M35 105.13 16 K. Flavo WHO M13 ,18.27 16 R. Lysaght S8 W55 118.487 K. O'Dwyer SO 86.46 7 C. Williamson WHO M17 112.16 17 P. conbo 1'IriO M13 118.34 17 SR. Rosa 1een SET W55 119.048 M. Geoghegan AJAX 91. 11 8 W. Ring CORKO M45 118.40 18 J. O'Neill FIN W40 132.18 18 A. Boylan Lffi W13 119.069 P. Healy am 92.25 9 C. Barry CORKO M21 119.37 19 Acheson, Rosney WrIO 147.31 19 F. Aherne S8 120.4410 C. Cregg LKOC 96.59 10 D. Kelly FIN M21 126.26 20 C. Cosgrave LOR W15 187.38 20 C. Keaveney LOR W13 125.1011 F. Lafferty FIN 97.33 II G. Elliot 3ROC M19 153.30 22 D. Keegan LOR W15 190.16 21 C. Kelly LOR W13 125.1512 S. O'Boyle CURR 99.32 ()IIF:J. Doran 23 S. Behan LOR ~115 193.35 22 Conboy, Harvey WHO 133.2913 T. O'Neill CORKO 108. 25

14 S. Mulqueen CORKO 126.57 D Course (5.9km, 155m) G Course (1.8km, 35m)15 O. Power 131.12---------------.--( M. Grant WATO No. 18 )

1 O. Curran LOR Wl1 26.33( J. cat lanan WE NoS.4,5,6) 1 R. Taylor LKOC M21B 66.50 2 A. Foran LOR Wl1 26.45DNF: P. Harrington, J. Mulcahy 2 J. Darcy LKOC M21B 70.27 3 J. Muldorry LOR 30.113 K. Convery 3ROC W17 72.48 4 S. Charles LOR 32.304 N. Cranford 3Ra: M45 75.41 5 O. O'Brien LOR Wl1 32.41C Course (6.6km, 220m) 5 C. Fletcher GEN M21B 76.28 6 O'Shaughnessy 36.54- ------ 6 N. Orion WHO M15 77.02 7 T. Collins 43.491. O. Q.J1nn GEN M40 74.24 7 J. Brogan LKOC M218 78.23 8 N. Walsh 3ROC 45.322 P. Flanagan 3Ra: M40 75.29 8 M. Walsh 3ROC W40 81.469 K. Flanagan 3ROC 45.343 J. Watt GEN W35 78.06 9 K. O'Brien LKOC M21B 84.52 10 A. McGrath 45.354 M. Lunt GEN M40 85.58 10 E. Glanville 3ROC W17 85.34 11 A. Jurado SET 46.555 E. Orion WHO M17 89.51 11 T. Conlan LKOC M21B 88.35 12 R. McCool LOR 52.526 M. Davey 3Ra: M17 90.54 12 A. Pim WATO M45 90.13 13 H. Cole LOR 52.537 P. Butler 3Ra: M40 95.20 13 J. Hamilton LKOC M21B 90.26 14 P. Flanagan 3Ra: 58.448 P. McKenna M40 96.54 14 L. Floyd Fin M17 91.12 15 A. Walsh 3Ra: 58.449 D. Casey UCDO M21 98.26 15 O. Brooks 3ROC M45 91.57 16 K. O'Hara 58 69.1010 P. Moloney WATO 100.54 16 L. Dejongh WE W218 93.35 ,11 A. Rudd WHO M17 101.53 17 O. Watt GEN M45 93.52 , •12 C. Haugh-con 14ATO 106.06 18 B. McGauran LKCC M21B 94.29 9 10 ,13 T. McDonald WATO 112.05 19 J. Ryan WE M15 96.29

• , I \t. '14 P. Murphy WATO 113.42 20 J. Nevin LKOC M21 109.21 """~'15 Whitely CO 114.00 21 J. Been FIN M21 109.23" .' I " .16 F. McCOnnack CO M45 115.46 22 M. Mi 11s SET 1'121109.40 --17 M. Ryan CO 121.43 23 N. Kelly 110.18 ...18 M. Brett 124.00 24 B. Flanagan 3ROC W40 117.4019 T. O'Sullivan WATO 1'140136.28 25 F. Starn WE M21 127.4320 J. Fitzsimons 3ROC W35 161. 11 26 Staunton 138.05F. Ryan (No. 12) WE M40 70.14 27 M. Thonpson WHO M15 163.42DNF: S. Hannon, P. MUrphy, B. Kavanagh M. Nowlan (No 12 !) W40 77.22

DNF: J. Killelea, A. Stanley, N. Orion"Getting away from it all" at the Northern Ireland CharnpionshlpsO. Allan, S. Stewart, O. Bagnall!990 (courtesy of f.ar~n COfiv-?ry>O. Hennelloy

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SAGGART WOODS 11th Nov 1990 i 25 P Butler - MAO ~ --. 1Colour E'/ent ! 26 i Derek .~lIen '. I :ROC I :':18 WHITE Course 2.Skm. ~Ol\;j, 7 ControtsLeinster League #3 I ~7 , 8 'I _ M.5 NHO, 18.01 I 'NayfarersAjax Orienteers . -, I' 1/ c\=r~th M40 3ROC i 18:31 " I

1:8 Peter Q Nedl ~.145! 3ROC! 19:08 ,; Name CI CI h .

L9 ! Mane Walsh 'N40 3ROC i 79:271 ass u_ TimeI ~O i John Dunlop • M45 • 3ROC I W.:02 II Michael Behan l M13 I DLSO I 33:50

G ,,' .: ! 31 ! T Con neff ,M15 ~ DLSO, 80:23. ! ~ Jack QUinn 1 M13 OLSO 34:58

IREE~Course 4, .Km .• 90M. 16 COOlro'; 132 I C Ryan I M13 : OLSO,' 80:24,' I J Paul Behan I M13 OlSO I 34:59

snort '-'Ifficult ! i ~3i Finbarr Ryan I I 80:32 _ 0 ~~~ran I M13 I ?lSO 34:59I _ Nam .- ~, _. 1 I A I ? Pomeroy 81'29 I I: C ..,ILs,mons M10 I "ROC, 36:14,_ ,e __lass ._IUD time I ,:lS - '3ermIOgham' 32:19 i !:: 0can Tr~3c:1 ~"'0 oe!\C; 36:57

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1 : Shane ITNeiil I ilti13 DL50 i 55'50! ;::~. \JI 'ie'Nson M60. '3EN 33:03! 1 'N L3'~,or :vi 13 ''NH_O 37.01~ . Pat Redmond I M35 I Set '61:39 ! :' , slmo~ Walsh M13 I OlSO 33:23 a Neal senenan ' 1 Dl::.O 37:42

; ~ ~ilgef Crawford! ~!1<15 ~ROC: 32.:29 I I ~8 Sven Kulldorff 11.160 I Set I 35:32 I I 9 J3.R Treacy ! M7 I oBAcl 38:22I J N Droon \,115 WHO' ,~2::;0 I' ! ss : -:~'N:'II ; W40 ,rin i S5:54 '0.3 Ouinn ! UCD I .11.48IS! ~! No'!!lar. 'N4IJ JROC I 63:10 I ~ I ::.....01lm5 I M15 j WHO; 37:11 D Byrne ,UCDO ~1:48! 6 Mark O'Neill M17' Set 53:53 I 1':1. ~Aaura Higgins 'N~5 • Set I 93:2.1 .~.o!fe Lawlor I UCDO I 41:48

I.>.l I 7 G Cond<:_n I i'JI40 '3EN 38:10! i ~2 I Ni~~f Brady M13. OlSO '. 94:17 :3 S O'Rafferty I M13 I DLSa I' J2:3.5o I & -ienrev t:iraale~ :'1i15 m-iO 58,42 I ,-3 I H i nompson 01.115 INHO: Q7'22 :: ,?~lle Nelligan I ! J5:15

E Jones I ';'.;21 ?in 59:00 I 1.14'? Cooke M55 I Ajax I 97:27 !l!: .itzs,mons ; 'N4 I JROCJ5:2210 I B Cryan . M21 B I 3ROC 70:00 i 1.!5 s Flannagan W40 3ROC I 98:02 1~~. Aaeve O'Ne,11 'N11 Set , 45:371~I Tom Whiteley 0\11218I Curr 70:22 i ~~.~rank Murphy I I I 99:06 " ,.l.,myBUller I W17 3ROC I 46:27

I!:! J Gray i'.'140 3ROC -'1:jJ; . .i, JP Clarke M45 GEN 99:35 18 Patnck Haran I M6 I . 50:25I 13 ~,Nonon ; M50 3ROC 71:27 i i ~8 ~ ~awrence ! ~150 'Set 10V8 I~ 3arry Redmond :JI~ I' Set ! 50:25

ll~ vincent Devan}i M40 ,GEN ".1:57! 1:9 '" uoherry .",45 GEN: 1C-6:36I LO I Sh~ella Nowlan' N I 3ROC! 50:52I 1:> I ."S-L : M55 "3EN 72:37! I ,:0 1Sh~ne Colgan l M17 I "in I t08:13 I 21 I ~ r<edmono I I 5100; ~5 : Colin Dunlop I M55 Set -3:~u f i ,,1 :\II r,eifel I M50 GEN i16:23' 1221::; HigginS ; M13 : DLSO 52:0317 r H Cormack I M50 CO ~3:53 I J:2 'N Weid·/O-ioore I ',117 WHO '22:06 I 1231 "Flanagan W10 I 3ROC I 52:3718 S Dempsey I !'v115 DlSO -~:26! 1=3 S Cullinane 11.111 Naas' 126:48 241 Niarnh Nowlan I W9 I 3ROC I 52:39

191 COi:n Rothery i 0\1121 i 3ROC ~4:27' i:..l Jna Coghlan W19 3ROC :2~:25 I ~:. Q:~hea i Curr 54:43~O ,J 0 Neill I M17 KHO I 75:37 I !:~'~Cullinane I 'N13 Naas 128:29 I ~~I? ~hea I I Curr I 54:54~!P ~ord M40 Trim ,5:57 I i;;O :: ,~Iarkham Clog 148:57 I <I K Hannagan 'M7 3ROC I 59:30~" I J Den; ,VI50 Set ~6:20;! I "eegan VCOO; ;,01' ~15 28 I !homas Gray M9 3ROC, 60:10,23 DaVIa Smith iVI218 Fin 16:22!: f Did Not FiniSh ~9 I Ka:.en Power W3 Set ! 53:4524 I RUih Lynam 73:54 ! I co i S "'nlay 65:13

I 31 i '1 O'Gorrnan 76:00I ~O'G . I '! . '" ormol1, I I 76:00! ' T :)"Sultrvan 1 iv1P i.!3

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REO Course -I.3km. 130M. 14 controlsLong Easy

- Name Class Club Time

1 I H Inglis IM40 GEN : 11:302 J Lynam I~~~ 3ROci 13:30... I ........,_ 79'22

Ferm I 19:25JROC 83:223RCC a3:~OWHO ~4:'t~

SLUE Course i.9km. 295M, 25 ControlsLong Difficult

~ Name Class Club Time

i 18 Delaney I Nt21 i ECO I 91:442 Gavin Doherty I 93:24

13 : IN Younq M21A C':) 94:00, I

J S O'Boyle M21A I Curr 96:3551 Pat Healey I iVl21A ,Curr I 102:07') A O'Clerigh 1 105:56I t . John 0.L,0, MJ5 'CO ~09:~: I<l ~.;IGeogroegan M2~ Ajax, .15.~L ,9 i Tom Condon i 1'-1135 COD, 115:57 I10 K McDonald M35 ::CO 1 116:00I" MO',,,,. ."" ", ' 119:41 :12 I J FitZSimons i ivl40 ! 3ROC 126:07 i:3 'Ial Jones :V135 COD '142:04 i

w 14 I David wart M45 Gen i.;t9:20 i1;5 Aiidr~·'N RLidd ....117 ~NHC i52.$5 i\6 Joan Flanagan I W21 Aiax 177:00 IIi S .rorcan MSO 3ROC 188.'15 I

r .n3ill Jordan , 11112113ROC' 188:45>.;1 Ni C~oitje C~~ 193~~ iI'" ~v/20 I A Hallowes J W35 i 3Rocl 198:11 '

21 j Bill Hailowes i M40 ' :lROCi .~~I Gen.!;u .~

! Brian Bell M35 MP ::::12

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Planner Brendan O'Connor AJAXOrqaruser Peter GarQon AJAXCcmrouer ~Jlaurice Q'Har.:1 AJAX

I .'d aanv watsn M45I 9 I Rupert Clarke W1S1,0 Xinda Clarke ! IN,5I 11 Tony Cullinane! M10I : 2 ..l, Lawrence 'NJ.Qi 13 Tracy Lord W18

I14 I Tornlis 'N~8:5 G Posen 'N35<5 Brian Tormey M13

1 17 0'Sullleaonaln118 J<ingslev Flower M13

j' "19 C Lync~20' 0 Graham21 .i.lda-n Cruise22 ? i"lcK",on! 23 Aideen Cruise

I 24 f L Lord M10

I 2S I ":udv 'lidO26 . ver« ."!urlagn 'N~Oi 27 ; .ronn O'Malley! 23 :\flame Mchecn

I';':S P Keeie:, I30 ~vis O'Brien

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3ROC .14:5637:5239:1295:.!996:0298:1739:04 j

39.24 i101'27 I'Ol'J(j I;02:E5lO4:10 I:28:10132:06 I

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133:44134:06136:33!36:56150:58151'10'67 ~1l:i3:G6'f3:~6

ORANGE Course 2.4km. 70M, 9 controlssbcrt Easy

Name Class Club Tirne

I A Delacy 1 Mi1 ECO j 28:06213 Doolan Set 32:333 H Coburn I M13 , WO 33:134 J Skernt I M1l I 'NO 37'02:; R Barr/ M11 GEN 37:,56 M McCullagh M11 'ivO 38:23I Paul Conboy WHO 43:49a Mark Gargan ,,110 Arax I .J8:209 G Clegg ,v113 ,,-Jo 48:22

1:0 a O'Neill Set ~9.04111 I ..l, Mackey IW15 WHO I 49.:53I 12' T Collins ! Fin 51;07I 13 I D Murphy I 'N12 I WHO

51:27I~d , K Moodv I W15 51:5215 , G Gray' I i~111 3ROCi 57'20116' Susan Plummer W13 ,,(HO , 61,JO

Sarah Botton . '-fi13 KHO 61,4018 C Murphy Ml0 I 61:57I 19 I Srian C:arKe . M-:2 ' GEN S~:15I ZO NiShu,lIeabhaili ,3ROCi 85:1721 ' S Wilkrnson W13 I KHO , ,6:4322 MUfld'J Walsh 'N13 I '<HO , 76:.1923 ' Lynn ,:;aslam I W13 KHO ~8:~BI ? D"" "'" I KHO -.........

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25 J Butler I W40 IJROCi 79:05; Kyran Connell :V113 13ROC! HOS

27 , L Crawford M9 3ROCj 82:5728 \o1,8,S Murphy , 97:3329 A ,\,lcGralh Mtl 110:19.!O Alshng Walsh 'Na 3ROC; 110:31

Anson Canningl WID 110:31J2 ,1,1'Nard I W15 OBACi 158'~6321 G Ward ! 'N15 10BAci 160:46

C McGI'ath 3ROC I MP =9

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