Irish Orienteering Association

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER:FRANK CUNNANE.phone: 021-358480.

"Krroc krrar ea " •Barnstead Ave.Blackrock,Cork.

6th. August, 1989.

NOTICEA CONTROLLERS and PLANNERS COURSE

conducted byIAN McMILLAN, B_O_F_

will be hilidinWESLEY COLLEGE. BALLINTEER. DUBLIN

SAT_on

25th and SUN_ 26th NOVEMBER.

DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

TIME: 9.15 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. EACH DAY.

BRING: Spirit Pens (non-permanent, for use on mapping film), Pencils,Paper, Erasers, Orienteering Gear.

PROVIDED: Mapping film, maps of the areas we are going to visit. HOTDINNERS @ £3 per day IF paid for at least one week in advance, orpreferably with booking. Otherwise, bring packed lunches.

FEE: £10 PER PERSON, PAYABLE WITH BOOKING. BOOKINGS ON A "FIRST PAY,FIRST BOOKED" BASIS. BOOKINGS ACKNOWLEDGED SAME DAY (BY POST).

NUMBERS: WILL BE RESTRICTED TO 30, BECAUSE OF ROOM SIZE.CHEGUES: PAYABLE TO "FRANK CUNNANE":

SUBSIDY: This course is being subsidised by the l.O.A., toamount of £200. Subsidy will be by way of refund.for a refund, it is necessary to complete the course.

a maximumTo qualify

REFUNDS: 1. For persons who live more than 20 miles from Dublin, mileagefrom home to Dublin and back, less 40 miles, will be reimbursed,provided that cars are as full as reasonably possible. Contactclub-mates and nearby clubs to fill cars.2. The remainder of the subsidy will be paid to th~se who have topay for overnight accommodation, up to a maximum of the An Oigerate per night, for two nights. Stay with friends, if possible.

t:he lRlsh ORlent:eeRNo. 42 August 1989 £1.00September

4- 17 Templeroan Way,Knockl yon Road.Dublin 16.

Deer Editor,

1 am taking this opportunity to inform your readers that I do notintend to let my name go forward as L.einster Orienteering Councilchairperson at the LOC AGM to be held this Autumn. I have now heldthis post for two years which I think is long enough. Next year Ipropose to concentrate on night courses and this will not leaveadequate time to devote to L.OCmatters.

The revamped LOC has now been in existence for four years and ismaking progress in several eoreas. It is important that someone comesforward who tn the ro l e of ch4irperson can give it a fresh impetus.rhe role of L.l)C cheirperson doel;. not have a tightly defined jobSP€!clf1cation and it. does not lend itself to e concise descriptionSuitable (or a letter such e s this. I em, of course, available toan.wer queries from any interested parties.

Orienteering depends on people c omt ng forward at club, regionaland national level to fill its many voluntary positions. I think it isimportant to demonstrate that once people have accepted e role for ecouple of yeers they ceo walk away from it and direct their energieselsewhere. If this is not seen to be so it is a mejor diSincentive topeople taking on these positions in the first place.

Lestly I would like to s ey that I hev e enjoyed my two yeers asLOC chairperson and t be t , in particular, I heve enjoyed the veriedconcects with orienteers throughout Irelend.

Yours faithfully.Oevid Wet t.

"Si1verdale ..Windsor RoadRathminesDublin, 6.17 August 89.

FllNDRAISING HIt 89

Dear Editor

1 wish to take this opportunity to thank Irish Orienteers ingeneral for their contribution to our fundraising efforts forW/189. A total of t.2,200. 00 has been collected.I offer a special thanks to the clubs who sold tickets for ourraffle and those who organised fundraising events. Certainindividuals took initiatives and organised coffee mornings.sold burgers etc. and to these I am very grateful.In particular I wish to thank our many panel members whoresponded so positively to this fundraising effort. Theirefforts have been rewarded and hopefully a standard has beenset whereby representing Ireland in orienteering will not besuch an expensive exercise.(The Government (Cospoir) grant towards 101/189 is [1400. 00)

Sincerely ,..~r~;JMd~~.

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BEFORE ....

1'1..... l'l"'l, "'1uB,1 had been r unn r ng at the nominated sell?ctionI-'V<"I·.t.". \.iw';''-'8hc,uL t ns- pe s.t B€""",nn and i'l final squed of thirteen men~I1,i r,.J.ght women formed tl'o", pool from which the World Championshipst.-"em to travel to Sweden was picked. The sE'lection races were held onthe weeker,c;1 nf July 13/9 at Mabie and Drumlanrig in Scotland. Aonghus6C161rlp:h was pre-selectMd for the me~'s team. The chosen team was:

AOnp:hu6 OCleirigh <Curragh), Stev<;on l..'lnl.(1rI (NWOC>,(Cc'rkO), BtJ 1 EdwardS (CorkO - Indi.vi.dlJal race only),'l..eaO - raley race only).

Brian CorbaHColm 0' Halloran

ort e GOiJkm 'AJAX),\1..~'Go()), l)e1.r,jr~, ,,1on ; y).

~il~.n l..olJghmanChal1~nain \AJAX)

<NAAS), ~aitrtona nicM,d Una Crsegh (3ROC

Mhuir1srelay

The rlor,-i'~("tulloi.on of Irish Champ10n Pel.&r Kernar, proved ac ont r ov er-a t e I der-isi.on ao; he WIIS second oVl~ral) in the trial, winningf)ay I by four ",i nutEOF., and led to ~he rOlolidgnat1 on of Team ManagerWally Young, I'Iccordjng to e lettf;lr (rom him t o the ..quad members.

The- e c t ue I ",('thod oi selectj on was urrue ue L: it, hod been decidedL hi'll., ,",ccordi ng to ~ho;: !<qul'ld membe r s.' perf orrnances in selectionevenls, a ha'"ldlcappin.~ system would ope-r e t e on times in the trial sothet J oyc ». Edwards and Corbett had no handicap, 0' Helloren, Rotheryend Mey had th~ir running limes increased by 2%. Kernan, Linton, RoryMorr11l'oh end Padretg Higgins by 3% and Wally Young. Pat Heely and JamesLogue by oS. In the womens' case n1 Challanain and nic Mhuiris were at0%, Loughm"n. Creagh and Aideen Morri sh were +21.-, Maave McPherson endOrla Cooke +4'4 and JuJ.j~ Cleary +5%. In t he event, JemQSl Log ue wasinjured and didn't. run end Julie Cleary didn' L run.

The events were planned by Andy L.ewsley 'whose other achievementsi.nclude running 'th", ",ntire Harvester tre-'phy 8-cJ.aeos on his own) andorgl.lrd£H?rJ by his wife Stella. The organtsation was excellent end thep l enn ing good: the terrain at M....bie goocn runnable, with some contourdp!teoil, while Orumlanrtg Wt>Smixed and wjth lots of pathe;: technicallyeaSier. The G minute start interval on Day I meant thet Kernan c eug h tMorrish (-12) end Lin'ton (-6) while 0'Halloran cbught Rothery (-6) endMay \-12).

The ac t ueI tim ..", of the team ~with ed j usst e d time) were:Me'1 Corbett 185.22 \185.22), Linton 182.15 <187.43),189.40 <189.40), O'Halloran 1.86.03 (189.46>. ,Kernan was(J 90. 01».

Edwards185. 18

Womel', Cooke 144.14 050.00), nicChellan61n 152.20 <152.20>, Loughman(J57.12). .

Mhu1ris 151. 23149.37 (J52.36),

\151. 23>, n1Creagh 154.08

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DURING ....

The World Championships took place at Skovde in Sweden, betweenL.ake Vanern and Le ke Vatte!'rl, from 15-20 August, A qualification racetook pl ..c e first, with the top 25 in each of four races going throughto the f:i.nal. Ee c n country is entitled to " runner in the finals even~1 tl1ey don't. qualify on the basis of time. Pat Heal.y assumed thelnF.l1'Itle of Team JVlanager in SWr;lden and did a fantastic job in isinj,mit,abl.;, relax.ed-but-efficient w~y, and team spirit was good allthr';>lIp(h the' week. 11'1 the e.nd the· Irish did '"0 better than expected,thclugh Or1 .. C';,c,ke's reo;",llt. in the QUaijfication Y'i~ce must have beenthe highlight of th~ weAk.

Or Le Cqoke f1.11ished 2,5th tn her heat and b'llcame the first Irish,.ur,ner to '~u,~l.ify 1..1 1'1<1<1' own rie;ht. Steven Linton fj,nished best of themen rn ::$9th pli'lce "nd ~:ot i.nto th,~ 1'3n61. The que Lt tt c e t t on r ec efe>l-met hat; onI y beer, in operation for 2 WOC's: the IOF felt that thencurobers j,n t,h", woe Wel"e getting too b~g and that the spread of startti~es r.soeded Waf' Be-t,t.ing t.oo long, introducing the possibility ofdr amette, <:h"n1>;"''' J,n, wedther c on dr t Lons , etc, dur t ng the course of ther e e e.

The rest. of the Irish ran in the 8-final, Eileen Loughman(j.roi<;;h1,,8' 9th: e s the first starter she was e l one in the forest, and,;;hE< IOnd De'1rrll"e ,"1 ChI!lJ,l.a'~a:!n were the first fini.shers, Bill Edward$Ilnished best of the Irish men,

The next. day the A-final was r un, Orle Cooke heving e good steadyrim to 1'11'1'1.&1142n~1 out of 56 finishers in 88,18, The winner was MaritaSkogum ~f Sweden in 64.06. In the men's race Steven Linton also had a,steady 1"0.11', with "10 d:fF.,astare. to finish f.>4,th ;in 146.22, ahead of\.,.enad.a, S.,Oi'1, .1.'!lrr.l'id "nd ~1cJJ'tg Kone, Hjs course was w,:,n by Petter"l'hol'02",,,,,1 of N.::>r·w,-,yil"l 96; 1.6. The b".!st. 8rj ti,sh runners were YvetteH"'~u.;., 18~h Ln the Wo",,~,,\'loreo.:e \74.46) '-'rid StE'ven Hale, 15th in them';.n$ "':tth 104, i?l, 1'h.,. r.;.su) ~s do Show, however, thet steady runseren' ~ enQugh to beat the wOPld's beat: ~B members o{ the team said ont.1'oo;o,(,- ,"etl,lr"'1 w~, sl,j 11. ha,vI? " lemp; way to go.

Th. Rplay medalR were shared between the Scandlneviens andCZ8chol>lovekia: NOI'wey winning the Mens /!Ind Sweden the Womens race.The IrIsh tef.slll oi 0' CJ.81.-1gh, Corbett, 0' Halloran and Lf n t.ori finished21st, moving up fr om 22nd ';hen the French mis:punehed, while the ladiesfinished 16th with Oria ~ooka running fir.t, then Loughman, Creagh andl1i Ch",llen';in,

A me j or- impression waE, made by the RUSSian team in their firstWorLd GhernpiQnships e s full members 01 rOF. Alida Abola (" mot her' ofuwo children, aged 13 end 10> was thi,-d in the Womens' race, withRu,;.", I "''' 1":1 rj,," also 15th, 26~h and 29th, (USA only managed 47th), Inl.nA me.n's race VLedLmfr- Alexeev finished 7th, with t eam mates 14th,22nrl and 25th. Mikell Platt of USA finished 43rd, by comparisqn. TheUSSR te&m5 finished 4th and 5th in the Relays also.

AFfER ....

·re.;.rn salection is a difficult process, The selectors are in a no-win sltUation, almost by def1nttion, and their job is an dnenviableoroe. W", have never h",d a probl em- free Worl d Championshi ps: in 1976Daclan ~)'Callaghan's 8r-andmother apparently never passed on a vitalphone messege to him to travel to Seotl"nd; in J987 team manage,. Ted

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Russell res) g.ned at the- eleventh hour and controversy surrounded theselect.ion of [)enis Murphy "ftC?r t.he t r I e I in Scotland. We probablynever will have e probJem-frC?E< woe, but we will always need selector's,

There is an &rgllment for using the nominated selection event!; ase means of ql.lalirYin~ for the final t rt e L, and r unn ing e orie 0,. two-dey no-nonsense trial to select the fjttest t e ern near the time ofcompet1.tion, possibly in lr€llend <at least urltil we can really afford1:0 send a squad abroad for a trial). The World Championships is thepinnacle of the sport and we must keep send1ng teams in order to gjveour top COmpetitors something to aim for. There are ot.hercompetitions, however, and I think we should be spending more moneyand e(forl; on them: Home Internationals, European/World JuniorCharnpionsh1 ps, World St udent Chafl)pionshi p s , 'l'h e pinnae 1e is no U!1·ewithout a so~....d base, to reVr;lrt to the old pyramid e r r c be.

Congratulations to the te6m and thanks to ell who helped get themto Sweden. The next. woe is in Czechoslovakia in 1991. and the oneaft.er that in the USA in '93. We must !!<tart prepe r i ng for these now,bo t h f1nenciell.y and in t.E'rms of training and planning, I'm Sllre lseid the seme thing "fter F'ranc:e., after Australia and at'ter Hung e r y.We'va hed the talk - let's have the action.

I hope to have a full report on the World Championships In TIO 43 inearly October.

J. McCullough,

RESULTS OF 13th. World Orienteering ChampionshipsIndividual Men1 Pet er Th,,'lreserl NOR 96, 162 Kent Olsson SWE 99. 263 Havard Tveite NOR 99, 584 Hakan Eriksson SWE 100,0415 Steven Hale G8R 104. 2154 Steven Linton IRL 146, 22

Individual Women1 Marile Skogurn SWE 64.062 .Jana Galikova TCH 65. 303 Alida Abola URS 68, 134 Ragnhild Bratberg NOR 69. 2318 Yvette Hague GBR 74, 4042 Orla Cooke lRL 88, 10

Men's Relay1 Norway (0, Tb ori, R, Vestra, P. Thoresen, H. Tveita) 246.012 Sweden, 3 Rinland, 4 USSR, 5 Switzerland. Britain finished 12thand Ireland 21st <A 6Cleirigh 80.15, B, Corbett 99.03, C. 0' HeLl ore n85,49, S. Linton 94.04, totel 359. 11),

Ladies RelaySweden (K. Rabe, A.Hannus, K. Haglund, ~Skogum) 223.46

2 Czechoslovakia, 3 Finland, 4 Norway, 5 USSR. Br'itain finished 9thand Ireland 15th (0. Cooke 69,31, E. Loughman 74.45. U.Creagh 83,44,D, ni Challanain 81,57, total 309.38),

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lOA VACANCY

Another active orienteeremigrating me!!lns that the post oflOA Environment Officer will bevacant from September. EoinRothery, who promoted theestablishment. ot the position andhas held it for the past eighteenmonths or so, is leaving- forAustr!!llta and seek& a replacement.

Anybody interested shouldconcoct Eo1n at 16 Vincent St.,SCR, Dublin 8 (01-544723) or Br1gidFlanagan, 38 The Olen, Woodpark,Dublin 16 (01-980928).

Apart from losing Eo1n, whoha$ be~n orienteering here as longas onyone can remember, the changeof environment officer will meanthat someone will have to go in offthe deep end, to some extent, withEnvironment Link, Gold EIA, and theother iG~ue6 affecting adventuresports. The FMC! are becoming veryactive in the area of environmentand have just launched an appealamong their members for a fightingfund of at least £15,000 initially.

'ROUTES' STILL A VAD...ABLE

Browsing through the book racksin The Great Outdoors recently Icame upon some copies of Eo1nRothery's book 'Routes' aboutorienteering techniques. The bookhas b~en diffl.cult to get forseveral years but a fresh supplywas unearthed in I::oin's attic and1S available to the first few tomake it to the Shops. Fantasticvalue for money, it is the onlyconprehensive attempt to describeorienteering for Irish readers (theSetanta Orienteers booklets onevent organisation and on startingor1enteering don't try to cover asmuch ground). The highlight of thebook for the beginner is theorienteering glossary, explainingall those esoteric terms like re-entrant, index contour, etc.

And get the author to autograph itbefore he goes to Australia!

NEW COMPASSSPORT EDITORS

Andrea. and Dudley Giles havetaker. over the editorship ofComp~ssSport from founder NedPaUl, and will take up duty inlate August. Ned is still stayingon as publisher of the magazine.The new editorial address is:Andrea and Dudley Giles, 5 Holl yRoad, F'arnborough, Hants, GUl4.ODZ, phone <03 >0252-517437.

CompBssSport isavailable to TIO readersIR£11.00 for eight issuesyear>. Send payment toMcCullough, 9 ArranDrumcondrs, Dublin 9.

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(oneJohnRoad,

IRISH CHAMPS PREVIEW

The grapevine has it thatnext year's Irish Championshipswill be run by North West OC onthID weekend of April 26/29 atI:lenevenagh, a partly forel!otedmountain rising to 1260 feetbetween Lf mavedy and Coleraine,overlooking Lough Foyle.

STREET-O IN CORKThis September another series

of street orienteering leagueevents kicks off the season inCork. The events ere run onTuesday evenings and t end tocentre on various public houses inthe city. The events are:

5th12th19th26th

The Lough (Hawthorn Bar)Ballinlough (Silver Key Bar)Collins BarracksRegional Technical College.

Ml!NSTER TRAINING

Several training weekends inMunster ar~ being organised forthe Autumn. The first is theJunior training weekend atInch1geela on August 26/27(details were in TIO 41), thenSeptember 23/24 at Glengarriff andBere Island, and 7/8 October atRiverst1ck end Garrettstown nearKinsale.

For those who like to planahead, there is another weekend atRosbehy and Cappanalea 1n Kerry on.IF.1n~,ary 20/21 1990.

Detall. from Cork OC TralnjngOfficer M~ry Curran ~02J-5U6339).

PLANNERS AND CONTROLLERS COURSE

A badl y ne.ec:lo?c:i ,:0 ur se (orpl ann~rs. end ccmtroll.·,'., iE: bp.il1Poo~I'!/'nto;;~,d by rOA 01' N~,venrber 2!)/26at. Wj~" I.,.y (.c,11el'(e, i)ubl in. Thec our s"" w1 J J be g I V(-n by lI~nMcMill ..n 01 the I:trit1sh 0-Fpderntion Who gave dn two courBesin Cork ~nd DublLn a couple 01

y~ars eRo. ThiR course should b~compuLuo, y lor arlyol1E! Intending t epl.an, con t r o t 01· orgal'li&e evente.:make &ur~ ynur club ie. represenLpd.

DeL ...l1G from Fn,nk<021-3513480) .

Cunnane

DUBLIN PEAKS RUN

The hftcond Dublin Peaks Run inaid of ~l. Michael's House take6placR on Sunday Septmmber 24th fromMl!>rlay Pl'lrk, Ballinteer, at J I. (10!!InI. Lea t yet'lr 424. p6l0plH finishedand 1"Jmbers ar.;! expecte.d to be 'J).'consi derab\y ~hj G year, possibly tol or 3 times thil!o fl~ure.

Orient~er. and hill runnersare invited to run the ten mileCOU1-se over Tlbracld."." FairyCastle, \'wo Rock enct Three Rock orwalkl jog at. their own pe c s-. l"'stfinisherF- in '88 took 228 minut",s.The whole route is on paths orroads and navigat ion 1s not apr ob Larn.

Details from Harry Dixon, St.Michael's House, Goe t a t own, Dublin14. Pre-entf"Y costs £4, i6 on theday, and all finishers receive acertificate and T-shirt.Sponsorshjp cards are alsoavailable. And th., bag-pipel- 1sexpected to be on Two Rock again!

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MAP MUSEUMAnyone vls~t~nR London b~tn.~

t he- eno '"~ J;.l~o ml:1y b~ int.erf'G~",.:t-in ;;11 ",;<hib;ition ar. the eriLlsl.Mus 'il I_"" co, ll~d "What use I,. "map·:"'. A o t s pr e v 01 maps o r' es l Ikind,;, \ Inc Lod i roy, c,ri.ente,::, '''1' I

demO"";~rdles the d1 versll.y ,"people who use n,l'ip<; (pro<;peLI.OIr,;.,..o I d'lr-rt-, t. r a ve l r or a ... ). 1'1",rnlJl5~,Ufll j <3 open I~ond..,v - Sa r. WId 0'1 Y1,)-5, SIII,I,I"y :~.. ~(,)-r;.. VI) pili. .

MJSCELLANY

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neve I)s- ,"" b .. l ..cted, including four!lew on.,<;) , ~nd plans (or the' 93event. .", ,- getting moving: Grampian.,nd Mar VI.. lore ~he orsaniser,; ...Tf you thought th~, t r isb <.;hl\mps...esull .... Wel,'e slow, what about \.lIfo.r K? 'I'her,,,, t. ook 1\ R"ood mon t h I on~erto como, although they did"polu~it;;e land they h~d over 4.0()I)compe t Lt or-a r .... in the Lr e Land vScotland ITlBtch held at roc d~Ireland WDn by 2~ proint. to I~ij'?r t S I M,h~f'" s oook on hi s 1;150 kJllwed k i r orn southern Pr aric e • "Santid~O d. ~ompo&tella jnNorthern Spain on the .:snc) antpilgrim's path t s Etvlnleble 1 ron~ue"'t book,;" 2 Slievenab,·ock Ave.,Newcell.tl", Co. Down, BT~~J uHZ, atSTG£t.. 00. Be,-t is the DeputyDirec.t.or 01 the NJ Sports Counciland w.;!ll known in outdoo,'educatiort cjrcles.

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I IRISH JUNIOR SQUAD TRAINING WEEKEND 198-9- J

The "lri,shO,-ienteering Squad represents the best of Irishjuniors based on their performances over the year. The aim ofthEl yearly +r ei n t ng weekend is not, to make us into worldchampions but as an opportuniy for juniors from around thecountry to get to k~ow each other and to benefit fromtecl1nical t.rainil~gat the same time. This ultimately helpsteam performftnces at international level, as the juniorswould be familiar with their teammates.June the 30th saw the start of yet another annual Junior SquadTr-et n t ng Weel<end. This year's event was held in Ardnabannon,0::.0. Down and was organis.ed and co-ordinat.ed by Charles Reidand Steven Linton with assistance on the days from Ted Feehan,Bobby O'Connor, Margaret Creedon end Bernard Creedon, theI.O.A. Junior Affairs Officer.

The map 'Jsed for the tra1ninB exercises was Tollymore FOl-estPark, a mfxec, steep, tecr,nical fores t with excellent,-,.mr,ab.ll'lty,ideal for t.r·aining.The exercises were varied andoftf:!nunusuel, ,"ci;tqL,ir'ing11 great deel of mental concentret ion.However, w.lth courses named like the "Battenburg Run" endbecause we didn't know precisely what the next exerciseent~iled everyone stayed interested in the ectivities.Most. of the tech'1iques were practised at a very deteiledlevel, e.g. accurate pace counting, intricete contour readingend prE,cie.ecotnpasswork. This helped us to fine-tune certeinereee of our O-technique which are often negl ected byampet t en t junior ori.c,mteers. The ettent ion to detail helpedeach person identify his or her own weaknesses. Competitionwas kept to a minumum although we were encouraged to timeourselves and trace lost time. The training ended with a funreley, the winning t.eam included Faye Pinker and Austin Whyte.

Activity in the forest was supplemented by a variety ofintE,resting lectures and talks given by Charles and Stevenabout the benefits of training, race preparation etc..Overall, the event ran very smoothly with no major disasters(except for John Feehan who suffered a sprained ankle). Thecomputer helped to maintain the efficiency, even if thespellings wel-e not always right (All is forgiven CharleiRead!). Thanks to .Jane Wilson for arranging e barbecue onSaturday evening. Credit 1s due to Bernerd, Bobby and Ted whodrove most of us from Cork and chauffeured everyone to theforest. And of course, thanks to the organisers, Charlie andSteven for a great weekend.

Brian Scannell

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HARVESTER RELAYS '89

If you got an opportunity to run in Britaln's longest overnighto Relay, would you turn It down as a fanatical exercise fornocturnal lnsomniacs or would you be tempted to give it a try?What follows is an account of one such experience.

The 'Harvester' Is a seven person per team event starting at11.30 p.m. held close to mid-summer. The first 4 runnersnormally compete ln darkness. ThiS year Wimborne Orlenteersorganised the event in Ibsley & Rockford ln the New Forest.Brlgid & I were staying nearby ln Longleat. But flrst we had tocontend with an unusual problem i.e. lt you leave your caravanunoccupied overnight the s.tt e wa·rden explained that he wouldneed planning pe rmtssion for storage!. That aside we set offfor Ibsley.

Twisting and turning through a residential area lt soon becameobvious Why no pUbllC address was going to be allowed and therestrlction of no entr~ after 11- no dep~rtures before 9. Theslte itself was a tlattlsh gravelly elevated area of about 4acres, and was transformed lnto a colourful tent city by 700+orlenteers. We found the LOK patch, and through the activesupport of Julie and Ronan Cleary (3ROC) we jOined LOK tocompete ln the event. After brief introductlons it was down tothe serious business of O. This year there were 3 courses of70, 50 & 35km. We were to run the 35Km on a team headed by IanGulliver. Be~ore long it was pitCh dark and all that could beseen was some dartlng whlte 11ghts and the distant orange glowof Southampton.

On the east side could be seen a giant flOOdlit scoreboard typeconstructlon. The novel ldea (wh1ch was demonstrated every hourup to 11.00 p.m. ) was that the lncomlng runner would grab amap from this board and use thls as a Change-over baton.Immedlately afterwards an official would pullout the next mapfor that team and allow it to hang from the board (backwardsnaturally!) w1th the number Of the leg promlnently marked onthe back. You COUld therefore by slmple observatlon follow theprogress of the race. The system worked really well. Nearbywas a large marquee used for results display, sweat shop andsoup kitchen.

15 teams started the A course at 11.30, followed by 73 teams onthe B course 15mlns later and finally Ian with 14 other rivalson the stroke of mldnight. Ronan graCiously provlded me with ahigh tech halogen headlamp, a prevlew of the map (it had beenused some time previously), and a few words of encouragementthat made the 10 year gap from night 0 seem lrrelevant. I wasready for leg 2.

Ian was back 1n 47 mlns 1n 4th place to set me off into thedark obllvion. I knew I had a chance wnen I found the startingcontrol, and gradually I inched up to a Slow jog. The terraln

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was mostly bracken with very few trees and by leg 2, I wasrunning flat out. r felt that I needed to leave the paths andgo direct if I was to help this unique AnglO-IriSh team. Didyou know that a re-entrant looks like a depression atnight ..you have to explore It to find out the difference.No reei orlenteer finds his true grit unt1l he t s lost ..thishappened going to controI 7. A major feat of tr1angulationUSing the propane powered beacon at the last control as areference solved that difficulty and got me back to the generalarea of the control. Within minutes, I was sending off leg 3hav1ng completed the 4km in 40 mins. Your run is not over untilyou have made sure that the next runner is adequately awake andfully understands Why you are calling him/her at this time Ofthe night? Sue and Adrian Pearle kept the team g01ng and Brlgidhad to don the headlamp for ieg 6 as it was not yet light. As Ifell asleep around this time ~ am not sure When She started, Wehad slipped to 12th position by the time that Graham Martindale(ex Tipp 0) started. A fine run of 74 m1ns for 8km left US in7th position.Julie ran a gOOd 3rd leg and helped LOK ladles to a 3rd place,Roxanne Whlte also helped on the 5th leg. Ronan ran a gOOdsixth 12 km leg for the LOK A team.On our way back that morning we mingled with the hordes ofAmericans at Stonehenge, and I th1nk the only thing we had incommon was a quasi Jet-lag for such is the after effect of theHarvester. We both agreed that this was a marvellousnever-to-be-m1ssed experience and is w1thout doubt one Of thebest Relays.

....................... ,.., Pat Flanagan 3ROCJUNIOR BADGE SCHEME,--

All those who did not change class on 1st January bring forward to 1969 the standards theyearned in 1966. As a result of the IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS the following badges wereearned:-

BADGE BADGECLASS NAME CLUB EARNED CLASS NAME CLUB EARNED .Wl1 MARY O'CONNOR CORK 0 GOLD Mil DAIRE SHAW ThO SILVERMl3 DAVID HOLLINGER LVO GOLDM15 DAVID TYNER 3 ROC GOLD Wil KATE THORNHILL GEN BRONZE

M11 EUGENE S. NILAND AJAX BRONZEWIO CLAIRE THORNHILL GEN SILVER Ml3 PATRICK O'HARA SET BRONZEWl1 MARIANNE HUTCHINSON CORKO SILVER Ml5 K. CUMMINGS NWOC BRONZEMil STEPHEN BOGLE NWOC SILVER Ml5 MARK O'NEILL DLSO BRONZEMIl COLIN McKENNA LVO SILVER MI5 A. RUDD SET BRONZEB~dges for 1969 aren't ready yet, so don't send your £1 until I let you know.

Those who changed class on January 1st will have to wait until they have completed twomore events, to earn a badge. The other BADGE events this year are:-

Oct. 21Nov, 18

Northern Ireland Champs.Irish 2-Day (day 1). Oct. 26 Munster Championships.

Nov. 19 Irish 2-Day (day 21.Look up the venues in T.l.O. and mark the dates in your diaries.

Frank Cunnane.

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ENVIRONMENT NEWS

A new orqantsation - ENVIRONffENT LlNK- h3Sbeen set up toco-ormnate environmental activities between outdoor groups SUC~las thelOA, FMCI, Irish Ramblers, An otqe, ICU (Canoeing), AFAS, IPpe (Peatl3ndConservation), and ewers. A number of meetings have been held, chaired byDermot Somers of the FMCI We decided to act on a number of issues, asfollows.

We opposed a proposal to locate a waterbus on Glendalough L<1h:-Upper, because it would be out of proportion in the landscape, of mepossible oollutton, of the fact that the area is a desiqnateo Nature reserveand because it would detract From the Wilderness value of the area

We expressed concern to the owners of the Uifey Head Bogarea, as t~ds IS a Site of International scientific Importance and Is Indanger of being disposed for either turf cutting or blanr.et coniferplantation.

A proposed golf course in Killarney National ParI<.was ooooseoas being against the spirit of a National Park - the santttseo safeenvironment of a golf course would be a stark contrast to the Wild beautvof the rest or Muc~.rossWoods.

ttemoerstno of Gold-EIA - the orqarusetton set liP to carry outan independent environment Impact assessment of gold mining in Mayo -was eopueo for by the lOA and I contributed a number of proposals on theGold-EIA scoolnq document prepared by the Scottish group of consultants,concerning geological. social, economic and political Issues. Donations toGold EIA are needed from individuals too and can be made to Dr. EmerColleran. 33 Beach Grove, oraomore, Co.Galway

lOA also supported FMCI in their opposttion to nyoroelectrtcschemes on a number of corrie lakes on tne Ring or kerrv. Coumloughra,under Carrauntoohtl nas been installed rora number of years featurlrlg ~road. built without planning permission. whlcn was washed away in astorm. It was repaired and got retrospective planning permtssion. Thedeveloper has been active again recently. excavating on the upper lakeswhich were not part of the planning permission. Across the road aboveGlenbeigh at Coumsaharn, FMCIsuccessruuy stopped an ESBproposal touse two lakes, but trns proposal may be submitted In modified form by aprivate developer. These schemes are attractive because it is cleanenergy, there are large ECgrants and the ESB is under a legal Obligation tobuy electr ic i ty generated pr Ivate ly. However, these schemes are gomgahead in wilderness areas, when the ESBhas a huge overcapacity evenwithout serious energy conservation measures. Donations to the FMCIEnvironmental Defence fund, which is being set up to fund Gold EIA andlegal costs relating to the hydropower schemes can be made to DermotSomers, Ballycullen, Ashford, Co.Wicklow.

Eoin Rothery

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nru. RUNNING NEWS

Followir.g the success of the1HRA Summer League in the Dubl indr.d Wicklow mount.ains, forthcomingflxLur~R are : August 27thLugnequilla \selection race for theWnrld cup in France next month),Se.pl 3 Clashegall. ,16th Bellybreid,"Olh Sorrel Hill, Dec 27thSU~arloaf from Ktlmacanoge.

John Lenihan' 6 wins on thevt'll t er-s , Carrantouhi11 and LheW...r r f or Run mUSl place him 1n a~ooo position for selection on theI r i t>h ['I?am I or l he- Wor1d Cup.

DetailsUI-868JBO.

from Douglas Barry,

Don't forget the Dublin PeaksrUn no Septembpr :;:4th, thE: MournesMountain Marathon on September16/17 and th~ Kerrlmor MountainMa, e i hon on October 28/29.

NATIONAL O-DA Y?

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IRISH LEAGUE

An addition to the Ranking eventsfor 1989 is the NI0A event atTollymore on ~th November. With the.seven usual events (Irish Champs .•three Regional Champs.. the NIOAChamps, and the IriSh 2-Dayboth days separately). this makes upthe 8 events, with three to count.

The LEAGUE LIST, showing latestrankings will be mailed soon to allclub secretaries. If any individualwants a copy, just let me know. Ring021-358480.

Frank Cunnane ..

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ONCE UPON A TIO~rowsing through the archives recently I came across some iSSues

of a rnagaz t n e CoIled "I"ish Adventure Sports" from 1972 and' 73. Thisshort-lived venLure was edited by Ernie Lawrence, canoeist, who is nowalso involved in the Leinster Schools OA. The August '72 issue reportson events in long-ror~otten forests, but some familiar names do emerge.a n the results. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland OC (rememberJan Peter Poulsen~) ran an event on April 30th in the Glen of Imaal ona three-colour map, breaking the run in Leinster of events on old mapsor on on e+c e Lour- new maps. Paget; McCormack won the Senior Mens racefrom Niall Rice O!lI1dGalin Dunlop. whil.e Maire Byrne (now ThornhiJ 1>won the ladies event f r om Wyn Deleney \McCormack) and Hazel Convery,Winning times were 06 minutes <nobody bothered ebout secondS then) forthe men and 83 {or the women.

Joss Lynam ran an event at Glendalough on May 14th on the first1rish four-colour mar. ("This event was t hougn t to be on the t oug hsidEl ... ". Not.hing changes!) Nj,all RJ.ce. leaving a sheep and a touristpron(! tn his we ka, won by 30 seconds from Paget Mc(;orrneck < 129.45 and130.151. Seell1 Rothery finished third in 137 minutes. Hazel Convery,Diar'l\ Li'lrp;e (who appeared as "L. Darge") and Key Bent were the leedingladies. De c Len O' Callaghan won the B course <Intermediate Men) andMonica Turley ,Nowlan>, M.Hickey and Maire Cregan <Walsh) were theleaders in lnlermed1e.te Women.

Robert Garrett ran a score event et Hollywood Olen on June 11thwhich was WO'1 by Sean I?othery with Niall Rice and Ted McGrath runnersup. Wyn Delaney, Hazel Convery a.nd IYlaire Cragen ,,11 featured 1n theWomans event and D8cJ~n O'CalJagh~n ~ga1n won the Intermediate Men.

Diana Large and Liem Convery ran en ev en i ng score event andbarbecue at Kilruddery. Nigel 8erk romped home with a 50 point margin,as 1n 1970. Paddy 0' Leary was 68cond and Seen Rothery third. i<uthLynam won the Senior Womens pvent with Ingrid Masterson second andNuala I?othery lhird. The r e po r t er states that Irish Orienteers hope torepeat this event each year.

Mt;!anwhile in Munster "a "'l.ight, fairhe:1red figure in runninggear" eppeared at the star·t. of the Reeks. Walk, confessing that he hadnever been on tha Reeks before. The bemused organisers eventually lethim off and Paget McCormack produced a new record of 3 hours 15minutes for the run. Willie Cunnin~h~m hdd the day berore run a poorlyattended Mountain Trial on the hille. west of Glencar. This was won byNiall Rjce with Neil Mather second.

John "Ieagher h~d Just produced a new two-colour map of Gle.ndav,near Millstreet, and ren an event on June 25th. "Unfortunately many ofthe entrants found t be going too hard. there were meny non-finishers,and Dub11ners dominated the Senior Mens results". Mike Lunt won in127. Joss Lynam seco,·,d 1n 151 and a young upstart celled Eoin Rotherywas third in 157. (Eo I n returned 1n May 1978 to win the IrishChampionships here by 52 seconds from Wally Young). The Senior Womensrace was won by G. Mather in 4 hours 14 minutes. No other finisherswere reported in this class.

Moving on some years ...

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TEN YEARS AGO .....

The Lr t ssn team was travelling to their Third World Championshipse t Tampere in Fa nI end. "h~ team was Wally You,,!."; ~(_urragh), Pat Healy(Currap,h), I=.oin Rothery <AJAX>, Declan 0' Callashan tAJAX), reserveRichard Weaver ,LVO). Carey May (AJAX), Eileen Loughman (GEN>, Alison:>milUe tQUBOC> ar.d Monica Turley (Meclire). Pat Flanagan was the teammaltoger. ThE>most nOLable performanc.e was Wally's relay run, finishing4lh on Lhe f1rst lpg despite (or perhaps because of) a disastrous runin lhp Individual.

0" Mfty 13th 1979 Satanta ran the Inaugural Leinster Championshipse L Devil's '..d,en, eLmo.. t, ten years to the day after Mike Lun t ,stiln"lf.l~,ed by on article in 1'he Observer, organised the firstorj,;.nteer·ing .;,vel1t in lrelend here, The '69 map was an unmodified six-i nch OS sl1eet and the. event we .. won by Nial.l Rice, wrote Aubrey Fleggin t.h'" Ll)C Newsletter. "The important thing on t he t first event",re,:",lled Mike L~lnt, "WlOS to lind Isature,s which the or-ge n t ae r coule!r~co~n'lse. We were not ;in ttl!;' least bit worrl.ii!e! about whether they(.ol.lle! bE' rp'col:\nl,e;~e! by an orj,entallll" (In the r uri. The controls were H,Wl]'1 i~ms' ba?is i!Lnd the markers coloured felt pens, Nobody worried toomuc n lr, l;h058 daYF,: we JI .•sl. c'.Itne e I,d:. arId hed I!t great time",

l's:"c.k in '79 the t.op womens' cJest!> was st.ill WJ9A, Peo BengtesonhAd broughL 6 p~rLy of SW(9d~8 an~ Norwegians to Irelend after the JKin Devon to r on in ve r rcus !'wents h.'Ir.... .r eh» McCullough and Ronant 1e~ry "'In '" PooLer k&J "y "t HolJ yWClod ('1131' 'won by Pat He61y, NigelFinlay and RoxennA White),

In May .,1 ter I!I Grade 1 event at ViJ 1j er s vowr», Co. Waterford, theIVA had an EGM 1n the open air LO bdng in ~eve r al constitutional"m~ndments tthe esteblishment 0' reglonel Councils and Lhe creatlon ofthe posts of PRO and Training and Development Officer in lOA). Apetr<>1 short,-,?e meant Lhat I.h& hoard!e j rom l.Iublin had to travel bybus. The bus had v&ry little I uel so we siphoned cent ...e I heating oilIrom Brendan McGrath' .. oil tank (he hed just moved house). The bus gota punc t ur-o in C"ppoqvin, then we had to push start it, and finally we"an out oj r ue L 1n Rathlerrlholll let", that night, The bus driver wentr ouno to Lhe boot, look out his bike. and cycled off into the sunset,l~bvin~ his passengers to their leLe.

The Irish Iunior teem had travelled to the Lake District in JuneLo t..,ke on Br t t e t n, Norway and Denmark, The Irish team consisted ofAonghus 0' ('leirigh, Nj flel Finlay, Mick Lync h, (;arey Mey, RoxanneWI~jte, l~atherine J'1ut"tagh, Julie Mnrtlndele, Kenny Warren, Ronan Clearyend ~Jillie McAuliffe, at. least rive of who", 6re still orienteering andtwc, of whom have s i nc e IIIP.LrriBd one anot.he r . Nigel Finlay records thatLr t sl1 Lillles were well down on Nor wey , I)Hr""brk end Britain.

Jt must, be d sign or old asc", but aJl t.his seems like onlyVElt ...t. er de y

J. M<:C,

WALl( FOR M. S.

The Multiple Sclerosis Societyof Ireland has asked us to mentiontht'1r "Marc.h on lhe Bastille" toaid MS on the 200th annlversary otthe Prench revolulion. The walkwill be led by Donncha OD01a1ngfrom Nentes (starting in Nentes:Donncha is Irish), 810ng the Loire,to Par1.b, c ov er-t ng 15-20 miles perday for 8-9 days, visiting chateauxend so on. ThA cost ls IR£1500 andruns from 6th to 21st October.SponsClrSI'l'lp cardl;. end full detailsare available r' r om Lorna )Y1·i.tchell,MS I r e Lerid, 2 Sandymc.un t Oreel~l)lIb11n ~, I'hone 01-694599,mcr-nt ng s .

LATE AGAIN

Apologies for the 16teappearance of rIO 42, This wascaused by the editor falling torecognis~ that even printers (maybeespecially printers) need holidays,and that these usually occur ineerly AUKust,

IRISH ORIENTEER TROPHY '89

Within days proposals shouldbe on their way to clubs to run 0(1the '89 competition before December31st, to get up to date, end to getoff to a good start in '90. TheTrophy is already inscribed withthe yeers, so dropping a year tocetch up with ourselves isn't agreat idea,

As always, suggest ions forimprovement will be welcome.Contact rIO.

LEINSTER LEAGUE: BLACK & WIDTE

The Lelnster League will berun on much the same basis thisseason as last, but w1th t he shortcourses "maybe a bi t easier",according to Fixtures secretaryR1chard Flynn. The scoring systemwill be J point for 1st, 2 for 2nd,etc, which is a change from lastseason.

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PlanE> are for f our courses,two long (easy and hard) and twoshort (easy and hard>, so the ideaof colour events for the Leaguestill hasn't been taken up:Leinster awail a direstive fromtheir Technical Ot f1cer beforeth1s will be considered.

REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS WANTED

Many communications to TIOconclude with lines like "Keep upthe good work. How about moree bou t o r ienteering in M~lnst.erlConnacht/ UI~t.rl Leinsterl the,"es+, of the world, end so on,W:lt ho~,1. hel p f rom you, theor dI ne r y cr t ent e er , no new!;, frornyour er e-e wi l.1 get to TIC. I amalwl1ym grateflJl to those of you,1.1'1. Brian Scennells, AonghusOC1~lirjghs, Eoi" Rotherys, PetFleneogens, al1d the me ny others whoc on t r t buv e one way or another toThe Irish Orienteer, yourmagaz 1ne. Wit hout you it'spoint let'<'» es well as impossible toproduce TlO.

Particularly welcome erecontributors from outsideJ.e:lnster, Can I spell it out?Munster, C.onnacht and Ulster (to alesser extent) J'd love to hearrrom you! If there's nothing fromyour area in TIO from your area,it' 51 largely up to you to rectify.

Here are some suggestions:Event reports on the Cork League,the Nl Night Champs, the BritishSchools Champs in November, theWorld Champs, the Ward Senior andJunior Home Internationals, yoursummer orienteering; features: whyyou sterted orienteering, what youget f r om it, what doee; the futurehold; t.raining: what do you do,how do the stars in your clubtrath? etc, etc,

Over to you.

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Orienteering FixturesSept~mbFlr

3 ISL.AND WOOD

3 PHOEN.£X PARK

9 MUCKROSS

10 FARRAN PARK

10 CROGHAN KINSELLA

16 ~;OI'<TNAM()YAC:H

Newmarket, Co. Cork. BVOC G3 event. OR R 37 05D\.Iblin. 3ROC c oIc.ur- event. Revised mep,

Killar-ney, Co. Kerry. "Ventact South" event.Cork O. OR V 97 85

Co. Cork. Cor-k 0 03 beginners. OR W 49 71Wood ..mbridge,L€lsgu.. event

Co.U.I.1) .

Wicklo~ First Leinster-Setante 0";:. OR T J 3 71...

C,d'- v4gh, Co.GR Cit, 13.

Derry. NWOC NI Colour :»erles O.

16-17 AN1H':l-l~ONSMOLJI<Nl-: MOUNTAIN MARATHON Two Day "Karrln1or"-style eventfor team!> of two. Contact Denis Rankin, 18Crenmore Gd'1S., Belfast 81'9 6JL. En.tr1esc'lo'561 25.8.89 .

.17 CURRASINNY WOOl)

17 K (I_L.INr::VHIL.L

1'/ KILSHf:ELAN

24 OLENSOWER WOOD

30 CAS'I'LEWELLAN

OGtober

Ringbsk1ddy, Co. Cork. Cork 0 come-and-try-1tevent. OR W 79 62

1,.0. D\.lbli.n.DI..SO Colour Event. OR 0 26 25.

Clr.mme.l, Co. 1'1pperery. I.endscape Wood. WetoMrad. 3 avent. OR S 29 23.

Kll1Qagh, Co. ~ork. Cork 0 Colour OR W 99 77.Co. Down. Nl 1,.010ur series 7. GR J 32 37.

LEJNS1'ER CHAMf>(ONSHJPS O.lendalough, Co. Wicklow. CurraghOrientEoerers and o-Ne es. OR r 11 95. Ent ry1'0'-01 .;,r,C losed.

WATERGRASSHIl..l.

8 GARR£T1'STOWN

8 HILLSBOROUGH

8 TOWER HILL

8 1'ROOPERSTOWN

14- GLt,:NBOWER

15 MULLAGHMEEN

Co. Cork. LeeO 03 event. OR W 79 83.

Balllnsp1ttle Co. Cork. CorkO Cork LeagueNo. I (CL 1). OR W 58 44.

Co. Down. LVO Club event. OR J 24 57.

Port lew, Co. Waterford. W"tO 02. GR S 45 18.

I.arash, Co. Wlcklow. DEN Leinster Leagueevent (LI.2) OR l' 15 97.

Ktlleagh,Co.guides event.

Cork. CorkOR W 99 77.

o beginners/Girl

Co. Westmeath. Near Oldc6stle. SET Le1nsterLeaglle tLL::D. Worth the j our-ney. OR N 47 78.

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21 NORTHERN IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS and Ward Senior Homp. International.Oortin, Oml!lgh, Co. Tyrone. GR H 49 ~2. FermOEntry form enclosed. Essential to al tend!

22 BELFIELD Dublin 4. UCOO Grade 3. GR 0 18 29.

22 GORTIN Co. Tyrone. Teem score event. Start 12.0u.

22 KNOCl(ANANNIG Rathcormack, Co. Cork. LeeO G2. OR W 77 95.

28-29 MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS Tir nB Spldeoige, Inchigeela. Co. Gork '!IndWarrenscourt., Kilmur-rey, Co. L.ork. Tndivto">:Ii& Relay. Entry form enclosed.

28-29 WAND JUNJON HOME' INTE'RNATIONAL in W(Jles. Lr e l encl, Engl ..md.Scotland ena WltlE'S c omp e t e:

Novp.mber

4 TOl..LYMORE Newcast Ie, Co. O()wn.Irish Ranking .v~nt.

NJ Colour seri,"" " endI"VO OR J 35 32.

I> KNOCI<ARt;;IGH WOOD Kilmurray, Ca. Cork. Cork 0 CL2. OR W J& 64.

5 THREF. ROCK WOOD uundr-um, Co.event. (L1,,4).

I.IIIbl.Jn, 3R1.)CGR 0 17 23.

Leine.tpr Lfol:\gve

11 CAIRN WOOD Dundonald, Ca. Down. LVO Night-C. OR J 45 76.

12 CURRAGH Mldletan, to. Cork. Cork 0 eL3.

12 MALAHIDE CASTLE to. Dublin. UCD0 Urade 3. New mep.GR 0 21 4518 NORTHf.RN IRELAND NIGHT CHAMPIONSHTPS Ur,jversj t.y o i' Ulstar-,

ColeraiI1<?, Co. Derry. NWOC.

18-19 IRISH TWO-I)AY ("logheen, Co. 1'1pperaryCa. Water-lord. EventCheapest anLr1.. to 30encJ osed.

~nd Knock~narfrin.Cent,-,!: Clc.nrnel.Sept. Entry form

26 WARRENSCOURT WOOD I<ilmurry, Co. Cork. Cor-k 0 CL4. W 38 67.

December'

3 HELLF'lRF. WOOD Reth" or nham. c.o. I)ubli n , SF.l' Lei ns t er Leagl1eever,!. <.LL51. GR C> 12 22.

3 RAHAN 101000 Mallow, Co. Cork. avoc CL5.

NOTE: Events listed tn j tal i c e ere 1'01' infor-mation only and do not for-mpart of the Lr Ieh fixture list. Only events run by clubs 0:.1 fi11~ted tothe Irish Orienteer1ng Association and r-egistered, with competentofficials, ar-e covered by insurance. Many or the above events are not onthe official IDA Fixture Ll.st.

Always check the Weekend SPOl-tS listings in the newspapers if YOI) are inany doubt about whether an event is going e.h"'ad as planned, or contactthe organisE'rs.

20'3'GIOIlNI CO

TielNO .1~3lOURS fRIBOURGTAGE-Ol fREIBURG

THE 1989 SWISS 6-DAY

H8ving seen advertisements for this competition and, mathematicsap~rt, thinking that it was the reincarnation of the good old Swiss 5-Dayan almost. its tenth enniversary, three of us <myself, Nora and TedMcOr;:;th) enter-ed the event. In fact the 5-Day we thought we were goingto isn't on unLil next year, which i5 another day's work.

The competition was split into two 3-Day events, the first atBulle near Prlbourg (French speaking) and the second at Lugano in theSL~1Jth CTtalian e.peeki.ng), with German in between, so all tastesllil1guistic, cultural al1d ~astronomic) were c e t er ed for. Environmentalconsider-atf ons rneanl t he t the event was li.roited to 2000 ent.rants butwe squeezed in by the skin of our teeth (two months late) so that theycould .,r1(i another nat'lonal;ity to th61 list of participating countriesand another flag to the wall of the event centre.

Terrail'1 i'lnd weather varied throughout the week. Thunder,lightrling and 'torrentia I r a tn greeted us on the 50 mt nut e walk to thestar t <'It Schwybeq~ 01' Day J. The e er r e i n was pre-Alpine: steep forestwith some contour detsil, open pasture above 1400 metres. Typicalproblems werp route-choiceA in very steep sections of spurs/re-en~rents up to 250 metres high. Bad route-choice coupled withmt s Ln t er pr e t t ng tho. map on the cruc.ial third leg cost me time <23minute,.; for I. l kml ). It never struck me before how alike arewaterfalls and bridges on an O-map: but don't try crossing a Swiss;river in spate over a waterfall. None of US excelled t ode y , but it wasan interestinp; area wit.h good, physical courses. Course lengths allweek were short Ion p-,per) but. plenty long on t.he ground!

Day 2 at PJ.amont was a complete contrast. Plateau forest, likeDonadea crossed with Mullaghmeen. Beautifully runnable, not too steep,sunny and not too muddy. The navigation wa~ easier but the extra speedmeant several small errors.

Day 3 was at Les Alpettes, scene of the Individual race at the1981 World Championships. Back to pre-Alpine terrain, rain and mist.Heving had t.he old map to s t ud y didn't make erry difference when itcame down to it - the running and navigation were still verydemanding. A 70 minute w~lk each way to the assembly field plus a 50minute walk to the start, on top of an O-course made this the longestday. Again problems with long route choice: 30 minutes for leg 2 ofabout l. 5 k rn. At no time could you relax: nothing W!!lS easy in thisforest, and the rain, mud and elephant tracks didn't help. At thefinish we were all presented with Swiss Army knives: they would habeenuseful on the course for hacking through undergrowth.

Trudged back to Bulle where we were staying in the town nuclearbunker under a building site where the workers started their pneumaticdrills at 07.00 preCisely: so much for that lie-in. Still, thedecontamination rooms came in handy after a day in the forest.

A well-earned day of rest on the Thursday saw us travelling toLuganc, in the almost tropical south. The temperature on stepping fromthe air-c.onditioned train hit us like a blast from a furnace - evenTed's pipe wilted (withdrawal symptoms from St. Bruno had set in). Abus ride a la Fangio left US at the event centre where the food leftrouch to be desired, in contrast to Bulle.

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5) AJAXAthleticHill Running andonenteenng ClubThe f or-.;ost.s here were Spanish chestnut and beech, with small

farms scattered throughout the upper regions: Ticino is actually themost ior-ested canion in Switzerland. Oays four and five at CapriascaOvest and Capr1ases Est shared a common fin1sh area and brought ushigh into the hills over Lugano. A beautiful mixture of runnableforesl, open land and contours made these races very enjoyable. TheF;un was a bit too hot, though, and shade was needed to reduce glarefr om the map. One problem area was a section of old barbed wire leftby the army in which many of U6 got entangled. In places it wasdi ..ricult. to tell up from down on the map: I was prepared for a reallytough slog up a mountain on one leg only to lind myself dropping intoa deep valley: reliel'! (no pun intended>. Corrt oo r f ng as much asp~~~,ble on the ~mall sheep tracks w~s the key to success.

Deirdre Lew, 16Vincent St. Sth, Dublin 8

IRISH CHAMPS Peter Kernan and Deirdre NiChallanain scored yet anotherdouble championship win tor Ajax at Ravensdale, by small margIns of 20and 41 seconds respectively. Paddy O'Brien made a stalwart defence of hiSM35 title with second place to a young whippersnapper However, thlngswere different at the relays as we had pressure, gOOdterrain and goodplanning The M35's were beaten on the run in by 24 seconds by Southern 0,whl Ie the M21's saw the Curragh beaten at last but this time by Cork 0,with Liam O'Brlen running a bl Inder on Leg 3.

The la$t day, e t Tesserete (ee'9 map>, had a chasing start from08.00 am anct we were fortunate to have reasonbly early runs as it wasClI1C .. agal.n very warm. A Pin" starting 1. 40 behind me passed beforeno. J when I ran t n t c the wr-ong ra-entrant but much to my surprise Icaught him at th~ aecond last control and passed him to finish 15th inH35A. The c ompe tr t t on was run In t'orsetGld semi-suburbia and the longer,:oure,elli. had a Lk m taped rOI)1:8 through houses and fields on which Imar.l'Iged to go wrong thr~l~ times. We were presented with frisbees inthe finish chute to add to our knives,

WORLD CHAMPS Deirdre NIChalianain and Orla Cooke duly Qualified Forthe Irish team at the trrals but the Ajax men contrived to finish 5th and6th. Peter Kernan was particularly unlucky, after winning day I by a largemargin, when he could only finish II th on the tecnnlcany easter day 2 andlost out to coirn o'Halloran by I minute on the oercentaqe countoack Thetrials were notable In that nearly every man who ever won a major Irishevent was there (only Peter James and our own Declan O'Callaghan weremissing) and that none of the SIX over 30's managed to make the team.

The whol,8 compet1tion wae enjoyabl.e <!I1,d well organised. Thewinnerb were mos~ly Swiss wiLh a scattering of other nationalities, Itwas e strange sensation to be the only three Irish at an event: at thelast Swiss 5-Day there were thirty lour. Switzerland is qUiteexpansive but thA ~amp1nR/dormitory/rloor space laid on by theorgl'lnisers 1.s ~oQd value. W", were very lucky with the weather thisyear: it can b", a real mud-bath if the rain is perSistent. Bring yourweilles, Some 1Jnusual featurAS of the event were the controldescriptions all printed in lhe programme for competitors to make uptheir own lj sts - none were provided. Veteran and junior courses ranon 1: J 0000 scale maps, the other& using I: 15000.

Map Sa les All Ajax maps are available from Jlrnmy O'Brien, 54 OldbawnPark, Dublin 24' ph 51855 IArea Near Scale Co-ordinator Yr. PriceCamohn Gorey 15000 ERothery 8120pCloghleagh KIlbride 15000 ERothery 83 35pC-Bailinastraw Rathdrum 15000 E Rothery 85 40pDundrum/Balally streets 10000 E Rothery 84 25pKilliney Dalkey 5000 E Rothery 88 40pRaven Currac loe 10000 E Rothery 84 SOpRavens Rock Enniskerry 15000 P.O·Brien 83 35pSaggart WOOds Tallaght 10000 E Rothery 87 30pAlso available: Balally, Bushy, Deerpark, EamonnCearnt. Fairview,Herbert, Larch HIli, rtartay, Merrion Square, St. Annes, St EnClas.Landowners, Forestry and Park dept. approval must be obtained

Next year- the 5-0ay is around Zurich and all events are served bypublic transport. The entry fee includQs a 7 day travel pass,Competition dates are July 16-20 with training on 14/15. Entry feesare SFrllO <adults>, 70 or 85 for juniors, This is equI ve Len t. to aboutlR£47/30/36, which compares well with, soy, Scotland. Entry closesApril 15th,

Contact Schweizer 5-Tage-OLWetzikon, Swi tzerland.

Postfach 1166, CH-86201990,

J. M.:Cull ough.

Membership Adults/Farnilys £5, Students, Juniors and Unemployed £,2.Send to Deirdre Lewis, 16 Vincent St., SCR,Dublin 8, 544723.

Hoi idays Scotland is again the major attraction and trus tlrne we have aresident Scot in Michele Coleman to coordinate our team effort.

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THREE ROCK ORIENTEERING CLUB

Enqui ties to: Vera Murtagh, 19 The Cloisters, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6 vvTel: 908237.

Remember - a date for your diary - F'RlDAY,6th OC'lOBER, 8 p.rn. -the FIRST FRIDAYSCOl1lT1enCeagain in GLENALBYN. Come along and bring anymaps of events you took pa rt in over the sunmer nonths . Slides,photographs etc., will be looked at with interest and you can tell youradventures to a captive or is it a captivated audience.

The very next day, SA1URDAY,7th OCTOBER, John M::Cullough isrunning a trainibg event in 3 ROCKYroD. This will be a good opportunityto prepare for the new season.

We \\Quld like to TIm a week-end training event in l'1JllaghmeenForest sometime soon. However , before we make any firm bookings foraccol11TlOdationwe will need to know what interest exists in the Club forsuch a venture. (see Club Bulletin for details).

Congratulations to Una Creagh on her selection for the WorldChampionships in Sweden and commiserations to the rest of the 3Rock memberson the squad - better luck 'next time. Congratulations also to JustinMay on winning the IHRA Leinster Hill Running Sunmer League, and to Johnt>tCullough who came 2nd in the same league.

News, as you can see, is sparse as the grapevine has been onholidays for the past few months. However, we hope everyone had a greatsumner and we look forward to seeing you all, tanned and fit, on the 6thOctober in Glenalbyn.

Congratulations also to Vince Joyce on winning H35A at Loch Lomond' 89,and to Anne May winning D40B.On the move: Brian McElduff, home for the summer, heads beck to his

geological studies in Austrts while Mark Donovan has just passed through onhis way from studying in the USA to working in Sweden: we'll expect greatthings at the Christmas Score event, Mark!Re-mapping Carrick is in hand, but there are events-to be organised during

the season: come on, volunteer for Phoenix Park (new map grawn by JustinMay> on September 3rd, Three Rock Mountain on November 5th, Christmas Scoreevent on December 26th, Leinster Relays on April 1st, and doubtless more.John McCullough is again seriously considering organising a Night-O series

this winter/spring. Read Pat Flanagan's article on the Harvester Trophyrelay and come and try it. You may like it. Don't leave it to the night-Ostalwarts from GEN. .. why let them have all the fun?Club O-suits are still available from Trina Cleary (936187). Details of

Wednesday evening training in Marlay Park from Nuala Creagh (934982). Lastyear reguler weekly training was abandoned for the first time since 1976due to epathy. Let's try again this year.••• SEE YOU ALL IN PHOENIX PARK ON SEPTEMBER THIRD! •••

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ACCOHHO DA'l'ION

SilDple ch eap Ludco r and s el f-clltering ac commoda tf on :in t he

immedlate area is scarce so it is advisable to book carly.

']'he following is a br-eak down of what io t;lVf.1L1(11)]~).

1. f1otel, J3 &; Band self-c£ltSI'ing chal.e t s - 'l'h eae hn vo ""OilLn Forme d about the event an d anticipate IJoold.ngs dl r-ec tl y ,Ll.s t euc l.o eed and also availablo from the o r-garu.nnr- - 1.11'111<.1

SAE - or from Ornagh 'l'ourist Office, Olnn{&h,Co 'l'y r o nc ,2. Hoe t aLe Vlith oelf-catering facl.litj el3 - 2 Iii [ih qun l Ll.yhostels are available rsasonslJly close to Lhe ov eu t , (lIIO

wi ttl 211 beds at. a cost of £100 fOI' the wo okond , .\110 t ho r \'.:1 LII12 bad s at £50. 'L'he organiser will take 1>101:11IJookJ.l\eil: 1'01'these up to 1 September - thereafter 111d1vi duo) book I ngnwill he taken at a coet of £5 per p er aon for tho we ek en d ,

3. Floor apac e ac commoda tLon - Tilt B has been n ego tLa t ed j na variety of halls, schools etc ar-ound tile Ul'P.S. Ilnol(ll1tr.Flshould be made directly with the o r-ganf.aer.I,. Camping and car a vannd ng facil1 ties for abou l ] !iO (lI'P.

also available at Oo r tl n Olen Caravan Pe rh , IJ1ollailal'l1oy IIont1Lis1ap OJ.lAOIiCo 'l'yrono 'I'el (06626) 1,131D8

Further afield ac commoda tf.on - lists av at Lobl e fl'om:Strabane Tourist Office, Abercorn SI1., Str'auane, Co 'l'y ro ne ,Cookstown 'l'ourist Office, 1,8 No1esworth s t ,., Cook e town.'l'ouris t Info. Centre, E;noisld11 en, Co ~·Ql'lUaliagh.

If difficulties are experienced, please wr i t e to theorganiser: 'l'el'esa Finlay, Oo r ta LoI.e OEC, Florellcecollrl,Co Fermanagh, N Ireland. Tel 03658288138

ACCOKHODATION Tel.iUJock-na-Moe Ca&'tle Hot"l. Omogh 3131Royal Arms Hotel. 51/5.3 H1gn S~ .• Omogh :l262SilverDirch HO'tcl.. 5 Cior':irt Rd .. Clmagh 42520Mrs M C1Clllen1:.!:. 1~ Creenmoun~ Rd. geragh. (S3)G8SMrs S Clemenl:.5, 9 Lis,an Hd , t Ornagh 45592'Vs ClJddihy, 1 Georgian Villas, Oll';agh i3525~Mre rulton. 5 Mellon :Rd, Y<!Ol:Jnt:joy. Oml)gh -1$400"'~8xeene , 10 Lc:negh Rd, Moun1;field. (74)401Mrs Kelly, 3t1 M.ain St., Gor-Un (6)40241Mrfl McCann. 12 Tarnloght: Read , Omagn ~3alMrs Me~~arh,nd. l1sl,ap ?O., Gor"'Cln. {6)4828Gt-t.:r McCaffrey, Main 5t:, O'r"ottlore (02.Z19Mrs Marsn:.U, 31 LOI,Ig,!'lcuck Rd. Omogh ":2~S;foi..t"GH Pe-ceer-eon , 31 Mun s es-ee e , SbmUecross (72.232M.is~ J Pat':;rrson, l.ct:fern, seesxoeee • 64132~!II.rs Reic!, Greenmount: 1.00ge. sesumer-e . a~nJ2;&'.t'G Toner, Leneecr-e , Gortin. {6r4B20S>

Self-catering cottages at:Baronscourt Leisure PursuitsFairwaysGolf Course RoadNewtovmstewartCo Tyrone BT78 4LFTel 06626 61013

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CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS IN ORIENTEERING have been most benefic~al. Clubs who practise this reaped the~rrewards as shown in the results. Almost all clubs who got intothe top ten including Ann ~ay's (Winner of 0408) SLOW are knownto have regular bi-weekly tra~ning.An Appraisal of Loch Lomond '89

More than 100 IDA orlenteers together with about 60 of their NIOAcolleagues travelled to Scotland to compete 1n the bi-annual 6 DayWh1Ch was held in the Loch Lomond region. Whlle many took part inthe event as by way of a summer hol1days, almost all competitors whocame to the start~ng line had personal goals such as win!, achievegold, silver, finIsh, etc. With the large classes (more than 3000competltorsl and the usual mixture of phys~cally demanding terralnand complex nav~gation. achiev1ng one's goal was not easy.

* REALISTIC TARGETS:

You should sit down before you f11l In the entry form, anddecide what is right for you. If you are unable to tra1n DONTenter an A class. If you have just taken up the sport 1n thelast 3 months DONT enter an A class. It 1S a common m1stake tosee nOV1ces entering an A class and struggl~ng to fin~sh 1nt1mas up to 2~ hours every day •..the first couple of days arespent ~n coming to terms with the unfamiliar terrain resu1t~ngin frustrat10n and disappo1ntment ... that loses people to thesport.

The ObV10US questlon to be asked is:- Why did some Irlsh orienteer&appear to perform signifIcantly better that others (and presumablyget a hlgher sense of achIevement)? The followlng reflectIons arenot directed at H • D21E nor at the revellers ,rather they are asklngwhat did I (mr!ms average orienteer) learn from the experience andcan I do better the next time by puttlng some of this knowledge lntopract1ce. Could 1t be that there are a few significant factors? Iknow that thIS dISCUSS10n should and perhaps did take place at mostclubs' traInlng seSS10ns back in Spr1ng. What the results tell me isthat some clubs are not getting lt rIght.

A better approach is to settle for a B or C Class. B lnScotland offers good technical challenge for the average Irlshoriehteer. Which is more satisfying competing WIth the top 10~for a win or place or trailing ln at the bottom of the J1St?Most of us who were there know that John Keane (3ROC) was 3rd(MIOB) and that Raymond Finlay was 3rd (M35B) but do weremember who was 39th in H40? Of course we dont. We allbene1it from tanglble eVldence of ach1evement and theassociated recogn1tlon, not to mentlon the pr1zes.• MAPS:

You need to be totally familIar w1th maps of a sim1liarcomplex1ty. You cant turn up In Scotland, glance at the map atthe start and know 1nstInctively the correct approach to vastareas wlthout line 1eatures but conta1ning a multitude ofcontour detall. These map interpretation skills take time todevelop even when training and coaching is provided. Applyingthem In the compet1t1ve envlronment 01 the forest 1S a furtherreflnement. We are now fortunate to have some really good areasmapped espec1ally in Munster. The hlgh level of performance oftheir Junlors could well be related to the the spate ofexcellent West Cork maps.

Clubs have a responsibIl1ty to provide gUldance espec1ally tothe1r newer members when they are gOlng abroad to or1enteer.For maX1mum enJoyment and benetlt 1n the A and E classes oneshould be capable of achlevlng Gold standard.

* FORWARD TACTICAL PLANNING:

* TRAINlNG: -

Every general worth hIS salt has a plan of action to minimisehis weaknesses and maximise his strengths. Orienteers shoulddo likewlse. At a SlX Day only 4 days count in the overallresults. You should select the 4 areas that suit yourablllty ..• P1ck new maps rather that resurveys to reduce theadvantage to the home people .•.•Have a rest day between eachevent- be fresher than your opponents ...Use the other two daysto tra1n ... Avoid the slogs it enjoyment 1S your goal ...11 youare Incredlbly fit then go your hardest each day and drop yourweakest run.

You cant hope to do well in today's highly competitive worldwlthout preparat10n. For orienteer1ng that takes the form 01regular training. This should incorporate a mix of 0 techniquesand physical training. Club training officers should be raisingdlfferent 0 problems to enable a discussion to take place. Thisallows the lesser experienced to understand that there aremultiple approaches to 0 problems and from the practicesessions each person can figure out what is best for them.Even an indoor seSSlon studying previous Scottish maps would

* SUPPORT:

No man (or woman) 1S an island! Back up support appears to beessential for success 1n orlenteering. This lmportantingredlent to success can be family, teacher or Club. All our

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W1nners at Jun10r level had th1S Support. The same patternseems to be repeated 1n the UK. Characterist1c of this is themushroom1ng of Club tents where the compet1tor can f1nd f1ndsolace, adY1ce. comparison and analys1s of courses. It 1Sdiff1cult for the or1enteer to aCh1eye alone. Club identitycan be a great help. Clubs should recognlze this in the1rdevelopment plans and alm to cult1vate a suppor~ive environmen~

Enquiries: Gavan Doherty, 12 Brook Court. MonkslOwn. Co. Dublin. Ph: 806611

Summary of Results:

What have GEN been doing over tbe sommer?Welsh Weekend. June 10/11 - A GEN party went over to tbis

weekend. Some fast ish running terrain. but very intricate ... The boat camehome at about 3. AM ... just in time to go to work ... all very enjoyable.

Bill Running. Tbis sport for real men & women is so enjoyable thatsome GEN members ( Herbie Inglis, Brian' Heeney, Pcadar Dempsey) havecompleted the New Balance evening league ... all for fun

Athletics. Noel Carroll left on 24th July for the World VeteranChampionships in Oregon, USA. He is going for gold in the 800m. Hisclumates in GEN all hope it goes well for him

Newbrldge. June 23. Thanks to Diana for running the show.Peadar-the-chef-Dempsey was called to a wedding, so we had to managewithout him.

The best performances came from our Juniors achieYlng t3Golds. The glrls showed the way w1th Clare O'Connor (CORKOlwlnnlng OIOA. and Ru~h Hollinger (LVO) w1nn1ng in OIIA sharingtop bllltng. fhey were followed by Maeve O'Neill (SET) 3rd 1nOilS. In a hlghly competit1ve 013A Ailbhe Creedon (CORKD1.Miriam Feehan (BVOC), Faye Pinker (CDRKO) and Sheila Convery(3ROC) all achlved gold standard.Foremost amongst the boys was the already ment10ned John Keane.Other to achleve gold were Colin McKenna (LVD), DavidHoll1nger(LVO). Peter O'Hara (AJAX) and John Feehan (BVOC).

Troopersto w nOctober 8. You've only got 2 months(ish) to grab a committee member

and beg to be allowed help at this event. .. well. please try, especially ifyou're new in the club - it's a good way to get to know peopleH10h fllers 1n the Senlor Classes were V1nce Joyce (3ROC) 1st

1n-M3SA. Ann May (SLOW/3ROC) 1st ~n W40B, Heather Majury (LVO)2nd ~n 035B ~nd Raymond F1nlay (FERMO) 3rd 1n H35B.

The hurler on the d1tch.

Odds 'n' EpdsController/ Planner's Course. GEN are interested in Frank

Cunnane's offer. Any other clubs out there?American Correspondent. Gerry Connolly, our mari-on-the-ground

in America, is a native of Dublin, but now lives in America, works incomputers, & is a member of Delaware O-Club. Wc have also madc him anhonorary GEN member. Best wishes to Gerry, and his clubmaies in DeIO ...We'll hear more from him later.

Mapping. Extension of Brockagh planned. Grab a committee member ifyou're interested in helping, you don't need experience, we give on-the-jobtraining.

GEN Notice Board. This device is to keep you informed betweenTIO's. It also has orienteering media coverage from Ireland and abroad. Allorienteering articles, results, notices, comments etc. will be gratefullyreceived by the secretary.

Four overall wlnners. 4 plac1ngs, 15 Golds, 37 Sllvers w1thmany other wlns and placlngs on lndlvldu~l days lS a credltableperformance. 11 Ireland could do that well 1n the Olymp1csyou'd never he~r the end of It.Your next opportunlty for th1s compet1tlon 1S 1991, the venue1S South West Scotland. the event centre lS Moffat, ...see youon the pr1ze Wlnners pod1um'

D.S. I've deliberately omltted the 'housekeep1ng' items such asshoes wlth good studs, sealed compasses, and o~her suchparaphernal1~ from the success factors not because they areunimportant but rather they should be self evident.

Best wishes for the comjni season (0 all GEN members!

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FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE CODE

The Forestry and Wildlife Code is produced by the Timber Growers UK andis being considered by the lOA as a suitable forestry ooucv that should besupported by us and submitted as such to Corllte Teo It is a 32 page glossybrochure, dealing with forestry under the headings Landscape, Water,Nature Conservat ron, Roads, Access and Recreat IOnand ArchaeologyIr, particular it suggests

Proper planning of new forest schemes, including analysis of local sou andveqetation patterns, landform shapes, rock and water features and views.Plces shoulo be wide Forest borders should be broad leaved.

Design should aim to blend boundaries Into the surrOUnding landscape, topromote a sense of continuity. To reduce the apparent uniformity of anarea it is worth considering not planting right UP to watercourses and toexposing crags and knolls. Both along the Forest edge and within It cares1)Ouid be taken to avoid the creation of long straight boundaries withObtrusive right angles, parallel ecqes, symmetrical Shapes or vertical(perpendicular to contours) and nonzontat (parallel to contours)tloundar res

Potential soil erosron should be avoided by encouraging the establishmentor permanent strips of grass, dwarf shrubs or broad leaved tree cover alongth~ edges of watercourses Malr) oratns should follow gentle gradients.Terrmnate au orams short or watercourses Clean drains outside fishspawn seasons and ensure free flow of water. Careful apohcanon ofcnermcals

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A Course i.6km.340m

Name Class Club Time

1 IW Young I M21A I Curr ., 70'412 P Healey I M35 - Curr I 77003 J McCullough 3ROC 85:324 M Flynn I SET 92:135 B Bell M35 GEN 93.186 C Ni MUlns I UCGO: 9714t ? Hlggons M21A I WEO 97:53a Brian Heeney M21A GEN 112:58

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B Course 6.1km.265m

Name Class Club Time

1 , Gavin Doherty NilS GEN 80:.152 I 0 Cashin M218 ATO 67373 E Loughman 'N21A NAA5, 67 ~4J F lafferty ,\1218 ;:IN 09.035 S O'Soyle M2'S Curr 69 J.lI) P \llcCormack ',I.l5 SEN 75547 ' J Colchollgh \12'3 CURR 77..J18 M McPherson '#21 JROC 79319 E Corcoran :'1121B GEN .301810 3 Buckley ' ..1~ SET dO.S911 , P Redmond l1li35 31 1212 DaVId QUInn GEN 81:36131 J Filzsimons M40 ECO 85:0614 T McCormack I 88:4015 Larry Roe M40 lROC 88.5816 P Buller I M40 3ROC 92:3317 Doug Corrie . M21B FIN 94'1118 C Brown I E5K I 95:5519 Pat Flanagan I ' 3ROC 96:11

I20 M Somers 11.117 ' OlSO' 97'0721 Declan Siokes , 11.135 :::0 I 98:2'22 J Walt IW3S I GEN 98:.1923 Thomas Jones M21 CURR

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Leinster 2-0ay 28/29 May 1989Day 1 Three Rock, 3ROCDay 2 Ballinastraw. AJAX

Overall results

A Course Overall

Name Class Club Overall,W Young I M21A I Curr 141:09

2 ? Healey M35 Curr 152.373 J McCullough • 3ROC 162'12J 3 Sell "135 : GEN 182.18s C 'II '.tluons !.lCGO 202.535 \1 Flynn SET 2()J.20

261 J MagUIre M21 CURR' 122:3327 J Gray IM40 3ROC 123:27281 Mary Heapes IW21A GEN I '23:3529 ? lord M40 I TRIM I 125:15

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C Course 4.6km.175m

Name Class Club Time

1 A Flegg M50 I Sel 56:572 Moira Nowlan W35 :3ROC 68:013 M Lunt I ;0:38<I C J Carroll M21 70:505 Nigel Crawforol MolS 3ROC 71:.125 A riynn SET 72:.167 8 Power 1\,140 SET 13:14a EE Niland >,115 AJAX 73:569 I Mark O'Neili 111.115 SET 765810 I Cohn Dunlop "150 SET I 82:.13,,1 K 3ent 'NolO SET I 136.59121 Maire?Walsh) WJO 3ROC 383113 Joe Cully CO 33.0.114 R Hudson I TRIM 99:0215 E Jones 'N21 , FIN 101.4316 3 Hannagan 'NJQ SET ~02.0017 3 Doheny "1~5 GcN • '2.'118 a Quigley N2'S =IN '1.1.2319 M Hewson ~155 GEN '222120 A Cooke "'5 .l.JAX ~37'19

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, A Morrish W21A LEEO' ONF, B O'Soyle 'N21 CURRI ONF

o Course 3.8km.125m

Name Class Club Time

1 5 O'Neill M13 I SET .11:412 E Glanville W15 3RCC 016:203 N lee W2~B 3ROC .16:52~IW McCormack i #40 GEN 018:435 J rlegg W45 SET 52:586 I S Kuldorif :..460 SET 54:417 Karen Converv W15 3ROC 5528

B Course Overall

Name Class Club Overail

1 5 O'Boyle I M21B I Curr I 129:522 Gavin Doherty MIS GEN 138:~3 E loughman IW21A NAAS 139:084 D Cashin I M21B lATa 142:275 . P Redmond . M35 148:176 I M McPherson W21 3ROC ! 148:397 F lafferty M21B FIN 150:53II I E Corcoran 11.1219 GEN 158:179 T McCormack 163:2310 Larry Roe I M40 3ROC 169:5911 J Colchough M21B CURRI 179.2812 J Watt W35 GEN 199:5213 M Somers '11.117 OlSO 1 213:471-1 Mary Heapes 'N21A GEN 214'12!5 T l(eegan I UCDOI 234:2716 J Gray M40 3ROC 237.19

C Course Overall

'lame Class Club Overall, .l, = egg \oj SO set 106 JO1 ~ 'Jllano M15 AJAX PI <.13 'h::jel Crawford "tJ5 3ROC 1.11'20.1 3 "ower \I.!O SET 1~2:075 \Iark. _J'Nelli :1.115 SET 1~-l'O63 ',,~ '_unt 1J~:~97 '::.)tlO W"UOICO \150 SET 1':536-l .. =',(111 SET • ..!7 ;79 " Sent NJO SET .61'2410 \i1'!ore ''Naish' 'N40 JROC 16153'I .ce '=u!ly ':::0 186.05I:! 30ulgley N218' FiN ~88'4113 = Jones m: clN '38.;;8'.I \1 +ewson "'55 GEN 202:1-'IS .l. '::coo<e 'NIS ..JAX ~~9:49

11 I Ann McBride W21B GEN I,9 Maire Convery W21 3ROC10 L NaughtonilL Convery M50 3ROC12 Hazel Convery WSO 3ROC13 C Carroll M55 3ROC14 C McGralh I W40 3ROC15 Nora lawlor I W21B GEN16 M HigginS W45 SET17 A McCormack I W40D GEN18 I .E Flynn M13 ,5ET19 A McKenna W21B' TOGHI20 F O'NeIll 'W40 SEI21 J 9utler I M12 13RCC22 Claire Lord 'W15 I TRIM23 J Lord IM50 TRIM;

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10 I C Carroll I M55 • 3RQC11 I M HigginS I Wa5 SET12 E Flynn M13 SET13 C McGralh ! Wol0 '3ROC1-1 Nora Lawlor W219 I GEN !15 F O''Jelll W40 SET ,16 A McKenna W21B TOGHI17 J 3uUer MI2 3ROC18 '/era "'unagh N45 3ROC

Overall

97:4S97:47100:07106:41106:59115:37115:51123:04135:59138:14142:15142:20143:09143:J4161'54167'20195:02265:4.1

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43 B O'Neill Set M40 101044 N, S Nowlan 3roc W6,8 101045 Lambert. 100046 K Flanagan 3roc M6 73247 N, I Brooks 3roc WI7 65048 EFitzsimons 53849 T J Gray 3roc 50050 Lambert Jun. 050 EKelly 6Planner Eoin RotheryOrganiser Deirdre LewisWilling Helpers:Peter KernanEilis ConroyBrendan O'ConnorThe O'BriensAnn Mastersonand Justin May.This score event. format made itvery easy to calculate results andsince each control was worth thesame it saved some headaches forthe competitors. The Bonus had tobe set to a maximum of 600 (.10minutes) so that a score of 2,400could not. be obtained by finishingimmediately. Prizes wereawarded in Junior classes(M/W 13-19), but two still have tobe collected - EGlanville (W15)and S Convery (W13).

Environment Updat.ErrW' soft: <t1r1< and beer cans are nowVI'Orttl money: 5~ tor &Very 1SO.Reco~ ~lI'Ces Ltd. are recyclingthese cans at 23A Greenhills IndUSlrlaIEslate, Dublin 12 (leI 503193). So now,t you must buy sld<ly americanaddictive fizz, you can at least dosomething useful witI the ~ as thealt.rnlniurn Is re<:overable. ()" howabo Itcollecting the et'l"f)ties alter someottdoor evert?

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RfSUJ..TS OF 3ROC "SPRINT -0" EVENT IN THE PINE FOREST. SUNDAY 251h. JUNE 1989.

Controller: Una Creagh Organiser: Nuala Creagh Planner: Justin May

A COURSE 3.85km. 170m 26 Controls

I. Peter Kernan2 = Gavan Doherty2= Sennen O'Boyle4. l'i1een Loughman5. Bdan Heeney6. Marcus Geoghegan7. David Quinn8. Martin Flynn9. Aubrey Flegg10. Ian MacNeilII. Monica Nowlan12. Gordon Parker13. Andrew Bonar Law14. Michael Lunt15. Pal Flanagan16. Brendan O'Connor17. N.C.CrawIord18. Dermal Hickey19. Arthur Green20. D. Cashin21. Shane O'Neill22. Mark O'Neill23. Richard Flynn24. Jerry Gray25. Thomas Keegan26. Brendan Doher t y27. Brian Hollinshead28. Philip Butler29. David Brooks30. B. Quigley31. Francis Lafferty32. R. Farrell33. Fiacra Worrall34. T. Conneff35. Fr ancis Crowe36. Rodney Forde37. Finlan Manley5 NON FINISHERS

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WAYFARERS 3.50km. 110m. II conlrols

I. Jamie Swan2. Brian Fay3. John Keely4. Nrarnh Nowlan5. Sheila Nowlan6= Margaret Swan6~ Breda Fay8. Lorcan Nagle9. Damhan Nagle10. Deidre NagleII. John Loughman

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I. Karen Convery2. Brigid Flanagan3. Jennifer FleggII. Michael Hewson5. Liam Convery6. Billy O'Neill7. A.M. McKenna8. Diana Large9 = Peter Tutty9 = Peter CoyneI I. Fran O'Nel II12. D.Hickey13. J. Carhalin14. Jeff BUller15. T.O'Melley16. Emmet Flynn17. Gerard Connolly18. Brenda Hynes19. Anne Murphy20. Vera MurtaghI NON FINISHER

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Irish Orienteering Association

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER:FRANK CUNNANE.phone: 021-358480.

"Krroc krrar ea " •Barnstead Ave.Blackrock,Cork.

6th. August, 1989.

NOTICEA CONTROLLERS and PLANNERS COURSE

conducted byIAN McMILLAN, B_O_F_

will be hilidinWESLEY COLLEGE. BALLINTEER. DUBLIN

SAT_on

25th and SUN_ 26th NOVEMBER.

DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

TIME: 9.15 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. EACH DAY.

BRING: Spirit Pens (non-permanent, for use on mapping film), Pencils,Paper, Erasers, Orienteering Gear.

PROVIDED: Mapping film, maps of the areas we are going to visit. HOTDINNERS @ £3 per day IF paid for at least one week in advance, orpreferably with booking. Otherwise, bring packed lunches.

FEE: £10 PER PERSON, PAYABLE WITH BOOKING. BOOKINGS ON A "FIRST PAY,FIRST BOOKED" BASIS. BOOKINGS ACKNOWLEDGED SAME DAY (BY POST).

NUMBERS: WILL BE RESTRICTED TO 30, BECAUSE OF ROOM SIZE.CHEGUES: PAYABLE TO "FRANK CUNNANE":

SUBSIDY: This course is being subsidised by the l.O.A., toamount of £200. Subsidy will be by way of refund.for a refund, it is necessary to complete the course.

a maximumTo qualify

REFUNDS: 1. For persons who live more than 20 miles from Dublin, mileagefrom home to Dublin and back, less 40 miles, will be reimbursed,provided that cars are as full as reasonably possible. Contactclub-mates and nearby clubs to fill cars.2. The remainder of the subsidy will be paid to th~se who have topay for overnight accommodation, up to a maximum of the An Oigerate per night, for two nights. Stay with friends, if possible.

t:he lRlsh ORlent:eeRNo. 42 August 1989 £1.00September