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The enforced layoff this year brought about by the foot andmouth disease outbreaks and the summer recess makes ithard to restart this autumn, Orienteers, not always the

most gregarious of people, may have gone their separate waysand will have, at best, lost fitness and, at worst, discovered otherthings to do with their time, We will face an even more uphillstruggle to get orienteering back into the public eye.

The recent Lcinster Championships at Mullaghmeen were a sternreminder to those of us for whom orienteering has been off theagenda since February: the only real training for orienteering isorienteering itself. Road running, hill running, cycling,swimming are all fine in their own way, but are no substitutes forthe real thing.

After a few weeks of regular competition, though, the Sundaymorning routine will reassert itself: flask, banana and peanutbutter sandwiches, compass and the rest. The familiar butterfliesin the stomach at the start line, the longest minute in the worldbefore you stan; the shortest minute in the world before the nextperson starts; the familiar aroma of forest, of bog, of mountain .

Strangely, one of the most remarkable things for me about theLeinstcr Championships was how difficult it was to rememberpeoples names - people who I'd normally meet every week ortwo now were familiar faces but their names only came backgrudgingly, rather like my orienteering skills!

The fixtures list is still being fleshed out but a full seasonbeckons. British Squad member Oli Johnson, in the AugustCompass Sport, writes that orienteering is the sporting world'sbest kept secret. We are failing to attract new members,particularly juniors. We're going to have to tackle this problem inIreland unless we want to let the secret out. Let's get out there andbe orienteers.

Finally, on a sadder note, T am sure we would all wish tosympathise with the families of Noel Morrish. Diana Large andTom McCormack who died over the summer.

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THE O-ZONE:Orienteering news from Ireland and the World

A thinner TIO than usual, with few reports andeven fewer results. We hope to be back to fullstrength by Christmas. Orienteers from Irelandwere in action in Scotland, Lithuania, Finland,Sweden, Norway, Estonia and who knows whereelse this year. Let's hear about it, particularlywhen there's lillie or nothing happening at home.

EVENT TO REMEMBEREDDIE

The AJAX Lcinster League Event at Raven'sRock on October 14th will also be 11

commemorative event for Eddie Niland, ourmuch loved club member. The event willcommemorate Eddie's wonderful spirit just shortof a year after his most untimely death lastOctober. The event will have one or two featuresthat will remind everyone who knew Eddie of'what a great sense of humour he had. There will.also be a collection for Eddie's family and theFriends of St Luke's at the event. Eddie's wife,Loretta and all his gang from Birr will be thereonthe day. We'll retire to Palmers Pub (formerly theGolden Ball) in Kilternan after the event for agood reminiscence session and hopefully a fewsongs in Eddie's memory (can anyone else since'Monte' from start to finish?)

2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1Due to the cancellation of the IrishChampionships arising from the Foot & Mouthoutbreak, the lOA took the decision to awardIrish titles on the basis of the LeinsrerChampionships results. Accordingly,congratulations to John Feehan and AislinnAustin, winners or the two Elite classes atMullaghmeen, on their first Irish Championshipstitles.

Mullaghmeen proved a fitting place to restartserious orienteering: Pat Flanagan's new1:10,000 scale map was easy to read and DaveWeston got the courses right. The day wasperfect: dry and mild, autumn tinting the leaves

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with gold etc. etc. It's always a pleasure to run inthis unique deciduous forest and LOC 200 I wasno exception.Sportlderu timing gave instant split times andSetanta's organisation ran things smoothly.Perhaps in places the contours could do withanother bit of tweaking and maybe some tags toshow which is up and which is down, but welldone everyone. It was a great start to the season.

COLM ROTHERY HONOUREDColrn Rothery, who has featured prominently onthe Irish learn for the past several years,concentrated on athletics this year and missed outon the World O-Championships in Finland. Colmhasn't been idle, though: he has taken gold at the800 m and 1500 rn at the World VeteransAthletics Championships in Australia thissummer and retains the over 40 1500 metresWorld Record he broke last year. This is all themore remarkable given that Cohn only took tiporienteering at the age of 30, having lived a Ii Fewith, shall we say, very little exercise for anumbcr of years before that.In recognition of"all his exploits" (as the citationsaid) Colm was presented with a special award atthe Leinster Championships at Mullaghmeen inSeptember. Congratulations, Colm.

GIVE US BACK OUR 11 DAYSWhere has the time gone since the start of the footand mouth cancellations? The whole middle ofthe year and the peak of tbe orienteering seasonhas just dropped out of the calendar. Not unlikethe year 1752 when II days dropped from thecalendar in Britain to bring the solar andterrestrial calendars into line with one another.Many people were unhappy with thisdevelopment and wanted their eleven days back,believing that their lives would be shortened andso on. "Give us back our II days" became acatchphrase at the time.Hopefully we'll get our eleven days back, spread

over the coming year.

SPORTIDENT TRAINING FORNIOA

Representatives from all three NIOA clubs(LYO, FennO and NWOC) attended a workshopon Sportident electronic timing in May. Thecourse was given by Mike Napier who has beencontracted to produce the results of the BritishChampionships in the North next May. By allaccounts the course ran like clockwork.

A lottery grant to NIOA has allowed each club toget enough Sportident equipment to run localevents, plus a laptop computer, battery poweredprinter, a download box, 55 control boxes withaluminium T-stakes and 50 e-cards, Theequipment will be pooled LO run major events.

PETER AND JANE GOORIENTEERING

Here is Peter.Here is Jane,Peter and Jane are in the woods.They are o-ri-ent-cer-ing.Peter has a map.Jane has a map.Run, Peter! Run, JanelRun! Run!Where is Peter? Where is .lane?Peter! Jane!Peter'????!? Jane ????!?(from Beyond my Compass by GeraldVinestock (l982))

JHI2001The Irish team for the forthcoming Junior HomeInternational at Pernbrey in South Wales is

WI4Erinna Foley-Fisher MNHelena Jones FINMartha Callanan BOC

WL6Sarah BrowneDeirdre CarberyJane HingertyDeirdre Bell

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WI8Sharon Lucey BOCNiarnh O'Boyle CNOCNiamh Lalor GENJune O'Neill CNOC

MI4Kevin O'Brien BOCJohn Young DLSOSeamus O'Boyle CNOCBrendan Carbery CNOC

MI6Christian Foley Fisher MNConor Mailey NWOCPaul Geary BVOCEoin 0'Brien BOC

MI8Ben FultonDavid HealyDiarmuid CollinsTed McCormack

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Pcmbrey is a tremendous area: forested, runnablesand dunes: testing but very satisfying to run in.The Individual event is on Saturday 6th and therclay on Sunday 7th October. The events areclosed, i.e. just for the Juniors rather thansuperimposed on another competition.Thanks to lOA Juniors Officer Ted Lucey for thisinformation.

WATONEWSWATO expect to meet at the end of September tofinalise f'ixtures for the new season. The clubwishes to wish Pat Purcell well in hisrecuperation after a serious stroke 4 weeks ago.Our thoughts nrc also with his wife Veronica.This is the reason why there is lillie happeningdown our way atpresent,Andrew Cox.

lOA AGMThe Annual General Meeting of the lOA will takeplace on Saturday 17th November, 200 I. It willbe held in conjunction with an open seminar onChildren in Orienteering. The AGM will be heldin the Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8.The AGM will start at 2.00 pm with the Seminarfollowing at 3.1 Spm.Delegates travelling from outside Dublin willrecei ve funding assistance.

Notices of Motions. Amendments to theConstitution and Nominations for Executivepositions should reach the undersigned by 16thOctober 200 I at the latest. At the last lOAExecutive meeting it was agreed the the post ofHonorary Secretary and AdministrativeSecretary should be the same person and shouldbe annually re-elected at the AGM. This personwill be paid an annual sum of £3,000 forexpenses. I have decided not to go forward forre-election.

As is customary a number of Annual Awards willbe presented at the AGM and nominations forthese are now requested. All nominations toreach me by 16th October 200 I. Note previouswinners cannot be nominated again.

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Silva Trophy:This award should be presented to a person whohas contributed in a most deserving manner to thedevelopment of orienteering in the country.

Mactire Trophy:This trophy is presented to a person who hasmade an outstanding contribution to orienteeringduring the previous year in any of the following:

a) Achievement in Competition.b) Mapping, planning. controlling or organisingan event.c) Administration.d) Othcr activities which the lOA may considermeritable

Silva Award:This is intended for a person who has made anoutstanding contribution toorienteering mainly in ,I background typecapacity, i.e. someone who is notan elite oricnrccr or has not been a member of theExecuu ve or RegionalCouncil.

Map of the Year AwardGrade 1,2,3 maps to be nominated. 3 copies oreach map to accompany the nominations.

Elections:Chairperson- standing for re-election until nextAprilHon, Secretary- vacantHon. Treasurer-vacantMapping Registrar- vacantPublic Relations Oflicer - vacantFixtures and Environment- standing for re-election until AprilController of Technical Standards - standing forre-election until AprilDirector of High Performance - vacantCoaching and Training - vacantJuniors Officer - standing for re-election untilnext April?Development Officer- Standing for re-electionuntil next April

Rosaric Kiernan, Honorary Secretary87 Mcadow Vale, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

NOT SO NEWSThe Chairman and Secretary of CorkO havechanged:New Chairman Brian Corbell. I, The Crescent,Broadale. Maryborough Hill. Douglas, Cork021-4365134 bcorbett@nmrc.uce.ie

New Secretary Rick Austin, Gurteenroe,Macroom. Co. Cork026-42095 rmaustin@circom.net

This happened a while ago but (I think) since thelastTIO.

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THEWOC,DADDY?

The events that World Championships Teammembers were selected for were:

Marcus Pinker: Sprint, Short, Relay,John Feehan: Classic. Short, Relay.Bill Edwards: Classic. Short, Relay.James Logue: Classic, Relay,Colm O' Halloran: Classic, Short.

Faye Pinker: Sprint, Classic, Short.Eileen Loughman: Classic, Short.Toni 0' Donovan: Classic, Short.

FAYECUTS IT FINEA fluke of fate meant that Faye Pinker was bornin the UK and to compete in WOC it is necessaryto hOILi an Irish passport. To bypass the two and"hair year waiting list to process an application forcitizenship a number of orienteers wereextremely helpful. On Thursday at 6 p.m. shebecame an Irish Citizen, on Friday she managedto get her passport and on Monday she new toFinland

(Faye's mother, Maria, addds that now it's up tothe rest of us to make sure she doesn't get fat andlazyl)

MTB-O World Cup races inAustria / Hungary,September 2001

lain Rochford and Gerry Brady

lain Rochford represented Ireland in these twoWorld Cup series events. He thus became the firstIrish international mountain-bike orienteer. Notonly thai - he also won 14 World Cup points andsees the possibility of Irish competitors eaming alot more as we have suitable terrain in Ireland todevelop this format. A mountain-bikeorienteering c-group has been set-up and youshould join this if you wish to become involved(see www.orienteering.ie). Later this year. alarger Irish contingent may travel to France forthe next World Cup round. Here are some briefi rnpressions of the event from fain.

16 countries were represented with 70+ men inthe Austrian races and 60+ in Hungary. Therewere full teams from Finland, Austria, Germany.

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy.Spain, Russia, Belgium and others includingIreland, 2 frorn Britain and 2 from Israel. WorldCup points were awarded to the top 3S positions

First series in Mlerning, AustriaTwo races, one short - winning time S3 minutes,and one classic with a winning time of 99minutes. The terrain was a plateau at 1000111above sea level (not exactly nat and we alsodropped off the edge of the plateau in both racesand had to climb over a 1,000 feet back up again)which at that altitude is quite physically taxing.The orienteering was restricted to route choice asall the controls were close to paths, but it wasquite difficult to see some of the best routechoices which could often be a long way from thestraight line.

Race I: I S September Short distance - 37th 01'70competitorsHad one beginner's mistake two controls fromthe finish that cost me 8 minutes otherwise notfeeling top physically as I had a cold and the

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altitude may also have had an affect.

Race 2: 16 September Classic distance - 53 rd of70 competitorsShould not really have started as my cold wasworse and I now had a sore throat. but whenyou're competing for your country .... Legs deadon all hills.

Second series in Vezprern, HungaryThese two races were on very technical areas andin contrast to Austria you were allowed to cycleanywhere in thc terrain. not just on paths.

Race 3: Classic race -34th of 64 competitors - 2World Cup pointsWas in 19th place wirh two controls to go (weused Sportideru so you could see how the racedeveloped) but lost three minutes and 15 places.

Race 4: Free order race - 24th of 6 I competitors-12 World Cup poi ntsThis W}lS a mix of compulsory legs Interspersedwith groups of controls you could take in anyorder. This sounds confusing and it WIIS difficultin practice as the lines and courses criss-crossed alot. I left the first group of free order controls andwas half way to the next compulsory controlwhen I discovered that Ihad forgotten to visit twoof them and had to go back, which cost me 3-4minutes. So again there was potential for a betterresult.

Orienteering in Belgium: seeDeclan McGrellis's article

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So Ireland now has its first ever MTBO WorldCup points. The standard at the very top is very.very good both in terms of MTB and orienteering.ability with the Finns. Czechs. Swiss andRussians and others all taking it very seriously.According to those who competed last year thecompetition this year is much tougher and Iexpect it to get more so with the first ever WorldMTBO Championships in France in July nextyear.

There are a good number of the world's best ski-orienteers who take part (the technical andphysical aspects of the sport arc quite similar) aswell as some very, very good orierueers. AlainBerger of Switzerland was 2nd and 3rd inAustria. He has won several relay gold medalsand individual medals in normal orienteering.Petri Forsman of Finland won the classic race inAustria and he has finished in I.he top lOin Worldfoot-O Champs and is the current WorldAdventure Racing Champion. A top 20 placing isa realistic target for Ireland.

The next and final round is near Nice (near MontVentoux for those familiar with the Tour deFrance) on the first weekend in November. Icould do with some compatriots to fend off all theattention of being the only Irish competitor, andthat's just from the Italian and Spanish women'steams'! ..

Thanks to all the contributorsto this issue: John Feehan,Aonghus O'Cleirigh, Bill

Simpson, Nina Phillips, AlanGartside, Trina Cleary, MaebhMcCann, Colin Henderson,

Nora Lalor, Val Jones, DeclanMcGrellis, Gerry Brady & lainRochford and Joss Jynam.

AYear toRememberThough it's only September. it has been a

year to remember but unfortunately for allthe wrong reasons. Apart from the recent

appalling terrorist attacks in the USA, which putour minor problems in perspective, we have hadfoot and mouth disease. the cancellations ofmajor events and the deaths of three prominentIrish orienteers within weeks of each other.Because of the FM D outbreaks and thesubsequent curtailment of the orienteeringcalendar. it is possible that many of you are onlylearning now of the deaths of Noel Morrish, TomMcCormack and Diana Large.

All three were orienteers from the very early daysof the sport here, Noel with his family withMunster Oricnteers, now called Lee Orienteers,and Tom and Diana first with Irish Orienteers.then with Great Eastern Navigators.

The first time I met Noel was at the 1976 IrishChampionships in Co. Wicklow, where he wasone of the few to make the journey north. His latewife, Mairfn, and family have featuredprominently in the annals of Irish orienteering.taking many titles and filling places on Irishteams at Junior, Veteran and WorldChampionships level. Noel died suddenly inCork on May 29th. His friend and clubrnateMicheal O'hUigin. himself the paterfamilias ofanother notable Cork orienteering family. haswritten a short appreciation.

"It was witli great sadness that we heard of theunexpected deatli of Noel Morrish Oil the 29thMay last. Just a week before he had helped. withhis usual efficiency and calmness. 10 run.all inter-firm event in Tracton Wond. Little did we think onthat lovely SLImmer evening that it would be hislast involvement with Lee 0 or orienteering.

From the early seventies with his late wife.Mtiidll. he had been competing ill orienteeringeven IS. Not only was he (/ keen and successfulcompetitor but he willingly took part in mapping.helping at events and running a club. everythingwas done with the same meticulous core.Whenever problems arose they were approachedin thefamiliar calm, cool manllel: He really lovedorienteering and his enthusiasm showed in. theway he travelled long distances to events CIthome and abroad and encouraged his family andmany others to take part.

He had. 0/ course, many other interests and thechief among them was cycling which Irecontin lied to do right up to the end. III later yearsIre devoted much time to geology and he oftenspoke [ondly of limes spent c(/mpin~, fishing,walking and of the interesting people Ire metwhile pursuing his /flany hobbies. He had (I greatappreciation ofnature and the countryside and (I

walk with him ill a wood or on a hillside lVas aneducation. One Saturday evening afew years agohaving spent the whole day setting 0111 COli trois illCombaun I think that Noel felt that his greatestachievement oj tire day lVasfinding (In enormousmushroom and he looked forward with almostchildlike anticipation to having it for his tea.

But always first and foremost ill Noel 's life washis late wife. Mairtn, and theirfamiiy a/whom hewas very proud. To them we extend our deepestsympathy." - M. T. 0 h-Uigin, Lee O.

Tom McCormack was killed tragically in a roadaccident in Co. Cavan on May 31st. He willalways be associated in my mind withTroopcrstown, a map he and his wife. Wyn.produced back in the early '70's and which hasbeen in regular use to this day. Another of Tom'sdiscoveries was the old estate of Donadca in Co.Kildare, a beautifully runnable forest unique inIreland. He produced another excellent map forthe 1978 Two-Day which launched the area.An engineer, Tom's natural talent for mappingand organisation were regularly in demand by hisclub and he could always be found quietlyworking away in the background. His sons haveall become regular orienteers too, with Ted justrecently selected for the Junior Home lnrernatio

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GEN Secretary Nora Lalor adds"It was with a sense of shock, disbelief and greatsadness we learned of the death of our clubmember and Fiend Tom in a fatal road trafficaccident on May I lsi 2001.Tom was a member ofGENfi'om the beginning,helping to produce several of our maps and madethe original GEN stare clock with its own uniqueset of bleeps. He was a regular competitiveorienteer and all ever-present helper at clubevents. Many of you will remember his stints CItthe finish: whatever the weather and lateness ofthe afternoon, Tom would be there smiling in hisusual good /'11./1110111: Apartfrom orienteering Tomwas also a canoeist, WI accomplished sailor whorecently purchased his own boat and allenthusiastic hill walker.As a successful engineer Tom wa,~a renownedbuilder of bridges and spent the last few yearswith the National Roads Authority involved illtheir many projects of road improvement throughthe country.We extend our sincere sympathy to his familyWYII, Robin, Simon, Ted and ali. his friends.Together with them we hope to enjoy and promoteorienteering for thefuture ''.

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Tom's clubmate Diana Large was known to <\11the regular orienteers around the country: agentle, soh-spoken lady with a twinkle in her eyeand aquiet senseof humour. She was one or theearliest Leinster orienteers and worked on localmaps like Kattie Gallagher (Carrickgollogan toyou and me). In earlier years shewas notable forturning up just before the start closed on aSunday - her late husband was a church ministerin Bray and she had to attend morning serviceand hear his sermonsbefore going orienteering!Apart from orienteering, she was a keen hi IIwalker and photographer, Her photographs canbe found on several sets of prizes for LeinsicrChampionships and Horne Internationals. not tomention the Christmas cards and bookmarks sheusedto sell during Advent.I remember in my early days orienteeringstanding at the start of a two-day event atGlendalough (1975?) on a45° slope and glancingnonchalantly at the map, A spritcly lady besideme said "Gosh! it looks awfully green!". a factwhich was lost on me ,lt the time, "Big deal", Ithought, but 1 soon learned what Diana'sobservation meantand later learnt who it was hadsaid it.

Her clubmate, Douglas Barry, wrote a shortappreciation for the Irish Mountain RunningAssociation, some or which is reproduced here.It's only as I write these paragraphs that l realisehow much poorer we arc as a result of theirpassing.

Diana Large (/937-2001)Diana Large who died 011 Friday 22n.d June wasa familiarface at orienteering and IMRA races.Her sudden death has come as a terrible shock toall of us. Diana had only recently competed (IS awalker in.May's Bray Head race. Indeed, she hadhelped out at the finish of the Scalp race the weekbefore. She entered info the spirit of the hillrunning and always joined us ill tlie pub for theprize giving, cup of tea and the chat.Diana was a well-known orient eel; a foundermember of GEN and she had (In input intoseveral of our maps, She was a regularcompetitive orienteer travelling to all events.Irish Champion in her age group many times, and

Diana Large.This photograph was taken at Glendaloughby her daughter and was still in Diana's

camera when she died.

all avid hill walker who frequently led walks inthe Wicklow hills. Diana only took up hillrunning/walking to keep fit during the summerfor her walking trips abroad (she did the circuitof Mont Blanc last year) and her orienteering,especially the \'eteran Home lnternationalstraditionally held in September. She was aconstant team member and really enjoyed thecompetition and team travels. She was concernedthat this year's event was clashing with a trip toSlovenia with her walking club, not havingmissed a VHf since first making the team.An accomplished photographer and artist, Dianalived at the foot of her beloved wicklowmountains, and was as familiar with them as shewas with her own garden. Her photography of thehidden comers of wicklow produced Some

magical images, Her many scenes of natureadorned cards and were used by GEN asorienteering prizes on more than one occasion.Diana had admittedfeeling unwell at the Scalpand mentioned that she was having (1/1.

angiogram. Unfortunately, this revealed herheart was badly damaged and Diana passedaway following emergency surgery. Oursympathies go OUi 10 her three children Susan,Jennifer; and Andrew. and to her mallY friends.Douglas Barry I Nora Lalor GEN

This is an excerpt - the last verse - from one ofDiana's poems called "Ow of Time" which fellsabout a mountain walk in the west of Ireland as avoyage through Malt :1' and Nature '.I' history.

Around us light begins to fadeOne last descent - to where belowThe smoke from COllage heart/IS drifts 011 thebreezeAnd oil lamps shine a welcome glow,The world awaits, our journey's done -Yet .... must we go -from Timelessness 10 Time?

(PhotO: Joss Lynam)

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TRAILORIENTEERING

In TI098, Gerry Brady introduced hisarticle on Mountain Bike Orienteering witha passing reference to the other "alternati ve"forms of the sport namely Trail-O and Ski-O.

I have had an interest in Trail-O for anumber of years now, not because of itsequality ethos, although that does give usthe opportunity 10 promote our sport intoparts of the community who could not, orwould not want t.o participate in Foot-O. Myinterest comes from seeing it as adevelopmental activity for the regular clubmember.

Trail-O consists of competitors following afixed route (the trail) along which are anumber of checkpoints. At each of thesethey have to decide which of the visiblecontrol flags best matches the control siterepresented by the map and the controldescription. This restriction to the trailprovides the major difference from Poot-O:since the flags can be anything from a fewmetres up to the limit of visibility from thetrail the competitors never to get to visit thecontrol site. This means that much morenote has to be taken of the area surroundingthe site than would be the case if you wererunning in to it. For me this element ofTrail-O forces a much more detailedinspection of the terrain than Foot-O inmuch the same way as planning, controllingand mapping do. The difference there is thatthe threshold of experience and skill isdauntingly high to the club orienteer. Trail-o gives an easier route into developingthose map-to-ground skills, which are sonecessary for improving foot-O12 The Irish. Orienleer

performance.

Don't be fooled into thinking Trail-O is forO-wimps - I've only had one instance of a100% score. There is a timed element toprovide a tiebreak facility betweencompetitors with equal scores. In this theclock starts when the map and descriptionfor the site are handed over and stops whenthe competitor gives their answer. I've seenbrain cells turn to blubber in those fewseconds!

In the UK, selection for international teamsis restricted to those with a disability whichprevents them from competing in Foot-O onan equal standing with their peers but theBritish Championship is an opencompetition and its coming to Ireland nextyear (postponed from this year because ofFoot & Mouth restrictions). My interest inTrail-O has been rewarded (!) byappointment as Planner for BTOC2002which will be running alongside BOC nextMay in the North-West. The arrangementsare such that you would be able toparticipate in BTOC after your BOC run.Perhaps lOA would consider designatingthe event as the Irish Trail-O Championship- I would be delighted and honoured!

Further details about Trail-O can be foundon the Internet at www.trailo.org. AnneBraggins, who will be my Controller nexlyear, maintains this site. She has criticisedmy early planning efforts as being too soft,so be warned!

Alan Gartside, LVO.

woe 2001Tampere,Finland.

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Aonghus OCleirighreportsFor Irish elite orierueers the World OrienteeringChampionships in Tarnpere marked thecompletion of another two-year cycle ofpreparation, (raining and the build-up ofexpectations. WOC in Finland will beremembered for many things, amongst them JohnFeehan's Irish record-breaking performances andthe consistently good form displayed by all themen in the Short Distance qualifiers. Alsoremembered will be the support of many Irishorienteers who remained in Scandinavia after thetrials to be parr of the WOC experience.

Love of the struggle is probably more rewardingthan the desire for victory. The 2-year build-upincluded squad training seminars, a trainingcamp in Finland in 2000. extended periods oftraining in Tampere by many squad members,and a trial to select the WOC team held in Finlandthree weeks before Wac. The support given bysquad members to one another was very evident.

The actual team that competed at wac wassmaller in number than in recent years, andconsisted of five men and three women - EileenLoughman, Toni O'Donovan, Faye Pinker,Marcus Pinker, Colm 0' Halloran, John Feehan,James Logue, and Bill Edwards. Gerry Bradywas manager and I was team coach. This wasEileen's 14th wac and Faye's first.

The format of the event itself has changed (and isstill changing). A Sprint distance Final with subeleven minutes winning times has been added to

the existing Classic, Short and Relay disciplines -Ireland was allowed one male and one female. inthis contest and Marcus and Faye Pinker wonselection to represent us in the inaugural event.Vroni Konig-Salmi (SUI) and Jimmy Birklin(SWE) were evenrually victorious.

John Feehan certainly excelled in Finland. Hequalified for both Classic and Short distancefinals, the first Irish person (0 do this, andfinished 46th and 36th positions respectively. Heis the first Irish male to qualify for a Classic finalsince quali fication races were introduced - ariaCooke (1989) and Una May (1995, 1997) havequalified in the past. MarcusPinker (1997, 1999)and Toni O'Donovan (1999) have previouslyqualified in the Short distance event. John's 36thposition in the Short final is the best ever by anIrish person. (And I believe John can go evenbetter ... ) The Men's' relay team finished in 20thposition.

WOC results are easily available so they need notbe repeated to any great extent here. Norwegian

Competitors wore a GPS transmitter intheir bib which cound track them in the

forest for the benefit of TVandspectators,

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Jorgen Rostrup and Swiss Simone Luder won thcClassic Distance events. Finland's Pasi Ikoncn -gold medallist in the Short - raced without acompass! (Apparently he hasn't orieruecrcd witha compass for tbe past three years.) Hanne Staffof Norway won [he women's Short event.Finland took both relay galt! medals,

The razzamaiazz and mcdia impact of WOC isbecoming more refined and bener focused. Itranged from highly efficient press services.terrific commentary and great music (particularlywhen a Finn was leading in the run-in). A giaruscreen in the assembly area showed the action inthe forest as well as map extracts with routes.There was also live TV coverage (some of theguys with late startssaw control sites and parts ofthe map on TV in their apartment prior totravelling to the event!) From 2004 WOC is set1.0 become an annual event. Courses plannedwith loops may be used to facilitate greaternumbers in finals. Possibly more head-to-headformats will be tried. There may not cvcn bc anyqualification events at WOC itself from 2004onwards. (Qualification will largely bc fromWorld Cup races). And if foot orienteering is tomake it to the Olympics there is talk of changingthe nature of some events by handing the mapwith course to competitors well before the start.

Finally, on behalf of Wally Young, Gerry Bradyand myself, and on behalf of all squat! members,thanks to everyone who supported the causewithfund-raising and moral support.

John Feehan adds ...

Back in Finland after 22 years this year'sWorld Champs retlected the developmentswhich have taken place since then andshowcased some which are likely to playapart in the future of our sport. Once again theleaderboards were Scandinavian dominatedwith Norway and Finland bringing home ??medals between them. Pasi Ikonen (FIN),Jorgen Rostrup (NOR), Simone Luder (SUI)and Hanne Staff (NOR) were probably the14 The Iris" Oriellleer

outstanding athletes of these games butothers shared the limelight too. For Ireland,Finland marked a new participation recordfor Eileen Loughman and saw John Feehanfinishing 36th and 46th in the Short andClassic finals respectively. The men's relayteam gained a respectable 20th position.

Race 1 - Sprint FinaJThe organisers allowed all competitors 3 hoursaccess to the competition areaon the eve of theraces as it had been used before and was wellknown to many runners (it was only embargoedthe previous autumn). Whether or not it levelledthe playing Field or simply consolidated theadvantagealready held by some is debatable.Thecourseswere fast and criticised by many asbeingtoo easy technically. Some controls were on pathfeatures and buildings! Spectators were allowedaccess to the entire area although marshals werepresent to prevent irucrfcrcncc, In the finish andstart arena the action was fast and furious,competitors being visible both at spectatorcontrols and on the big screen.

Sweden had its highlight of the week early onwhen Jimmy Birklin sprinted to victory in themen's race and Switzerland got a gold throughfavourite Vroni Konig-Salmi in the women's.Both countries also took bronze through JorgenOlsson and Si rnone Luder, 21 year old PasiIkonen took silver behind Birklin while JohannaAsklof got Finland a second silver on the day.Irish runners Marcus ant! Faye Pinker did notenjoy the technically simple burn-up and endedup 41st and 45th. In hindsight they wouldprobably have opted to concentrate on anotherdiscipline had they known the race format inadvance and clearly we have runners more suitedto this new discipline. It's likely to be the formatchosen for Olympic games if orienteering getsthat far but for the purist its validity isquestionable.

Race 2 • Classic QualificationFirst there was quali fication and for most of theIrish thai's where it ended as the strength anddepth of the fields combined with poor start Iimcsproved too much. On courses with few controls

per kilometre (II in 8K for the men) the emphasiswas on route choice and then fine navigation inthe circle. John Feehanqualified with 1min 40 tospare in 24th place. thirty going through fromeach of the two heats.Toni 0 Donovan never gotinto a rhythm and round it frustrating. EileenLoughman took the aggressive straight routesbut theseproved to be technically demanding andconsequently slower.lames Logue felt the racewasn't going well as he tried to find the rightgear. It's not easy to qualify and it's gettingharder every time. The start list for the finalshowever included nearly all the favourites andthe strongest runners from each country.

FinalOnce again the spectators were prioritised:provided with camera feeds from the forests(once again relayed on the big screen), radioreports and adjacent start and finish. Certainly itwas strange to see the assembled thousands withtheir hacks to the run-in as they watched thewinners approach the finish on the state TVcompany's big screen. And the winners todaywere a supertight and fast striding Swiss girl,Simone Luder and a robotic cold NorwegianJorgen Rostrup. Rostrup won the short title inScotland but a double victory at the NordicChamps in June rightly indicated his ability atthe longer distance. He won few fans with hisnonchalant reaction to Jani Lakancn's charge forthe gold that was to take him to silver. Rostrupopted Out of the Relays claiming they don'tmotivate him and individual glory is what helikes about the sport!The other medal winners were Marika Mikkola(FIN) and Reeta Kolkkala (FIN) in the women'sand Carl Henrik Bjorseth (NOR)taking a secondindividual bronze in successive World Champs.The leader board was overwhelmingly Nordicwhich shows that at classic distance the rest ofthe world still lags behind. The initial legs wentthrough unembargoed terrain in which it wasrumoured some teams had trained but over thegruelling courses only those most worthy weresuccessful. John Feehanran a steady race feelingslight effects of the qualification in his legs. "1was safe, I lacked the stamina to take on routesaggressively but I've achieved a lifetime goaltoday" was his reaction to a solid 46th position.

Race 3 • RelayOne of the features of the heavy coverage of theWorld Champs on TV was that the starts formen's and women's races were staggered, thuson relay day the men's teams were able to watchthe first legs of the women's race in the comfortof their accommodation and even seesections ofmap. The area was quite fast with lots of rockdetail and there were two spectator controls plusgood live action from the forest.A stunning display of running speed from theFinns gave them gold in both races.The joy of thehome teams was evident as they danced acrossthe line. Finland probably has the healthiest 0-scenein Scandanavia at present and they seemtohave no difficulty in holding onto their talentedyouth athletes, a problem which Norway inparticular is faclng,In the women's race a photo finish had to decidesilver as Norway and Sweden sprinted it out withSweden getting the higher podium position.Ireland's management chose not to enter awomen's team this ycur due LO lack of depth andinterest.The decision was debated internallyamong the team and this writer believes it isunlikcly to be the situatin at future WOC's.The men's team performed more or less asexpected. Marcus Pinker felt the first signs ofillness today that was to dash his Short racehopesand consequently was disappointed with hisrunning form. Looking at the results compared toprevious years we seem to have been overtakenby some nations such asSlovakia and Belorussiabut have maintained our position ahead orfighting it out with New Zealand, Canada andSpain. But our lack of young talent comingthrough is aworry and likely to seeus drift downthe results board in years to come,

Race 4 • ShortOnce again the qualification proved tough butjust how hard it was to get a place I'm not sureanyone could have forseen. Frankly it wasincredibly close in what was a very technicalforest. In Men's Heat 2 for example the lastqualifier was 2 min 48 sec down on first place.Many nations are concentrating on Short now asit provides a better opportunity for success.John Feehan qualified but the other Irish with

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similar limes found themselves outside the top15. Bill Edwards in particular was unlucky with,lIl unsettling I minute error at no. I when he was10m from the control. Bill put in a lot ofpreparation for this his last WOC butunfortunately had to go away unsatisfied. Toni0' Donovan made an error and then missed acontrol and was very disappointed with her race.Faye and Eileen ran well to place 20th in theirheatsbut disappointment was their fate too.Next day we saw a fired up Hanne Staff claimShort gold to add to her COllection ahead of twoSwedes. And Young Finn Pasi lkonen ranwithout a compass and demolished theopposition by 21 seconds. Norway took thesilver and bronze. John Feehan made a shakystart but found a strong rhythm to charge to a veryrespectable 36th position. Fifteen secondsquicker would have had him ahead of the entireBritish team but he regarded it asa great finale toan unforgettable week.

So the flags were lowered on another WOC andthe attention of the athletes will now shift toSwitzerland where we will see a return tocontinental style terrain in 2003. Bill Edwardswill not be there ashe is moving to New Zealandand so we can say farewell and good luek to agreat Irish elite runner who ran in 6 WorldChamps and won 4 Irish titles. We'll miss youBill.

Event Reports

Two Views on theScottish Six Day

Meabh McCann WIOA (lVO)This year the Scottish 6 day was held nearFort William in Scotland. It was harderthan orienteering in Ireland, the courseswere very long and the terrain wasdifferent and very hard to run on.It was very exciting for me and it was thefirst time I had used a 'dipper' in an event.(electronic punching - ed) Because of thedipper I was able to compare my split

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times with other peoples - mummy thoughtthat this was really "sad". The best bit wasbeing able to compare "run in" times witheveryone in the club - watch out Declanhere I come!Itwas very good to hear other orienteersexperiences - some of the other girls hadbeen to lots of big competitions. But I willdefinitely be going to more. Dad and raretrying to talk mum into going to France in2003, please help.

Val Jones M45 (FIN)Val, Helena, and Erika Jones had an enjoyabletrip to the Scottish 6-Day Event. The event centrewas in Fort William, at the foot of Ben Nevis.The orienteering areas were more like Irish openterrain, such asthe Loo Bridge areain Kerry, thanthe more typical Scottish wooded areas,and verywet and boggy. Day I was at Aehdalieu, just afew miles west of Fort William. It was about 3/4open hillside with a nice deciduous wood in thecentre, The map was quite small but theelectronic punching enabled the courses to loopback and change direction with no loss to thetechnical standard.Day 2 was in Strathmashie, about 40 miles east ofFort William. The area had been used for the 6-Day before, in 1995. It was mostly a largeworking forest. mainly flat with a large networkof paths and rides, and a small open sectioninto thc finish.Day 3 was in Archattan, south of Fort Williamnear Oban. This area was reminiscent of theBlack Lakes in Kerry: steep runnable slopes witha flat marshy section at the top.Day 4 was back in Strathmashie. It was usedfortwo days because one of the original areaswasn't allowed due to foot & mouth.Day 5 was in Arisaig, an areaof stunning sceneryon the west coast with views out to the isles ofRhum and Eigg, and north to Skye. The terrainwas the most- intricate of the week, very likeCroghan mountain, lots of small hills, knolls.crags and boulders.The final day was in Fersit, about 10 miles northeast of Fort William, a mixed area with someopen moorland, a river valley with glacialdeposits almost like sanddunes, and some forest.

although the forest was mostly green. The areaincluded in the map was probably influenced bythe availability of fields for assembly andparking, resulting in a lot of restrictions on theplanning. The weather wasn't great. showerymost days. but it could have been a lot worse.The girls found the W 12A courses a big step upfrom the typical Orange level courses they do athome - very few paths to follow. Neverthelessthey managed to complete each day.The M45A courses were very long and tough -nearly 8 km each day.The organisation was veryefficient - electronic punching and spLit times foreveryone at the finish. Apart from theorienteering there was a very interesting lectureone night on the John Muir trust. and the girlsenjoyed the teenage disco and swimming at theLochaber leisure centre. The only downside wasthe campsite. Let's just say wellies wereessential. The numbers were probably down dueto foot & mouth. There were very few Irish

there, apart from LVO and NWOC contingents.

Event Reports

ABDUCTED BYALIENS

Trina Cleary reports from lithuamia

This year the World Masters OrienteeringChampionships were held in Lithuania. Theintrepid four of Ronan and Julie Cleary, FrankMartindale and self set off on the long journeyfrom London to Vilnius by plane, to KJaipedabycar, to the Curonian Spit by Ferry, to Nida by car.We seuled into our apartment, the one usedby theLithuanian President on his summer holliers -how is that for posh! The main differencebetween this apartment and the rest was that itwas very large and had a "Cabinet Room",obviously needed if there was a sudden crisiswhile the President was in residence. We were4k from the Russian border - we did wonderabout the place being bugged and watched - [wonder what they made of the orienteering gearhanging over the various balconies]!

Day I was in a fabulous clean forest on the edgeof the Baltic. 50k from Nida. All competitorswere bussed there and back. The forest was sofast that any mistake was really punished. I had a6 minute error. which meant I would not makethe A Final. In heat of 28 C it is hard toconcentrate and a route from the wrong drinksstation wasmy only error, that and not being ableto run flat OUL The majority of competitors wereScandinavian - need I saymore! Julie and Frankhad good runs: Ronan and I were down therankings. Day 2 was Slightly more physical, onanother part of the samemap. I enjoyed amblingaround with an error-free run and again finishedwell down the rankings. A dip in the Baltic afterour run in brilliant sunshine and 29 C seemed agood idea. I ran into the water and my legs frozeinstantly. I forced myself to submerge and thenran out and thawed my frozen body! My. butLithuanians must be tough - lhey didn't seem tomind the cold. Frank and Julie were in the APinals and Ronan and I in the B Finals.

Finals Day and I hadan early start. The sun beatdown and the temperature was 31 C - it was sohot. Start to No 4 went well, much morephysical than the other two days. In fact from 1-21 hada leg, which look meover Witches Hill. anarea with fantastic wooden carvings. Goingfrom 4 - 5 I was accostedby a mandemanding toknow where he was, in a foreign language. Iignored him! Proceededon and was then caughtby him - hepulled meback by my 0 top. I shookhim off, muttering in a foreign language, andcontinued on my way. I arrived at the top of myhill but no control. Wanderedaround for awhile.saw a drinks station. had a drink, worked outwhere I was and got my control. Wasted maybe5 minutes. Rest of course fine. no mistakes, andgot my splits. 4 to 5, 22 minutes to do 300metres - couldn't be, could it? Weill have nowworked out that the little man was an alien and Iwas abducted and taken to the mother ship andthen returned to earth with my memory cleaned -it is the only logical conclusion I can come to!l!All of us suffered badly from the heat, in factFrank had abad day due to dehydration, but Juliehadagood run. Julie finished 31sr in her class ofover 70 competitors. Suffice to say the rest of usfinished well down the field.

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Split times at each control:1:19 0:59 1:58 1:57 1:44 1:18 0:52 2:283:49 3:04 1:56 3:18 3:01 3:19 0:58 5:082:15 1:20 1:59 1:42 4:06 4:36 3:07 2:434:09 1:50 3:05 1:19Total: 1:09:37

Lithuania was a wonderful place to visit, TheCuronian Spit is rather like the forests aroundBordeaux in France, runnable with some intricatecontour detail and laid out in blocks, The Spit is98k long and 4k wide at its widest point; thenorthern half is Lithuanian and the southern halfRussian. The number of traffic police aroundwas amazing, all with their speed guns at theready and they had plenty of customersthroughout our time there. The weather wassunny and very hot, the food wonderful andeverything was so cheap. We returned to Vilniusand spent a day exploring this lovely city,learning about its sad history and being full ofadmiration for their quest to become morealigned to the Wesr and to see all they haveachieved since 1991,when they broke away fromthe Soviet Block, A lillie bag of amber bits wasour memento of a very enjoyable and worthwhileeven!.

Event Reports

SETANTAROGAINE

Glendalough,Co Wicklow

The fourth annual Setanta OrienteersRogaine was held on the weekend of June30 / July 1 in the historical valley of

Glendalough, The event basewas adjacent to theancient churches and picture-postcard roundtower, all associatedwith St Kevin,who made the areaa famedcentre of learning andstudy in early Christian limes.The competition area took in much of CountyWicklow, encompassing the Wick low MountainsNational Park which hasGlcndalough as its base,The National Park rangers kindly arranged for usto use (heir Education Centre, which providednature studies and environmental artwork toentertain during the rest time!>

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This year's rogaine took place at rather shortnotice, following thelifting of most Foot and Mouth Diseaserestrictions in Ireland in mid May. Unfortunately.Irish Department of Agriculture guidelines onfoot andmouth prevented entries being acceptedfrom the UK and other FMD affected countries,and the useof disinfectant mats was stilt requiredat the start.25 teams from around Ireland gathered for theevent and someexciting competition was anticipated in severalof the six caregories.

The format of the event was slightly changed thisyear, reflecting a new organising team. Inaddition to 35 controls (worth a total of 12.000points) on the main I :25.000 competition map,10 controls were based on a local orienteeringmap. To add to the tactical challenge the locationof these controls was only revealed aftermidnight, requiring teams to return to baseif theywanted to avail of a relatively easy 1,500 pointson offer,This also added to the atmosphere at the basecamp as more teams returned than in previousyears and took in some well earned rest andnourishment while they had the opportunity.>The traditional rogaine championship duration or24 hours was kept, with the stan at 12 midday onSaturday. Information on the format change, andthe grid references for the main map, were onlyrevealed shortly before the start, ensuring muchfrantic planning, scribbling and whispered debateuntil the first teams headedoff out of the vaUey.Possible first controls (a rogaine having a scoreevent format) were located on both sides of thevalley and out either end, so teams were quicklyseparatedand soon the basewas quiet.>The event base reopened at 7 pm and the firstteam reappeared, hungry, shortly after 8 pm,lured in we suspect by the aromas of theorganisers' barbecue dinner! The majority ofteams stayed out. the night being reasonablybright, until midnight or later. returning onlyonce complete darkness had fallen, Some sleptfor a bit, others made a break for the orienteeringmap, hoping their night-O experience might be of

use Forsome easy points.>By dawn most were gone again. to seewhat extrapoints could be gleaned before the middaydeadline to return. Tiredness meant only thefittest teams covered any real distance at thisstage. Most teams stayed close by and opted notto risk the harsh penalties for returning late.>In the end. there was a clear winner - the hotlytipped team of Eoin Keith. capped in Ultradistance running for Ireland. and one of lastyear's winning team and a local, HughMcLindon. They collected 10,000 of thepossible 13,000 points 011 offer,>Second place overall, and the mixed title, wentthe the other member of last year's winning team,Roisin McDonnell, and Paul Mahon whorecently represented Ireland at the Park WorldTour orienteering in Prague,First female team was Deirdre O'Neill and JuliaWillison.

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In the veteran category (combined age over 80years) Doug Corrie and Ciaran Donaghy took theoverall honours, first female veterans were GerPower and Barbara Foley-Fisher. ln the mixedveterans. previous overall mixed andmany timeswinners of the mixed veterans category GrahamPorter and Jane Wall (both internationalultrarunners), were narrowly beaten by theorienteering husbandand wife teamof Don Shortand Ruth Lynam. A marginally late finish costPorter and Watt the win. only 200 pointsseparating the teams.It was a fittingly exciting finish to a verycompetitive weekend of endurance andnavigation by all the competitors, and wc wereblessed by St Kevin with a decent weekend'sweather too.

Next year's rogaine will be around the sametime,end of June. We look forward to seeing you!Check out the Setanta Orienteers website atwww.setantaorienteers.org for details.

Nina Phillips,

Event Reports

The NOT theJK trip

Bill Simpson headed to Sweden atEaster:

06:25. Good Friday morning is the start of aninvigorating Easter weekend ror lour intrepidoricntcers from LVO: Murray Cowan. NeilBingham, Declan MeGrellis and myself, BillSimpson. Stanstcd airport is as busy lindimpersonal as ever, The longest queue is forcheck-in for the Skavsta (or Stockholm, as it iscallcd by Ryan Air) night. Murray is first off theplane rushing to sign up for the hire car.

There is a 430 km drive south to Karlskrona. Thedirection is fortunate as there is hope that thescattering of snow will not prevail in moresoutherly climes. Dcclan declares a burningdesire to run through virgin Scandinaviansnowdrifts and the weather forecast seems tooffer a strong possibility of his wish beinggranted. The rest of the party reservejudgement.Pausing only briefly for a quick pizza and abeer,we speedon to find our cosy wooden shoe-box.sorry - cottage. on the shores of the Baltic.Preparations for the next day's short racequicklyturn the minute floor space into a jumhle oforienteering kit, carbohydrates and local maps.

Bright sunshine is encouraging as we rise for an8:30 departure. but the trip to the shower blockconfirms that the air temperature is just abovefreezing. Luckily it is calm and thermals plusshort-sleeved 0 tops are selected as optimalclothing for running. We are almost throughKarlskrona before the navigator (that's me)wakes up sufficiently to re-locate on a convenientwater tower, but the drive is short and soon wemeet the familiar site of Volvos turning in to arapidly filling car park field, We say "Hi" toMalcolm and Liz Campbell - Malcolm is on thesamecourse asmc as if the local compeuuon was

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not enough! Murray's start time puts him out inthe forest first of the LYO party and Neil is thelast to leave 90 minutes later.

The forest is as expected. with only the largerrock features mapped, but more paths and tracksthan we could have hoped for. It seems to takemuch longer [han usual to settle in to thenavigation and map reading on the run is aforgotten skill. Amazingly. on downloading thesplit times from the Web, it seems that I haverecorded the fastest HSOtime for the run-in. Pity"bout the restof the legs - if only they hadrapeditall the way! IS controls. 3.S krn, 160 metresclimb and 37 minutes later it is lime to head forthe open air showers. Fortunately the watertemperature is higher than the ambient airtemperature which has climbed to a balmy 6degrees.

Shopping on the way home is the usual foreignadventure, Eventually most of the ingredients forbeef stroganoff are assembled and we return toour hut to drape 0 gear over picnic tables, Wehave not found the laundry yet.According to the Rough Guide to Sweden. thenight-life in Karlskrona starts at midnight. but wehave another early stan in the morning and giveup on the city centre in order to catch up on somewell earned rest.

Another cold but sunny day in Sweden and wenavigate to the forest more confidently. Today'srace is a classic distance event- no. I in the 2001Elitserien, or day 2 of the Blekingepasken. Theelite competitors start in the assembly field, butmere mortals have a 2 km walk to the start. Itseems unfair, but then we do not have a 16.Skmcourse with an arbitrary dead run up the finishlanes midway, purely for the benefit of thespectators. The terrain in the early part of thecourse is very rough. There arc rocks everywhereand I discover how difficult it is to follow abearing through a boulder field when everyboulder is above head height and blocking thcview. Not only is my navigation rusty, but alsomy ability to leap from rock to rock whilesimultaneously ducking under branches. It isslow going and prompts a route choice that usesalonger track run. Clearly the farmer's guard dog22 The Irish Orienteer

hasnot been advised thar this was a viable routefor orienteers. Not knowing the Swedish for"Good dog". minutes per Km are reducedtemporarily until the barking has receded in thedistance. The tough terrain combined withcomplex navigation leads to lower half results forall of us. Back at the cabin. the rest of the partyopt for soup and sleep while I wander off with acamera and clock up the extra S krn that Declanand Murray have covered already. We haveanother 8:30 stan in the morning, so a couple ofgamesof Jcnga later and it's bedtime already.

We return to the same assembly area used foryesterday's classic race. There's a slight changein the weather with cloud covcr, but it does notlook like rain is imminent. Without the sunshine.it reels colder although the car thermometer wasreading 2.S degrees in comparison to yesterday's-O.S degrees. Only 3 Krn to run today andthankfully the route to the start turns out to beonly about ISOOmetres.

We start into a faster part of the forest and at last Iput together a reasonablerun. Finally there is thesprint along the tapes and I am urged on byMurray to attack the last hill to the finish line.This has been my best run or the weekend.breaki ng what Murray calls the "shame" 10minutes per k barrier - that is 10 minutes per kuncorrected as the Scandinavians never bother totake account of climb! Better still, I have beatenMalcolm Campbell for the first time in theweekend. but only by a couple of minutes. Later Ilind that I have attained myother target for the trip by holding on to 14 thplace out of 30 starters - a top 50% finish. It isbest to set sensible targets for an orienteering tripto Scandinavia. Having started fairly late, Declanhas the privilege of taking an outdoor showerduring a light snow fall. I f' only we could offerthese facilities locally and all for an entry fcc ofabout£4.00. Everyone seemsto have had abetterrun today and we set off for Karlskrona in goodspirits.En route home.we stopoff to indulgein the boys'second favourite sport - this time in tile form of aMcDonald's meal. The afternoon turns into abusy social whirl as a round of Crazy Golf isswiftly followed by visit to the Skandia. which in

Karlskrona is a cinema rather than a restaurant.Finally, we have a meal in the King's Crown(English pub) where T order a Swedish specialityof fried meat and potato cubes, beetroot and afried egg. Everyone elseopted for steakandchips- how mundane!

On our last full day in Sweden, there is nocornpernlon, so what do we do? Call at the localorienteering club house to buy some trainingmaps. or course. The terrain that we select haspermanent markers but the only dub memberthat we can locale speaks little English and isunable to rind the master map. so we accept amap overprinted with a 9.7 km course from aprevious event and pick 11 selection to visit. Thisterrain is vastly different from the competitionareas. II. is relatively flat and mostly bare rock inthe northern pan. Hollows in thc rock have filledto 1'01'111 small marshes and there seems to havebeen" shortugc of yellow ink as large tracts ofbare rock. having no tree cover are mapped asrorcsi. Conversely. some of the larger marsheshave sl110311 trees growing. but arc mapped asopen. Soon after starting, I hear a thud of hoovesand glimpse a large brown shapemoving quicklythrough the trees about 30 metres to my left. It ismy first sighting of an elk. We spent a relaxinghour picking controls in more subtle terrain thanthe competition areas.

..

Ronald McDonald is bypassed in favour ofcampsite showers followed by coffee and buns inthe city centre and a wander around forsightseeing or shopping. Our meal is followed byone more movie with Swedish subtitles and thenthe trip is allover bar the packing and driving ....EXCEPT .... What's this? Murray has scroungedtwo maps of' terrain near Ronneby. Declandithers, but I generously relinquish theopportunity for a 6 a.rn. departure and anothertraining session. Murray and Neil are the luckyrunners and it is poetic justice to rise at 8 a.rn. tofind it has been raining all mortling. That shouldplease the party of French fishermen in the nextcabin as the last few days have been too cold forthe fish to bite and too sunny for stealthy angling.

Well. it certainly was not the J K in the Forest ofDean. but it was a good trip. with excellent

terrain. good company and plenty happening. Itwas nice to lake a back scat for a change and letsomeoneelse look after the organisation. ThanksMurray.(from Crossing Point. the NIOA newsletter)

Event Reports

Belgium - the hillypart

by beclen McGrellis

It was a sunny start to the weekend - and whatwas best of nII was I didn't have to go to worktoday! I had taken the Friday and Monday off tomake a long weekend and do some cricnrecringfor a change. Event canccllutions due to FoOl&Mouth were starting to cause withdrawalsymptoms - and I was getting desperate for somecompetition, even to the extent of travelling toBelgium!Everything had been booked on the internet.Entry fees, EMIT card, accommodation. meals.nights and car hirc. It was a little nerve rackinghowever to arrive in Charleroi airport on 11 BunkHoliday Friday night hoping that YOLlrrcscrvarion had not gone missing in the system.Bill was eager for a free car upgrade - I wassimply praying that thcy knew who we were andhad a car waiting. It turned out that we both gotour wish. and we were on our way to the BergReuland region of Belgium for three classic daysof orienteering. The rest of the UK contingenthad arrived at the accommodation earlier. So wehad to bequiet enrcring the dorms atmidnight. Atleast they had the foresight to make our bunks forus. Accommodation was indoors in dormitorystyle rooms. ranging from 3 single beds up to 10double bunks. All rood was included, with hotshowers etc. for less than £J3/night - excellentvalue. Bill was even able to demonstrate hismisspent youth by his superior skills at tablefootball.Enough of' the travel - what about theorienteering? For starters, this was the first time Lhad used the EMIT system. I'm not sure which Iprefer -the Sportldcnt docs give a reassuring beepwhen registering a

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punch; but the EMIT was probably quicker topunch. Courses were 9.3 + km with 200 + mclimb each day - and this wasn't even the elitecourses! What had I let myself in for? Days I and2 turned out to be relatively simple terrain. Theconsistency of the vegetation mapping was notalways to my liking however. It is the first timerharl have intentionally avoided running through'yellow rough open'. This often turned out to beyoung, metre-high fir trees -which were NOTeasy (0 run through. In contrast most of the forestwas very runnable.Lack of orienteering practice also led to manysimple mistakes: Was that 4 or 5 pat/is that Icrossed ...oli dear:.. I'm lost again.You also got the impression that the plannerswere trying to use all available hills. Therealways seemed to be a rast downward descentfollowed by 11 much slower ascentThe course on day 3 was u chasing start. whichadded to the excitement - or at least would have,if the EMIT system had not inexplicably added20 minutes onio my day I timc! I guess I preferSportldcnt after all! Day 3 also proved 10 be in amore technical area, with numerous camcordersbeing used in the forest to record competitors(and their mistakes). My classic error occurred atcontrol 6: RUfI 011a bearing to the road ... turn leftand run 600 nr ... notice an 'unmapped' track 011

1/1)' riglu ... ignore fact that road is going downhillseverely which I didn't expect ... cut into tire right

along the ride ... where did that stream come from... about to punch my.control at tire root stock ...it's gOT tile wrong code 011 it ... yet moreunmapped features ... another camcorderrecording me standing still, looking confused ... Ifinally realise after 5 minutes that Ihad run alongthe wrong road - and had to climb up the hillagain - gone were my hopes of a good run today!The only consoling fact was the sprint finish tothe line. I got aggrieved Ihal someone tried topass me on the 600 m run-in and increased mypace slightly. He increased his also. and it endedup [hat we were sprinting all oui for the line - mylegs didn't have time to realise that they shouldnot be moving that fast.The trip also included the standard sight seeingtrips 'to SI. Vith and Luxembourg, castles andforests, missed turn-errs (long story) and countrypubs, fast driving on autobahns and abandoningcars at airports, looking for isolated trees in aforest and gelling accustomed to driving on theleft side of the road again.In conclusion, Ican only Iry again (0 encourageanyone who has not yet participated in a multi-day event to try it out. Both from a social and anorienteering point of view - you should enjoyyourself.

(from Crossing Point, the NIOA newsletter).

World Championships Medallists

24 Tire Irislr Orienteer

Wicklow Way Relay1M RA (Irish Mountain Running Association)next year (8th June.Sat) hopes to organize aWicklow Way Relay. It is hoped to make ihisevent as accessible ,1S possible for everyone.With this in mind there are 8 stages and 7different ways or forming a team (see below).We wish the whole event to take place indaylight over 16 hours and therefore are startingin Kilrnashoguc and finishing outside Shillelagh.Elite teams who wish to do the whole WW canarrange to have a group warm up from Marlayand a group warm down into Clonegal.No final decision to hold this event has beentaken or the format, but we need to know if thereis sufficient interest and if anyone hassuggestions on formal. (please remember that itmust cater for all levels) before next year'scalendar is finalised (mid-November)

Wicklow Way Relay for teams of2to 8 asfollows-Tearns of 2: Open-Tearns of 3: to include a lady or vel.-Tcarns of 4: to include a lady and vel. (may beIhe same person)

Teams of 5: to include a lady and vet. (may notbe the same person)-Tcarns of 6: to include 2 ladies or 2 vets. (maybe the same persons)-Tearns of7: to include 2 ladies and 2 vets. (may110tbe the same persons). Teams of 8: to include 2 ladies, 2 vets (may notbe the same persons)RulesEach team have their own support crew.Change over allowed at official stage ends only.Teams to be pre-entered and acceptedAll runners to sign IMRA formJuniors over 15 and under 18 must run stages 3Each runner to previously familiarize themselveswith their leg of the run

Stages:I 6.00 Kllrnashogue Curtlestown 14 krn2 Curtlcstown - Lough Tay 12.00 14 krn3 Lough Tay -Oldbridge g km4 Oldbridge -Glendalough I () kill5 Glendalough -Drumgoff 16.00hrs l:'i krn6. Drumgoff -Ballyteige Bridge 13 kill7. Ballyreigc- Derry River.Tinahcly 17 km8. Tinahcly -Shillelagh/Tullow Rd. 20.()O

10km

Joe Lalor.

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Entry Fees: Adults £6,00; Juniors £3,00;Family £15,00Closing Date: Friday 26th October. 50%surcharge after this date

Entries to: MOC 2001, c/o Alan Barry, 2Cherrywood Ridge, Midleton, Co Cork.Cheques payable to Cork OrienteeringClub

Munster Orienteering Championships 2001Incorporating the Interprovincial Championships

Sunday 11th November 2001Venue: Clonmore North, Cahir, CoTipperary. The terrain is mixed forestand open moorland.Grid Reference S 028 249

Classes: All classes (L) are offeredincluding MIW 21 S. Courses/Classeswill be amalgamated if insufficiententries are received by the closing date.

Start Times: 11.00-13.00

Final Details and Start List: Start List willbe posted on the Cork 0 web site(http://homepage.eircom.netl-o rientee ring/) and on the lOA group site(www.orienteering.ie) in the weekpreceding the event.

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NIOADevelopment Day

Members of the three main clubs met on 9th June InCookstown to consider the future of orienteering InNorthern Ireland. It Is recognised that the sport Isaton Important phase In Its development with theImplementalion of the lottery mopping gront. Iheholding the British Championships In 2002 andsuccessful projects such as the Armagh Schools'Millennium Project. a proposed scheme to form 0partnership with Education Boards plus Ihe launchof Ecotralis In Belfast.

A 101of time. energy and enthusiasm has beengiven by 0 small number of people who have beenleodlng the sport for over 20 years. Ills cruciol thatwe should have 0 critical look Into the future andfocus on what is achievable for a relatively smallAssociation.Three main Issues were discussed - mopping.competitions. and promotion/publicity along with1he role of computers In orienteering. It would notbe possible to reflect all thot was discussed on theday but lhe following are some of tho main pototswhich will need further consideration.There is a need to communlcote more effectivelywith members and the general public. A new website Willbe established In the autumn and the site willbe promoted through various printed moterial. e.g.book marker. You will be asked to agree to your e-mali address being used for the electroniccirculation of Information.More effective liaison with Distnct Councils andEducation Baards will be pursued.There Is a ctsor need to Increase membershiptoword 0 target of 500 In five years We need thesupport of 011 current members to ochleve this.In terms of competitions Ihere is a need to keeppartlcipotlon simple and friendly. The emphasisshould be or' gross-root events including possiblymore score events.The lottery project has been a major challenge toIhe Association and the completion of the mops.permanent course and supporting malerlal must begiven priority. The financial Investment with carefulmanagement should sustain moppingdevelopment for the next 10years.These issues and more will be addressed by theNIOA committee wilh the support of the main clubsover Ihe coming months.The day also Included on opportunity to try OCAD.review supporting software and the current website.Colin Henderson

NI PLANNINGCOURSEAbout a dozen or so arienteers turned up for thiscourse at Tollymore Mountain Centre taken by Jon

Sutcilife of Sutmops26 The Idf/r Oriellle<!r

inScol'land.The course was relaxed affair with a mixture oftheory ond procticol sessions While the participantsranged from experienced planners to novices. it issafe to say that even with that mix. svervoneleaving the course had learnt something new.The course looked at many aspects of planning.from the rate of the plomer and what Ihe plonner istrying to ochieve to the Ukely customers on eachcourse and technical difficulty.

1 Miriam Feehon BVOC 73:582 Jo Mein NWOC 112:273 Deirdre ONent FINGLE t68:30

Themain learning points from the weekend were:- Planners tend to make junior courses too hard.- A risk assessment should be completed for eachcourse.- Controllers should not impose their style of coursesonto plonners' courses.(Heother Ervine. LVO).

W21S (6) a.800km 150m 10C1 Susan Healy GEN 76522 Fiona O'Brien AJAX 81:133 Efizabeth Deane CORKO 92:58

W40L (3) 5.200 krn 170rn II C1 Morello Fyffe FERMO 90:542 Nodine Grant FERMO 95:533 Mory Campbell FERMO 118:25

W45L (3) 5.200 km 170rn 11CI Ann Savage LVO 72:252 Heather Majury LVO 77:35

Snippets ...LVO planned 10 run their event on the CopelandIslands. off Donaghadee. on September 1st. Thebock up (mainland) area was Calm Woad.Dundonald. where Ihe permanent course wouldprovide the Challenge ... LVO have a new O-topdesign .. the Senior Home International Iscombinedwith Ihe NI Championships at Florencecourt andToltymore on September 29/30th.

W50L (6) 4.800km 150m 10C1 Wyn McCormaCk GEN 71:152 Alne nl Shuilleabl1ain 3 ROC 77: 323 Jean O'Neili FINGLE 96:36

W60L (3) 3.600 krn 55 m 9 C1 Folth While SETANTA 66:502 Rosemary Crowley LVO 90:263 Vera Murtagh 3ROC 140:37

MIOA (3) 1.200km 15m 5CI Clilln Corbett CORKO 12:342 Paul Campbell FERMO 13:073 Coner Short CNOC 18:3<1

M12A (5) i.900km 25rn 6CI Ruolrl Short CNOC 18:0I2 Conor Savage LVO 21:113 Andrew Compbeil FERMO 22:00

MI4A (5) 2.700km 95 m 7CI Fergus Crowch NWOC 81.56

MI6A (6) 4.700km 135m II CI Christa in FOley-Fisher MNAV 45:012 Conor Malley NWOC 63:003 Ted McCormack GEN 77:41

RESULTSOF NIOACHAMPIONSHIPS 2001

Saturday 29/09/2001. Florencecourt. Co.Fermonagh.

WIOA (2) 1.200krn 15m 5Ct Meobh McConn LVO 13:122 Dorlna Fyffe FERMO 16.42

WI4A (3) 2.200 km 25 m 7CI Erlnna Foley-Fisher MNAV 38:202 Rochel Hung NWOC 75:263 Samontha Moseley NWOC 87:53

WI6A(I) 3.200km35m 7CI Megan Crowch NWOC 57:59

MI8A (2) 7.5OOkm 240m 18C1 Ben Fullon NWOC 115:58WI8A (2) 5.200 km 170m 11C

1 Shoron Lucey FERMO 90:252 KellyGibson FERMO 106:28

M20L (3) 7.500 km 240 m 18C1 Kevin O'Reilly BOC 93:052 David Healy GEN 106:433 Pout McGahan NWOC 145:51W21E (22) B.OOO km 275 m 17C

I E4(Sarah Rollins) ENG 74:312 S6(KlrstyBrvon-Jones) SCO 74:323 E3(Helen Hargreaves) ENG 74:4313 14(VioletCordner) IRE 91:3116 II (Ruth Lynom) IRE 104:5818 13(Heather Ervine) IRE 112:5020 15(Eunice Cinnamon) IRE 115:0321 t2 (Nina Phillips) IRE 121:2222 16(Flonne Autin) IRE 121:50

M21E (24) 11.200km 300 m 26CI E5 (011 Johnson) ENG 78:362 S4(Dove Godfrey) SCQ 86.113 56 (TIm Lenton) SCO 87:118 15(Marcus Pinker) IRE 91:049 16(JOhn Feehan) IRE 91:3212 14(James Logue) IRE 95:0914 11 (Allan 8ogle) IRE 97:0515 12(Colm Rothery) IRE 99:5016 13(Colm O'Halioran) IRE 100:47W21L (4) 6.300km 190m 15C

M21L (17) 9.400km 300m 19CI Steven Unton NWOC 80:4.112 Brian Corbett CORKO 84:32.3 Andrew Quin DVO 85:19

M21S (4) 6.600km 180m 16CI Andrew Meln NWOC 83:522 Ian Locklngton NWOC 86:353 Declan McDevitt NWOC 88:05

M35L (6) 9.400km 300m 19CI Marcus Geoghan AJAX 95:372 Dave Weston SET 119:413 Greg McCann LVO 123:20

M40L (3) 7.SOOkm 240m 18CI Angus O'Cleirigh AJAX 63:222 Donald Petrie CLYDE 78:563 Brion McBurney LVO 85:20

M45L (9) 7.SOOkm 240m 18CI BmyFyffe FERMO 87:542 Pat Heoly CNOC 93:233 Clive Majury LVO 100:38

M50L (9) 6.600km 180m 16C1 Wilbert Hollinger tVO 63: 102 BllISimpson LVO 67.223 Bob Pinker CORKO 78:53

M50S (2) 4.800km 150m 10CI Harry Bell LVO 65:262 Peter Jackson NGOC 87:47

M5SL (5) 6.600km 180m 16C1 Alan Gartside tVO 87392 Nigel Campbell-CrawfOld 3ROC 90:53

M60L (2) 4.800 km 150!"li 10C1 Fronk Martindale 3 ROC 58:472 Fleddie McConn wo 81.07

M60S (1) 3.600km 55m 9CI Dovid Hogg NWOC 95:58

M65 (3) 4.000km 130m 10C1 Andrew Boner-Low GEN 73:262 Bill Regan FERMO 110:15

M20E (12) 9.400km 300m 19CI S3(Ewan McCarthy) SCO 71552 E2(Clive Parry) ENG 72:593 S2(Murlay Sirain) SCO 76.566 11 (Darren Burke) IRE 100:257 13(Allan Borry) IRE 101.168 12(NIoIiBurke) IRE 10131

W20E (12) 6.300km 190m 15C1 S3(Usa Brown) seo 59:412 E3(BeckyCarlyle) ENG 60:213 13(Aislinn Austin) IRE 63.519 11(Nlamh O'Boyle) IRE 80:0010 12(Denise Healy) IRE 80:111

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World Championships resultsTampere, Finland,

July 29 - August 4 2001

Sprint eventMEN :2,66km1 Jimmy Birklin2 Pasi Ikonen3 Jorqen Olsson5 Jamie Stevenson12 Carsten Jorgensen41 Marcus Pinker

WOMEN: 2,24 km1. Vroni Konig·Salmi2. Johanna Asklof3. Simone Luder13. Sarah Rollins45. Faye Pinker

Classic Qualification raceMEN·1 : 8,8 km 69 starters1. TobiasAndersson2. Mikhail Mamleev3. Janne Salmi16, Jamie Stevenson42. Colm O'Halioran44. James Logue

MEN·2 : 8,8 km (Started: 68)1. Mats Troeng1. Jani Lakanen3. Carl Henrik Bj6rseth18. Stephen Palmer24. John Feehan39. Bill Edwards

SWEFINSWEGBRDENIRL

SUIFINSUIGBRIRL

SWERUSFINGBRIRLIRL

SWEFINNORGBRIRLIRL

10.55,911.06,111.09,711.18,011.33,113.38,2

10.54,911.00.511.01,911.52,417,50,6

53.1854.3955.3558.571.12.401.13.37

53.2253.2254.0458.301.00.341.06.46

WOMEN·1 : 5.8 km (Started: 54)1. Yvette Baker GBR 42.582. Vroni Konlg·Salmi SUI 43.003. Birgitte Husebye NOR 43.076. Heather Monro GBR 44.46

WOC 2001 Classic Distance Final

31.7.2001MEN: 14,4 km 59 started1. Jorgen Roslrup NOR2. Jani Lakanen FIN3. Carl Henrik BjorsethNOR 1.31.584. Bjornar Valstad NOR5. Fredrik Lowegren SWE6. Janne Salmi FIN7. Valentin Novikov RUS8. Thomas Buehrer SUI9. Mats Haldln FIN10. Jarkko Huovila FIN18. Stephen Palmer GBR46. John Feehan IRL56. Jacek Nowak POL

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1.29.431.30.17

1.32.521.33.181.33.501.33.591.34.131.34.481.35.231.39.291.54.402.18.44

WOMEN: 9.7 km (60 started)1. Simone Luder2. Marika Mikkola3. Reeta Kolkkala4. Anette Granstedt5. Johanna Asklof6. Hanne Staff7. Liisa Anttila8. Katarina Allberg9. Cecilia Nilsson10. Vroni Konig·Salmi11. Yvette Baker

SUIFINFINSWEFINNORFINSWESWESUIGBR

Short Distance QualificationMEN·1 : 4.0 km (Started: 35)1. Pasi Ikonen FIN 21.572. Grant Bluell AUS 24.003. Fredrik Ulwegren SWE 24.014. Steven Hale GBR 24.1217. Marcus Pinker IRL 27.57

MEN·2 : 4.0 km (Started: 35)1. Cars len Jorgensen DEN 23.422. Tore Sandvik NOR 23.563. Girts Linins LAT2 3.5712. Stephen Palmer GBR 26.0222. Calm O'Halioran IRL 28.26

MEN·3 : 4.0 km (Started: 35)1. Valentin Novikov RUS 23.102. Mats Troeng SWE 23.513. Juha Pellola FIN 23.5810. Jamie Stevenson GBR 26.2812. John Feehan IRL 27.57

MEN-4 : 4.0 km (Started: 35)1. Jorgen Rostrup NOR 22.282. Marlus Mazufis LTU 22.563. Janne Salmi FIN 23.2013. David Peel GBR 26.0020. Bill Edwards IRL 28.40

WOMEN·1 : 3,5 km (Started: 26)1 Gunilfa Svllrd SWE 24.192. Hanne Staff NOR 25.073 Anna Garin ESP 25.32

WOMEN·2 : 3.5 km (Started: 27)1. Anette Granstedt SWE 22.362. Reeta Kolkkala FIN 24.123. Kaethi Wldler SUI 26.008. Jenny Whitehead GBR 29.2120. Eileen Loughman IRL 40.0726. AllaArhipova KAZ 1.03.14

WOMEN·3 : 3.5 km (Started: 27)1. Vroni Konig·Salmi SUI 24.112. Lucie BBhm AUT 25.183. Jenny Johansson SWE 25.5715. Heather Monro GBR 30.2016. Anne K Olesen DEN 31.4420. Faye Pinker IRL 39.0627. Hlu Yin Lo HKG 1.17.34

1.14.571.15.001.15.431.16.171.16231.17.071.17.281.18.181.18.301.20.141.20.57

woe 2001 Relay 2.8.2001 Tampere FinlandWOMEN1 Finland 12 Sweden 13' Norway 1

(No Irish womens team took part).

2.37.012.41.002.41.00

woe 2001 Relay 2.8.2001WomenNOR NorwayHusebye Birgitte , Antonsen Linda. Ingvaldsen

Elisabeth, Staff Hanne

FIN FinlandKolkkala Reeta, Anttila Llisa, Mikkola Marika ,Asklof

Johanna

SWESwedenAllberg Katarlna , Johansson Jenny. Nilsson Cecilia.

Svard Gunilla

GBR Great BritainBuckley Kim. James Jenny, Baker Yvette, Monro

Heather

MEN1 Finland 12 Norway 13 Czeck Rep.18 Great Britain 120 Ireland 1

2.48.532.50.592.52.253.01.273.28.05

FIN FinlandLakanen Jani . Huovila Jarkko , Peltola Juha • Salmi

Janne

NOR Bjornsgaard Bernt, Bjorseth Carl Henrik , SandvikTore, Valstad Bjornar

WOMEN-4: 3.5 km (Started: 27. DNF: 0, DO: 2)1. Simone Luder SU124.28CZE Horacek Michal .Jadllcka Michal. Novotny Radek ,

Ropek Rudolf

IRL Feehan John, Pinker Marcus, Logue James,Edwards Bill

GBR Duncan Jon, Hale Steven. Palmer Stephen,Stevenson Jamie

2. Diana Vosyliute3. Katalin Olah11. Jenny JamesToni O'Donovan

LTUHUNGBRIRL

26.0626.1028.12DISO

WOC 2001 Short Distance Final 4.8.2001MEN: 4.1 km (Started: 60)1. Pasi Ikonen2. Tore Sandvik3 Jorgen Rostrup7. Carsten Jorgensen

FINNORNORDEN

23.4124.0224.1525.07

24. Bjornar Valstad34. Jamie Stevenson35. Stephen Palmer36. Joh n Feehan54. Allan Mogensen56. Steven Hale60. Petar Delic

NORGBRGBRIRLDENGBRCRO

27.1828.5728.5829.1133.3235.0037.30

WOMEN: 3.6 km (Started: 60, DNF: 0, DQ: 0)1. Hanne Staff NOR 25.412. Jenny Johansson SWE 25.543. Gunilia Svard SWE 25.566. Johanna Asklof FIN 26.4117. Heather Monro GBR 28.2737. Encarna Maturana ESP 31.56

Future FixturesThe lOA Fixtures List is still a bit sketchy fornext year. Here are the events known inSeptember:

Aprlf200221 Brockagh. laragh. Ca. W1cklow . lelnsterChampionships . GEN.

May 20024 Benone East. Co Derry. Training event . NIOA5 Benone Strand, Co. Derry • British IndividualChomps. NIOA .6 Boronscourt, Co. Tyrone. British Relay ChampsNIOA11 Scarr. torcqn, Co. Wlcklow. IrishChampionships . CNOC12 Irish Relay Championships. Dublin.

Watch out tor a e-dov in the EngliSh Loke District ineorly August; there are oiso rumours thot theSMmrock O·Ringen will be bock In summer 2002.

In the next issue we hope to havenews of major events in 2002 to allowyou to plan your:

o training

o holidays.

(tick whichever most accuratelyreflects your Situation).

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Leinster OrienteeringChampionships 2001

Mullaghmeen, Co, Westmeath,16 September 2001,Setanta onentsers.

Ml01Conor Short CNOC 20:39Andrew Campbell FERMO mpPaul Campbell FERMO mpClllln Corbett CORKO mpKevin osovie CNOC mp

M12AI R~lairiShort CNOC 25:002 ConorO'Donoghue BOC 29:163 William Young NWOC 32:374 Feorghal Burke FIN 46:205 Conor Sovoge LVO 51:176 Clan O'Boyle CNOC 57:47

MI4A1Kevin O'Brien2 John Young3 Seamus O'Boyle<I Brendan Corbery

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MltlB1Fergus Crowch NWOC2 Johnathon McBride NWOC3 Mark Shiels NWOC

M16A1Christian Foley Fisher MN2C, Moiley NWOC3 Paul Geary BVOC4 Eoln O'Brien BOC5 Ted, McCormock GEN5 Alon O'Connor MCSS7 Kleron Beousong MCSS8 Aran Savage LVO9 Donal O'Donoghue BOC10 Eamon Barry MCSS11Cathal Burke FIN12Stephen 0' Callaghan MCSSGareth Greene DLSODiarmaid Collins BOC

M18A1B, Fulton NWOC2 Timothy Feehan BVOC3 M, McClUSkey NWOC4 R,Wheeldoh NWOC

M18BI Mark Majury2 Gregg Coffey

LVOGEN

M20L1Stewart Caithness FERMO2 Jonathon Lucy BOC3 David Healy GEN

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48:0956:531:03;351:10:191:18:101:18:101:30:541:31:111:31:161:31:201:33:331:33:51mpmp

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4 Kevin O'Reilly BOC5 Zoltan Foley-Fisher MN6 P.McGahan NWOC

M20SE, Sherry SOC mp

M21E1John Feehan AJAX2 BillEdwards CORKO3 James Logue NWOC4 Marcus Pinker CORKO5 Brendan O'Brien AJAX6 Steven linton NWOC7 Brion Corbett CORKO8Colm Rothery AJAX9 Patrick Cosey GEN10Murroy Cowan LVO11 Brendan Deloney CNOC12John Cosey AJAX13Andrew Quin DUO14Nloll Dobbs DUO15Conor Barry CORKO16Laurl Ballmann OKORION17Alan Barry CORKO18Doren Burke liCCO19 Peter Mark 3ROC20 T. Slattery CNOC21 Brion Jones GEN22G, Evans CNOC23 Ed Niland AJAXD, Burke CNOC

M21L1Martin Flynn AJAX2 Declon McGrellis LVO3 Thomas Conery AJAX4 Brendan O'Connor AJAX5 Eoln Keith SET6 Tony Joyce AJAX7Cormac McDonnchodho AJAX8 RaryWallace AJAX9 Govin Doherly GEN10Eoln Dunne 3ROC11Potrick Mulrennon SOCFergol Buckley DUOOliver Clear DFO mp

M21N1Dedon McDevitt DMA2 Gavin coros LVO

M21S1Derek Conerney WEGO2Andrew O'Muliane GEN3 Fergol Reid DUO4 Tony Doolin SET5 Fergus McConn SET6 K. MMoreland SOC7Gory TUlly AJAXM, Deavin SOC mp

M35LI Marcus Geoghegan AJAX

1:33:511:36:242:48:25

1:09:371:13:371:16:071:17:141:20:191:24:161:24:241:27:021:30:441:30:551:31:131:31:261:31:291:33:421:34:391:36:111:42:481:43:101:49:561:55:362:03:342:09:072:13:04mp

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2 Dermot O'Sullivan BOC3 Potrick O'Donovan BVOC4 Michael O'Keeffe FIN5 Kiaran O'Brien CONO6Gregg McCann LVO7 Poul Mohon SET8 Anthony Lawlor CNOC9 L. Lynch SOC 2:39:16Jim Hoare AJAX

M35S1Nick Butterfield GEN2 Arthur Green GEN

M40L1Aonghus O'Cleirigh AJAX2 Justin May 3ROC3 Peter Kernan AJAX4 Ronald Patterson FERMO5John Muldooney CONO6 John O'Donovan BVOC7Chris McConn LVO8 Fred Hommond LVO9 J, O'Keefe CNOC10Vol Jones FIN11John Rowe FIN12Donal Wickham AJAX13Andrew Butterfield GENJohn Geary BVOCp, Farrelly CNOC mpJ, Bonnon SOC mp

M40SI Ronan Cleary 3ROC2 Peter O'Donoghue BOC

M45L1Uam O'Brien CORKO2 Senan O'Boyle CNOC3Wally Young CNOC4 John McCullough 3ROC5 Pot Healy CNOC6 Ted Lucey BOC7Clive Majury LVO8 Andrew Cox WATO9 Joe Buckley DFO10Tony Smith SET11Joe Lalor GEN12Don Short CNOC13Declan Carbery CNOC14Billy Fyffe FERMO15John Francis DFO

M45S1Anthony McGonigle NWOC2 John 0'Reilly BOC3 Tom Burke FIN

M50L1BillSimpson LVO2 Wilber tHollinger LVO3 Bob Pinker CORKO4 BillyO'Neill CNOC5 Brendan McGrath 3ROC

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6 Jim Follis FERMO7David Quinn GEN8 Nigel Foley-Fisher MN9Donal O'Murchu CNOC10Diormuid O'Colmain GENS,McSweeney CORKO

M55L1Ted Feehan BVOC2 Bernard Creedon CORKO3 Alan Gartside LVO4Nige! C CrawfoeCl 3ROC5 Brendan Doherty GEN6JimO'Donovan CORKO7Donal Burke LEEO6 Tommy Murphy MN

M60L1Paget McCormock GEN2 Fronk Martindale 3ROC3 Freddie McCann LVO4 Michael Kellett GEN5 Brion Hollinshead 3ROC6 N, Bogle NWOC

M60S1DovldHogg NWOC

M65L1Andrew Bonar Low GEN2 Jim Barrett CNOC3 BillRegon FERMO4 Peter Devlin LVO

M65SEddie Hogan AJAX

M70L1Sean Rothery 3ROC

1:11:481:15:191:23:391:26:061:27:30mp

57:0858:011:02:251:12:551:21:401:23:551:31:551;47:10

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Wl0I Derina Fyffe FERMO 29:102 Meabh McConn LVO 54:35

W12A1 Helena Jones FIN 33:092 Erika Jones FIN 45:283Meghon O'Driscoj FIN 59:18

W14A1Erinna Foley Fisher MN

W14B1Shirley Humg NWOC2Somontha Moseley NWOC

W16A1Deirdre Carbery2 Jane Hlngerty3 Deirdre Bell

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W18A1Sharon Lucy2 Nlamh Lalor

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JuneO'Neili CNOC

W20L1Denise Healy CNOC2Caroline Dennehy BOC

W2IE1AIslinn Austin CORKO2 Nuala Higgins AJAX3 Toni O'Donovan CORKO4 Uno May 3ROC5 Petranna Pachevn BOC6 Faye Pinker CORKO7Nino Phillips SET8 Ruth Lynam CNOC9 Miriam Feehan avoc10 Eileen Loughnan CNOC11 Flonne Austin CORKO12D. Buckley DFO13Deirdre O' Neill FIN14O. Jennings DFO15D. Hurley DFO

W21LIFiona O'Brlen AJAXNadya Hutchinson 3ROC

W2IN1Geraldine O· Riordan SET2 Santino Farinella GEN

W21SIGunllla Larsson2 Elisabeth Deane3 Mary Curran4 A. Elllot1

OK HallenCORKO

CORKOSOC 2:06:33

W35L1Heather ENlne2 Mary O'Connell3 Miriam Reid

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W35S1Cathleen Morrison2 Mairead JoyceMoryGavln

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W40L1Nodine Grant2 Morella FyffeMary Campbell

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W45L1Ann Savage2 Mary Healy3 Heather Majury4 Barbary Foley Fisher

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W45S1Daphne Hammond LVOHelene Maclnerney CNOC

W50l1UllaUndell OK Hallen

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2W. McCormack GEN 54:1l3 Mario Pinker CORKO 1:13:484Maire Walsh 3ROC 1:22:035 Aine UiShullleabhain 3ROC 1:29:41

w50S1Margaret Creedon CORKO 1:41:02

W55L1TrinaCleary 3ROC 56:262 Claire Walsh 3ROC 1:08:503 Andrea McCormack GEN 1:25:17

W60L1Clore Nutall LEEO 55:072 Moura Higgins SET 1:08:353 Faith White SET 1:11:414 Vera Murtagh 3ROC 1:41:24

success. I would like to thank them formaking my job virtually redundant(Gawd how it galls to have to soyanything nice about Setanta). Somework hod been done on the forest sinceMarch. However all the control siteswere intact. Very late In the day, wediscovered that some fight hod beenreclaimed and a vegetation changeboundary was Impacted. Howeverthere wos little time and the site was stillOK so we went ahead with the routesoriginally planned by Dave. Setanta Ibelieve went out of their way toaccommodate late entriesand entry onthe day and I think they should getrecognition for this. It isadditional workbut it all helps to generate more satisfiedcustomers.

Leinster Championships -Controller's Report

Bythe end of February, everything waswell advanced and going well. DaveWESTON had planned out veryInteresting and challenging routes, themap looked good, all the control siteshad been checked out, tagged andagreed, Brian Power then called meone day and raised the potential ofthere being a problem due to the F&Moutbreak in the UK. Iof course scoffed atthisand said "no way". A few days later Ihad to eat my words as the Departmentof Agriculture cancelled all events. Bythen all the bock office work was doneas well and the Setanta team wereready to post out the entries. Maps hadbeen printed and checked. Itwas quitea let down for everyone, Inparticular theteam who had put in long hours andwere geared up to running the event thenext Sunday. It all had to go on hold.

TheSportldent controls were put out onthe Saturday, having been programmedto start up at 10:00am the next morning.Before start up they can not be checkedwith an SI card. We also noticed thatwhen a unit got a knock (such as a shortfall onto hard ground) it stopped workingand had to be replaced. Setanta had afull team of people out getting the startand finish areas ready and putting outcontrols. All controls had a manualpunch as a backup In case theSportldent failed. By 7:00pm everythingwas ready and the weather was lookinggood.

Sunday started well. All the controls werechecked and only one failed. Thiswasreplaced and reprogrammed on thecomputer. Competitors started andfinished and now the Sportldent startedto produce benefits. There was animmediate print out of split times andresults were available on a real timebosis. A couple of experienced runnerswere initially disqualified for a mispunchwhere they thought they had punchedOK. Thepunch was checked and initiallyfound to be working. However furtherfinisherswere also being disqualified on

Everything was frozen and stored. F&Mcome and went, the Summer monthscome and went. I don't know if theSummer came at all but the Autumn hasbeen nice so far. Suddenly, the lOC wasall go again and it took a lot to work upthe enthusiasma second time around. Itfelt like thiswas another complete eventto run. However the Setanta team put inthe effort and ensured the event was a

the same control. The control wasretrieved and found to have anintermittent fault. All runnerswho had anMP on this control were reinstated.Overall, I believe Setanta did anexcellent job from start to finish. Thecomments on the day were good andBrian Power finished it all off very wellwith the presentation of prizes.

Thiswas my firsttime controlling an eventwith the Sportldent. There is aconsiderable overhead In using theequipment. Some units were not fullyreliable and Setanta had to put Ina lot ofeffort to have backups for virtually everypossible point of failure. The paybackwas the split times and the results.I thinkthe system needs to be carefullyevaluated for future events and thebenefits weighed against the effort andcosts Involved.

BrianBell,GEN

PS (Organlser) I would stronglyrecommend Sportldent. I plan to write ashort note for the next TlO on myexperience with the system- B.Power.

No VETS?No Irish team took part in the VeteranHome International this year because ofthe uncertailty over foot and mouthdisease. It was felt that refunds for travelcould not be guaranteed in the event ofa cancellation. Team Manager AlanGartside suggested that if individualswanted to travel to take part, that a"leprechauns" team could run, ratherthan an official Irish team. As it was, Idon't think any of the wee folk took upthe challenge.

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Rosarle Kiernan, 87 Meadow Vole. Blockrock. Co. Dublin. e-rnoltrosarleklernan@hotmoll.com. Website www.orienteering.ieViolet Cordner, 62Wheatfield Crescent. Belfast. BT147HT (048·90·718540)Padralg Higgins. 24 Alverno Ave. Willow Pork. Athlone. Co. Westmeath.Vera Murtagh, 19The Cloisters. Terenure. Dublin 6W (01-4906237)John Mucklan. 13Elmvale Close. Willon. Cork (021·4343364)Ailbhe Creedon. Tavlo. Mount Prospect. Douglas. Co. Cork.

Rlversdale. Dale Rood North. Dorley Dale, MattOCk. Derbyshire DE42HX(0044-1629-734042. FAX0044·1629·733769). www.cix.co.uk/-bof/Sec. Gen.: Barbro Ronnberg. Radlokatu 20. FI.Q0093SLU.Finland (00358-40565380 I. fax 00358·93481 3113: www.orienteering.org

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Irish Orienteering Fixtures ListFor further details of fixtures. check the internet (www.orienteering.ie or www.niorlenteering.org.uk).newspapers. the lOA inf -D-line (1890 925023 - from outside Republic of Ireland +353 1 2191951) or the NIOAInt·O·nne (07020963986 - from outside the UK+;147020963986)

September 200129 Florencecourt, Co. Fermanogh , NIChampionships / Senior Home International . FERMO30 TOllymore •Co. DaVIn . NIRelay Champs / Senior Home International30 WaterlOOWood . Cork. Cork County league. BOC

October 20016·7 JUNIORHOME INTERNATIONALPernbrev. Llanelli. S.Wales.7 Trooperstown. Laragh. Co. Wlcklow . Leinster League GEN7 Knockaun Wood. Cork County League. BOC13 Tollymore. Newcastle. Co. Down.lVO.14 Raven's Rock. Glencullen, Co. Dublin. temster LeaQue . AJAX14 Glengorrlff Forest Pork. Co. Cork . Cork 020 Lagan Volley Regional Pork East, belfast. Sprint 04. LVO21 Pine Forest, Rolhfornham. Co. Dublin. Local Event, DUO21 usncom .Co. Cork. BOC •21 RossCastle. Killarney. Co. Kerry. KerryO27 Burren . Co. Ferrnanagh , NI Series I Colour Coded. FERMO28 Glenonoar . Co. Cork. BVOC

November 20014 Three Rock Wood. Dundrum. Co. Dublin. Lelnster League 3ROC4 Farran FP& tconov's Wood. Co. Cork. Cork Counly League. BOC10 Cairn Wood. Dundonald, Co. Down LVOSprlnt·O.II MUNSTERCHAMPIONSHIPSClan more North. Cahir. Co. Tipperary, Cork O. Pre-entry.17 Gosford ..Markethlll, Co. Armagh. NI Series / Colour Coded. LVO16 D)ouce. Ennlskerry.Co. Wicklow . Lelnster League / Colour Coded . SET16 Monaloo wood. Co. Cork . Carl<County League . BOC18 Upper Torc . KlIIarney. Co. Kerry. KerryO24 Drum Monor. Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. NIOA Night Chomps. NWOC24 KnockbOrron . nr.Kinnrtly. Co. Offaly . Local Event . WEGO2S CONNACHT CHAMPIONSHIPSBownreogh, nr Mountrath, Co. Laois. WEGO Pre-entry.25 Innlscarra Woods West. Co. Cork. Cork County League. BOC27 Tobe arranged. Dublin by Night / Night-D

December 20012 Curragh Eosl . Co. Kildare . Leinster League. CNOC2 Coolydoody Wood. Tallow. Co. Waterford. Cork County League BOC<I Carrickgollogon. Kliternan. Co. Dublin. Dublin by Night / Nlghl·O . GEN8 Tollymore, Co. Down .. Sprint 0 Finol . LVO9 Marloy Pork. Ballinteer. Co. Dublin , Local Event. AJAX9 Muckross House. Killarney. Co. Kerry . Kerry 011 Killakee , Hellfire Woods. Co. Dublin. Dublin by Night /Night·O . SET16 Local Event. Leinster.• FIN16 Blshopstown . Cork . BOC26 Three Rock Wood. Dundrum, Co. Dublin. Christmas Score. 3ROC27 Farran Forest Pork. Ovens. Co. Cork- Christmas Event. CorkO30 Gorrycloyne. Co. Cork. Score I Norwegian. BOC

Starl times generally 110m to 1pm .

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