IOC 2009 Results...

The results of the 2009 Irish Orienteering Championships in Donegal are now available.

Day 1........

The results of the first day in Benson Hill are available HERE.

Photos are available HERE.

Day 2.......

The results of the event in Tannawully are available HERE.

Photos are available HERE.

Leinster Orienteering Championships 2009

This year's Leinster Championships were held outside the province in the beautiful setting of Rossmore Forest Park, located just outside Monaghan Town. The area was similar to Curraghchase Forest Park, used by BOC in last years Munster Championships. The area was very runnable with some briar patches scattered throughout and an intricate network of paths. There were few handrails in the depths of the forest but the forest had high visibility and runnability so some incredibly fast times were produced. Route choice and fast thinking proved to be the winning formula with a number of options from several controls. There was one particular area which held a number of controls and proved tricky for some because of the sheer number of stone walls and other black features. Controls were often visible before the feature allowing for faster exits from the sites.

The 21L courses were won by CNOC's Colm Hill and Niamh O'Boyle. BOC's Christine O'Donovan was also among the prize winners, finishing third in the W20 category. Other BOC finishers were Pat O'Donovan, 4th M45, John O'Donovan, 6th M45 and Sharon Lucey 6th W21L. Well done to all who made the long journey to Ulster and to Final Orienteers for organising such a good event. A full set of results can be found at http://orienteering.ie/builder.php3?MoreResults-1251

BOC Evening events.....

Now that the clocks have changed and the evenings are beginning to get longer, Bishopstown Orienteering Club are starting their Business Houses League. These take place every Thursday evening and there is a choice of 3 courses...

• SCORE COURSE (Hardest): Visit as many of the control sites as you can and in any order in 60 minutes or less. Penalties for over the hour and bonus for under the hour if all controls got.


• MEDIUM COURSE : Slightly difficult. Visit the controls in numerical order. Might suit someone who wants a good walk or jog without getting too technical.


• SHORT COURSE (Easiest) : Very easy. Visit the controls in numerical order. Suitable for anyone who justs wants an easy walk, beginners or kids.

ENTRY FEES : € 6 Adult, € 5 Student, € 3 Junior, and € 12 Family. Second run on the night € 2.

More details on the fixtures list.

Cork...Orientację

Klub Biegów na Orientację Bishopstown jest najwiekszym i najbardziej aktywnym klubem w Cork. Nowi czlonkowie sa mile widziani na wszystkich naszych zawodach, a koszt czlonkowstwa w klubie za caly rok (od wrzesnia do lipca) to jedyne 10 euro. Wpisowe na zawody to 7 euro dla czlonkow klubu (darmowe wpisowe jesli wstapisz do klubu w dniu zawodow) i 10 euro dla niezrzeszonych. Jesli jestes poczatkujacy, możesz znalezc wiecej informacji na temat Biegow na Orientacje na polskiej stronie internetowej ... http://www.orienteering.org.pl/index.php


Czym sa Biegi na Orientacje.........Najprosciej, uzywasz mapy do znalezienia punktow zwanych kontrolnymi w lesie. Na kazdym punkcie kontrolnym jest czerwony dziurkacz, ktorego uzywasz, by oznakować kartę, by potwierdzic, ze tam byles. Wiecej szczegolow na temat istoty Biegow na:
http://www.berdozagorz.pl/infopage.php?id=3


Masz do wyboru kilka poziomow trudnosci

Zolty....bardzo latwy. Wszystkie punkty kontrolne sa na sciezkach.

Pomaranczowy....latwy. Dluzszy niz poziom zolty.

Czerwony ...troche trudniejszy. Niektore z punktow znajduja sie poza sciezkami w lesie.

Zielony.....trudny. Wiekszosc punktow znajduje sie w lesie.

Niebieski......bardzo trudny. Jest to dluzsza wersja zielonego.

Zawody odbywaja sie w prawie kazda niedziele i w czwartkowe wieczory w okresie letnim.
Na naszej stronie glownej znajdziesz szczegoly dotyczace terminow oraz miejsc gdzie odbywaja sie zawody wraz z informacja jak dotrzec na miejsce startu.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~bishopstownohc/fix.html

Orienteering Intervarsities, 14th March 2009

The Irish Orienteering Student Intervarsities 2009 were held in Oughaval Forest in Stradbally, Co. Laois on Saturday, 14th March. Nine different Third Level colleges were represented in the event hosted by the Military College. There were six courses available and 44 competitors.
The courses were long and well planned by the organisers. Bramble bashers were an advantage, depending on route choice. Weather conditions were perfect for orienteering.
The Men’s Long course at 8.7km was the most competitive category, which saw UCD’s Christian Foley-Fisher take first place, followed closely behind by DIT’s Colm Hill and UL’s Oliver Breiling.
DUO’s Niamh O’Boyle took the Women’s Long course (7.4km) in an incredibly fast time, ahead of UL’s Sharon Lucey and DUO’s Audrey Martin. Teammate Farina Freigang finished in fourth place, giving the DUO Women’s team the overall women’s prize for 2009.
UCC’s Gearoid Ryan finished strongly ahead of UL’s Andrew Guckian to take gold in the Men’s Medium (5.2km). Similarly, Isobel Abbott of UCC took first spot in the Women’s Medium (4.3km), with Sarah O’Regan of the Military College in second place. Sarah Conlon, also of the Military College took poll position in the Women’s Short course (3.1km). UCC claimed the overall men’s team prize.
A sample of photographs from the event can be found on the BOC Picasa photo gallery
Congratulations to all those who took part and well done to UCC and Trinity on taking the team prizes. Many thanks to Brendan Delaney, Pat Farrelly, Maeve O'Grady, Ray Holohan, Pat Healy and the Military College for producing a very enjoyable event.