MANCH / INFF (Wednesday)

Wednesday 16th February
Cork Mid-Week league (Round 5) & 30th CORK SCHOOLS ORIENTEERING LEAGUE & INTRODUCTORY EVENT (Round 5)

VERY SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS & for a school trip.
Secondary Schools & Primary Schools
Four best finishers (Secondary individuals and Primary pairs/Individuals) to count per team per class.

THE MANCH, Ballineen (W 309 534)
One km west of Carbery Milk Products factory on Ballineen / Dunmanway road....only 40 minutes from Cork City. New area - Irish Natural Forest Foundation (INFF). The Sustainable Forestry Education Centre (www.inff.ie) (School visits wecome).
Start times: 10 am to 1 pm

The four best of the eight league events to count. Map Scale 1: 7 500
All courses will be available at the same venue the following Sunday (20th February).

(i) INTRODUCTORY COURSE: 1.9 km, 80 m, 10 c
(ii) COMPETITION COURSES (timed):
Post Junior Cert Boys: 4.8 km, 90 m, 16 c & Long Course
Post Junior Cert Girls: 3.8 km, 75 m, 12 c
Second & Third Year Boys: 3.5 km, 95 m, 14 c & Medium Course
Second & Third Year Girls: 3.5 km, 95 m, 14 c
First Year Boys: 2.6 km, 90 m, 11 c
First Year Girls: 2.6 km, 90 m, 11 c
Primary Boys (6th Class): 2.0 km, 80 m, 9 c & Short Course
Primary Girls (6th Class): 2.0 km, 80 m, 9 c
Primary Boys (5th Class): 1.8 km, 60 m, 5 c
Primary Girls (5th Class): 1.8 km, 60 m, 5 c

See above post regarding INFF detail.

Munster Orienteering Championships 2011

Message from KerryO:


The Munster Orienteering Championships will be taking place at Inch Sand Dunes on Sunday March 6th. Entries are now open.

We've held out as long as possible in the hopes of using Rossbeigh as planned, but with no LIDAR forthcoming we are switching to our reserve map. Apologies for this confusion. Please enter by email by sending details to moc(at)orienteer.info (replace at with @) and making the appropriate payment to our account, either by internet/telephone banking or in person at any branch of Bank of Ireland or other Irish clearing bank. Those entering from outside the Republic of Ireland may pay on the day. When making payment, in the 'reference' field please enter the email address you've emailed the entry with.

Classes available, depending on demand, from M/W10 to M/W80 with M/W21 Long and Short. Start times will be from 10:30am to 1pm. Entries must be received by 6pm on Wednesday March 2nd and payment in our account by close of business on Thursday March 3rd; please keep this in mind if making payment from non-BOI branch or account.

*For each person you are entering, include the following details:
**Name:
**Club:**
Year of Birth:
**Class:
**SI No (or 'H' for hire):
**Start Time Preference (E/M/L):
**Mobile No (if any):
**Concession (yes/no):
**Entry Fee:

**Please make appropriate payment to the following account:
**A/C Name:
*Kerry Orienteers A/C #:59 73 06 14
Sort Code:* 90-58-38*
Bank:* BOI, Castle St., Tralee*

Entry fees are as follows:
Adult:* €13
Concession (Junior/Student/Unwaged/Over 65):* €7.50
Family: *€32
SI Card Hire (per person): €2

Note: Orienteering is an adventure sport. Competitors takepart entirely at their own risk. Email of entry is acceptance of same.

BOC Member to Take on America this June

One of BOC's members, Donncha Cuttriss is about to take on the challenge of a lifetime: Race Across America and he is looking for adventurous people to join his support crew. This race is viewed as the world's toughest cycling race and covers 3,000 miles. There are four person and 8 person teams, but Donncha (http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam/ra....etype_tblPage=1) is taking part in the Solo Men's event. This is a huge undertaking. He is the only Irish Solo entered in the event so far. His chosen charity is the Aisling Group International.

Donncha is looking to fill some open spots on his crew from June 11th this year. He needs a crew to support him and is short two people: a cook/nutritionist abd a physio/masseuse. The kind of people he is looking for must be able to drive and have a full driving licence, be tough and up for a big adventure. This would also be a great project for a nutritionist/sports science student for research as he will need over 10,000 calories a day.

The crew will need to travel to the US from 11-30th June. The race will be 12 days or less depending how well Donncha is doing. All costs will be paid other than the price of the flight but he will give the crew sponsorship cards to raise the price of flight. The crew will have a huge r.v. and van driving across the states behind him.If you think anyone might be up for it with some of the skills I mentioned or you are interested in it yourself, please drop me a line. The time off is a prob with most people so I'm thinking students might be up for it as long as they are mature and can survive on 3-4 hours sleep a nite during the race. This is a tough challenge, even for the crew.

If anyone knows someone who might be interested in joining Donncha's crew please let us know or if you want to support Donncha, please visit the Aisling Group website to donate.

MONDELIGO WOOD

Sunday 13th February 2011
MONDELIGO WOOD, Currabeha, Fermoy/Tallowbridge road
(W 926 962) 10 am to 1 pm Map Scale 1: 5 000
Cork Winter Brass Monkey League (Round 7) & Family Day & 1 Southern Brigade RDF league (Round 7; 31 RAR)
Planner: SC

BLUE COURSE: 9.0 km, 125 m, 33 c (Three maps)
GREEN COURSE: 5.6 km, 90 m, 24 c (Two maps)
RED COURSE: 3.3 km, 60 m, 18 c
ORANGE COURSE: 2.6 km, 45 m, 11 c
YELLOW COURSE: 2.5 km, 50 m, 9 c

CURRABINNY WOOD

Sunday 6th February 2011
CURRABINNY WOOD, Carrigaline(W 791 621)
10 am to 1 pm
Map Scale 1: 5 000
Cork Winter Brass Monkey League (Round 6) & Family Day
Planner: SC

BLUE COURSE: 6.0 km, 365 m, 22 c (Two maps)
GREEN COURSE: 4.8 km, 290 m, 18 c
RED COURSE: 3.3 km, 210 m, 16 c
ORANGE COURSE: 3.5 km, 130 m, 14 c
YELLOW COURSE: 2.7 km, 100 m, 9 c


Due to the success of the special family rate of only eur 10 per family per day to all BOC January orienteering events, the special family rate has been extended for another month i.e. to the end of February 2011. This is to encourage families to return to orienteering for the New Year and participate in healthy activities, etc.