Irish Senior Orienteering Squad

New Irish squad blogs launched

2011-12-30T17:59:00.002Z

2012 will see a few changes for the Irish senior squad blog, we are leaving Blogger behind and moving to a new site at wordpress. The new senior squad blog shall have a larger spread of information available for squad members. As well as being the place to catch all the latest squad news you will be able to access more info about squad training and competitions, funding, selection and various

WOC2012 training dates announced

2011-12-12T20:51:00.002Z

The organisers of WOC 2012 have decided to change the dates of the June WOC training camp. This training will now take place after the World cup in St-Gallen, Switzerland from the 25th to 30th June. More details will follow on the WOC2012 websiteand keep an eye out for the Irish WOC2012 blog coming soon!

High performance selectors required

2011-11-20T20:43:00.000Z

Do you want to help play a part in possible future Irish senior team success? would you like to be a member of the team that helps support our top flight orienteers?We are on the look out for those within Irish orienteering who would be interested in joining the senior team selection panel for the coming season 2012.The panel will be involved in selecting teams for major international events such

WOC in the future proposals

2011-11-10T19:40:00.002Z

Hi All,The WOC in future (WIF) working party have recently announced its proposals fora future World championship format.These proposals are the culmination of several years of consultation. The mostrecent being in March/April of this year. (Ireland submitted some collectedviews and concerns)Future world championships will focus on Final races. Except for the sprintcompetition there will be no

SHI 2011

2011-10-24T21:25:00.005+01:00

Results are now up for this years Senior Home International held in Wales.Ireland finished in fourth position but had some encouraging results during the weekend.The Individual competition was held on Saturday on the Merthyr common. Highlight of the day being Conor Short's 4th place in the M20 race.Swedish based runner Hugh Cashell performed well coming home 8th in the M21 race.Niamh Corbett ran

World ranking events list for 2012

2011-10-10T21:31:00.003+01:00

As the international orienteering season winds down and with a little over 2 months until the end of year It looks like Aislinn Kendall and Nicolas Simonin will be the top ranked Irish orienteers for 2011.Following her strong performances at the World champs this year Aislinn is now the current top ranked Irish women in 149th position ahead of Niamh O'Boyle (168th).Nicolas is top ranked Irish man

Senior Home International team:

2011-09-21T20:10:00.003+01:00

Congratulations to the following orienteers who have been selected to represent Ireland at this years Senior Home International competition in Wales next month:M21Colm Hill (team captain)Seamus O'BoyleRuairi ShortHugh CashelDarren BurkeGerard ButlerM20Kevin O'BoyleConor ShortJosh O'Sullivan HourihanW21Olivia BaxterRosalind HusseyRuth LynamToni O'DonovanRegina KellyW20Aine McCannDeidre RyanNiamh

2011 Senior home International

2011-09-07T21:47:00.003+01:00

This years Senior Home International competition is being hosted by Wales on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd of October.Could any senior squad members (M/W20's included) who wish to be considered for the team, please send team captain Colm Hill an email before Friday 16th September.Colm can be emailed at colmhill1@gmail.comIvan Millar(High performance director)

New annual award - Irish orienteering annual top athlete award

2011-08-28T16:50:00.001+01:00

A new high performance award is being created for the highest ranked Irish man and Irish woman orienteer’s. The highest ranked athlete on the 31st of December each year according to the IOF world ranking system will receive the award. A prize fund is to be set up for the award winners and it is hoped that in future a sponsor will be found to support the top athlete award. In view of possible

Its WOC time!

2011-08-07T20:24:00.002+01:00

The 28th world orienteering champs kicks off this week and international elite orienteers are gathering in the Savoire for what promises to be a memorable week all round!Most of the Irish team are now in France and finishing off preparations before the real test of qualification races commences on Saturday the 13th of August. Once again the Irish team will have great support from friends and

Irish orienteers at the Military world games

2011-07-21T22:45:00.004+01:00

A select team of Irish orienteers are currently taking part in the 5th Military World Games in Brazil.Orienteering is one of the 20 sports in the competition and the Irish have had some good results so far.On Tuesday the team took part in the middle distance race with Colm Hill finishing 62nd, Donald Burke 81st and Martin Coffey in 100th place.Orla Jennings finished 33rd in the women's

JWOC 2011 starts this weekend

2011-06-30T20:48:00.003+01:00

A team of 5 Irish juniors led by Ruth Lynam take on the Worlds top elite juniors at this years Junior world orienteering champs in Poland.The competition starts with the sprint race this Sunday 3rd July and culminates with the relay race on Friday the 8th July.The Ireland team is: Cillin Corbett, Jack Millar, Colm Moran, Josh O'Sullivan-Hourihan and Conor Short.Good luck to all involved!

World cup round 3

2011-06-30T20:10:00.003+01:00

Round 3 of the 2011 world cup takes place on September 24th (middle) and 25th (classic distance)The competition will be taking place near Liberec in the north of the Czech republic. visit http://www.owcliberec2011.cz/index.php?menu=home for more details on the event.

NORT 3rd stage

2011-06-28T21:32:00.005+01:00

Niamh O'Boyle finished off the 2011 Nordic tour at the weekend with a commendable 40th place finish - Niamh filed this report.Hubmann and Billstam take overall victory in Nordic tour 2011The third and final stage of the Nordic tour took place south of Osloon Saturday. The format for this last race was a chasing start basedon the results of the previous two races in Finland and Sweden.Sweden's

NORT Stage 2: Map from sprint qualification

2011-06-22T10:57:00.003+01:00

This is the women's sprint qualification map: Göteborg Olofshöjd

NORT Stage 2: Sprint qualification

2011-06-21T15:12:00.007+01:00

The Nordic O-Tour continued this morning with a sprint qualification race. The top 30 would go forward to 5 quarter-finals, from which 12 progress to two semi-finals and then 6 to the final.I havn't had a chance to analyse the maps post-race (we get them back after the finals - I will try to post it then) so this is based on memory, which could be influenced by lack of oxygen! Starting off, we

Niamh's Stage 1 report

2011-06-16T21:00:00.002+01:00

Ireland's Niamh O'Boyle had a solid start today in the first stage of the 2011 Nordic tour.Here she is reporting from Porvoo in Finland:NORT Stage 1: Porvoo, FinlandThe first stage of the 2011 Nordic Orienteering Tour (NORT) was held today in Porvoo in Southern Finland. The format for the day was a morning middle-distance race, with the top 30 qualifying for a sprint race in the evening. For me,

Niamh competes at NORT

2011-06-12T19:21:00.005+01:00

Niamh O'Boyle will begin her build up to the World champs by taking part in the 2011 Nordic orienteering tour. The tour (better known as NORT) begins this Thursday in Finland before moving to Sweden (June 21st) and then Norway on June 25th.The Nordic tour is also the first round of the 2011 world cup events and features mainly sprint and middle distance spectator friendly races. This will be good

Irish 2011 WOC team.

2011-06-07T20:43:00.002+01:00

Following a gruelling series of WOC selection competitions the following athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the 2011 world championships in Chambery, France.Women’s teamRosalind Hussey: Sprint and LongAislinn Kendall: Middle and LongSusan Lambe: SprintNiamh O’Boyle: Sprint and MiddleToni O’Donovan: Middle and LongMen’s teamDarren Burke: LongDavid Healy: Sprint and MiddleSeamus O’

WOC selection weekend

2011-05-27T23:17:00.002+01:00

A number of Irish senior squad members will take part in WOC selection races this weekend in France. The races will be extremely competitive, with a large number of national teams taking part in the races and the organised training days that follow next week.Keep upto date with all race results and WOC news the Irish WOC blog.Congratulations to Niamh O'Boyle who has been selected to compete at

Marcus Pinker and Ciara Largey - Irish long distance champions

2011-05-03T19:00:00.007+01:00

One of the largest Irish orienteering championships in history was hosted by AJAX in the Wicklow mountains last weekend.Large fields of elite class competitors enjoyed close competition at both middle and long distance.On Saturday the middle distance competition was held over the open mountain and extensive peat workings on the east side of the Glendoo ridge.Bill Edwards was the fastest of over

Irish perform well at home JK

2011-04-26T17:57:00.008+01:00

Irish senior orienteers performed well at the JK2011. following 3 hotly contested races 5 senior team members have been selected for WOC in France.The sprint event on Friday saw a very tough challenge through the buildings of Queens and Stranmillis college. The top 3 Irish Men and Women were:Mens: Nicolas Simonin - 15.03Seamus O'Boyle - 15.24David Healy - 15.26Womens: Niamh O'Boyle - 15.09Toni

Squad news

2011-04-09T21:06:00.003+01:00

Hi All,The highlight of spring is upon us with the JK festival kicking off in less than 2 weeks time. A full turnout of squad members is expected and some tough and enjoyable racing awaits. It is hoped that all squad members will make it to the JK social evening on Easter Sunday in Newcastle. Director of communications Fin will hopefully be on hand to take a few publicity snaps of the squad (with

A spring to remember

2011-03-24T20:43:00.005Z

Spring 2011 promises to be a season to remember here at home. A full calander of events attracting orienteers from near and far is on offer. So don't forget to get your entries in for the big 3: Easter sees important races for senior team members hoping to gain selection for this years World champs. These races are part of the JK festival being organised in and around County Down.The following

High performance funding

2011-03-11T23:32:00.006Z

The funding for Irish High performance orienteering has just been announced for the year 2011. Many thanks to the IOA for the allocation of 11,000 euro to help towards the development of High performance.This funding will assist the Irish senior squad to train and compete at the highest levels this year, including at the World championships which are to be held in France in August. Lets hope the

senior squad sport psychology

2011-01-27T22:56:00.000Z

The first of the planned squad advisers/helpers posts has been filled.Fingal’s Fiach O’Rourke is keen to help with the senior squads overall sporting ‘wellbeing’By working with squad members to create individual sporting profiles and help evaluate individuals orienteering goals and aims (both short and long term)Fiach is studying towards a masters in sports business with sports psychology, but he

G-com 3 day event

2011-01-20T21:03:00.003Z

A new spring warm weather multi-day event called the G-COM is being organised in Gran Canaria this February. The event looks like becoming a popular alternative to the Iberian spring competitions in Portugal and Spain.N.Ireland and British squad member Allan Bogle is one of the main organisers and has sent out a personal invitation to all Irish orienteers to come and sample what promises to be a

2011 senior squad year planner

2011-01-20T19:57:00.005Z

Hi All,The 2011 senior squad year planner is now available to download.The planner highlights important trainings and competitions for the coming year.Please download a copy, print it out and stick it to your wall so you can memorize all the important dates!Ivan.

Long-O series

2011-01-12T20:48:00.003Z

Hi All,With this years major competitions in mind and considering the lack of ‘classic’ distance courses on offer at Irish events, we are hoping to provide a series of Long/classic distance races this spring.3 events are being planned at: Florencecourt, Fermanagh – Slieve Foye, Louth – Tollymore/Meelmore, Down.There will be 2 courses available at the events, a 16km and a 12km course.In keeping

New Year - New look!

2011-01-01T20:28:00.007Z

You may notice a slightly new look to the senior squad blog. Hopefully It may be easier now to navigate to other blogs and sources of international orienteering information.The table of links will include links to amongst other things the 2011 World champs blog which will be updated regularly to provide squad members with important selection race and training info. It will also give the general

New Year - New Plans!

2011-01-01T20:11:00.004Z

Here is a reminder of the World cup schedule for the coming international year. Rounds 1-3 will be included in the Nordic O Tour of Scandinavia in June. 3 further rounds will make up part of the World champs in France in August. The series then rounds off in the Autumn with 2 events in the Czech republic followed by the traditional finale in Switzerland (home of the 2012 World champs)2011 World

WOC selection races announced

2010-12-27T21:20:00.007Z

The Irish WOC selectors have finalised the WOC2011 selection process. The main selection will be based around 2 major events this spring. Including the JK2011 festival which visits Ireland in 2011 for the first time. Also selections will be made at a major event weekend in the WOC areas in France at the end of May 2011. The selectors feel that given the complexed nature of the terrain that will

The Irish are coming!

2010-12-04T19:02:00.005Z

Irish exploits at this years world champs in Trondheim are being noticed around the orienteering world. The International orienteering Federations magazine 'O-zine' has produced a feature focusing on Irish team member Niamh O'Boyle.You can download a copy of the O-zine here.BY ERIK BORGThe Irish are comingNiamh O'Boyle has had more success than any other Irish woman at the World Orienteering

WOC2011 selection policy document and intention forms.

2010-11-14T14:11:00.006Z

Hi All, Its that time of year again!Intention forms and selection policy guidelines are now available for next years World champs in France.All seniors who intend to take part in the WOC2011 selection process should complete the intention form and return to Ivan at elite@orienteering.ie before December 31st.All Irish seniors are urged to take part in the selection process whether they have WOC

Senior Home International 2010

2010-11-08T09:33:00.006Z

Left: The SHI W21 course at Ocknell and SluftersThe Senior Home International was held near Southampton last weekend. After finishing ahead of Wales in 2009, the team were hopeful of repeating the feat this year. With a number of orienteers returning to the international scene, the Irish team was one of the strongest for many years.A tricky relay in Pamber forest on Saturday saw good results from

Last World Cup races of 2010 in France and Switzerland

2010-10-11T12:23:00.006+01:00

Over the past two weeks members of the Irish senior team have been in France and Switzerland taking part in the WOC 2011 training camp and the World Cup final races. The first leg of the trip was held near Annecy in France. A night sprint in Annecy old town was fast and furious, and the O'Boyle siblings placed best of the Irish (Niamh in 4th place and Seamus in 23rd - full results here). 6 Irish

Le madness

2010-10-02T21:45:00.013+01:00

Today le Irish team runners must have run more times in one day than ever before. In le morning they ran le 4km model training for tomorrows World Cup long distance race. Then at lunch time they ran le Orient Show which consisted of three heat races of which you ran in every one (your total time counted towards being in one of le fastest 8 spots in le semi final. And then it was four people to go

WOC2011 training camp / World Cup France

2010-09-30T21:42:00.008+01:00

The Irish hit Annecy in France to prepare for next years world orienteering championships in Aix les Bains/Chambery. A worthy mention: a certain someone from Corko has returned to the wild.After the first days of training in local terrain to next years WOC it seems that foot placement will be challenging.But you can't spend the race watching where you put your feet, look up, and keep an eye out

Development team announced for French World cup.

2010-09-17T21:55:00.007+01:00

I am pleased to announce the following squad members have been selected as part of the Irish seniors development team to compete at the World cup event in Annecy, France 2nd/3rd October:Men: Darren Burke, Gerard Butler, Hugh Cashell, Colm Hill, Seamus O'Boyle and Rauiri Short Women: Niamh O'Boyle.The French WC weekend will see a long distance race on the Sunday and sprint events on the Saturday.

Park World Tour results

2010-09-12T20:37:00.003+01:00

Irish senior squad members were competing at the Park World Tour sprint races in Perth this weekend.They had fine runs in the Elite finals on Saturday with Niamh O'Boyle finishing in the top ten with 8th place, 2 and a half minutes behind WOC sprint runner-up Sweden's Helen Jansson. Niamh's World champs team-mate Rosalind Hussey qualified for Saturdays Elite final and finished a respectable 18th

Irish Team for Senior Home International Selected

2010-09-06T11:12:00.007+01:00

The Irish team to compete at the SHI in Southern England on November 6th and 7th has been selected. The team will be:M21: Darren Burke, Gerard Butler, Seamus O'Boyle, Colm O'Halloran, Marcus Pinker and Ruairi Short.M20: Niall Ewen, Conor Short, Josh O'Sullivan-HourihanW21: Aislinn Austin, Rosalind Hussey, Ruth Lynam, Niamh O'Boyle, Toni O'Donovan and Faye Pinker.W20: Fiona Hill, Olivia BaxterThe

WMTBO champs report

2010-08-25T22:32:00.002+01:00

NWOC orienteer Bobby Smyth was Irelands sole representitive at the 2010 World MTBO championships in Portugal this year.Here is a taste of what Bobby experienced at his first major MTBO competition.You can read his full report on the Trailblazers MTBO webite.MTBO WOC Portugal 2010PreparationAfter a successful bike and foot orienteering season in 2009 I decided that I needed a new goal for 2010. I

Autumn events

2010-08-22T20:28:00.002+01:00

WOC is over for another year, Its time now to focus on the Autumn events. This next few months see's the Park World Tour event coming to Perth, Scotland. Also there is the World cup events and pre-woc training in France and the Senior Home International in England.On the weekend of September 10th - 12th the Park World tour sprint competition will take place in Perth with a qualifier at Scone

WOC a week to remember!

2010-08-18T21:53:00.002+01:00

WOC 2010 Trondheim is over and what a week it was for the Irish orienteering team.Our best ever results with 4 finalists and we were so close to another 4!Well done to all the team and thanks to all who supported them both in Trondheim and at home in Ireland.You can catch up with all the news and WOC reports on the Irish WOC blog here.Roll on France 2011!!

14:58pm is when the Celt sprints naked into battle in Trondheim!!!

2010-08-08T11:15:00.004+01:00

A quick note from Trondheim and today's sprint qualie.Nicolas Simonin went through in 10th place, Ireland's best performance in a qualification race to date, to my knowledge. Get your vuvuzela ready for the final this afternoon!The O'Boyles also had great races, Niamh in 16th and Seamus in 18th with only 15 to qualify.More on the races later.Follow the stories and the races onhttp://

WOC is here!

2010-08-06T20:56:00.003+01:00

The 2010 World Champs starts in just 2 days.A large group of Irish orienteers is bound for Norway for a week of excellent orienteering whilst supporting the Irish team at the World champs. Many young and older Irish orienteers are taking part in the WOC tour event which is a five day event using the same terrains and event centres as the Worlds best at WOC.The Irish WOC team of 6 men and 4 women

Nicolas performs well at O-ringen

2010-08-01T21:43:00.003+01:00

Irish mens champion Nicolas Simonin had some storming runs at the worlds largest orienteering festival, The Swedish O-ringen last week.Running in the mens elite group as a first year senior Nick finished the 5 day competition strongly.He was placed mid table in a very respectable 37th place, alongside some of the biggest names in World orienteering.Lets all hope Nicks good form continues as he

Irish senior team news

2010-07-27T21:01:00.004+01:00

Irish senior team members Ruairi Short, Colm Hill and Nicolas Simonin are enjoying the mixed weather conditions in Sweden at this years O-ringen.Meanwhile resident Irish team members Shea, Ciara, Neil and Niamh are training hard in the Trondheim terrains.They sent us this message:Today we went training with the Long family in some beautiful, marshyTrondheim terrain. Aside from being talented

Niamh's Scandinavian summer

2010-07-20T20:59:00.012+01:00

Multi-Irish champion Niamh O'Boyle is not afraid of a challenge! 2010 has seen her not only finishing off her PhD, this summer she has also taken on the challenge of orienteering her way across Scandinavia against some of the best orienteers, most testing terrain and thirstiest mozzies you could ever meet!Read Niamh's progress report here:Leaving for TrondheimI was due to leave for Trondheim,

Irish senior team members to compete at WUOC

2010-07-18T21:17:00.005+01:00

A team of 3 Irish seniors will be taking part in the World universities orienteering champs this coming week.Niamh O'Boyle and Nicolas Simonin will be taking time out of their World champs preperation to compete along with Colm Hill against the Worlds best students in Borlange, Sweden.The team will be lead by Neil Dobbs veteran of a few WUOC competitions himself.The Relays are now over and the

Irelands Bobby Smyth competes at MTBO world champs

2010-07-15T23:30:00.003+01:00

North West orienteer and new Ireland MTBO international Bobby Smyth has been competing in the World MTBO champs in Portugal over the past week.This is Bobby's first taste of top flight MTBO competition and he has proven that he has quickly learnt the skills necessary to compete at the highest level.Bobby competed in the 3 main distance races Sprint, Middle and the Long distance.The Long distance

Irish WOC selection results

2010-07-04T20:43:00.002+01:00

Irish 2010 WOC selection came to an exciting conclusion this weekend in the physically challenging forests north of Trondheim.The Irish squad rubbed shoulders with the top scandinavians on their home turf and proved that they can more than hold their own at the World champs this year.The weekend started with a very humid sprint race around the town of Verdal before the serious business of WOC

Irish WOC hopefuls head for Trondheim

2010-06-30T21:09:00.004+01:00

A large group of Irish senior squad members are gathering in Trondheim for this weekends WOC 2010 selection races. The selection races are being held at the Craftcup orienteering event in Norway. They will be competingalongside some of the biggest names in Scandinavian orienteering who are also using Craftcup for national WOC selection.Thursday will be spent training nearby, Friday evening is the

Tá sé críochnaithe!

2010-06-28T09:42:00.007+01:00

The third and final stage to the Nordic O tour was held this Saturday in Raufoss, Norway. And with it wraps up the innovative touring concept designed to make orienteering more interesting to spectators. The final race was a chasing start middle distance after the results of the first two stages of the tour in Finland and Sweden. The head of the mens/womens race was apparently very exciting to

Nordic tour - round 2 report

2010-06-22T19:01:00.003+01:00

The second stage of the Nordic Orienteering Tour is in progress. The idea of a 'knock-out sprint' is a novel one for orienteering and is aimed at creating head-to-head racing to make for spectator friendly viewing. It takes the format of a 'traditional' sprint qualification race, with one-minute start intervals, where the best 30 athletes go through to a quarter-final. The quarter-finals have 6

Niamh's Jukola update.

2010-06-20T21:21:00.003+01:00

After the first stage of the Nordic Tour, the Irish team took in the Venla and Jukola relays. Running for different teams, between the 5 of us (Nick didn't run) we spent approximately 10 hours in the terrain. It was tough going. After our time in Finland, orienteering and watching Baywatch and Australia's Next Top Model (guess whose choice? clue: one of the boys), we are now en route to Stockholm

Nordic tour - first round

2010-06-17T20:45:00.003+01:00

Nicolas reports from Finland on todays action. NORT Stage 1, Tuusula, FinlandToday's race was in two parts, a middle distance for the first two thirds of the overall distance, followed by a map exchange where we changed to a sprint race for the last third of the course. All the men had early start times so we didn't have to spend too long inside a fenced army compound in quarantine, unlike Niamh,

Nordic tour - first stage start times.

2010-06-16T19:26:00.000+01:00

Irish start times for stage 1 of the Nordic Orienteering Tour (all times are Finnish, 2 hours ahead of GMT). All athletes will have live GPS tracking. The model event was held today and spirits are high ahead of the race tomorrow. Men:Gerard Butler 16.27Seamus O'Boyle 16.29David Healy 16.35Darren Burke 16.36Nicolas Simonin 16.48Women:Niamh O'Boyle 17.57See http://nordicorienteeringtour.ikk.no/

Irish team head for the Nordic tour

2010-06-14T22:52:00.003+01:00

Six members of the Irish elite squad are heading for Finland this week as the first leg of the 2010 Nordic tour kicks off.The Nordic tour consists of three World cup events held in Finland, Sweden and Norway throughout June.The Irish team of Niamh and Seamus O'Boyle, Gerard Butler, Darren Burke, David Healy and Nicolas Simonin start the competition this Thursday 17th June.You can follow the teams

Norwgian press-release

2010-05-29T11:43:00.001+01:00

The Irish team recently recieved a questionaire from a Norwegian orienteering magazine. The article is aimed at highlighting how certain nations are preparing for the World champs in Trondheim.(Be warned soft marsh training is on the way!)How do the team prepare for the detailed and hilly Norwegian terrain?Here in Ireland we have no real comparison to typical Norwegian terrain, so it is difficult

Irish Orienteering Champs results

2010-04-25T23:47:00.004+01:00

IOC 2010 was a great success - Quality areas, quality courses and a quality field of Irish competitors! Thanks to NWOC and LVO and Well done to all those that took part over the 3 days.Here are a list of the podium getters in the elite classes:Mens sprint:1st Nicolas Simonin 15:352nd Seamus O'Boyle 16:033rd Bill Edwards 16:19Womens sprint:1st Susan Lambe 18:432nd Rosalind Hussey 19:

World Cup/Nordic O Tour 2010

2010-04-13T00:23:00.010+01:00

Squad members who wish to compete at the upcoming World cup races to be held alongside the Nordic Orienteering Tour should let me know of their interest by Friday the 15th April.(If selection is required Irish Classic results will be taken into consideration)The events will be spread between Finland, Sweden and Norway from June 17th - 26th.(followed closely by the Irish WOC selection races in

Niamh and Nick shine in the JK rain!

2010-04-06T16:12:00.004+01:00

Niamh O'Boyle and Nicolas Simonin were both among the leading orienteers at this years JK Festival in Devon.The Irish elites were well represented at this years competition and faired well with some fine performances in the Sprint, Middle and Classic races.Niamh was best placed with an outstanding 4th overall - including 3rd at the Middle distance only 20 seconds behind winner and British team

Squad weekend

2010-03-24T22:52:00.003Z

Hi All,It is hoped that as many squad members as possible can take part in the upcoming senior squad weekend to be held around the Leinster champs (May 8th/9th).There are 3 events on offer during the weekend including a squad fundraiser for WOC 2010 at Kilbroney park. We are hoping to provide accommodation for all the squad in the area and have a bit of a feed on the Saturday night.This will also

Ulster university campus embargo

2010-03-14T21:27:00.000Z

Following recent discussion regarding the staging of a Mountainbike orienteering event at the University of Ulster campus at Coleraine (venue for the upcoming Irish sprint champs and WOC selection race) – I would like to advise all Irish senior squad members wishing to be considered for WOC selection not to compete at this event as the WOC selectors would consider involvement to be a breach of

World MTBO champs

2010-03-05T21:57:00.004Z

This years world MTBO champs are being held in Montalegre, Portugal from the 9th-18th of July. There are four disciplines decided at the World champs - sprint, middle, long and relay. More information about the event can be found here: http://mtbwoc2010.fpo.pt/If there are any MTBO competitors out there who would like to be considered for selection to represent Ireland at the World champs in

Elite squad news

2010-02-22T21:03:00.004Z

Selection for major eventsA number of squad members have asked about selection criteria for major events. Here is a brief rundown:World cup 4-6(Nordic Tour)June 17-26Irish Orienteering Championships 23rd-25th AprilWorld champs (Norway) August 8-14WOC selection races - Sprint, Irish sprint champs, 23rd AprilMiddle, Norwegian selection races, 3rd JulyLong, Norwegian selection races, 4th July WOC

JK entries

2010-02-18T21:41:00.002Z

The Last day for cheap entries to this years JK is next Saturday 28th February.Its looking like a large number of Irish elites will be taking part in the 4 days of competition based in Devon.The JK Mens and Womens elite classes are very popular with both British and overseas orienteers so selection is required for elite competitors. Here is further info on the elite selection taken from the JK

Elite funding announced

2010-02-14T19:35:00.002Z

2010 will be a demanding year for the Irish elite squad.Travelling to international competitions and training events is expensive and could not be possible without the financial assistance we receive from the Irish Orienteering Association.So I am very pleased to announce that the IOA have allocated 15,000 euro from the Annual Irish sports council grant to go towards High performance orienteering

Spring cup 2010

2010-01-22T23:08:00.002Z

The traditional curtain-raiser to the elites orienteering season - the Danish spring cup - celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. A number of Irish elites are expecting to compete at the event to be held in North Zealand. The event provides ideal preperation for the season ahead.To help you with planning your years schedule you can download an Irish squad planner for 2010.

WOC selection races announced

2010-01-15T20:42:00.003Z

The dates and venues for this years WOC selection races are as follows:Sprint: 23rd April - University of Ulster, Coleraine (Irish sprint champs)Middle: 3rd July - Vuku, Norway (part of VM Testlop)Long: 4th July - Vuku, Norway (part of VM Testlop)Please visit the WOC blog at:irisheliteorienteering.wordpress.comfor more details on the selection races

World university orienteering champs 2010

2010-01-07T22:09:00.003Z

This years World university orienteering champs will be held in Borlange, Sweden from July 19-23.Last year a small team of elite Irish student orienteers took part in the championships and it is hoped that an Irish team will take part this year in Sweden.If you would like to be a member of this team and compete against some of the best O students in the world please send an email to elites@

WOC 2010

2010-01-03T01:50:00.005Z

Thanks to all those elites that returned intention forms for this years WOC in NorwayIt was a great response with 25 athletes showing their commitment to gaining selection for the WOC team.It is great to see such strength and depth within the elite squad. Competition for places on the final team will be fierce, hopefully this competition will inspire all to perform at their best in the upcoming

WOC intention form deadline

2009-12-27T22:03:00.002Z

Hi All,The WOC 2010 intention form deadline (December 31st) is fast approaching.If you have still to return the form - even if you do not intend to take part in WOC or the selection races - please do so by the deadline.Thanks and Happy New Year to all.Ivan

WOC 2010 selection policy

2009-11-14T21:04:00.004Z

WOC 2010 selection policy documents and athlete intention forms are now available here: http://irisheliteorienteering.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/woc-selection-policy-now-available/All athletes interested in selection for the WOC 2010 team should complete and return an athlete intention form to the convenor of selectors, Ivan Millar by December 31st 2009.Any athlete who cannot attend the selection

Ireland third in Senior Home International after great relay performances

2009-10-04T17:51:00.010+01:00

Above: Men's relay course on CrossmurinThe Senior Home International was held in conjunction with the Northern Ireland orienteering championships this weekend in Co. Fermanagh. The individual courses on Saturday were tough in both the forest and the open areas of the Burren. Scotland dominated M21 while England were unstoppable in W21. In a close contest, Wales were two points ahead of

WOC 2010 build-up blog

2009-09-19T23:28:00.003+01:00

A new Irish elite blog has been launched.The blog highlights the squads annual build-up to the season highlight - the World champs.Please make this blog a favourite and visit it as often as possible as it is hoped to be a valuable source of info for all elite athletes preparing for WOC.You can visit the blog here: http://irisheliteorienteering.wordpress.com/

Irish elite attackpoint group

2009-09-19T22:34:00.003+01:00

All members of the Irish elite squad are invited to join the new Irish elite attackpoint group.Attackpoint is a valuable training diary facility already used by a number of squad members.It is hoped that all squad members will join up and benefit from this excellent training tool.The group can be found here: http://www.attackpoint.org/group.jsp/group_157

Irish team for Senior Home International 2009

2009-09-10T09:08:00.009+01:00

The Senior Home International is an annual competition held between Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. This year it is being held in Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The individual race will take place on the Burren on Saturday 3rd October and the relay will be held on Crossmurin on Sunday 4th October. The competition is being held in conjunction with the Northern Ireland orienteering

Pre-WOC training in Trondheim

2009-09-07T20:32:00.013+01:00

NORWAYThe five of us (Andrew, Darren, myself, Kieren and Neil) arrived last Thursday/Friday and have begun preparations for next years world champs in Trondheim, Norway. Training has being tough; we've been to hell and back already.But still we've managed to keep a smile on our face.It's the marshes that will require some serious amount of strength and speed, and the hills also demanding hill

Squad coach for 2010 WOC build-up

2009-09-06T14:07:00.005+01:00

I am pleased to announce to Irish squad members the offer of help with technical training from a young Norwegian orienteer Kim Andre. Kim would like to work with squad members to improve their running and orienteering technique. He would like all squad members to complete and return a short questionnaire about themselves and a recent photo.It is planned that Kim will assess individual and team

WOC 2010 Training camp

2009-09-05T23:54:00.007+01:00

Five members of the Irish elite squad are getting a taste of the terrains surrounding Trondheim, Norway. They (Andrew, Darren, David, Kieran and Neil) are taking part in the first official training camp for next years World Champs to be held in Trondheim next August.The training camp is being well attended by other national teams preparing for the competition including the Swedes, French, Czech

Drama and Excitement at WOC Relay

2009-08-22T10:17:00.005+01:00

In our final race of the week, the Irish had reason to cheer, with our best relay performances since 2004 for the men and 1995 for the women! The men were off first with the goal to run well and if possible, beat the reasonably strong peer nation teams USA and Canada. Dave Healy ran a solid race on the shorter first leg, coming in 10 minutes down from the leaders but 7 minutes down on the

Sprint Day!

2009-08-20T21:11:00.001+01:00

Today was the Sprint Qual and Sprint Final. It was held in a forested area to the west of Miskolc. As the pre start closed at 0900 it resulted in all runners having an early morning. The men’s race went off first with the start in the assembly area. Shane Lynch was the first starter of the Irish. Shane was happy with his run in heat A. He finished in a time of 18:11.0 in 29th. Second out of

It's on

2009-08-18T21:56:00.005+01:00

Today is a rest day and some of us went out training on the relay model map in preparation for Fridays relay. In the afternoon Rosalind and Ciara went out to the sprint model map to get ready for Thursdays sprint. Tomorrow is the middle final and although we haven't any Irish representation in the race you should find watching it live an exciting experience. Click here for the live page with all

WOC long quali

2009-08-17T22:34:00.006+01:00