Setanta Orienteers invite entries to the 16th Setanta Rogaine Ireland 2013 over the weekend of 22/23 June. There will be the usual 24 hour Championship course for teams of two to five, along with a shorter 6 hour equivalent. Individual entries can be accepted for the 6 hour event. Further details can be found at 
Some great individual and team results for Setanta members at IOC - here's a report from Angus Tyner, who struck gold both in Classic M45L and Handicap 6 relay :
Thanks again to Dave for putting in the time to set up the 
Thanks to Dave for a very useful exercise.
Cllr. Thomas Welby, Mayor of Galway, Mary O'Connell & Frank RyanAnnual General Meetings are rarely the most exciting events and this year's IOA AGM was no exception. The AGM is an important point in the year of the Association, where the Executive Committee are called to account for their stewardship of the sport over the past year and where policies are laid down for the year to come, office holders elected and awards distributed. This year's AGM, on the Sunday evening of the irish Championships, was squeezed in after a good meal and a long prizegiving, and was a rather rushed affair, starting just before 9 pm at The Boat Inn in Oughterard. This was hardly the optimal arrangement for the serious business of an AGM, with people wanting to socialise or go home, nevertheless the business of the meeting was transacted smoothly.
Chairman Mary O'Connell welcomed everyone and ran through the activities of the past year - her full report and those of many of the other officers - are on the IOA web site here. Did you...Welcome to Setanta Orienteers
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The Irish Orienteer
IOA AGM - Oughterard
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16 May 2013
Cllr. Thomas Welby, Mayor of Galway, Mary O'Connell & Frank RyanAnnual General Meetings are rarely the most exciting events and this year's IOA AGM was no exception. The AGM is an important point in the year of the Association, where the Executive Committee are called to account for their stewardship of the sport over the past year and where policies are laid down for the year to come, office holders elected and awards distributed. This year's AGM, on the Sunday evening of the irish Championships, was squeezed in after a good meal and a long prizegiving, and was a rather rushed affair, starting just before 9 pm at The Boat Inn in Oughterard. This was hardly the optimal arrangement for the serious business of an AGM, with people wanting to socialise or go home, nevertheless the business of the meeting was transacted smoothly.
Chairman Mary O'Connell welcomed everyone and ran through the activities of the past year - her full report and those of many of the other officers - are on the IOA web site here. Did you...
Cllr. Thomas Welby, Mayor of Galway, Mary O'Connell & Frank RyanAnnual General Meetings are rarely the most exciting events and this year's IOA AGM was no exception. The AGM is an important point in the year of the Association, where the Executive Committee are called to account for their stewardship of the sport over the past year and where policies are laid down for the year to come, office holders elected and awards distributed. This year's AGM, on the Sunday evening of the irish Championships, was squeezed in after a good meal and a long prizegiving, and was a rather rushed affair, starting just before 9 pm at The Boat Inn in Oughterard. This was hardly the optimal arrangement for the serious business of an AGM, with people wanting to socialise or go home, nevertheless the business of the meeting was transacted smoothly.
Chairman Mary O'Connell welcomed everyone and ran through the activities of the past year - her full report and those of many of the other officers - are on the IOA web site here. Did you...
Irish Championships Report
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08 May 2013
Classic winner Marcus Pinker (CorkO) - Another fine Championships run by a handful of dedicated Connacht orienteers saw Marcus Pinker (CorkO) stamp his authority in the Classic race on complex open moorland, with Niamh O'Boyle (CNOC) retaking the W21E title. A dead heat for 2nd in the Classic between Conor Short (CNOC) and Neil Dobbs (WATO) provided drama, while in the Relay Cork Orienteers took their 7th Women's Relay gold, relegating the CNOC ladies team into 3rd place while the CNOC Men's team regained the trophy for the 11th time (if you count their earlier incarnation of "Curragh Orienteers").In the Middle distance race former champion Una May (3ROC), having run a 5 km race that morning, claimed the W21Elite title with Conor Short taking the M21E.These are the facts, but they don't take into account the amount of work it needs to set up and run a national championships, from the selection of areas, getting landowners' permission, mapping, planning, controlling and organising. The core of the organising team from Western eagles is only half a dozen or so, and the inclusion of the likes of Pat Healy as mapper (with...
Classic winner Marcus Pinker (CorkO) - Another fine Championships run by a handful of dedicated Connacht orienteers saw Marcus Pinker (CorkO) stamp his authority in the Classic race on complex open moorland, with Niamh O'Boyle (CNOC) retaking the W21E title. A dead heat for 2nd in the Classic between Conor Short (CNOC) and Neil Dobbs (WATO) provided drama, while in the Relay Cork Orienteers took their 7th Women's Relay gold, relegating the CNOC ladies team into 3rd place while the CNOC Men's team regained the trophy for the 11th time (if you count their earlier incarnation of "Curragh Orienteers").In the Middle distance race former champion Una May (3ROC), having run a 5 km race that morning, claimed the W21Elite title with Conor Short taking the M21E.These are the facts, but they don't take into account the amount of work it needs to set up and run a national championships, from the selection of areas, getting landowners' permission, mapping, planning, controlling and organising. The core of the organising team from Western eagles is only half a dozen or so, and the inclusion of the likes of Pat Healy as mapper (with...
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02 May 2013
Irish Championships
The rotation of the Irish Championships between the four provinces brings this year's IOC back to Connacht, with three new adjoining areas south of Oughterard in Co. Galway. Pat Healy's new maps, using LIDAR data, capture the detail of the terrain which is described as complex but runnable, undulating open with some young forest. It is reportedly more runnable than the areas used for last year's Irish 3-Day in the same general area.Marcus Pinker will try to retain his Irish Classic title, missing the British Championships which are on the same weekend to run in Galway, but Darren Burke, last year's Middle Distance Champion, is also running well. Shane Lynch, winner of the recent sprint selection race for the 2013 World Championships, and experienced on open mountain terrain, could have a strong run, and Neil Dobbs has come home for the Championships, so it's hard to call.Maeve O'Grady, winner of the Classic race last year, won't be defending her title. Ros Hussey, 2012 Middle Distance Champion, will be in the mix, with sprint specialist Susan Lambe, junior Niamh Corbett and previous winners Niamh O'Boyle and Ruth Lynam.The...
The rotation of the Irish Championships between the four provinces brings this year's IOC back to Connacht, with three new adjoining areas south of Oughterard in Co. Galway. Pat Healy's new maps, using LIDAR data, capture the detail of the terrain which is described as complex but runnable, undulating open with some young forest. It is reportedly more runnable than the areas used for last year's Irish 3-Day in the same general area.Marcus Pinker will try to retain his Irish Classic title, missing the British Championships which are on the same weekend to run in Galway, but Darren Burke, last year's Middle Distance Champion, is also running well. Shane Lynch, winner of the recent sprint selection race for the 2013 World Championships, and experienced on open mountain terrain, could have a strong run, and Neil Dobbs has come home for the Championships, so it's hard to call.Maeve O'Grady, winner of the Classic race last year, won't be defending her title. Ros Hussey, 2012 Middle Distance Champion, will be in the mix, with sprint specialist Susan Lambe, junior Niamh Corbett and previous winners Niamh O'Boyle and Ruth Lynam.The...