Instructors course

4 of our club members took part in an Instructors course run by the IOA at the RSC and the nearby Kilbarry Amenity park. These are some pictures of the the training sessions.
Another course will be run at the RSC on September 10th and 17th. Anybody interested please contact me for more details.
Members of Oceanic Manoeuvres in Tramore also took part and completed a training session  in rather sunnier weather.

JFK results

 Results for today's event at Kennedy park are posted. Well done to all the first timers, the old timers and all the rest. Thanks to Jana and Angela for their help on registration and download.
Apologies to anyone who was put out by control 212 on the end of a thicket near a pond, it was put out by 50 metres. As it did not affect punters too much, we have left it in the results.
Thank you to the Arboretum for pulling my car out of the mud on Saturday and for hosting us.

JFK on Sunday 26th, Heritage week

If you are doing nothing on Sunday 26th, come and join us for the end of Heritage week when Waterford Orienteers host a Come and Try it event plus our first SE league event at Kennedy park.

Start times from 11 to 1.30. Follow orienteering signs from the entrance of the park. The park is signposted from New Ross. Family friendly. Cafe will be open (please support), plenty of parking space. There is a craft fair and an exhibition of wood turning at the park on this day as well. We might even organise some sun!

Courses on offer:

Blue 7.5 km, 22 controls

Green 5.5 km, 18 controls

Light green 4.4 km, 15 controls

Red 3.4 km, 16 controls

Yellow 2.9 km, 12 controls

Sport ident will be used.

Just let me know if you are bringing a group so I cna ensure there are enough maps printed.
Free to first timers.

Training event this evening

Following on from an earlier email notification, there will be a training event at Kilbarry amenity park this evening (Thursday 12th July) from 6 to 7. Entrance is off the Tramore road at the Kingfisher club.

Opening of Kilbarry Amenity site

Thanks to those who helped at the opening of the Kilbarry Amenity site when we were asked to provide some orienteering. The President opened the amenity park in all his finery. Thanks to Laura and Norman for the pix.

plus some more pix

Check out these excellent pix from Roger Duff from the Irish 3 day...some classic shots

Irish 3 Day event

 

A bigger than usual contingent travelled to Oughterard, County Galway for the Irish 3 day event. Neil Dobbs back home from the USA easily won the M21 class. Andrew Pim was narrowly pipped in the M45 class in the chasing start by less than 2 minutes. Jonathan Pim finished 2nd in M16 whilst I came 3rd on the longer M35 class, Thomas Callery in between child minding came 3rd on the M21 short class and Liisa Honkasaari completed the 3 days in 3rd place also. Others did not run every day but enjoyed the terrain especially when the rain eased off! Thanks to Laura for the pictures.

Results uploaded

Results from the two events at Brandon Hill on 13th and Tramore on the 20th May are posted under results. A huge thanks to Pat O'Connor and John Casey for planning the two days.

Pictures from recent events

Pride of place to Robert Pim (M14), Jonathan Pim (M16), Gints Plaudis (M40) and Sue Pim (W65) who all came 2nd at the Irish Orienteering Championships on the Long Distance courses at Inch sand dunes, Co.Kerry. Gints and myself both won our respective Middle distance courses on the previous day at Castlegregory sand dunes.

Nigel and his family, Laura and myself represented the club at the JK competition in Scotland over Easter.

Robert at the IOC

Nigel in the Sprint at Livingston

Navigating out of the JK carpark

The run-in

Robert after the relay

Thanks Laura for the photo, on the relay run-in

Robert at Mullaghmeen, Leinster League event

Family day out at Woodstock