Irish Orienteering Championship

Round Tower at Glendalough Monastery

Well done everyone who took part in the Irish Orienteering Championships in Wicklow. The sprint race took part on Friday eventing in Maynooth and the Middle and Classic distance races took place near Glendalough.

The conditions on day 2 and 3 where extremely challenging to say the least. The visibility on the top of the mountain at the start was so poor you could hardly see the cars from the assembly tent less than 100 m away. It made for interesting orienteering on the open mountainside with visibility reduced to 30 m on day 2.

The view from the finish on day 2

Well done to the following LVO juniors who secured places on the championships. The results are out but here is a summary:

Frazer H: 2nd Sprints, 1st Middle Distance & Classic Distance

Paul P: 2nd Middle Distance & 2nd Classic Distance

James M: 3rd Middle Distance, 2nd Classic Distance

Rachel C: 3rd Middle Distance, 2nd Classic Distance

Andrew E: 2nd Classic Distance

Jill S: 2nd Classic Distance

Well done to everyone else who took part. Getting round was a challenge in itself.