Fingal Orienteers is an Orienteering club based in North Dublin, with members also based in Co. Meath and Co. Louth. Membership is open to everyone. For further details of the club, see the Club Details page, and contact any of the listed personnel there.
Hill of Tara, Sunday the 16th May, 2010
Come and visit the Royal County. Short and challenging Sprint O on the rolling slopes of the Hill of Tara.
This event is the first of a two part series Long and short courses available with prizes for
M/W 10 to 18, 1st Male and 1st Female (on the Long Course only).
Maguire’s coffee shop will be open for après run refreshments.
Starting Times 11am to 1pm
The second event takes place on Sunday the 23rd of May at Ardgillan House, Balbriggan.
For more information contact Kathryn Walley @ 0872475321
Next Fingal Events are two Sprint events, on the Hill of Tara on Sunday May, 16th, followed by Ardgillan Park on Sunday May 23rd. There will be 2 courses at each event, a long and a short. However they will both be sprint courses, short but with plenty of controls
<- Fingal H18 team, Kathryn, Jean, and Val at IOC relay prizegiving.
A good Fingal turnout and a succesful medal haul at a very enjoyable Irish Championships, in County Derry. The Sprint event on the University campus in Coleraine was very enjoyable and everyone agreed it was what Sprint-O should be. Fingal prize winners were Ciaran Kearns 1st M10, Kathryn Walley 1st W50, Jean O'Neill 1st W60, Eddie Hogan 1st M75, Donal Kearns 2nd M14, Eileen Young 2nd W40, Sean Kearns 3rd M14, Mark Hoare 3rd M12, Ingus Rektins 3rd M40, Sandra Hoare 3rd W40.
The long distance "classic" was held on the Saturday at Magilligan sanddunes, an area used before for the British Championships as well as 2 NI Champs and Home internationals. It is still one of the most technical areas of sanddunes and courses were as challenging as any time previous. The runnability was slightly better this time of year than in the Autumn. Fingal prize winners were Jean O'Neill 1st W60, Ciaran Kearns 1st M10, Rainers Ragainis 1st M12S, Sean Kearns 1st M14S, Aivis Rektins 1st M16S, Clara Jones 1st W18S, Val Jones 2nd M55 (1st Irish), Mark Hoare 2nd M12, Ingus Rektins 2nd M40, Eddie Hogan 2nd M75, Kathryn Walley 2nd W50, Donal Kearns 3rd M14, Mark Crowe 3rd M40S, Ciana Jones 3rd W14, Sarah NiRuairc 3rd W21S, Eileen Young 3rd W40
On the Sunday the relays took place on a different section of Magilligan on the inside of the peninsula. It was mostly flat and very runnable but still had a few tricky depressions and army constructions. Fingal had 7 teams entered, which was 2nd only to Cork. However only 2 teams featured in the prizes, the J48 team of Shane Hoare, Ciana Jones, and Sean Kearns and the H18 team of Jean O'Neill, Val Jones, and Kathryn Walley, both came 2nd in their class.
<- Carnawaddy Registration, Deirdre, Ray, and Ciaran, and Sinead.
Great weather, mostly dry and runnable terrain, and a turnout of over 100 in spite of an alternative hill run attraction
made Carnawaddy a very enjoyable event. There was very close competition on a tough Brown course among Irish Team
aspirants David Healy, Ruairi Short, Colm Hill, Ciara Largey, and Niamh O'Boyle. There were very favourable comments
on the courses planned by Dave Richardson, and the teas and coffees were much appreciated afterwards.
Results are here
and some photos are here
Thanks to all who helped out and to all the Fingal members old and new who turned up, Dave Richardson planner, Val Jones controller, Tommy Burke organiser, Ciaran Young SI, Ian Murphy, Deirdre O'Neill, Ray Linn, Alex Bogomoletz, Sarah Ni Ruairc, Jean O'Neill, Ciana Jones, and Eoin O'Brien.
After the fine weather and sunshine brought out a great crowd to the first Spring Cup event at Bull Island, we hope the momentum will carry through to the second event next Sunday, at Carnawaddy, County Louth. At this stage the forecast is for the fine weather to continue so Carnawaddy should be mostly dry and runnable.
Event course details
| Brown | 9.1K | 410m climb | 18 controls |
| Blue | 6.9K | 340m climb | 14 controls |
| Green | 4.7K | 240m climb | 12 controls |
| Light Green | 3.8K | 165m climb | 14 controls |
| Orange | 2.7K | 120m climb | 12 controls |
| Yellow | 1.8K | 30m climb | 8 controls |
Planner Dave Richardson, Controller Val Jones, Organiser Tommy Burke
Assembly and registration will be on the east side of the mountain near Omeath. Parking will be in 2 small laybys and along the road, about one Kilometer north on the Windy Gap / Long Woman's Grave. Grid Reference J 125 144. Maps are printed on A4 waterproof paper and will not be bagged. Control Descriptions are on the back of the maps, and will also be available at registration. Brown, Blue, and Green are pictorial, Orange and Yellow are text. Light green are pictorial on the back of the map and text paper slips.
Entry fees - Adults €8 Children €4 Families €20.
Directions: From Dublin / south, take the M1 to the exit north of Dundalk, then follow the signs for Carlingford / Greenore. After about 5 K, just after a school, take a left turn signposted for Omeath. Take the right fork at a Y junction, then right at a T junction, then left immediately up the hill. Continue on that road for about 6 K to the Windy Gap, then keep left at both junctions. From the north take the road to Omeath from Newry, then turn right in Omeath, then right at the Windy Gap.
The event area consists of rough open mountainside. Most crags are tagged crags. Untagged or line crags are used for clarity in places, particularly for facing crags. They are mostly in just one section of the main mountain. Whether a crag is tagged or not is not an indication of the size of the crag. Apart from indicated paths there are other less distinct sheep trails and off-road vehicle tracks not mapped. Finally, no dogs on the mountain, even on leads.