Irish Orienteering Championships
Info: New entries for this event closed on Tuesday 11th April 2023.
Sprint: Middle Distance / Long Distance 'Classic' (per Day): * A Family is made up of 2 adults and any number of children. Please select the Family Entry options for each day. |
2023 Irish Orienteering Championships is being held in Co Wicklow.
Friday 28th April – Sprint Race Glending . The sprint is in small forest with intricate contour detail.
Saturday 29th April – Middle Distance Race at Stranahely. The Middle distance terrain is a mixture of old, new, managed and unmanaged coniferous forest.
Sunday 30 April– Long Distance (Classic) Race at Devils Glen. The Classic is a Mixture of broad leaf and conifer forest with fine stands of beech, Spanish chestnut, and ash.
Monday 1st May – Relay at Tottenham Estate- see separate entry page on SiEntries list. The Relay area forest consists of mature coniferous trees in the competition area. There is a good network of tracks and paths throughout. The terrain is runnable with a scattering of boulders, crags and some blocks of uncrossable dense vegetation
Entry Information - Please note that if you are an M/W 21, 20 or 18 competitor the only championship courses are M/W21E, M/W20E and M/W18E.
Two open pre-entry non-championship courses will be available. These are identified in the entry lists as M/W21L (Men's & Women's Long) and M/W21S (Men's & Women's Short). Details are available on the website. Two entry-on-the-day courses (Orange & Light Green standard) will also be available on days one and two only.
Family Entries - Families will only pay entry fees for the first child. Additional child entries are free. Please enter the first child as the one competing on most days.
SIAC - SIAC enabled controls will be used for the Sprint only. SIAC is a contactless method of registering a competitor's visit to a control. The SIAC only needs to pass within 50cm of the control box. Competitors running in all elite classes at the sprint who do not own a SIAC will be provided with one free-of-charge. Competitors running in other classes who do not own a SIAC can opt to use a standard SI card by dipping each control in the usual way and there will also be limited SIACs available for rent at sprint registation for a nominal fee on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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