NI Score and Night Championships 2023
Fermanagh Orienteers invite you to the Score and Night Championships and NI Prizegiving.
Venue Todd’s Leap Activity Centre – liver.warping.seabirds
Date Saturday, 25th February, 2023
Directions From Belfast/Dublin/Enniskillenfollow A5 from Ballygawley towards Omagh. After approx. 2miles from Ballygawley roundabout turn right onto Tullyglush Rd (Brown – Todd’s Leap signage) then Todd’s Leap Rd. Entrance to Todd’s Leap Activity Centre is on the left.
From Omagh follow the A5 towards Ballygawley. After approx. 14 miles turn left onto Tullyglush Rd (Brown – Todd’s Leap signage) then Todd’s Leap Rd.
Parking Look for signage to Orienteering parking.
Facilities Toilets available in Todd’s Leap Activity Centre. Food/drinks available from Bar Menu (contact centre for times and menu).
Please note:- the centre will have a large number of clients onsite taking part in various activities so it will be very busy.
Entry details
- Online entry at SiEntries from Thursday 2nd February 2023.
- Entries close at midnight on Sunday 19th February 2023.
The NI Prizegiving will be held after the Score. See below.
Entry Fees
| Member | Non-Member | |||
| One Event | Two Events | One Event | Two Events | |
| Senior (aged 21 or over) | £10 | £16 | £12 | £18 |
| Junior or Student | £5 | £8 | £6 | £9 |
| Maximum charge for a family* | £25 | £40 | £30 | £45 |
| *If you are entering a family and it comes to more than rates in the bottom row then please contact the organiser after you have paid for the individual Senior, or Junior/Student entries and we will arrange a refund of the difference. Parents accompanying children go free. SI timing card hire is free but lost cards are charged at a replacement cost of £30. |
Score Championships Dunmoyle Forest (adjacent to Todd’s Leap, Co Tyrone)
Mass Start 2pm
Classes
| M/W Open |
| M/W Vet 45+ |
| M/W Super Vet 55+ |
| M/W Ultra Vet 65+ |
| M/W18- |
| M/W14- |
Map This forest was mapped in late January 2023. The scale is 1:10,000
Terrain notes This is a mixed mainly conifer woodland with some rough moorland and recently felled areas. Extensive mature areas give generally fast running. There is a network of forest roads and an extensive pattern of unofficial mountain bike trails not all of which are mapped. There are steep slopes and ravines to be negotiated.
Toilets available in Todd’s Leap Activity Centre. Outside ones opposite the ‘Beer Garden’ and indoor ones (no studs please.) through the reception entrance.
Officials
- Planner – Raymond Finlay
- Controller – Robbie Bryson
- Organiser – Teresa Finlay
NI Prizegiving
This will take place in the Todd’s Leap Activity Centre. If you know you are a prize-winner, please try to stay on to collect your prize. We would urge even those members who are not winners and/or not staying for the Night Champs to come along to applaud the prize winners. We aim to start at 4.00 pm. (Course closure on the ‘Score’ will be 3.00 pm)
It will take place in the Centre’s Conference Room upstairs through the Reception door. Please note the Centre provides a reasonably priced ‘Pub Grub’ menu but does not permit the consumption of your own food in the Beer Garden or the indoor bar area so please eat any food brought with you at your car. Access to the Centre’s many and varied activities must be pre-booked. Their website is toddsleap.com
Night Championships Todd’s Leap Activity Centre, Co Tyrone
Directions As above. Fees as above.
Starts available from 6.00 – 7.00pm. Courses close 8.00pm.
Course/Class combinations
| Course | Classes | Provisional |
| 1 | M Open, W Open | 3.0 km 180m |
| 2 | M45+, M55+, W45+ | 2.4 km 140m |
| 3 | W55+, M16-, W16- | 1.9 km 110m |
Map This Centre was mapped in late January 2023. The scale is 1:4,000 for clarity. It is not a Sprint map
Terrain notes the event will mainly be within the narrow and very unusual and compact grounds of the Activity Centre. These grounds sweep down along a very steep wooded East and South-east facing slope split by deep ravines. The woodland on the slope is passable. There is a very complex and confusing maze of tracks (many churned up by 4×4 vehicles!), paths, rough trails and fences mostly crossable. These all weave up, over and across the slope. There are a variety of unusual point features; animal sculptures and activity equipment! (There is also numerous unmapped small mobile activity equipment!) The ground is generally wet with a few streams and ponds. All courses will visit some rough moorland with the Long and Medium also crossing to the other side of the main road (very quiet but take care!).
Officials
- Planner – Raymond Finlay
- Controller – Robbie Bryson
- Organiser – Teresa Finlay
Fermanagh Orienteers 