Fermanagh Orienteers invite you to the Score and Night Championships on Saturday 25th February 2023.
The NI Prizegiving will be held after the Score.
We hope to have a new map for these events and will publish details in early February. SiEntries will also open then.
Sunday 15 January 2023
Don’t let the shortness of the courses fool you! It is a ‘barebones’ type of event where participants are expected to be experienced orienteers and who come with all necessary clothing (for very cold/wet winter conditions) and equipment including a plastic bag (A4) for map cover (plain paper and printed on ink-jet). Please ring 028 66348937 or email raymondfinlay@btinternet.com at least 24 hrs in advance to book a map.
Activity charge £5 for all participants.
Registration between 9.15 – 9.45. Starts between 9.30 and 10.00am Courses will close at 11.30. (so that everyone can have Sunday Lunch!)
Terrain notes: Courses negotiate well featured open limestone grassland hillside descending into mature conifer interspersed with winter levels of undergrowth and occasionally negotiable clear-felled areas. On the ground decisions may pay dividends, or not!
Assembly: located on Marlbank Road (on a bend 400m beyond the left turn mentioned below)
https://goo.gl/maps/5zxsyoMj3FgqejGbA
10 miles from Enniskillen following directions for Sligo then Marble Arch Caves. Through Florencecourt village and then 3 miles west. Sign then indicates to turn left to Marble Arch Caves.
Parking is limited to roadside and care is needed to ensure safe parking and vehicle access to the field gate.
Courses – None of these are suitable for beginners or young juniors! Please choose carefully as terrain is demanding.
Long 4K 145m
Short 2.8K 120m
Very Short 2K 90m.
Starts are a 10-minute uphill walk following tapes from parking.
Finish 5 min walk back to parking.
Planner Damian Gribbin
Travel directions
Follow road signs for Marble Arch Caves. Coming from the Enniskillen direction go past the Caves entrance approximately 1 Km to the second of the Killykeegan Nature Reserve carparks where registration/download is situated.
GR 110340 Any3words – flattens.staining.submitted
Don’t let the shortness of the courses fool you! It is a ‘barebones’ type of event where participants are expected to be experienced orienteers and who come with all necessary clothing (for very cold/wet winter conditions) and equipment including a plastic bag (A4) for map cover (plain paper and printed on ink-jet). Please ring 028 66348937 or email raymondfinlay@btinternet.com at least 24 hrs in advance to book a map.
Activity charge £5 for all participants.
Registration between 9.15 – 9.45. Starts between 9.30 and 10.00am Courses will close at 11.30. (so as everyone can have Sunday Lunch!)
Terrain Notes
This is not a place for beginners! The courses are technically difficult and will mainly use the West side of the area. The terrain in the West consists of complex limestone upland, clothed in places by low visibility scrub woodland and rough open farmland. The ground conditions vary, with rough and stony limestone pavement, boggy moorland and short grass meadows. Fences and walls will need to be negotiated, some of which are in poor condition. Please report any damage.
Courses – None of these are suitable for beginners or young juniors!
Long course – 4Km (140m)
Short course – 2.8Km (70m)
Very Short course – 1.9Km (30m)
Saturday 31st December
Course 1 – LONG (TD5) 3.5Km 150m
Course 2 – SHORT (TD5) 2.4Km 125m
Course 3 – Very SHORT (TD5) 1.6Km 90m
Don’t let the shortness of the courses fool you! It is a ‘barebones’ type of event where participants are expected to be experienced orienteers and who come with all necessary clothing (for very cold/wet winter conditions) and equipment including a plastic bag (A4) for map cover (plain paper and printed on ink-jet). Please ring 028 66348937 or email raymondfinlay@btinternet.com at least 24 hrs in advance to book a map.
Activity charge £5 for all participants. Registration between 9.15 – 9.45. Starts between 9.30-10.00. Courses close 11.30 (so as everyone can have Sunday Lunch!)
From Enniskillen follow A46 signs for Belleek then as you leave the town take a left on to the B81 for Derrygonnelly. Towards the end of the main street in Derrygonnelly turn left towards St Patrick’s RC Church. At church, turn right onto minor road immediately after large carpark. Follow for 3km. Restricted parking on very narrow road (please don’t block entrances). Car share if possible. Start and Finish close to Registration
GR 087 527
Steep, hilly very fast heavily contoured limestone with rock features. Excellent for testing and practising technical map reading skills. Mostly open grassland with scrub woodland areas. Take care crossing old, dilapidated fences and report any damage. . The area is exposed, so in adverse conditions (remember the time of year!) cags and whistles will be compulsory.
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