Extra effort was put in by Conor Powderly (Skryne NS), to win the 5th Class Boys category, in the Leinster Primary Schools Orienteering Championships, which took place last Wednesday, 28 March, in Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin, emulating his sister, Emma's, win last year in 6th Class Girls category, while Colm Nolan (Rathfarnham Parish NS), confidence growing with every race, was the convincing winner in 6th Class Boys category, taking the title by almost 5 mins.
Irish schools results
Phew, it is all over for another year...the Irish schools championships were hosted over the past days by WATO on behalf of the IOSG. Around 700 primary and secondary pupils took part in one of the biggest events ever.
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| Mt Anville 2nd team 2/3 girls |
A huge thank you to
...all the members of Wato club
...TY pupils from Newtown
...Frank Martindale (Controller)
...all the teachers who brought busloads of eager competitors
Outline results below
Outline results below
Munster Secondary
Well done to the CSOA for running yet another successful Munster champs. Particular thanks to Dennis Power and Jim Callnan and their team of helpers.
(from Liam O'Brien) CSOA would like to thank all the schools who made the effort to get their students to the event. Hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves and that it was a positive experience. A special thank you is due to the team at Nagle/Rice secondary school for organizing such a successful promotion. Particular credit is due to the team leader Jim Callanan and his daughter Martha for the hours of work put in to ensure that everything ran so smoothly. Likewise as many hours (and probably more!) were expended by the planner Denis Power who, as was generally agreed, got the courses spot on for the differing levels of competition. Thank you also to the officials from Cork Orienteering Club and North Cork Orienteering Club who helped out in dealing with the record numbers of primary school participants.
In the Secondary section, it was no surprise that Nagle Rice on home turf ran Midleton CBS very close in the PJC Boys. Leslie Coughlan and James Griffin got the better of 4 boys from Nagle Rice to win by a small margin. . . In the 2nd/3rd yr boys, Nagle Rice filled the first 4 places to easily win the team section. Colaiste Chroist Ri were 2nd and Newtown 3rd team.
St Mary's Mallow were easy winners in the 2nd/3rd yr girls with Sinead O'Reilly, Faye Mansfield and Elizabeth Halloran filling the first 3 places. St Angelas Waterford were 2nd team just ahead of Newtown
(from Liam O'Brien) CSOA would like to thank all the schools who made the effort to get their students to the event. Hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves and that it was a positive experience. A special thank you is due to the team at Nagle/Rice secondary school for organizing such a successful promotion. Particular credit is due to the team leader Jim Callanan and his daughter Martha for the hours of work put in to ensure that everything ran so smoothly. Likewise as many hours (and probably more!) were expended by the planner Denis Power who, as was generally agreed, got the courses spot on for the differing levels of competition. Thank you also to the officials from Cork Orienteering Club and North Cork Orienteering Club who helped out in dealing with the record numbers of primary school participants.
In the Secondary section, it was no surprise that Nagle Rice on home turf ran Midleton CBS very close in the PJC Boys. Leslie Coughlan and James Griffin got the better of 4 boys from Nagle Rice to win by a small margin. . . In the 2nd/3rd yr boys, Nagle Rice filled the first 4 places to easily win the team section. Colaiste Chroist Ri were 2nd and Newtown 3rd team.
St Mary's Mallow were easy winners in the 2nd/3rd yr girls with Sinead O'Reilly, Faye Mansfield and Elizabeth Halloran filling the first 3 places. St Angelas Waterford were 2nd team just ahead of Newtown
Leinster secondary results
Stephen Edwards (St Kilians CS Bray) seized the day and the trophy in the 5th/6th Yr Boys (A) category, with a win by 15secs over the hotly tipped Maciek Piotrowski (St Kilians CS Bray), in the Leinster Post Primary Schools Orienteering Championships 2012, which were held in Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin, with one small error causing Piotrowski the race.
5th/6th Yr Boys (A), 4.6k -1 Stephen Edwards (St Kilians CS Bray) 28:14; 2 Maciek Piotroski (St Kilians) 28:29; 3 Sam Treacy-McGee (High School Rathgar) 30:54.
TY Boys (A), 4.6k - 1 Alan Johnson (Castleknock CC) 34:41; 2. David Costello (CCC) 36:50; 3. Barry O'Brien (St Kilians) 41:44.
5th/6th Yr Boys (A), 4.6k -1 Stephen Edwards (St Kilians CS Bray) 28:14; 2 Maciek Piotroski (St Kilians) 28:29; 3 Sam Treacy-McGee (High School Rathgar) 30:54.
TY Boys (A), 4.6k - 1 Alan Johnson (Castleknock CC) 34:41; 2. David Costello (CCC) 36:50; 3. Barry O'Brien (St Kilians) 41:44.
Kerry schools
The winning school in the KES compettion was Castleisland Community College and the winning school in the Kerry Schools compettion was Presentation Convent Tralee.
Interesting link
Sky Sports News did an interesting video clip entitled Get Involved in Orienteering.
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