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Munster League #1: Glengarra Wood Sunday January 22nd Event Info

posted 17 Jan 2017, 14:29 by Elaine Sheridan   [ updated 20 Jan 2017, 06:22 ]
The first event in the 2017 Munster League will take place on Sunday January 22nd at Glengarra Wood, Tipperary. This a very scenic forest with two areas of Millennium Forest planting! Mixed forestry, good road/track network and open moorland. The area has been remapped for the event and there will be courses to suit all levels of orineteering ability.

COURSE INFORMATION
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Brown     7.7km
Blue        6.4km
Green     4.7km
Lt green 3.6km
Red        2.6km
Orange  2.2km

START TIMES
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Competitors can start anytime from 11am to 1pm.

Please let us know if you are bringing a group.

DIRECTIONS
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Glengarra Wood is very accessible from Cork and Dublin via the M8 motorway. Parking is in the first car park on the right hand side, after you enter the woods.

* From Cork city, take the M8 northbound as far as Junction 12, signposted Mitchelstown/Kilbeheny. Take the R639 through the villages of Kilbeheny and Skeheenarinky. Glengarra Wood is on the left hand side of the road, approx. 3km from Skeheenarinky, and 500m after passing under a wide bridge.
* From Dublin/Waterford, take the M8 southbound and exit at Junction 11, signposted Kilbeheny/Skeheenarinky. Follow the R639 south, passing Kilcoran Lodge on your right. Once you pass a turn for Burncourt and Mitchelstown Caves on your left, the entrance to the woods is 500m on the right hand side of the road.

ENTRY FEES
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Prices: Senior e7; Student, over-65 e5; Junior e4; Family e16; Groups by request.

Hope you can join us.