CorkO 2017 Summer League Prize Winners

Post date: Jul 20, 2017 10:49:13 PM

Cork Orienteering Club is delighted with the success of our 2017 Summer Orienteering League. We very much appreciate the support from the many individuals and families who regularly made the journey every Tuesday evening to the various destinations throughout the city and county. Top marks to the follow individuals Sinead O'Donoghue, Trishia O'Mahony, Eric Curry, William Curry, Eric O'Connor, Mannix Family and Isabelle O'Brien who managed to attend all the events in this year’s league. These are all truly dedicated orienteers.Throughout the league campaign our Long courses covered a total of 48.1km across the various destinations while the Short courses amassed a staggering 27.1km of forest tracks and trails. Not so Short when you add them all together! It was marvelous to see so many people trying the sport of orienteering for the first time. Over the 10 competitive weeks of the league we had over 139 individual entries on the Short course and a further 251 unique entrants attempt the Long. Furthermore, it was fantastic to see so many of these individuals and families getting bitten by the orienteering bug. They not only got more competitive each week but also became very determined to finish the league and claim their technical league finisher t-shirt. This year we have over 120 league finishers who are all eligible to receive these fashionable running tops which means they can orienteering in style this Autumn. On the competitive side of things we had ten fiercely competitive events and many worthy event winners. The overall league which required competitors to complete at least six of the ten events was hugely competitive right throughout the results table. Although the Long Course League Champion titles were decided in advance of the final competitive event the Short Course title went down to the wire at our last individual event in Ballyannon Wood as did the remaining prize winning places on both courses.On Tuesday evening following all the relay action in Farran Forest Park competitors adjourned to the National Rowing Centre which was a short 50m walk from the car park where they got to enjoy a scrumptious BBQ. When everyone was served the summer league prize-giving ceremony commenced.

Prizes were awarded to the top five men and women league finishers on the Long course, the top three Juniors on the Long course and the top three finishers on the Short course. All league finishers on the Short course were awarded medals for their great achievement.

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LONG COURSE

The title of Long Course Men’s League Champion went to Conrad Daly and Niamh Corbett took the title of Long Course Ladies League Champion.