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Contents The final information about the weekend and the IOC Events will be posted on the website by 21 April, together with the start lists for the WRE and IOC Events. Friday 28 April 2006
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The Event Centre is The Foy Centre, Dundalk Street, Carlingford, Co.Louth, which is close to the centre of the village. The Foy Centre website is www.carlingfordbeds.com and its phone number is +353 (0) 42 938 3624. Car parking will be at the Centre that will act as the Assembly Area for the World Ranking and IOC Long Distance Events on Day 2, and will be the SI download point for the results. The Centre has changing facilities and showers, and food will be available in the Fusion Restaurant. The grid reference of the Foy Centre is J188 115, and that of the Assembly Area of the IOC Middle Distance Event on day 1 is J 136 128. The map on the website also indicates the locations. From Friday to the end of the competition, the organisers can be contacted at the event centre at the contact details above. Will be published on this website on 21 April 2006 and will be on display at the Event Centre. RACE NUMBERS AND FINAL INFORMATION Race numbers, that will be used for Day 1 and Day 2, should be collected at the Registration and Information point at the Event Centre or at the Assembly Area on Day 1, at the times detailed above. Payment for any outstanding entry fees should be made at this time. A copy of this Bulletin and any additional final information about the Event will be distributed with the race numbers to WRE competitors. This will be located 400 metres before the start and clothing will be transferred in plastic bags to the finish. They will be available in the -3 minute box of the start lane, and will be displayed on the front of the map. The Start of the WRE Event on Day 2 is 1.6 km and 215m climb from the Event Centre and competitors are advised to allow at least 40 minutes for the walk to the Start. The route follows narrow roads where care should be taken with passing cars, and narrow paths where overtaking slower walkers may be difficult. Competitors will be called up 4 minutes before their start time. It will be a timed start with no necessity to use an SI box. Competitors who are late for their start time through their own fault shall be permitted to start. The start official will determine at which time they may start, considering the possible influence on other competitors. They shall be timed as if they had started at their original start time. In view of the exposed nature of the terrain, all competitors will have to wear their race number on the front of their O suits at all times and will have to carry a whistle. A policy of NO NUMBER NO GO will be strictly enforced, as will NO WHISTLE NO GO. Whistles will be on sale at the Registration and Information point. A decision on cagoules will be taken on the morning of the event based on the expected weather. A notice as to whether cagoules have to be carried will be placed beside the clear and check SI stations on the road out of the Event Centre (The Foy Centre) on the way to the start. The policy will be strictly enforced by the start team, and competitors will be disqualified if they do not have their cagoule at the finish. Remember to pack a cagoule. The two water stations will be identified on the map course overprint using the standard symbol (purple beaker), and will be manned. The M21E course passes close to one of these stations twice. Another manned point (not a water station) will be identified on the map by a NON-standard symbol of a purple stick man, eg The following are approximate estimates of the percentage of the course (adjusted for climb) that will have been completed as each water station is passed. M21E: 30%, 50%, 75% W21E: 35%, 60% Drinking water will be supplied at the start and the finish. Slieve Foye Scale 1:15000, contours 5m.Surveyed 1992, updated and partially revised 2005/6. Size 21cm X 29cm(A4). Maps are pre-marked and in sealed plastic bags. Copies of the previous map will be on display in the Event Centre on the Friday and Saturday before the Event. On race day maps of the competition area shall not be used by competitors or other persons until officially permitted. Slieve Foye is a fast running open mountain with stunning views over Carlingford Lough and the Mourne Mountains. The terrain is steep in parts with multiple natural terraces and intricate rock and contour detail. On the map, crags are defined in several ways with tagged crags representing vertical rock and those with a thicker upper line representing uncrossable crags. Crags that form part of the slope and are significant, are represented by a single black line. In wet weather the rock is extremely slippy and some slopes have a thin covering of vegetation that adds to the slippiness. Boulders have been mapped relative to the size of other boulders in the immediate area. The area is marshy in places with the extent of the marshes depending on the recent rainfall. Only significant marshes are mapped. Uncrossable marshes are as they say and should be avoided by competitors. Many seasonal watercourses are on the terrain with only the more significant being mapped. The upper parts of the mountain are frequently covered with fog. Competitors will encounter flattened bracken on the way to the start, and in the area of the penultimate controls. The SI stations will be hung vertically on a white stake with its control code displayed below and the control kite hung below that again. It will be similar to those being used in the IOC Middle Distance Event on the previous day, and on the training (Model) area. An example will be on display at the clear and check station at the Event Centre. If an SI station fails, a needle punch is attached to each stake and this should be used to record attendance at the control, using the boxes provided on the map. A photograph of a sample control has been placed on the website. DEVIATIONS FROM THE GUIDELINES/ NON-STANDARD FEATURES A feature of the area are "booleys" that are manmade, usually circular, walled enclosures but are now mostly in a ruined state with some of the walls fallen. They are represented on the map by an outline black square eg
Due to its inaccessibility, no toilet facilities will be available at the start. Competitors should use the toilet facilities at the Event Centre before leaving. Again due to the inaccessibility of the finish, no commentary will be provided and the results will be produced at the Event Centre. After finishing, competitors should follow the taped route to the Event Centre, and download their SI card at the results point. Provisional results will be displayed at the Event Centre.
Courses have been planned to avoid excess climb. However, due to the nature of the terrain they exceed the 4% guideline, but remain less than 5%. It is a punching finish and competitors should record their finish by punching the SI stations on the finish line. Competitors should follow the marked route of 1.3km to the Event Centre to download their SI details. Maps will be collected from finishers up to 13.00 hours, and the club bag can be reclaimed from the Registration/Information point in the Event Centre after 14.00 hours. All competitors must report to the finishTraining on a 1:15,000 map will be available from 14.15 approx to 16.00 on Saturday 29 April on the area being used for the IOC Middle Distance Event. Registration and payment (E5) for this should be made at the Registration and Information point at the Assembly Area. ENTRIES RECEIVED TO DATE BY COUNTRY
TIME LIMIT AND LOCATION FOR MAKING COMPLAINTS At the Registration and Information Point at the Event Centre no later than 17.00 hours on the day of the Event. All courses will close at 16.00 hours. David Weston (Chairman Irish Orienteering Association) |
and all three points will be in communication with the Organiser should a competitor be injured and need assistance.
, and the control description will be shown as
(special item). A photograph of a "booley" is on the website. 
