Venue Hope Castle Lough Muckno
Date Sun, 1st Mar 26
Starts 11:00 to 14:00
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Event Description
The most up-to-date information about this event and how to enter is on the Orienteering Ireland website. Many thanks to Fingal Orienteers for hosting this event.
| Date | Sunday 1 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Castleblaney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Format | Northern Ireland Colour Series 1 / Leinster League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Online Entry | Available from 18 February on orienteering.ie
Note also, the final Start Time will be 2pm, but we request that anyone planning on starting AFTER 1pm, please register online as a pre entry. |
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| Online Entry opens and closes | Opens: 18/02/2026 @ 11:00 AM
Closes: 28/02/2026 @ 18:00 PM |
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| Registration, Start and Finish | TBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Price | Note that pre-event entry prices are in Euros and are set by Fingal Orienteers:
Adults: €10 / person (€12 on the day) Children: €6 / child (€8 on the day) Student: €6 / student (€8 on the day) Unwaged: €6 / person (€8 on the day) OAP: €6 / person (€8 on the day) Family Discount: €20 (Maximum of 2 Adults and no more than 5 family members / family) (€25 on the day) SI hire €2 Please note: Participants who are not members of British Orienteering or of another orienteering federation are not covered by British Orienteering’s public liability insurance. You are welcome to enter this event, but please understand that you are taking part at your own risk. For example, if you were to accidentally injure a member of the public or damage property during the event, you would not be covered. Members of Orienteering Ireland are covered by British Orienteering insurance. |
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| Terrain Summary | Mostly runnable forest, with a good track network, parkland and possibly some urban areas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Maps/Routegadget | TBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Notes | As of the week of 16th February, the park area around Lough Muckno and the forest on Black Island are deemed to be in reasonable enough condition for orienteering, although a little wet underfoot. White Island will not be used due to continued flooding. There are still some fallen trees on Black Island, but controls will not be placed in these areas. Leg covering is recommended. The area continues to be monitored, and more information will be provided in the days leading up to the event.
This event will have all the usual Leinster League colour courses, Brown, Blue, Green, Light Green, Orange and Yellow. The event is also an NI Orienteering Colour Series event. With this in mind, there is also a SHORT GREEN Course. Provisional Course Details as follows. Subject to change, Actual details will be available later.
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| First Aid and Safety | There will be a first aid and a qualified first aider available at registration. Registration is also a safe place for lost children to wait.
Please do not come to the event if you are unwell. Please bring and carry any medication you might need, especially inhalers and EpiPen’s. If you come across an injured or ill person, please stop, help and get further help. There will likely be qualified first aiders on the course who can stop to provide support. All participants must return to download, whether they complete the course or not. This is to account for all competitors, ensuring everyone’s safe return. Courses will close and controls collected in at 3pm sharp. If you are still out on the course at this time return to finish and download immediately. |
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| Kit requirements | Full body cover is mandatory.
A whistle (emergency alert is 6 loud blasts per minute) is mandatory. A waterproof jacket may also be mandatory if the organisers decide the weather requires one, so bring one along just in case. |
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| Parking | Hope Castle, Lake Muckno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toilets | There are public toilets beside the registration area. |
Location
Hope Castle Lough Muckno
Hope Castle
Castleblaney
4799+Q6P
Volunteers
To volunteer at this event please email volunteer@lvo.org.uk. You can find information on each role here as well as the current list of volunteers.