Author: Dave Weston

Hello to all Setanta members,

Just want to give you all a heads up on the most important date in the Setanta club calendar – the always exciting and often unpredictable Club Champs, followed by the, traditionally mercifully brief, AGM, with lavish refreshments to follow.
This year, the date is Saturday, 1st October. The club champs are in Knocksink Wood, Enniskerry, planned/organised by yours truly, starts from 13:00 t0 13:30, with AGM in the Enniskerry Inn from 15:30 – 18:00.

Please note, for those on the egroup list who received notice of the AGM on the 31st August, the start …

Setanta Orienteers are hosting a Dublin by Night event this coming Saturday 12th February 2022. The event will be at Fernhill Park and Gardens, Sandyford, County Dublin. This is a new area for orienteering and Setanta wish to thank Dun Loaghaire/Rathdown County Council for permission to run the event. There are two courses –
Long – 4.0km long; 140m climb; 19 controls
Short – 2.5km long; 85m climb; 14 controls
Both courses have technically difficult control sites and orienteering legs. This event is suitable for experienced orienteers and juniors who are accompanied.
The map has recently been surveyed by Pat …

This years Annual General Meeting will take place online on Friday 19th November at 7.30pm. The details of joining the Zoom meeting have been posted to club members. The meeting will take the usual format, with reports from the officers followed by election of new committee and then an open forum. If you have any particular items that you would like to have placed on the agenda or any proposed changes to the club constitution, please send to me by next Friday 12th November (to setanta-committee@googlegroups.com). It is hoped that as many of you as possible will join us to …

Setanta are running a Leinster League event at Cushbawn, County Wicklow this coming Sunday 17th October. Event details and entry at https://www.orienteering.ie/fixtures/cushbawn-2/
Hope to see you there.
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Hi All

Unfortunately we are not in a position to run our annual wine and chocolate orienteering event that was scheduled for this weekend. We will also not be staging our Christmas Walk on the 28th of this month either. Both these cancelations are due to the ongoing pandemic and associated restrictions. Sadly, I doubt if these cancellations are a surprise to anyone.

We wish you all a happy and safe Christmas, and here’s looking forward to next year with optimism.

Club Committee…

Due to the ongoing pandemic our scheduled events at Cushbawn on 18th October and at Hellfire Woods on 15th November are cancelled. We still have our annual wine and chocolates orienteering and the Christmas walk for the 12th and 28th December respectively. We live in hope.
Thanks to all who zoomed in for the club AGM. The new committee is Chairperson – Dave Weston, Secretary – Mick Mangan, Treasurer – Brendan O’Connor, with Fergus Byrne, Paul Keville, Eileen Walsh and Denis Deasy as committee members.…

Dear Member,

The AGM will be held next Monday evening at 8pm. Due to current restrictions, the meeting will be an on-line Zoom meeting. Details on how to join will be sent out later this week, along with copies of the Officers reports. The proposed Agenda is below; if you would like to add any item to the agenda, please let me now at this email address.

It is a shame that we are unable to run the AGM as we have done for the past number of years, on the same day as the Club Champs and social gathering …

To all Setanta Club Members:

The annual Club Championships will take place this Saturday, 12th September with starts from 3:00pm to 3:30pm.

The start location will be the ‘middle’ Djouce Car Park, its location will be marked with a control flag.

2 courses will be offered, a Medium of c. 4 k, and a Short of c. 2.5k.

Hopefully we will see you there.

Kind regards,
Brendan O’Connor (Organiser).
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Please note that IOA CoVID19 protocols will be in place for the event. Please make sure you are familiar with the requirements. By taking part you are confirming that you …

As most of you know orienteering has recommenced after the lockdown with some park events over the last couple of weeks. Pretty much all are pre-entry now. It was good to see some Setanta faces taking part. Leinster League and provincial championships are scheduled from September onwards, so there is lots to look forward to. The Leinster Champs is already taking entries. Details are on the IOA fixture list. Obviously things are subject to change, so keep an eye out for any cancellations or alterations.
We will be running our club championship as scheduled on Saturday 12th September in the …

This Saturday 22/02/2020 Setanta Orienteers are holding a night orienteering event at Massy’s woods. The event will be signposted from Stocking Lane.

Start times are between 6:15pm-7:30pm.

This is an over 16s event. Anyone under that age wishing to take part must do so accompanied by an adult at all times.

There will be two courses on offer

Long – 3.3km 140 metres 14 controls

Short – 2.2km 90 metres 11 controls.

Cost of entry

Seniors – €7

Students/OAP’s – €5

Parking will be in hellfire woods car park. Follow the tape towards the start and be careful crossing the …