JHI 2011

JHI 2011

England dominated the JHI this year, winning all but one of the Individual classes, and taking top 3 in both M and W Relays.

There was more interesting competition among the other 3 countries though. After the first day, where the Juniors had to contend with fog down on the open mountainside of Gortalughany, Scotland were only 7 points ahead of Ireland with the Welsh 3 points further behind.

At the Relays on Sunday in Necarne the Scottish, Irish and Welsh "boys'" teams were tied on 14 points each, but the Scottish "girls" pulled another 10 points ahead while the Irish and Welsh coaches waited and calculated scoring possibilities. In the end the Irish prevailed, the Irish Juniors running consistently, with some sparkling performances, in particular from Cliona McCullough and Jack Millar, to increase their lead over Wales and take the Judith Wingham Trophy with an overall margin of 7 points. This trophy is awarded to the winner of the private competition between Ireland and Wales over the 2 days of the JHI.

Results for both days including splits are up at http://www.niorienteering.org.uk/NIOA/index.php?Results.

Scoring system: Individual races for up to 4 runners from each country in each of the 6 classes M14, M16, M18, W14, W16, W18. The best 2 from each country score 8 for 1st, 7 for 2nd, etc. down to 1.

In the Relays there are up to 8 teams from each country, 4 made up of M16/M14/M18 and 4 of W16/W14/W18 running in that order. The best 2 teams from each country in both M and W score 16, next score 14, etc down to 2.

Scores

Indiv M Indiv W Indiv Total Relay M Relay W Relay Total Final

England 41 39 80 30 30 60 140

Scotland 30 21 51 14 22 36 97

Ireland 18 26 44 14 12 26 70

Wales 19 22 41 14 8 22 63

JHI 2011

Irish Results - Individual

M14 3.52km 90m W14 2.72km 75m

1st Harrison McCartneyENG M14 29:43 1st Hannah C-Hughes ENG W14 31:58

Final Information

Links to the maps:

Gortalughany - Individual Race, Sat 1 Oct

Necarne - Relay, Sun 2 Oct

The Individual event will be on Gortalughany moorland south of Florence Court Forest. Assembly, start and finish will be close to the Gortalughany Viewpoint Car Park (GR 168300). Access to the area is sign posted from the A32 approximately 15 Km south of Enniskillen. The approach is along narrow country lanes with a series of narrow and steep zigzags to reach the small car park. Extra parking will be along the road beyond the car park. It is an exposed place in adverse weather! The No Whistle and No Cag No Go rule will be invoked in such circumstances. Please remember to bring them!

Courses:

M18 Brown, 7.1km 300m

M16 Blue2, 5.1km 145m

M14 Lt Green2, 3.5km 90m

W18 Blue1, 4.8km 125m

W16 Green, 3.5km 110m

W14 Lt Green1, 2.7km 75m

All NIOC course lengths here

Terrain Notes

The terrain is open with some areas of scrub woodland. The ground is a mixture of wet bogland and relatively dry karst grassland. Wild fires this spring have greatly reduced the thick heather cover; it remains a physically demanding area. There are a great many depression features a small number of which are dangerously deep potholes; less obvious ones will be marked on the ground with Yellow and Black tape; courses have been planned to avoid them. There are extensive areas of rock and contour detail with few line features.

Map Notes

Up-to-date versions of the maps will be used. There are however only minor differences mainly with improved runnability. 2 things to note: on Gortalughany there is an unusual symbol for exposed peat on the peat cuttings and at Necarne there will be unmarked horse electric fences which will be switched off! and do not impede progress very much. (duck and roll or step through!!!)

JHI Notes

Accommodation will be split among 3 sites with 2 teams (Ireland and Wales) staying at Gortatole OEC, a third at Benaughlin self-catering cottages 5 miles East from Gortatole, and the fourth at self-catering cottages at the Corralea Centre 5 miles West of Gortatole. All bedding supplied; bring own towels. The Saturday evening meal and get-together will be at Gortatole. Charge for the weekend will be £55. All food (Saturday/Sunday), accommodation (Friday/Saturday) and races are included in this price.

For Saturday afternoon bring your swimsuit/shorts just in case we get the chance to go for a swim -there is a leisure centre with swimming pool in Enniskillen. Dinner at Gortatole for all will be at 6.30 pm followed by prize giving and social.

The Sunday Relays will be at Necarne Equestrian Park and Forest. [This is on the outskirts of Irvinestown 15 miles North of Enniskillen. The terrain is mostly open parkland with areas of generally runnable woodland, both deciduous and conifer. It has a track and path network. The parkland is crossed by semi-permanent electric fencing for stock control. It is unmapped but poses no danger or serious impediment to running. We hope to have showers available at the nearby Bawnacre recreation centre to enable teams to head home clean and early!

[NB: the relay is a closed event for JHI participants only]