Happy New Year to all Fingal Orienteers members and friends.

We are looking forward to a very active orienteering year in 2026.
There will be an Irish Sprint Championships weekend in Limerick on the 21st and 22nd of March.

The Irish Long, Middle, and Relay Championship weekend will take place as usual on the May bank holiday weekend. It will take place on the open hill terrain of the Sheeps Head peninsula in West Cork.
The sprint has been separated because of no suitable sprint terrain in the Bantry area.

Details and links to enter both are on the Irish Championship Website .

The highlight of the year should be the OO Cup taking place on the last weekend of July in the Killarney area in Kerry. This 5 day event could be the largest orienteering event ever in Ireland, with possibly 2000 competitors taking part. Anyone who has been to the OO cup in Slovenia, France, or other countries will know that the emphasis will be on providing top class technical courses while also providing for juniors and other less experienced participants.

Details and link to entries are on the OO CUP Website

The first Fingal event of 2026 will be a night event in Skerries. Registration, Start, and Finish will be in the carpark of Skerries Mills. There will be a long and a short course. Starts from 6 PM until 7 PM. While there will be running on the streets the courses will also cross open parkland and the ballast pits near the train station.

Entries are open on the OI Fixture list.