News

Carlingford: Results for the Senior Home International and Leinster Autumn Series No 1 on 29th September 2013 are now available here: Results .

Christmas Event

December 19, 2024

Our end-of-year, Christmas Score Event is on December 26th, St Stephen’s Day, at Tibradden Wood. Come and join us for [&hellip

Autumn events

November 1, 2024

Despite the weather, we had a successful League event at the Pine Forest on September 15th: thanks to Planner Eoin [&hellip

Club Activities

February 12, 2024

After a busy few weeks in December and January, with out Christmas Score event in Tibradden, and night events in [&hellip

Autumn activity

September 27, 2023

A brief note on what’s happening between now and the end of 2023. We are running a Leinster League event [&hellip

August Orienteering

August 2, 2023

Join us in the Phoenix Park for three Tuesday evening events on the 8th, 15th and 22nd of August. The [&hellip

3ROC at the Irish Championships

May 2, 2023

Four great days orienteering provided by Curragh Naas O-Club last weekend saw several great wins and podium places for 3ROC. [&hellip

Spring Orienteering

February 28, 2023

There are plenty of opportunities for orienteering in the Dublin & Wicklow areas this spring, with even more events if [&hellip

New Year 2023

January 8, 2023

Happy New Year, everyone! The night orienteering season has started, with the first event a recent addition to the fixtures [&hellip

Winter 2022 News

November 30, 2022

The Leinster League events are back, with the final league of 2022 at The Curragh this Sunday (4th December). Pre-entry [&hellip

August O-News

August 13, 2022

Summer Summary There was a lot of orienteering activity over the summer, with major international events including  the first Sprint-only [&hellip

Summer Orienteering

May 29, 2022

Congratulations to the 3ROC prizewinners at the Irish Championships in Kerry at the beginning of May, particularly to Colm Moran [&hellip

April & May Orienteering

April 14, 2022

Good luck to the 3ROC members and others heading to Wales for the JK Orienteering Festival at Easter. “The JK” [&hellip

Spring Orienteering News

March 6, 2022

Griffeen “Come & Try It” for Ukraine Our next event is the “Come and Try It” at Griffeen Park, Lucan [&hellip

January Orienteering

January 4, 2022

  Happy New Year everyone! We are running two night events in January, in the Phoenix Park and at St [&hellip

Christmas and New Year

December 20, 2021

Just a quick note to confirm that our Christmas Score Event is back on, this time at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan. [&hellip

November News

November 22, 2021

We have been very lucky to have had some great opportunities for orienteering in the past few weeks: at last [&hellip

Septober News

September 28, 2021

With the Leinster, Northern Ireland and Munster Championships just around the corner, we’re starting to catch up with the bigger [&hellip

Autumn Orienteering

August 20, 2021

Phoenix Park #3 Well, we have now had two of our three Tuesday evening events in the Phoenix Park, with [&hellip

Summer 2021 at last!

June 9, 2021

Welcome back, everyone! After almost a year with no orienteering we are getting back to normal for the summer. There are [&hellip

Not all Doom & Gloom …

October 25, 2020

None of this was part of our 2020 vision, but even though all organised orienteering has been postponed or cancelled, [&hellip

3ROC News 24th September 2020

September 24, 2020

Living with Uncertainty Sadly, our League event at Carrick Mountain last Sunday was a casualty of the restrictions caused by [&hellip

3ROC News 9 September 2020

September 9, 2020

Carrick Mountain event on 20th September postponed. Unfortunately, due to increased travel restrictions on Co. Dublin due to Covid-19, we [&hellip

3ROC News August 2020

August 4, 2020

What a year, eh? At least we’re starting to get orienteering again, both in forests and parks, with clubs running [&hellip

Getting there … June 2020

June 19, 2020

Return to O: After the shutdown of organised orienteering since March (we’ve had an event at Griffeen Park mothballed from [&hellip

What to do now?

March 21, 2020

What can I do? Since essentially all organised orienteering has stopped due to the Covid-19 epidemic, what are you supposed to [&hellip

Covid-19 causes all orienteering to stop

March 17, 2020

The current Covid-19 virus pandemic has prompted the Irish Orienteering Association to close down all orienteering activities, initially until 29th [&hellip

Orienteering News 11th March 2020

March 11, 2020

Following the recommendation of the IOA and as a result of the current coronavirus situation, we have decided to postpone [&hellip

Orienteering News 3rd March 2020

March 3, 2020

Catch-up time Some of the events which were cancelled recently because of the weather are rescheduled for this weekend: on [&hellip

Orienteering News 26th February 2020

February 26, 2020

  Update: Check the IOA Forum here or Facebook page here for weather updates in case of cancellations. A decision [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 19th February 2020

February 19, 2020

Weather Strikes Again: After storms Ciara and Dennis, will we have a full programme of orienteering this weekend? Luckily the Setanta [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 22nd January 2020

January 22, 2020

Thanks to GEN for running a fantastically successful training weekend in Glendalough last weekend, it’s business as usual this weekend [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News December 2019

December 12, 2019

Gearing up for Christmas – are you following the annual “Route to Christmas” on World ofO? You’ll have a new [&hellip

3ROC News 20th November 2019

November 21, 2019

This Sunday’s orienteering brings us back to Fauna Wood near Donard in Co.Wicklow, where Fingal have revived the old map, last [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 7th November 2019

November 7, 2019

Orienteering this Sunday (October 10th) is the Ajax event at the Vale of Clara, otherwise known as Cronybyrne, between Laragh and Rathdrum [&hellip

Orienteering News 31st October 2019

October 31, 2019

Dublin Sprint Weekend – an exciting weekend’s sprint orienteering this weekend, on four different areas in the capitol. UCDO are [&hellip

Orienteering News 24 October 2019

October 24, 2019

Late entries for Sunday’s Connacht Championships at Union Wood, Sligo, closed at midnight last night (Wednesday 23rd October) so you’re unlikely [&hellip

Orienteering News 17 October 2019

October 17, 2019

This weekend Emo Court, Co. Laois, is the venue for Sunday’s Leinster League event, with the usual range of eight [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News October 2019

October 1, 2019

This weekend The Northern Ireland Championships are at Cassy Water, near Rostrevor, Co.  Down on Saturday, with limited entry on [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 26 September 2019

September 26, 2019

Orienteering continues this weekend with events at Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, where Waterford Orienteers urban series continues on a new map [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News, September 2019

September 15, 2019

Welcome back, everyone, after your summer break! There’s been plenty of activity in the orienteering world, with 3ROC runners at [&hellip

Summer Orienteering 2019

May 25, 2019

Summer Orienteering: Tuesday evening events are running over the summer with a few Sundays as well – you’ll find details [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 9th May 2019

May 10, 2019

Irish Championships Well done to all the 3ROC members who ran at the Irish Championships last weekend – four great days [&hellip

3ROC News 2nd May 2018

May 2, 2019

Just a quick update this week … Good luck to everyone running at the Irish Championships in Fermanagh, Cavan and [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News Easter 2019

April 17, 2019

Thanks to all the helpers at last Sunday’s Leinster League event at the Pine Forest. Colm Moran’s courses went down [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 25th March 2019

March 25, 2019

Rossmore report Fingal’s Leinster League event at Rossmore forest park in Monaghan on Sunday attracted a good field, with an [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 6th March 2019

March 6, 2019

Two events in Leinster this weekend: an urban/park event at Kilbogget Park, Ballybrack on Saturday 9th and a League event at [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 21 February 2019

February 22, 2019

Dublin by Night finished; Clonmel Urban race finished, what’s next? We’re back to the Leinster League again, with the Setanta [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 23 January 2019

January 23, 2019

This weekend: Two Leinster events this weekend – Night orienteering at Crone Wood in Glencree on Saturday and a non-League [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 16th January 2019

January 16, 2019

Dublin by Night starts: Night orienteering isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, although the very good headlights available at reasonable cost [&hellip

Happy New Year from 3ROC!

December 28, 2018

Happy New Year everyone! Another O-year starts, with people changing age class (your age class is determined by your age [&hellip

3ROC Christmas 2018

December 20, 2018

Happy Christmas to everyone! We hope to see you all at our annual Christmas Score Event at Ticknock, on the [&hellip

3ROC News 12th December 2018

December 11, 2018

Leinster League: Top ten positions for 3ROC at the final League event of 2018 last Sunday, with Clodagh Moran (8th [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 31st October 2018

October 31, 2018

A great day last Sunday for the Connacht Championships, with sunshine, a very photogenic forest, interesting terrain and several 3ROC [&hellip

August Orienteering in Dublin

August 15, 2018

Two down, one to go! The Griffeen Park and Cabinteely Park events are over: thanks to the planners and organisers [&hellip

Summer Orienteering 2018

May 25, 2018

Summer O-plans There’s plenty of orienteering on over the summer, even a Leinster League event in August. You may not [&hellip

Orienteering News 3rd May 2018

May 3, 2018

Irish Championships – the pinnacle of our orienteering year! Everyone ready to head north-west for the Irish Championships this weekend? The [&hellip

Orienteering News 26th April 2018

April 26, 2018

Well done to Eoin Riordan (St Gerard’s), winner of the Post-Junior-Cert category at the Irish Schools’ Championships at Emo Court, Co. [&hellip

Orienteering News 19th April 2018

April 19, 2018

Last weekend Epic courses and epic weather in Carrick last Sunday for the 5th Leinster League event, where the weather, [&hellip

Orienteering News 11th April 2018

April 11, 2018

Leinster League, Carrick Mountain, Sunday 15th April: All set for our next event, planned by Valdas Tilunas, organised by Úna [&hellip

Easter Orienteering News 2018

March 28, 2018

Good luck to the 3ROC contingent running in the JK in Stafford over Easter: Aidan, Clodagh, Colm, Cuan, Eoin, Frank, John [&hellip

Orienteering News 22nd March 2018

March 22, 2018

Well done to the 3ROC runners at the Leinster Schools’ Orienteering Championships at Djouce Woods this week: Eoin Riordan (St [&hellip

Orienteering news 13th March 2018

March 15, 2018

There was a good turnout for last Saturday’s Junior Squad time trial in the Phoenix Park, although underfoot conditions were [&hellip

Orienteering News 7th March 2018

March 7, 2018

Well, it’s worth repeating how lucky we were with the snow, that we didn’t have any orienteering planned in Leinster [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 1st March 2018

March 1, 2018

Leinster Championships Well, we certainly had a lucky escape with the Leinster Championships last Sunday! Snow everywhere and blizzard conditions [&hellip

3ROC News 22nd February 2018

February 22, 2018

Just a couple of days to go to the Leinster Championships, all waiting for the start times to be published [&hellip

Orienteering News 1st February 2018

February 1, 2018

Leinster Championships We hope you remembered to enter the Leinster Championships on 25th February in time! Entries don’t close until [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 24 January 2018

January 23, 2018

Last weekend Contrasting conditions for orienteering last weekend, with heavy rain here and snow and ice in Edinburgh. Times at [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 15 January 2018

January 15, 2018

Dublin by Night 1: Phoenix Park  “A keeper”, “A stroke of genius”, “Super event”, “Fantastic idea by 3ROC” – these were [&hellip

New Year 2018

December 30, 2017

Happy New Year to all our members and to everyone reading this! We had a good turnout for the St [&hellip

Christmas Orienteering News

December 17, 2017

Happy Christmas, everyone! We hope you enjoy the festival and can come orienteering on Three Rock on St Stephen’s Day. This event has [&hellip

Orienteering News 7th December 2017

December 7, 2017

The feedback from the Sprint Champs we ran last Saturday was overwhelmingly positive, so well done Aidan on the courses! [&hellip

Orienteering News 23 November 2017

November 23, 2017

Only three days left to enter the 2017 Irish Sprint Championships on December 2nd! Will we make 100 entries? 200? [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 16 November 2017

November 16, 2017

All the excitement this week is about the Irish Sprint Championships which we’re running at Dublin City University on Saturday 2nd [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 1st November 2017

November 1, 2017

Connaught Championships Not too many 3ROC members travelled to last Sunday’s Connaught Championships at Killykeen, Co. Cavan, so well done [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 26 October 2017

October 26, 2017

The best of luck to the 3ROC runners at the Connacht/Connaught Championships in Ulster on Sunday. Killykeen forest park looks [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 11 October 2017

October 11, 2017

This Sunday’s orienteering The Setanta Orienteers event which was postponed from 1st October has been rescheduled for this Sunday, 15th [&hellip

3ROC News 20th September 2017

September 20, 2017

The Leinster League kicked off again after the summer last Sunday with our event at the Pine Forest: thanks to [&hellip

3ROC News 11 September 2017

September 11, 2017

Well, it’s been a busy orienteering summer, but we’re back with our Leinster League event this Sunday, September 17th, at [&hellip

Summer 2017 Orienteering

May 28, 2017

3ROC orienteering news will be largely on the club Facebook page here over the summer. There’s plenty of orienteering on, [&hellip

Orienteering News 4th May 2017

May 4, 2017

An excellent Irish Championships at Oughterard in Co. Galway last weekend saw some great performances on challenging courses in tough [&hellip

Orienteering News April 26th 2017

April 26, 2017

What a great day we had for the League event at Carrick Mountain last Sunday: the weather was perfect for [&hellip

Orienteering News April 19th 2017

April 20, 2017

All back safe and sound from the JK last weekend – four days of great orienteering in the south-east of [&hellip

3ROC Orienteering News 12th April 2017

April 12, 2017

Well done to all our prizewinners at last Sunday’s Leinster Championships: challenging courses, particularly the M21Elite which had a high [&hellip

Orienteering News – 6th April 2017

April 6, 2017

A busy weekend coming up, with a Junior fundraiser sprint event at Massy’s Estate, a nice largely deciduous forest on [&hellip

Orienteering News 29th March 2017

March 29, 2017

A brief lull in the fixtures this weekend with no serious Leinster orienteering, but we have the Sprint-O event at [&hellip

3ROC News 24th March 2017

March 23, 2017

Something to look forward to this weekend is the Leinster League event on the Bull Island in Dublin city on [&hellip

3ROC News 15th March 2017

March 15, 2017

We’ve had some problems with our web page this week, so apologies if you haven’t been able to visit. Facebook [&hellip

3ROC News 8th March 2017

March 8, 2017

Orienteering this weekend is back in Co. Wicklow, with CNOC’s Leinster League event at Scarr, on Sunday, on the road [&hellip

3ROC News 2nd March 2017

March 2, 2017

Well, a very wet day in Cavan last Sunday at Fingal’s Leinster League event at Deerpark, Virginia, but Colm Moran [&hellip

3ROC News 23 February 2017

February 23, 2017

What a great three days orienteering we had last weekend in Armagh! A really imaginative use of the adjoining areas [&hellip

3ROC News 15th February 2017

February 15, 2017

Well, the same committee were returned to serve you for another year at last Friday’s 3ROC Annual General Meeting: Emma [&hellip

3ROC News 8th February 2017

February 8, 2017

The 2017 Leinster League starts this Sunday with Setanta’s event at Djouce Woods. Start times are as usual 11 to [&hellip

3ROC News 1st February 2017

February 1, 2017

Spring, at least as far as the meteorologists are concerned, is here, and with it, the first Sprint event of [&hellip

3ROC News 25th January 2017

January 25, 2017

Some good 3ROC runs last weekend, both in Ireland and abroad. At CNOC’s Donadea event on Sunday, Mary O’Connell finished [&hellip

3ROC News 15 January 2017

January 15, 2017

Happy New Year everyone! We have just run our first event of 2017, the first Dublin by Night event in [&hellip

3ROC News 30th December 2016

December 29, 2016

Happy New Year to you all! We had a big turnout (more than 200) at the Christmas Score Event on [&hellip

3ROC News 13th December 2016

December 13, 2016

  Our next event, in fact the next event in Leinster, is the Christmas Score event on Three Rock on [&hellip

3ROC News 7th December 2016

December 7, 2016

3ROC 40th Anniversary celebration this weekend 3ROC are marking the 40th Anniversary of the club this weekend, with some old-style [&hellip

3ROC News 29 November 2016

November 29, 2016

A misty, moisty, midgey, Monaghan morning last Sunday for Fingal’s Leinster League No 9 at Rossmore Forest Park – beautiful [&hellip

3ROC News 22nd November 2016

November 21, 2016

A lovely day last Sunday for a run around Massey’s Estate and Hellfire Woods, courtesy of Setanta. Lots of cubs [&hellip

3ROC News 17 November 2016

November 17, 2016

                Just a quick reminder this week that there’s orienteering on Sunday 20th [&hellip

3ROC News 9 November 2016

November 9, 2016

We had some challenging courses last Sunday at Carraig na Seabhac, where Ajax provided the day’s orienteering. Very cold conditions with [&hellip

3ROC News 2nd November 2016

November 2, 2016

Congratulations to the 3ROC prizewinners at last Sunday’s Connacht Championships at Ballygar, Co. Galway: Aidan McCullough M16, Mary O’Connell W50, [&hellip

3ROC News 27th October 2016

October 27, 2016

All set for our introductory orienteering event st St Catherine’s Park, Lucan on Monday next, 31st October? The long course [&hellip

3ROC News 10th October 2016

October 11, 2016

Well done to the Irish Junior team who beat Wales last weekend at the Junior Home International near Newcastle on [&hellip

3ROC News 29th September 2016

September 29, 2016

Back to Fair Mountain for this Sunday’s Leinster League orienteering event: it’s a mixture of detailed open mountain and forest about [&hellip

3ROC News 22nd September 2016

September 22, 2016

Happy Autumn Equinox everyone! Just over three months to the Christmas Score Event on Three Rock! In the meantime, thanks [&hellip

3ROC News 14th September 2016

September 14, 2016

Welcome back to the real orienteering season, starting this Sunday (18th September) with our Leinster League event at the Pine [&hellip

3ROC News 24th August 2016

August 24, 2016

Well, the real orienteering season is about to start and our three evening events in the Phoenix Park are over [&hellip

3ROC News August 2016

August 16, 2016

Welcome back to everyone after the “summer”! Our three evening events in the Phoenix Park are currently underway: the Papal [&hellip

3ROC News 26th May 2016

May 26, 2016

The last 3ROC event before the summer is this Sunday’s mountain bike orienteering at Carrick Mountain, Glenealy. Two courses of [&hellip

3ROC News 6th May 2016

May 7, 2016

Well, after an excellent Irish Championships in Co. Waterford last weekend the main orienteering season is tailing off, except for [&hellip

3ROC News 27th April 2016

April 27, 2016

Off to the Irish Championships this weekend! WatO are putting on an ambitious programme of sprint, middle, classic and relay [&hellip

3ROC News 19th April 2016

April 20, 2016

Well, the Leinster Championships are over – a lot of work went into the event over the past year and [&hellip

3ROC News 13th April 2016

April 13, 2016

Carrick Mountain here we come! The final countdown to the Leinster Championships is on. We have 198 entries, from all [&hellip

3ROC News 6th April 2016

April 6, 2016

The final course information for the Leinster Championships on Sunday 17th April is on the LOC2016 page here. Final details [&hellip

3ROC News 30th March 2016

March 30, 2016

All ready for WOW this weekend? The “Wexford Orienteering Weekend” is joint effort by Waterford Orienteers, CNOC and DUO, with [&hellip

3ROC News 23rd April 2016

March 23, 2016

Happy Easter everyone! 3ROC are off to the 50th Jan Kjellstrom O-Festival (“the JK”) in Yorkshire this weekend – about [&hellip

3ROC News 16th March 2016

March 16, 2016

Well,we were right about the weather for Ajax’s Leinster League event at the Bull Island last Sunday: another great day’s [&hellip

3ROC News 9th March 2016

March 9, 2016

Where did all the scouts come from? We had almost 200 people at our come-and-try-it event in the Phoenix Park [&hellip

3ROC News 2nd March 2016

March 2, 2016

All set for our event in the Phoenix Park on Sunday 6th March: start from 11 to 1 pm at [&hellip

3ROC Mid Term Break!

February 20, 2016

No local orienteering until Castletown House, Celbridge, on Sunday 28th February for the next Leinster League event, run by Fingal. [&hellip

3ROC News 9th February 2016

February 9, 2016

Shrove Tuesday today, so just over 6 weeks training left before the JK in Yorkshire at Easter! There are a [&hellip

3ROC News 4th February 2016

February 4, 2016

Unusual distractions at Fingal’s night event last Saturday at ALSAA – the Dublin Airport sports complex: big noisy things with [&hellip

3ROC News 26th January 2016

January 26, 2016

After runs at Larch Hill at night on Saturday and Donadea on Sunday, next weekend only has one event in [&hellip

3ROC News 19th January 2016

January 19, 2016

“Dublin by Night” continued with Setanta’s night event at the Hellfire Club last Saturday. Aonghus ÓCléirigh and Róisín Long took [&hellip

3ROC News 13 January 2016

January 13, 2016

We had a turnout of nearly 60 for the first “Dublin by Night” night-O of 2016 in the Phoenix Park [&hellip

3ROC News 6th January 2016

January 6, 2016

Details of the first Dublin by Night event on Friday 8th January are on the 3ROC Facebook page here and [&hellip

Happy New Year!

December 26, 2015

Where was King Wenceslas when we needed him? Instead of the snow lying deep and crisp and even, we had [&hellip

Happy Christmas from 3ROC

December 20, 2015

Happy Christmas, everyone, from 3ROC! We hope you have all bought your O-suits, compasses, shoes, GPS and everything, ready for [&hellip

3ROC News 8th December 2015

December 8, 2015

Munster here we come! Cork Orienteers and Defence Forces Orienteers join forces this Sunday to host the Munster Championships at [&hellip

3ROC news December 1st 2015

December 1, 2015

As the club Facebook page says, Clodagh (the storm) went orienteering last Sunday at our event at Griffeen Park! The [&hellip

3ROC News November 24th

November 24, 2015

Come to Griffeen Park, Lucan, on Sunday 29th November for the next 3ROC event, a come-and-try-it introductory event starting from [&hellip

3ROC News November 18th

November 18, 2015

Well done to our prizewinners at last Sunday’s Connacht Championships at Oakport, Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon:  Cuan Riordan (M12), Aidan McCullough [&hellip

3ROC News 10th November 2015

November 10, 2015

This weekend’s Connacht Championships brings us to a new area, Oakport in Co. Roscommon, for Sligo Orienteers first big event. [&hellip

3ROC News 3rd November 2015

November 3, 2015

What a great day’s orienteering we had on the Featherbeds on Sunday, thanks to Ajax! Summertime has returned, with the [&hellip

3ROC News 26th October2015

October 27, 2015

Congratulations to the Irish Junior Team who emulated the Seniors and beat Wales at the Junior Home International in Co. [&hellip

3ROC News 19th October 2015

October 19, 2015

After a run around the Curragh at the weekend, it’s more open ground orienteering next weekend although the terrain changes [&hellip

3ROC News 12th October 2015

October 12, 2015

Well done everyone involved in yesterday’s Leinster League event at Ballyedmonduff– where we turned the Three Rock Mountain map upside [&hellip

Leinster League event October 11th 2015

October 1, 2015

Our first Leinster League event of the Autumn is on Sunday 11th October at Ballyedmonduff, between Stepaside and Glencullen. This [&hellip

New Orienteering Season starts

September 5, 2015

September sees the start of the new O-season, with local events in Dublin parks run by Fingal Orienteers and the [&hellip

3 runs in the Phoenix Park

July 20, 2015

We have three Tuesday evening events in the Phoenix Park in July and August: July 21st at the Papal Cross [&hellip

Summer Orienteering

May 17, 2015

With the Irish Championships finished, it’s time for some summer orienteering: the Tuesday evening events start on May 19th at [&hellip

3ROC News 6th May 2015

May 6, 2015

LVO provided us with some great Irish Championship orienteering over the Bank Holiday weekend, with a sprint, Long Distance, Relay, [&hellip

3ROC News 28th April 2015

April 28, 2015

All set for the Irish Championships at the weekend? We have more than 20 running from the club and six [&hellip

3ROC News 24th April 2015

April 24, 2015

Well done to all the 3ROC prizewinners  and runners up at last Sunday’s Leinster Championships – they’re all listed on [&hellip

3ROC News 14th April

April 14, 2015

All ready for the Leinster Championships on Sunday at Lough Firrib? The forecast looks better than it was for the [&hellip

3ROC News 30th March 2015

March 30, 2015

A big thank you to all the club members who came out in some pretty bad conditions to help at [&hellip

Pine Forest, 29th March 2015

March 20, 2015

Our final Leinster League event before the summer:  Pine Forest, Rockbrook, Co. Dublin.  Start times 11 am to 1 pm. [&hellip

3ROC News 17th March 2015

March 17, 2015

Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone! We’re back to the Bull Island on Sunday 22nd for Ajax’s Leinster League event: see [&hellip

3ROC News 11th March 2015

March 11, 2015

A lovely area at Oughaval – Oakwood in Stradbally, Co. Laois for CNOC’s Leinster League event last Sunday, with 3ROC [&hellip

3ROC News 4th March 2015

March 4, 2015

Pretty grim conditions for our inaugural event at St Catherine’s Park in Lucan last Sunday – fine putting out the [&hellip

3ROC News February 16th 2015

February 16, 2015

A couple of changes to the fixtures list for you: Saturday night “Dublin by Night” at Deerpark, Mount Merrion and [&hellip

3ROC News: 10th February 2015

February 11, 2015

Some good performances from 3ROC at last Sunday’s Leinster League event hosted by DUO at Djouce Woods: Clodagh Moran pipped [&hellip

3ROC News: February 2nd 2015

February 2, 2015

The Leinster League starts again this Sunday with DUO’s event at Djouce Woods, on a map borrowed from Setanta with [&hellip

3ROC News: 27th January 2015

January 27, 2015

This Saturday, Dublin by Night continues at Bushy Park, Terenure, where GEN stage the third event in the series. Start [&hellip

3ROC News – 19th January 2015

January 20, 2015

The night-O season is in full swing with Setanta’s “Dublin by Night” event on Saturday 24th at Ballinascorney, above Bohernabreena. [&hellip

3ROC news January 4th 2015

January 4, 2015

Happy New Year everyone! We hope you enjoyed Christmas and the St Stephen’s Day event on Three Rock, even if [&hellip

3ROC News 16th December 2014

December 16, 2014

Well, Happy Christmas everyone! Let’s hope you’re all coming to the annual Christmas Score Event on Three Rock on St [&hellip

3ROC weekly news 2 December 2014

December 2, 2014

The last Leinster League event before Christmas is on the Curragh on Sunday. The usual start times, 11 am to [&hellip

3ROC Weekly News 25th November

November 25, 2014

All ready for our local event at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan, on Saturday 29th. Start times are 10.00 to 12.00 [&hellip

This week’s orienteering: November 17-23

November 17, 2014

Congratulations to Connacht Championship winners from 3ROC: Cliona McCullough (W20), Mary O’Connell (W50) and John McCullough (M60) on the very [&hellip

This week’s Orienteering – October 6th

October 6, 2014

Well done to the 3ROC prizewinners at Saturday’s Northern Ireland Championships at Castle Saunderson: Con Carroll (1st M80), Seán Rothery [&hellip

This week’s Orienteering: September 2nd

September 2, 2014

This week sees the first Mountain Bike Orienteering event, at Djouce Woods on Saturday 6th, and Fingal’s second “Scatter” event, [&hellip

August/September News

August 16, 2014

The last of our three 3ROC summer Tuesday evening events in the Phoenix Park is on Tuesday 19th August at [&hellip

3ROC summer news

June 28, 2014

Tuesday evening orienteering: most Tuesdays from now until late August: get a free T-shirt if you finish four events. See [&hellip

This week: to June 24th

June 20, 2014

Lagan Valley Orienteers ar on Friday evening staging their annual O-Festival at Newcastle and at Tollymore, Co. Down, this weekend: [&hellip

This week: June 8-17

June 9, 2014

I know that’s more than a week!  The penultimate CNOC Tuesday evening event is at the eastern part of the [&hellip

This week’s news: June 2nd

June 2, 2014

Well done to the 3ROC class winners at the Irish 3-Day in Co. Galway this weekend: Oisín May (M10), Caoimhe [&hellip

This week: May 19-25 2014

May 18, 2014

Well, there’s still plenty of activity this week even if the Leinster League and Irish Championships are over. The CNOC [&hellip

This week’s news: May 11th

May 11, 2014

GEN ran the final event in the Leinster Spring Cup on Sunday 11th at Brockagh, where the strong wind and [&hellip

This week’s news – May 5 2014

May 7, 2014

Well done to all our prizewinners and survivors from the weekend’s Irish Championships! We had several Irish Champions from the [&hellip

3ROC Leinster Champions 2014

April 6, 2014

Colm Moran started the week winning the 3ROC Spring Cup event at Pine Forest last Sunday and finished it by [&hellip

This week’s orienteering: March 3-10

March 5, 2014

Well done to 3ROC’s Eoin McCullough (representing Trinity College) and Colm Moran (representing UCD), finishing 2nd and 3rd in the Intervarsity [&hellip

This week’s O-News February 17-23

February 17, 2014

Well, the Dublin by Night night-O series is finished: our event on Saturday night on Three Rock was poorly attended, [&hellip

This week’s O-News Feb 10-16 2014

February 11, 2014

Well, no change at last Friday’s AGM: the committee remains as it was, with Honorary Manager John McCullough, Treasurer Gerry [&hellip

3ROC AGM Friday 7th February

February 7, 2014

A reminder that the 38th AGM of 3ROC will be at Ballinteer St John’s GAA Club, Grange Road, Dublin 16 [&hellip

The mystery of Control #165

January 6, 2014

Control 165 went missing from the open mountain above Barnacullia during the Christmas Score event on Three Rock in December [&hellip

Happy New Year!

December 29, 2013

The last Leinster event of 2013 and the first of 2014 run by 3ROC:  a cold and windy St Stephen’s [&hellip

Countdown to Christmas!

December 18, 2013

The wind-down to Christmas has started, soon to be followed by the sudden realisation that we have an event to [&hellip

This week’s orienteering Dec 9-15

December 10, 2013

Well, actually, there isn’t a whole lot happening this week in Leinster, except the League Prizegiving at Base Camp in [&hellip

3ROC now on Twitter!

October 18, 2013

3ROC now have a twitter account to help us keep in touch. Click the twitter logo at the top of [&hellip

Orienteering – October 19/20

October 13, 2013

Well done to the 3ROC prizewinners at Saturday’s Northern Ireland Championships:  First place for Colm Moran (M21E), Mary O’Connell (W50),  [&hellip

Events – October 12/13

October 7, 2013

The Northern Ireland Championships are at Meelmore and Luke’s Mountain near Tollymore at the north western corner of the Mourne [&hellip

Orienteering – October 5/6

October 3, 2013

The main local activity this weekend is Setanta’s Leinster Autumn Series event at Fair Mountain, beside the Wicklow Gap, also [&hellip

SHI & Leinster at Carlingford

September 30, 2013

Thanks to everyone for helping at yesterday’s epic event at Carlingford. Two Irish winners on the SHI team (Toni O’Donovan [&hellip

Orienteering- 21/22 September

September 17, 2013

This weekend’s local orienteering is GEN’s event at Cabinteely Park on Sunday. Further afield, some 3Rockers are going to run [&hellip

This weekend’s Orienteering

September 10, 2013

The last of Fingal’s three “scatter” events takes place on Sunday 15th September at Fr. Collins Park, near Clare Hall [&hellip

This wekend’s orienteering

September 6, 2013

Fingal are running their second “scatter” event at Newbridge House, Donabate, Co. Dublin with a mass start at 12.00 on [&hellip

3ROC events planned for 2013/14

August 29, 2013

Here are some details of the events we plan to run this season: August 13, 20, 27 Three Tuesday evenings [&hellip

Phoenix Park August series No 2

August 19, 2013

The second 2013 Tuesday evening event is on 20th August at the Furry Glen. Two courses, about 3 km and [&hellip

First Phoenix Park Tuesday a success

August 14, 2013

Our first Tuesday evening event in the Phoenix Park yesterday (August 13th) attracted about 100 people, many of them newcomers. [&hellip

Missing Link Discovered! JK2011

June 26, 2013

You may remember the 2011 JK in Northern Ireland. The organisers made three short videos of the event to promote [&hellip

What’s on this week June 19+

June 19, 2013

This weekend we have the Setanta Rogaine in Co. Wicklow – see the Setanta web site for details. Entries close [&hellip

This week’s activity …

May 28, 2013

CNOC’s third Tuesday evening event is at Hill Wood, Monasterevan, part of the estate once owned by Count John McCormack [&hellip

Mays win Fingal Relays for 3ROC

May 19, 2013

The May family of Una, Cian and Justin mopped up the opposition today in winnming the Fingal Relays at Newbridge [&hellip

Good luck at IOC 2013!

May 2, 2013

Good luck to all the 3ROC runners at this weekend’s Irish Championships in Co. Galway. We have 23 runners in [&hellip

3ROC Win Leinster Inter-Club

April 30, 2013

3ROC retained the Leinster Inter-Club trophy last Sunday at Corkagh Park, so well done everyone for coming and running! We [&hellip

Well done at Clarabeg!

April 22, 2013

Thanks to everyone for their help in running our event yesterday at Clarabeg. Pat chose a sheltered, sunny spot for [&hellip

Irish Relay Championships

April 4, 2013

Are you going to IOC 2013 in Co. Galway on the May Bank Holiday weekend? Would you like to run [&hellip

Happy Easter!

March 25, 2013

We’ll have members orienteering in several places over Easter: Ger Butler will be one of the 3Rockers running at the [&hellip

TCD Super Sprint

March 2, 2013

The 3ROC duo of Colm Moran and Eoin McCullough took the first two places today in the TCD sprint race, [&hellip

New Committee Elected

February 15, 2013

Welcome to the 2013 Committee of 3ROC: Ger Butler, Gerry Cunningham (Treasurer), Pat Flanagan, Emma McAuley, John McCullough (Honorary Manager) [&hellip

This weekend’s orienteering

February 14, 2013

After Friday’s AGM, the first Campus Sprint event is on Saturday morning in UCD, start 11 to 1, with 4 [&hellip

AGM Reminder

February 11, 2013

Remember that the club’s 38th Annual General Meeting is on at 8 pm this Friday, February 15th, at Glenalbyn Sports [&hellip

Events for 9th/10th February

February 6, 2013

Saturday night and Sunday morning … The final event of the Dublin by Night series will be in Hollywood Forest [&hellip

This weekend’s orienteering

January 22, 2013

Sorry, folks, but there’s only Night-O on locally this weekend: Setanta’s “Dublin by Night” #3, near Ashford in Co. Wicklow [&hellip

Next events

January 13, 2013

Orienteering events next weekend, 19th/20th January, are:  the second Dublin by Night run by GEN at Carrickgallogan (east of the [&hellip

Night on the Bare Mountain

January 12, 2013

Conor Short (CNOC) finished ahead of the 3ROC pair of Colm Moran and Justin May in tonight’s  first “Dublin by [&hellip

AGM Notice

December 28, 2012

The 2013 Annual General Meeting will be at Glenalbyn Sports Centre, Stillorgan, on Friday 15th February. Full details will be [&hellip

20 controls – 60 minutes …

December 26, 2012

Could anyone beat the clock? 20 controls in 60 minutes on Three Rock on St Stephen’s Day?  Justin May showed [&hellip

3ROC W18 Trophy Found!

December 23, 2012

After a gap of several years the 3ROC Trophy presented to the winner of the W18 class at the Irish [&hellip

Next 3ROC Events

December 4, 2012

Watch out for the next few 3ROC events: On the 26th December we have our annual St Stephen’s Day score [&hellip

1, 2, 3 in Connacht Champs

November 25, 2012

Congratulations to 3ROC’s Kevin Cunningham (1st M14), Brian Hollinshead (2nd M70), Vera Murtagh (2nd W75) and Aine Ni Shuilleabháin (3rd [&hellip

Lynam Lecture 29th November

November 20, 2012

  The “Lynam Lecture” is aimed at continuing the legacy of Joss Lynam (1924 – 2011), in recognition of his [&hellip

Colm Wins at Castlemorris

November 19, 2012

Congratulations to 3ROC’s Colm Moran on winning the Brown course at the Leinster Autumn Series competition last Sunday. Fingal Orienteers’ [&hellip

Carlingford 21 Oct 2012 Splits

October 27, 2012

After many hours of trawling through files and reading SI boxes we now can confirm the results and add the [&hellip

Saturday morning training for all!

October 12, 2012

All 3ROC members, friends and newcomers thinking of taking up orienteering are welcome at Ticknock on Saturday 13th, from 11 to 1 [&hellip

3ROC at NI Championships

October 6, 2012

3ROC took several prizes at today’s Northern Ireland Championships at Binevenagh,  Co. Derry. Colm Moran overtook Ger Butler to win [&hellip

Leinster Champions – Well done!

October 1, 2012

Congratulations to 3ROC’s prizewinners at yesterday’s Leinster Championships at Carraig na Seabhac in Co. Wicklow: Clodagh Moran (W12), Cliona McCullough [&hellip

Volunteer for Carlingford!

September 26, 2012

We’re getting ready for our Leinster Autumn Series event at Carlingford, Co. Louth, on Sunday 21st October.  Trina Cleary is [&hellip

3ROC at the Leinster Champs

September 25, 2012

Good luck to all our runners at Sunday’s Leinster Championships near Glenmacnass. A large group from the club have entered: [&hellip

3ROC Juniors Run Up

September 19, 2012

Good luck to two 3ROC juniors, Eoin and Cliona McCullough, who have been selected to run on the Irish team [&hellip

All Smiles at Carrick

September 15, 2012

It was great to see finishers smiling broadly when they crossed the line at today’s mountain bike orienteering event at [&hellip

Carrick MTBO Final Info

September 9, 2012

Courses are finalised for Saturday’s mountain bike orienteering event at Carrick Mountain, Glenealy. The courses will be about 16 km [&hellip

O-Training for new members

September 6, 2012

We are running an orienteering instruction session (learn to read a map – use a compass – navigate) on Saturday [&hellip

Mountain Bike Orienteering

September 4, 2012

John McCullough has planned two courses for the 3ROC MTBO event at Carrick Mountain, Glenealy, on Saturday September 15th. The [&hellip

August Series a Success

September 4, 2012

Our four “Get lost in the Park” Tuesday evening events in August were a solid start to the season for [&hellip

Phoenix Park evening event 7th Aug

August 10, 2012

3ROC Orienteering Club ran their first of four  Evening events in Phoenix Park on Tue 7th August attracting more than [&hellip

Trina makes A final in World Masters

July 7, 2012

3ROC’s Trina Cleary has qualified for the W65 class A-Final at the World Masters Orienteering Championships in the Harz Mountains [&hellip

Hundreds try O at Farmleigh

July 5, 2012

Hundreds of people tried orienteering for the first time at the Athletics Ireland Family Fitness Festival at Farmleigh last Sunday. [&hellip

Wicklow Way Relay 2012

July 4, 2012

A gallant 3ROC team took to the hills again on May 26th to run the IMRA Wicklow Way Relay, 127 [&hellip

MTBO in September

July 4, 2012

We plan to run a mountain bike orienteering event on Carrick Mountain near Glenealy, Co. Wicklow, on Saturday 15th September. [&hellip

Irish Championships Wins for 3ROC

June 23, 2012

Congratulations to the relay team of Ger Butler, Clíona McCullough and Eoin McCullough for their fine win in the Handicap 6 class at IOC 2012 at Castlegregory, Co. Kerry

3ROC win Leinster inter-club Challenge

June 23, 2012

A good turnout across all the classes saw 3ROC take the Leinster Inter-Club Challenge trophy at GEN’s event at Carrickgolligan on May 20th

Subscription Reminder!

June 23, 2012

We are still waiting for some of our members to pay their 2012 annual subscription

3ROC at Jukola

June 23, 2012

Four 3ROCkers ran in the biggest O-Relays in the world on June 16/17 in Finland

Get Lost in the Park!

June 23, 2012

We’re getting ready for the new season with four events on Tuesday evenings in the Phoenix Park in August