Relay Champs - Saturday 29th August, 2026

Rossnacaheragh (permissions pending)

Planner: Darren Burke (CorkO)
Controller: Pat Murphy (BOC)
Organiser: Dermot O'Sullivan (CorkO)

The IOC Relays will take place on a brand new area for orienteering - Rossnacaheragh, near Ahakista. 

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01/01/2026: Relay team entries are now available via the Fabian4 website

18/03/2026: Terrain and mapping notes for the IOC weekend are now available! Thanks to our club mapping officer Brian Corbett for compiling this description. 

24/03/2026: Relay team entries will remain open on the Fabian4 website until Friday 17th April at 23:59. It will not be possible to enter the competition after that time.

18/04/2026: Entries for the Relays have now closed.

27/04/2026: For Final Information on the Relay Championships, click here.

18/06/2026: The Relay Champs will be rescheduled to Saturday 29th August. Further details to follow shortly.

04/07/2026: Entries for the re-scheduled Irish Orienteering Relay Championships on August 29th have now opened on the Fabian4 website. All teams who had already registered for the May 4th event have had their entries cancelled, and will be refunded 80% of their entry fees over the coming weeks. Unfortunately, due to fixed costs associated with running the May competition, we are unable to refund 100% of entry fees.

Relay teams wishing to compete in the new event on August 29th will need to enter the new competition on Fabian4. As an incentive to enter, we have reduced the entry fees for the new competition by 20%. We also welcome any new teams, who had not registered for the May event, to join us for the rescheduled event in August.

Relay entries will close on Friday 21st August @ 23:59. We will then e-mail club representatives with details of the course lengths for each team. Team declarations then need to be completed online at Fabian4 by Wednesday 26th August @ 23:59. For enquiries please contact ioc2026@corko.net.

Course information for the Relay Championships is included in the original Final Information document that was published in April. Winning times are likely to be longer than originally planned, due to growth of vegetation over the summer months. Arrangements for parking and getting to the Assembly Area may be updated closer to the competition date.

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Orienteering Ireland Relay Champs Guidelines here.