Meet the Team

from left to right: Conor, Ruairi, Shea, Kev, Niamh, Hugh, Colm

Leg 1: Conor “only good at music” Short

Favourite orienteering technique: Relocating, I use it the most

Result most proud of: Beating Seamus at Shamrock

Result most ashamed of: (thinks deeply...) Will answer after Jukola

Orienteer they admire the most: My mammy

Most annoying habit: Singing and playing piano

Leg 2: Ruairi “the clue is in the name” Short

Favourite orienteering technique: Contouring, cause i’m unfit

Result most proud of: Beating Seamus at Shamrock

Result most ashamed of: Irish squad score-o (note: this was a personal event)

Orienteer they admire the most: My Daddy

Most annoying habit: Turning a negative into a positive, when it is still a negative.

Leg 3: Seamus “where’s the car” O’Boyle

Favourite orienteering technique: Following Seamus “where’s the car” O’Boyle

Result most proud of: Winning the CNOC Summer Series

Result most aSeamused of: See appendix A

Orienteer they admire the most: Seamus “wheres the car” O’Boyle

Most annoying habit: Talking about Seamus “wheres the car” O’Boyle. Never helping unless Ciara is around

Leg 4: Kevin “the putt master” O’Boyle

Favourite orienteering technique: Making the same mistake again, and again, and again... (also applies to orienteering)

Result most proud of: Beating Seamus at Shamrock

Result most ashamed of: Been beating by Colm at Shamrock

Orienteer they admire the most: My older brother (Cian)

Most annoying habit: Laughing about not showering

Leg 5: Niamh “the fat controller” O’Boyle

Favourite orienteering technique: Pretending I’m injured

Result most proud of: Still havn’t been beaten by Caoimhe

Result most ashamed of: Anytime Dad beats me

Orienteer they admire the most: My younger brother (Cian)

Most annoying habit: Running Jukola (they invented Venla for a reason)

Leg 6: Hugh, who? You? Me? No! Hugh Cashell

Favourite orienteering technique: Asking for directions

Result most proud of: Beating Seamus at Shamrock without actually being present

Result most ashamed of: See appendix B

Orienteer they admire the most: Roger Federer. He’s Swiss, so he’s probably good.

Most annoying habit: Overly competitive, a red head, plays cricket, from trinity, a posh Dubliner, continued overleaf (see appendix C)

Leg 7: Colm “the track fairy” Hill

Favourite orienteering technique: Pure blind random luck

Result most proud of: Beating Seamus at Shamrock

Result most ashamed of: Name a race. No seriously, any race.

Orienteer they admire the most: Not applicable.

Most annoying habit: His watch that beeps every hour during the night. Complaining. Complaining about people not training. Complaining about not complaining enough. See all appendices.

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