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Woodburn NIOA series 4 event cancelled

The Woodburn event on Sunday September 5^th has been cancelled due to an infection of p.ramorum in the Japanese larch trees. This is the same fungal infection that causes sudden oak death in the USA and it has been identified in three forests in south Antrim.

The Forest Service has placed Woodburn out of bounds for orienteering. They have asked that anyone who goes walking in Woodburn Forest strictly follows the instructions posted there ie to keep to the main paths and remove any mud from footwear before leaving. Preferably they would like people not to go there at all.

Hopefully we shall be able to return there at some stage though considerable map revision will be needed as the stands of Japanese larch are being felled.

Bobby Smyth at the World Mountain Bike O Championships

NWOC orienteer Bobby Smyth was Ireland's sole representative at the 2010 World MTBO championships in Portugal this year.

You can now get a taste of what Bobby experienced at his first major MTBO competition.

read his full report on the Trailblazers MTBO webite here:
http://trailblazersmtbo.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/bobbys-world-champs-report/

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