Pupils from Cronk-y-Berry primary school have become among the first to test drive the orienteering course installed in Douglas Borough Council’s Noble’s Park.

The park was mapped by Markus Puusepp (Trans Atlantic Mapping Company) for Peo (Per-Olof) Bengtsson, a renowned promoter and international orienteering competitor of World Wide Orienteering Promotion.  The map was used for a successful Scandinavian international orienteering event in late October 2012 as part of a series of orienteering events undertaken by the company during a European tour.  The base map was then donated to Isle of Man orienteers William Higgins and Sandor Talas to help develop orienteering in the island.  In collaboration with Douglas Borough Council Mr Higgins developed a permanent orienteering course in Noble’s Park with 48 control points which was installed in early July.  Pupils from Cronk-y-Berry primary school then launched the course and map in the company of Mr Higgins and the Council’s deputy regeneration and community advisory committee chairman Councillor John Faragher.

(Archallagan plantation is also being set up for a permanent orienteering course).

For more information contact William Higgins 827620, w.higgins@cronkyberry.sch.im or Sandor Talas, 226072, sandor.talas@gmail.com.

Photo - Pupils from Cronk-y-Berry School prepare to launch the orienteering course in Noble’s Park. Also pictured are Councillor John Faragher, Cronk-y-Berry’s William Higgins and Douglas Borough Council’s head of park David Hewes, back row third, second and extreme right respectively. Picture Andrew Barton.