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Team County Down

The county's sport hillwalking team

Step up for County Down

#StepUpForCountyDown

Is County Down your home county?
Are you an experienced and well-equipped hillwalker / mountaineer?
Can you self-navigate confidently through rugged and exposed terrain in any weather using a hardcopy paper map and compass?
Would you like to represent County Down in an all-Ireland sport?

If you answered yes to all four of the above questions, we invite you to #StepUpForCountyDown in the All-Ireland Hillwalking Sports Competitions. For a chance to become a member of your county's sport hillwalking team, you must take part in the All-Ireland Individuals Highpointeering League and / or the All-Ireland Individuals Mountain Race. The Irish sport hillwalking competition season runs between the Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox each year (late March - late September). Any unscheduled postponements or stoppages during the competition season will be noted on our sports competition status page. Participants are required to log relevant location visits using the Peakhunter smartphone app AND register entries with us via our online sports competition forms no later than 30th September.

During October, the five highest point-scoring individuals representing County Down in the Highpointeering Leagues will be identified as the county's official team in the All-Ireland Counties Highpointeering League. Their scores added together will become the county's overall score in the League. The fastest five hillwalkers representing County Down in the Mountain Race will be identified as the county's official team in the All-Ireland Counties Mountain Race. Their times added together will become the county's overall time in the Race. The overall winner of the All-Ireland Hillwalking Counties Championship will be identified based on combined performances in the Highpointeering League and Mountain Race.

Hillwalkers representing Team County Down in our competitions will also be representing Team Ulster.

Further information about the All-Ireland Hillwalking Sports Competitions can be found via the buttons below:

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Encourage the team

Even if you are not participating in the All-Ireland Hillwalking Sports Competitions, we invite you to encourage your county's sport hillwalking team on social media. All you need to do is post this page's URL on Facebook or Twitter (the image below containing your county's location map and hashtag will automatically appear in the post). And don't forget to include #StepUpForCountyDown in the post's text.

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Team history

The 2021 All-Ireland sport hillwalking competitions were scheduled to start on 20th March but have been postponed due to the travel restrictions which are in place to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Click here to find out how you can take part. The next results will be announced in October 2021. County Down's previous competition placings are listed below.