On Saturday 22nd February almost 50 LVOers made the trip to Loughrey College and MUSA, just outside of Cookstown, for the NI Score Championships. The area was a mixture of buildings, farmland and tricky woodland, in which runners had 50 minutes to collect as many of the 28 controls as possible, with points deducted for being late back.
Top performances of LVO juniors went to James Millar and Jill Stephens, winning the Junior M and W classes, with Harry Earnshaw, Matthew Smith, Peter Reed, Andrew Elwood, Rachel Collins, Sophie Pružina and Clare Reid all in the top 5 in their class.
Afterwards was the NIOA Prize Giving, with LVO scooping all the junior prizes from the NI Champs, and a few in the Colour Series too!
Once it got dark, it was time for the Night Championships – more tricky orienteering on the same area, but in the dark. James Millar was 4th on the A course, and Peter McClure and Andrew Elwood 2nd and 3rd on the C.
NIOA Prizes 2013
NI Orienteering Championships
M10 LUKE COLLINS
M12 ANDREW ELWOOD W12 ELLEN SMITH
M14 EOGHAN KNIGHT W14 RACHEL COLLINS
M16 JAMES MILLAR W16 JILL STEPHENS
M18 PAUL PRUZINA
M20 DAVID MCGIBBON
M21 ALLAN BOGLE W21 ROSALIND HUSSEY
M40 DECLAN MCGRELLIS
M45 BILLY REED W45 HEATHER CAIRNS
M50 GREG MCCANN W50 PAULINE O'HARA
M55 PHIL STUART W55 ANNE MURRAY
M60 RAYMOND FINLAY W60 TERESA FINLAY
M65 WILBERT HOLLINGER
M70 RICHARD MCCOURT
M75 NOEL BOGLE
NI Colour Series
Men Women
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Brown Paul Pruzina Susan Lambe
Blue James Millar Olivia Baxter
Green Colin Smith Teresa Finlay
Light Green Ross Walker
Long Orange Gordon Black Ursula Meehan
Orange Peter Reed
Yellow Stephen Black Rose Deery