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| 11th Oct 25 Sat |
Club Meet Oct 25 - Physical conditioning and hill skills Barnett Demesne, Mary Peters Track |
| 12th Oct 25 Sun |
Teens & Tweens O Toolkit Training - Week 3/12 Tollymore Forest Park |
| 19th Oct 25 Sun |
Teens & Tweens O Toolkit Training - Week 4/12 Tollymore Forest Park |
| 25th Oct 25 Sat |
LVO Autumn Trophy Donard Forest |
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News Headlines
- 🌲 Entries Now Open for Autumn Trophy, Donard Forest
- ⏳ Last Chance! Sign Up Closes Tomorrow for Club Meet Physical Session
- 🧭🏃♂️🌲Thrills, Hills & Team Spirit: Inside the Action at the Junior Inter Regional Orienteering Championships!
- 🏃♂️Let’s Get Physical — Club Meet at Mary Peters Track, 11 October
- 🚀 Teens & Tweens Takes Off in Tollymore! 🌟
News
Here are the first 100 hundred words of the latest posts to LVO’s news feed. Please note that hyperlinks appear as plain text in these snippets – click the heading to see the full post with working hyperlinks. The news page is here.
- 🌲 Entries Now Open for Autumn Trophy, Donard Forest - Join us for LVO’s Autumn Trophy in Donard Forest, Newcastle on Saturday 25 October! ⏰ Starts: Between 11:00am – 12:30pm📍 Location: Donard Forest, NewcastleCourses on offer: 🟡 Yellow | 🟠 Orange | 🟢 Short Green | 🔵 Short Blue Whether you’re new to orienteering or a seasoned competitor, come along and test your navigation skills on the scenic slopes of Donard! 👉 Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/lvo-autumn-trophy-25/ 👉Enter directly here: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=16473 #Orienteering #LVO #DonardForest #AutumnTrophy #GetOutside #ExploreNI Read More ...
- ⏳ Last Chance! Sign Up Closes Tomorrow for Club Meet Physical Session - Don't forget to sign up for LVO's Club Meet this coming Saturday 11 October, 10am–2pm at the Mary Peters Track, Belfast. Activities Include: Pilates – indoor session. Professional instruction focusing on core strength training. There will be differentiated exercises for all abilities. Hill training – exercises and techniques to help our climbing and descending technique. Training O courses – 4 courses to choose from to practice your skills and work on your fitness. Register by midnight, Tuesday 7 October Sign up here or scan the QR code - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/W4UE8tCvsC Full details: lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-oct-25 Free for all LVO, NIOA & Orienteering Ireland… Read More ...
- 🧭🏃♂️🌲Thrills, Hills & Team Spirit: Inside the Action at the Junior Inter Regional Orienteering Championships! - Training The annual inter-regional competition for juniors aged 14 to 18 was hosted this year by NWOA and our tiny squad was as enthusiastic as always. Once again all of the team were members of LVO and they worked hard coming up to the event participating in coaching sessions on Slievenagore and Carnawaddy; and Euan, Ewan and Cillian also attended the Czech O Camp over the summer. Once again James qualified for the JROS summer tour, this time to Deeside, so the team was as well prepared as they could be. Competition The individual race was on Torver Back Common a mixed… Read More ...
- 🏃♂️Let’s Get Physical — Club Meet at Mary Peters Track, 11 October - 🌟 LVO Club Meet – Saturday 11 October | 10am–2pm | Mary Peters Track, Belfast 🌟 Ready to train, learn, and connect? Join us for our next Club Meet – open to all levels from juniors to adults. You'll be grouped by ability with your own dedicated coach! 🔹 Activities Include:🧘♀️Pilates – indoor session. Professional instruction focusing on core strength training. There will be differentiated exercises for all abilities.⛰️ Hill training – exercises and techniques to help our climbing and descending technique.🏃♀️ Training O courses – 4 courses to choose from to practice your skills and work on your fitness.… Read More ...
About Orienteering
Videos: Introduction to Orienteering | Setting the map | Using the Compass | Attack Points | Aiming Off | Large Contour Features | Route Choice | Intricate Contours.
Websites: Learn Orienteering (e.g. map colours, legends, control symbols and much else besides) | O-training.net (a resource for orienteering training).
Read about the different types of orienteering here and you’ll find some tips here.