Welcome
Welcome to the world of orienteering, where adventure meets skill and nature comes alive! Whether you are a seasoned navigator or a curious beginner, our club Lagan Valley Orienteers offers an exciting way to explore the great outdoors. Join us as we embark on thrilling journeys through forests, up mountains, and around parks, all while honing our navigation skills, making friends, running together and having fun. See “I tried orienteering” on YouTube and continue reading here.
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| 3rd Jun 26 Wed |
WEE 5 - Botanic Gardens, Belfast Botanic PEC |
| 6th Jun 26 Sat |
NI Sprint Championships Limavady Central Primary School |
| 7th Jun 26 Sun |
Teens & Tweens Learn to Orienteer Course - Week 5/6 Tollymore Forest Park |
| 10th Jun 26 Wed |
WEE 6 - Campbell College, Belfast Campbell College |
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| LVO Results | ...view all | live |
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| Teens & Tweens Learn to Orienteer Course - Week 4/6 Tollymore Forest Park |
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| WEE 4 - Barnetts Demense, Belfast Barnett Demesne, Malone House |
Simp · Win · Route · LL · Hcap pdf · Hcap xl |
| Teens & Tweens Learn to Orienteer Course - Week 3/6 Tollymore Forest Park |
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| WEE 3 - Antrim Castle Gardens ACG Castle Mall Car Park |
Simp · Win · Route · LL · Hcap pdf · Hcap xl |
| Standings | Spring Cup · Autumn Trophy · Colour Standards · hCOW · hCALF 2025 |
| Other Results | NIOA · FERMO · NWOC · IOA · BOF |
News Headlines
- 🗺️ Behind the Scenes: Planning Our Event Locations for 2027–2031
- ⏰ Entries now open for WEE5 Botanic Gardens
- Table Update after Barnett’s
- Tables Updated, at last!
- ⏳ Entries close Sunday for the NI Sprint & Middle Champs
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.
- 🗺️ Behind the Scenes: Planning Our Event Locations for 2027–2031 - 📍 Behind the scenes, our club’s fixtures team has been hard at work planning ahead! We’ve now put the locations for our Regional, NI and club events in place for the next five years (2027–2031). Getting venues secured this far in advance helps us organise maps, permissions and volunteers with plenty of time to spare, keeping everything running smoothly for competitors and organisers alike. You can view all planned locations here: https://lvo.org.uk/events/ Please note that our WEE and Club Meet locations are agreed on an annual basis in collaboration with planners and coaches, so these are not included in the longer-term plan.… Read More ...
- ⏰ Entries now open for WEE5 Botanic Gardens - Entries are now open for WEE5 at Botanic Gardens, Belfast! Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-5-26/ Follow the link or scan the QR Code to go straight to SIEntries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17849 Remember you can bring non-member friends for free! Sign them up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Nq1tubeg52 Read More ...
- Table Update after Barnett’s - Never rains but it pours! After this morning's update of the various tables the Barnett's results are now included in the hCALF tables. Some things to note about the various tables. The NISeries now includes dnf results; although they don't score any points, they count towards the four events needed to be in contention at the end of the year. The various tables will come to life after their next update as the various competitions reach their minimum numbers of scoring results. Thus the NISeries after Slieve Croob (4 out of seven), hCOW also after Slieve Croob (5/9) and hCALF… Read More ...
- Tables Updated, at last! - Sorry about the delay in bringing various tables up-to-date, but the Spring rush of map printing duties has had to take precedence. You can now find the NISeries table (copy of the official version on the NI website), the Colour Standards table, the hCOW tables and the hCALF tables after Magilligan and Antrim Castle. Work is about to get under way to include Barnett's Park in the hCALF tables. Point to note; the Colour Standards table is full of vertical tags to allow you to connect your line of achievement to the header or footer of the page and to… 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.