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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Newcastle AC Orienteering Taster Session Newcastle – Donard Park |
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Running Wild - Family Orienteering Fun Apr 26 Tollymore Forest Park |
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News Headlines
- Success at this weekend’s JK!
- Tables Update after Ballykelly
- Sign-up Closes on Tuesday 7/04 for Slievenagore Club Meet
- Map Printer Update
- 🧭🌲Good luck to LVO-ers competing in the JK this weekend!
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.
- Success at this weekend’s JK! - What an amazing 4 days of racing over the Easter weekend at the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering in Perthshire, Scotland! 🏃♂️🌲⛰️ LVO members had an incredible experience – from great racing and hanging out, to tackling complicated forests and flying through the fast alleyways of Perth. And the results? Simply outstanding! 🙌🔥 Pride of place goes to James Ewart, who won the overall M16 championship across the Middle and Long races 🥇👏 An incredible achievement for this young athlete, who extends a huge thank you to LVO, NIOA, Mary Peters Trust, and all the coaches across LVO, the… Read More ...
- Tables Update after Ballykelly - Sorry about the delay, but printer issues have been occupying my LVO-time recently. Hopefully, things have now quietened down on that quarter, allowing me back to results processing. The way to access the various tables is to go to "Resources" at the top of the LVO home page and then click "OneDrive Public" in the drop-down list. The NISeries tables are then found by "[1] League and series tables" then "NISeries" then "NISeries2026.pdf". This is a copy of the official tables on the NIOA website but you won't have to download them to view. The large number of non-scoring entries… Read More ...
- Sign-up Closes on Tuesday 7/04 for Slievenagore Club Meet - SIGN UP NOW for contour and open mountain training on Slievengore on Saturday 11 April from 10am–2pm. Sign-up closes Tuesday 7 April at midnight. Perfect training ahead of the Irish Orienteering Championships in Cork on 2-4 May. Full details here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-apr-26/ Read More ...
- Map Printer Update - I have just successfully completed the printing of the maps for next Saturday's Club Meet on Slievenagore so it seems that LVO Map Printing Services is back on the air. However, I have no idea why the printer and PC stopped talking to each other and, worse still, why they became buddies again so a word of warning if your submitting files for the printing of maps - make sure you leave enough time to find other printing facilities should the same thing happen again. 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.