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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Running Wild - Family Orienteering Fun Mar 26 Tollymore Forest Park |
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News Headlines
- 🧭 🏃♂️ 54 Mini Kites and a Lot of Gaffling! Club Meet Relay Success
- ⏰ Sign-up closes for Relay Club Meet on Tuesday 10/3
- Attention All Event Planners!!!!
- 👟♻️ Junior Squad RE-RUN Kit Sale at the Spring Scatter – Donate, Shop & Support Our Young Orienteers! 🧭💚
- ⏰ Entries CLOSE TOMORROW (Monday 2/3) for LVO’s Spring Cup! 🌿
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.
- 🧭 🏃♂️ 54 Mini Kites and a Lot of Gaffling! Club Meet Relay Success - What a fantastic morning at today’s Club Meet in Lady Dixon Park! A huge thank-you goes to our brilliant coaches Philip, Helen and Olivia Baxter, along with their ever-helpful assistant Alan Elwood. More than 30 club members turned out and were treated to a lively session focused on relay skills ahead of the upcoming JK and Irish Orienteering Championships. Philip kicked things off with the help of some volunteer juniors, explaining the concept of “gaffling” — and why it’s very important not to blindly follow someone who might be heading to a completely different control! To put it all into practice,… Read More ...
- ⏰ Sign-up closes for Relay Club Meet on Tuesday 10/3 - SIGN UP NOW for Relay Training at Lady Dixon Park on Saturday 14 March, from 10am–2pm. Sign-up closes Tuesday 10 March at midnight. If you’ve got your eye on the relays at the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering (JK) and the Irish Orienteering Championships, this is the session you don’t want to miss. Philip Baxter is bringing the full relay experience to Lady Dixon Park. Full details here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-mar-26/ Read More ...
- Attention All Event Planners!!!! - The club printer has just developed a fault which leaves me unable to print event maps. Until I can resolve the problem LVO Map Printing Services will be off the air. Alan Gartside Read More ...
- 👟♻️ Junior Squad RE-RUN Kit Sale at the Spring Scatter – Donate, Shop & Support Our Young Orienteers! 🧭💚 - We’re excited to be running a Junior Squad RE-RUN Kit Sale at the Spring Scatter on Saturday 18th April 2026. This is a fundraiser to support our junior squad, and we’d love your help! If you have any outgrown or unused club kit in good condition, O-tops, trousers, O-shoes, trainers, or other outdoor gear, please consider donating them. We will then sell the kit at affordable prices, with all proceeds going to the junior squad. Please give any donations to Fionne, Moire or Steph by Sunday 12th April. On the day of the Spring Scatter, come along and find our… 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.