Venue Queens Elms Village
Date Sat, 12th Oct 24
Starts 10:15 to 14:00
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Event Description
| Date | Saturday 12 October 2024 | |
| Venue | 📍Queen’s Elms BT9 (formerly known as Queen’s Elms Village), Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 5BW | |
| Event Format | Club Meet, Coaching and Social. A way to improve your orienteering skills in a social way without the pressure of competition. Taking place every 2nd Saturday of the month (except July, August and December), club coaches put on sessions for orienteers, no matter your age or level. Everyone is welcome! | |
| Entry/Registration | Register via this online form. | |
| Registration closes | Midnight, Tuesday 8 October 2024 | |
| Start Times | Arrive 10.15am for registration at the Tree House, a short walk from the carpark. Coaching takes place 10.30am to 12pm. Control gathering 12pm to 12.30pm. Social of shared packed lunch takes place afterwards 12.30pm to 2pm. An introductory session for QUB (mostly international) students will follow, so please do hang around and chat to the students over lunch. All club members are very welcome to remain after lunch and participate in a FUN sprint relay as a culmination of the introductory session for the students. (The control sites will be different to those used for the club meet.) |
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| Price | 💰 Club Meets are free for members of LVO, NIOA and Orienteering Ireland as well as O-Play and TD1/2 Juniors. Non-members are also welcome to attend any of our activities and events but there is a £3 fee for this activity. After attending three orienteering events, people must join a club so they are insured. From 1 September 2024, membership is only £4 for juniors (up to 20 years old), £8 for young adults (up to £25), £10 for seniors and £20 for families (2 seniors + 1 or more juniors). Find out more here. |
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| Terrain Summary | This is excellent sprint terrain, so the training will be focused on sprint. | |
| Previous Maps/Routegadget | The area was mapped and used for the JK11 Sprint, along with the adjoining Stranmillis University College: https://www.jk.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#29 It has been updated in Sep 2024. | |
| Notes/Courses | 👨👩👧👦 Groups will be organised into people with the same level of technical ability, each having a dedicated coach: O-Play – for children in P3 and under, accompanied by their parents. ⚪🟡 Technical Difficulty (TD) 1 and 2 (White and Yellow) Easy courses with all controls mostly on linear features such as paths, walls and streams. Suitable for P4 children and above and adult newcomers who want a gentle introduction to orienteering. 🟠 TD 3 (Orange) Courses use basic use of a compass and route choice. Ideal for novice orienteers or young juniors with experience (ideally aged 10 and above). On this occasion all groups will be training on TD3 terrain, with the focus for experiened orienteers on making fast decisions. |
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| Kit requirements | 🧥👖 On this occasion full body cover NOT is mandatory. Shorts and singlets are permissible. However If the weather is cold or wet – a waterproof jacket will be mandatory. As well as times of exercise there will be periods of coaching when you will be stationary, so layer up – bring along a hat and gloves to keep comfortable. There is likely to be a bag drop off point with a coach present or close by. NOTE: the club or coach is not responsible for the safe keeping of the kit, it is dropped off at your own risk, so please leave any valuables in the car. On this occasion whistles are not mandatory.
Bring a compass if you use and have one. Some base plate and thumb compasses will be available to borrow and try out. If you have your own dibber, please bring it for a special exercise we have 🙂 Dibbers can be borrowed if you don’t have one. |
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| Parking | Parking will be at the carpark at Queen’s Elms BT9, Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5BW. Please park as directed by the security staff, mentioning that you are on site for orienteering. https://what3words.com/straw.taps.detect | |
| Toilets |
Toilets are in the Tree House. |
Location
Queens Elms Village
78 Malone Road
Belfast
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Volunteers
To volunteer at this event please email volunteer@lvo.org.uk. You can find information on each role here as well as the current list of volunteers.