BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-730@lvo.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240621 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240624 DTSTAMP:20240618T132939Z URL:https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/tollymore-festival-2024-lvo-club-weeken d/ SUMMARY:The Tollymore Festival of Orienteering DESCRIPTION:\n\nYou are warmly invited to The Tollymore Festival of Oriente ering 2024.\n\nThe 3-day festival is now in its 15th year and is recognise d across the island of Ireland as being a true celebration of our sport an d community. The Tollymore Festival of Orienteering is about bringing the people of our sport together to connect\, reconnect\, enjoy the craic and\ , of course\, enjoy quality orienteering!\n\nEveryone is welcome to attend \, from any club\, anywhere and we hope to see our friends from Orienteeri ng Ireland join us again.\n\nWe would like to encourage our new comers to come along\, even if you aren’t a member (yet!). If you want to get a re al feel for the ethos and diversity of orienteering in Northern Ireland\, the Tollymore Festival is the place to do that - you will be assured of a warm welcome!\n\nFor 2024\, we have an exciting weekend of orienteering an d activities based in the Newcastle area with camping and Barbeque at Toll ymore Forest Park. The events and activities will take us beyond our base camp\, to some favourite and some new spots.\n\nSchedule of Events and Act ivities\nDAY 1: Friday 21st June - Urban orienteering at Warrenpoint.\nThe first event of the weekend is staged in a brand new area. So it will be f un using a new map to explore the lovely town of Warrenpoint.  There are four courses on offer - Short\, Medium\, Long and a Junior Challenge for e xperienced juniors.\n\nThis event is part of the NI Urban League.\n\nNote\ , due to road and traffic safety requirements\, U16s (actual age) will hav e specific courses\, which avoid road crossings - this needs to be strictl y adhered to for insurance and safety reasons. U16s can enter the Short (w hich is a yellow/TD2 standard) or the Junior Challenge\, where most of the map is missing and compass skills are required!\n\nUrban entries close Mo nday 17th June 2024 at 23:00. There will be a limited supply of maps for e ntry-on-day\, but book online to ensure you get a map of your preferred co urse at a member's discounted price.\n\nWith thanks to planner Moire O'Sul livan\, controller Stephen Gilmore and organiser Kieran Rocks.\n\nFOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO ENTER THE URBAN EVENT CLICK HERE.\n\n \;\nDAY 2: S aturday 22nd June - NIOA Colour Series / LVO Club Championships - Slieve M artin.\nWe return to Slieve Martin for the NI Colour Series event - a grea t area of mixed open hill and forest orienteering. There will be a range o f colour courses available\, so suitable for all ages and abilities.\n\nPl ease note: this event is also doubling up as the LVO Club Championships. L VO members wishing to be considered eligible for the club champs must ente r the course which corresponds to their age/gender.\n\n\n\nBrown\nOpen (M1 8\,20\,21\,35)\nW21\, W35\n\n\nBlue\nM40\, M45\, M50\, M55\, M60\nW18\, W2 0\, W40\, W45\n\n\nGreen\nM16\, M65\nW50\, W55\n\n\nShort Green\nM70\, M75 +\nW16\, W60\, W65\, W70\n\n\nLight Green\nM14\nW14\, W75+\n\n\nOrange\nM1 2\nW12\n\n\nYellow\nM10\nW10\n\n\nWhite\n\n\n\n\n\nCompetitors may wish to 'run up' choosing a higher course\, if so they will be considered competi tive in the higher age category. Competitors who choose to 'run down' a co urse will be ineligible for the club championships but still eligible for NICS and BOF ranking. Example 1: a M40 who enters the Brown course will be competitive in the M21 and M35 categories but not the M18 and M20 because these are considered Junior categories. Example 2: a W45 who enters Green will not be considered eligible for the W50 and W55 titles.\n\nEntries cl ose Monday 17th June 2024 at 23:00.\nParking is £5 per car (unless you ha ve a NMDDC pass) – pay at entrance hut.\nThanks to the event officials - Planner George Savell\, Controller Richard Williamson and Organiser Ailee n McCarron.\n\nFOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO ENTER THE COLOUR SERIES/CLUB CH AMPS CLICK HERE.\n\n \;\nDAY 3: Sunday 23rd June – Tollymore Fun Rel ay\nOn the Sunday morning there will be a 'pot-luck' Relay Course set out in Tollymore forest.\n\nThe start\, finish\, registration and download wil l be close to the campsite. This activity is free to enter on the day – no online entry necessary.\n\nExpected start time\, approximately 10.30am. \n\nNo online entry - just register your name on the sheet at the MOO on t he day before. Names (based on age/ability) will be drawn from a hat into teams of three. The three relay legs will be of varying lengths and Techni cal Difficulty. Each course leg should take between 15-20 minutes. So all wrapped up in about an hour.\nJunior Squad Training- Sunday 23rd June – Tollymore\nAlso happening on Sunday morning\, Steph will be organising spe cific training for the Junior squad to prepare them for the coming JIRCs r aces. This will be happening at the same time as the relay.\n\nCamping\nCa mping is available in the Tollymore Forest ‘bottom’ camping field (not the main camping area or the youth camp site) from Friday through to Sund ay at a reduced cost of £8 per adult. Children 16 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. Enter Tollymore Forest Park from the Bryansford Road. There is a one way system and the exit from the park is to the Hillt own Road.\n\nLocation:\n\n54°13'23.83"N\, 5°55'50.72"W.\n\nWhat 3 words: ///concluded.starring.dragons\n\nToilet and shower facilities are located close by. You can use the Youth Camp site toilet/shower block as well as the main campsite toilet/shower block. There will also be a portaloo locat ed in our camping field.\n\n\nBarbeque\nThe Barbeque will be at 18:30 on S aturday. Please indicate on SI Entries your preference for meat or vegetar ian. There will be paper plates but you may wish to bring your own cups\, plates and cutlery to reduce the use of single use plastics and paper.\n\n Barbeque costs £15 for adult and £7.50 for juniors of primary school age \, 12 and under.\n\n\n\nTollymore Festival of Orienteering BBQ\n\n\nOther Activities\nAs well as the orienteering\, there will other activities avai lable that you and the juniors can enjoy\, such as boules (if you have a s et of boules please bring them with you)\, badminton/volleyball\, archery (with the plastic suckers not the pointy ends!) If you have any garden gam es please bring them along.\n\n \;\nBooking and Entry\nBooking for the BBQ\, Camping and the Day 2 event are available by clicking on the link b elow.\n\nIf you are just attending the BBQ or camping only then\, at the b ottom of the course list on the first page - select “Social Only”. You do not need to enter the event.\n\nIf you are entering the Slieve Martin event as well then you can select a course first then add any number of ca mping and/or BBQ tickets at the end of your entry.\n\nTO ENTER THE SATURDA Y MEELMORE EVENT AND/OR CAMPING &\; BBQ\, CLICK HERE\n\nNote: there is a separate entry link to the Friday Urban event. 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