What a brilliant weekend of Orienteering!
Saturday saw the Individual Races for the Junior Regional Championships and the NI Colour Series.
Well done to all NI Junior team members battling against 168 of the best juniors from across the UK in some fantastic but challenging courses. A special mention to James Ewart who finished 9th in his first year as M14 and Anastasia who finished 10th in W16 – great runs!
Later in the day the courses in Tyrella were opened up for a NI Colour Series event which entertained another 112 competitors including many visiting UK coaches, pitting their wits with the terrain that their juniors had just faced, and even a couple of international visitors from Israel.
Here are the results of the podium placed NI participants:
🟤Brown: George Savell (LVO, 4th), Lyle Fleming (LVO, 5th), Ciara Largey (Fermo, 8th), Olivia Baxter (LVO, 11th), Chris Colwell (LVO, 12th) and Sarah Knight (LVO, 18th).
🔵Blue: Moire O’Sullivan (LVO, 10th), Kieran Rocks (LVO, 13th), David Blair (NWOC, 16th), Stephanie Pruzina (LVO, 17th) Aine McCann (LVO 18th) & Ric Gamble (LVO 19th).
🟢Green: Helen Baxter (LVO, 7th), David Orwin (LVO, 12th), Aileen McCarron (LVO 13th), Michael Murphy (LVO, 14th), Ann Savage (LVO, 15th) & Richard Williamson (LVO, 18th)
🟢Short Green: Cecil Armstrong (LVO, 1st), Peter Howe (NWOC, 2nd), Alison Collins (LVO 3rd), Ian Jamison (LVO 4th) & Rosemary Crowley (LVO, 7th)
🟢Light Green: Norma Rea (LVO 2nd) and Mark Hopkins (LVO 3rd)
🟠Orange: Adam Martin (LVO, 1st), Gail Martin (LVO 2nd) and Lauren Howe (NWOC 3rd).
🟡Yellow: Aran Power (LVO 1st), Ruby Gardiner (LVO 2nd) and Oonagh Reeve (Fermo 3rd).
⚪White: Cahal Power (LVO 1st) and Ellis Reeve (Fermo 2nd).
Well done everyoe!
On Sunday the Juniors returned to the sand dunes for a fun morning of relay racing. This year it was great to see three NI junior relay teams competing.
Well done coach Steph for helping get so many of our young people not just up to speed with the skills needed to tackle the challenges of competitive racing in the most technical areas but the confidence to enjoy the experience.
👏A very busy weekend not just for the Juniors (who were wrecked after two O events, a nights craic with the Alastair Scott Ceilidh Band 🥁🎻🎤 and 2 nights of little sleep) but for all the wonderful volunteers who made it such a success. Thanks especially to weekend coordinator Stephen Gilmore, day organisers, Alan & Andrew Elwood and Gavin & Heather Cairns. Also course planners and controllers, Philip Baxter, Billy & Chloe Reed and Brian Johnston. It was also so encouraging to see so many volunteers from the club involved, some stepping in to fill vital roles in a big event for the first time which may have felt quite daunting – you did brilliantly, thank you so much!
👍Thanks to the Army who allowed us access at Ballykinler and lunches for 2 nights/days to 200 hungry mouths. Also a huge thank you for the welcome we received from Shimna Integrated College who stepped in at the last minute to provide us with accommodation, the Principal and Facilities team couldn’t have been more helpful.
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The next LVO events are on the weekend of the 22-23 October. Saturday is the Autumn Trophy 2 event at Slievnagore in the lower slopes of the Western Mournes and the following day 3ROC are hosting our Club Champs at Carlingford. More information can be found on the links and entries are now open for both events.