Author: Alan Elwood

Well done to Andrew E and Rachel C who came 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Helen Wilkinson Memorial club race at Dromore AC on a hot a sticky night on 30 Jun. Great running guys and way to go the ‘orienteers’.

A number of the club juniors took part in the festival at Tollymore over the 19 – 21 Jun 15, including camping over a few nights. The event started with a sprint race around Newcastle town on Friday night, including up into Donard Forest. A good few fish and chips were consumed after the race, not to mention the odd ice-cream. Saturday was the club championships across the open mountainside of Meelmore. This was tough racing terrain and the juniors did really well to put in some great times. That afternoon and evening was taken up with football, cricket, swimming Read More …

The juniors took part in training at Botanic Park and QUB on the 31 May. There were 3 urban sprint courses on offer but with a difference. Although the courses had control descriptions the control code (101, 102 etc) had been removed. To add to the confusion a number of the controls were located very close together – for example either side of a hedge or west and east of a wall or fence. This meant that the athletes had to read the control description very accurately before punching the control. When they got back to the finish they were Read More …

At this year’s AGM at the Donard event on Sat 23 May 15 we will be presenting Junior Incentive Scheme certificates. These will be issued to the juniors that have achieved an increase in their standard level from last year. Those juniors are: Rachel C: Green Level at Bronze Standard Andrew E: Green Level at Silver Standard Peter R: Green Level at Gold Standard Sophie P: Green Level at Bronze Standard Ben C: Yellow Level at Gold Standard Eoghan K: Blue Level at Gold Standard Daniel V: Orange Level at Bronze Standard Matthew V: Orange Level at Bronze Standard Matthew S: Green Read More …

A number of the junior squad got the chance, thanks to Alison, to practice the key skills of attack point and route selection at Ormeau Park on Sunday 17 May. This was a great chance to practice these key skills and you had to keep you whits about you as all those bushes start to look the same when running at speed. Our next training is on the 31 May at Botanic and QUB. Get it in the diary now.

Well done to all the LVO Juniors that took part in the Irish Champs over the Lisburn Festival of Orienteering. They all put in tremendous performances in some very challenging conditions. No more so than on Slieve Croob for the Long Distance in rain, sleet and mist. There were also sprint races in Lisburn and a relay race in Hillsborough Forest Park.   There were some really great results from the following: M14 Sprint 1st place to Andrew E M18 E Sprint 1 st place Paul P M18E Sprint 2nd place Frazer H W14 Sprint 1 st place Rachel C W Read More …

Club juniors got the chance to confirm pacing for 100m on the flat, up hill and down hill at Stormont Estate. This is a really useful and vital skill for orienteering. Our next session is on the 17 May at Ormeau Park. Be sure to make it along.  

Juniors from LVO had a great time at the JK2015 in the Lake District in Cumbria over the Easter Weekend. This was a mix of urban racing around Lancaster University on the Fri evening and technical longer races over a mixed terrain of  hills, open moor and forested areas on the Sat and Sun. The relay race took part on the Mon. It was a demanding few days but the weather was great over the weekend and all juniors really enjoyed themselves and did very well given the difficulty of the courses. A big congrats goes to Luke C for Read More …

A number of our juniors took part in training at Portstewart and Coleraine on the 21 Mar. The day started with training in the sand dunes at Portstewart with a chance to practice contour work in the complex dunes. This was followed by lunch and then some lessons on achieving focus from Philip. Then we headed out again to take part in a number some tricky urban sprint race training around the University of Ulster campus. This was a tricky afternoon with lots of little traps thrown in and the need to pay close attention tot eh control descriptions.