Author: Alan Gartside

Sorry about the delay, but printer issues have been occupying my LVO-time recently. Hopefully, things have now quietened down on that quarter, allowing me back to results processing. The way to access the various tables is to go to “Resources” at the top of the LVO home page and then click “OneDrive Public” in the drop-down list. All these tables have fixtures information in them but I’m having some trouble working out a definitive list so treat the dates and venues with some caution!

I have just successfully completed the printing of the maps for next Saturday’s Club Meet on Slievenagore so it seems that LVO Map Printing Services is back on the air. However, I have no idea why the printer and PC stopped talking to each other and, worse still, why they became buddies again so a word of warning if your submitting files for the printing of maps – make sure you leave enough time to find other printing facilities should the same thing happen again.

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

With the colour event season about to get under way you should, by now, have decided which colour you’re going to target, whether for Colour Series points or for Standards achievement. To help with the latter the Colour Standards table has been reset for 2026. The 2024 results have been removed (they are now outside the 12-month window in which your best 3 results contribute), the “current standard” column is based on that window, the “2026 standard” column will start to fill as results come in and early 2025 results drop out (it replaces the 2025 standard which is now Read More …

With Gortin being the last colour event of the year, the tables are now published in their final form. Apologies for the delay in getting the sums done, but with 2 events in the week folllowing Gortin it was map printing that had to take priority. The official NISeries tables are on the NIOA website but you can find a copy in the LVO website at: Resources>OneDrive Public>[1] League & Series Tables>NISeries>NISeries2025.pdf Congratulations to all our winners but, as I pointed out after Tyrella, there are several non-LVO names in there so there’s still room for improvement. There was also Read More …

As we approach the conclusion of the event year the battles are coming down to fewer and fewer individuals. The Tyrella event results show a large variation in variance (that’s the difference between your handicap and your on-the-day speed). The event variance of 52secs shows that things were “quite” tough in the dunes and that the Green course competitors had the worst of it, with none managing to beat their handicap on the day. In the battle for consistency honours (hCOW Table) the champion for the last 2 years, Chris Colwell, has only Mark Pruzina as his final opposition, so Read More …

The NISeries tables have been updated with the results of the penultimate event. They are available from the NIOA website but you can find a copy on the LVO site at “Resources>OneDrive Public>[1[ League & series tables>NI Series>NiSeries2025.pdf”. It’s congratulations to Ric Gamble, Heather Cairns and Joanne Graham for joining Moire O’Sullivan by winning their classes with an event to spare. They’re joined by a NorthWestie and a FermOer in doing that with possibly more doing the same after Gortin; you’ll have to pull your socks up for next year! The Colour Standards have also been updated. The link is Read More …

The hCOW tables, following the Autumn Trophy event at Donard Forest, are now published. You can find them at “STANDINGS>hCOW”. If, like me, that sends you into a password verification process, you can get at them via “Resources>OneDrive Public>[3] hCOW>hCOW2025”. As hCOW calculations are based of results from level5 courses it’s the results from the Short Blue and Short Green that were used. For Tyrella and Gortin (the final two colour events) it will be Brown to Short Blue that will count. There’s still all to play for – you can try either for consistency (hCOW) or for improvement (Regatta).

You can find the list at “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf”. With 2 colour events remaining in the year it’s time to take decisions on which courses you want to run at Tyrella and Gortin. hCOW tables to follow.

The NISeries, Colour Standards and hCOW tables have been updated following the NWOC event at Portstewart Sand Dunes last Saturday. You will find them on the website’s Public OneDrive. With 3 colour events left in the year and a certain number to count in each category (4 in NISeries, 3 in Colour Standards and 5 in hCOW) you need to carefully decide which courses you wish to run to count in the final analyses.