Author: Alan Gartside

A very small (but elite!) field undertook the challenge of the timed control at Carnfunnock last Saturday.  The results are: Rachel Collins 4 correct: 28secs Gordon Stephens (preO score 6) 4 correct: 43secs Frazer Howe 4 correct 43secs Richard Williamson (preO score 6) 3 correct: 44secs + 60sec penalty = 104secs Cecil Armstrong 2 correct: 86secs + 120sec penalty = 206secs Mark Pruzina (preO score 7) 4 correct: time exceeded = 360secs Three people completed both parts  (Crawfordsburn and Carnfunnock) of the LVO TrailO Championship so it is my pleasure to congratulate Mark Pruzina on becoming the LVO TrailO Champion Read More …

The PreO event at Crawfordsburn 2 weeks ago produced many ties in the results.  To resolve these there will be a timed control at Carnfunnock tomorrow.  This is not confined to the PreO competitors – everyone is free to enter, and it is FREE to enter.  Come along to get your brain cells warmed up before your run, it will only take 5 minutes of your time.  It’s in the walled garden; enter by the gate off the lower car park and follow the signs.  It’s open from 11:30 until 12:45.  I’ll be in the vicinity of the MOO with Read More …

registration – alongside FootO reg; entry fee zero.  Open from 10:30 (or as soon thereafter as I can get the controls out!). map – scale 1:4000, contours 2.5m, drawn to ISSOM2006 with amendment for TrailO in accordance with Section 7 of ISOM2000.  For boulder mapping all dimensions have been considered relevant, not just height. control descriptions – ISCD2004 trail – metalled and gravel paths mapped as double black lines (solid for metalled, dashed for gravel) with brown infill.  Competitors MUST NOT leave the trail.  The optimum route between decision points 2 & 3 involves steps; there is a slightly longer Read More …

There will be a free-to-enter TrailO course available at Saturday’s event.  This will be for the 2017 Club TrailO Championship so, since no FootO Champs have been scheduled in the fixture list, this is your chance to become THE 2017 Club Champ!  The TrailO is to be taken before your FootO run (I don’t want to be collecting controls in the dark!) so come along a little early and have a go – instruction will be available if required.  The trail is 925m with 9 controls.  Technical details later.

The first vacation period listed should have been Tues 25th to Sun 30th July i.e. next Tuesday.

With thanks to the NHS for my physical recovery and to the Club Committee for the (much needed!) hardware and software replacements I am delighted to announce that LVO Map Printing Services is once again on the air BUT holiday plans means that it will have to be suspended between Tues 26th and Sun 30th June and Tues 15th and Sun 27th August, all dates inclusive. If any WEE planners want to make use of the services could you please also specify numbers of maps required? The absence of published results means that I am unable to gauge demand.

The Spring Cup tables are now available in the public folder “Club Colour Series”.  The points assigned are place points (ignoring non-members) and it is the lowest two scores which count.

I’ll be at Hillsborough tomorrow – happy to explain hCOW further if you feel that you might be interested.  You can read the introduction in the LVO cloud – go “contact us>documents>public documents>hCOW”   Alan Gartside

The Colour Standards list has been updated with the Learmount Wood results and can be found in the “Colour Standards” folder at contact us>documents>Public documents.  As ever, red indicates non-membership – the records are being retained in case that “oversight” gets rectified.

The current NISeries and Final Colours of Spring tables have been updated with the Learmount Wood results and can be found in the NISeries folder – go contact us>documents>public documents>NISeries.  Congratulations to Spring Winners Ben Cairns, Heather Cairns, Peter Gamble, Juls Hanvey, Lauren Howe, Richard McCourt and Ann Savage. This represents less than 50% of the classes going to LVO and very few at the elite end – get out there into the forests, folks!