Author: Colin Smith

If you enjoyed exploring East Belfast last time join us again in Lisburn next Wednesday, if you didn’t then get along to join the fun. Meeting at Laganbank carpark from 7:10pm for a 7:30pm start. Note the Ground Cafe is no longer open late on Wednesdays, so park in the carpark on the other side of the road – free after 6pm. This week we are using the Lisburn East course preloaded on the Maprun app. Its a score format – get as many as you can in 45 minutes. Note that the Castle Gardens are currently closed off so Read More …

This Wednesday sees the return of urban score training. For those who remember Sporteering way back before Covid, it will be a similar format but using the Maprun6 App. If you enjoyed it before come along to Tim Hortons, Connswater Shopping Centre, 7:10pm for a 7:30pm start. Go to the fixtures list page for more details. If you havent tried it come and see what you missed.

Armagh Palace Demesne Sunday 7th November 2021 Starts anytime between 1:30 and 3pm (courses close at 4pm) ALL WELCOME 4 courses on offer: FootO – Yellow, Orange and Light Green TrailO – Accessible Orienteering for all, wheelchair friendly course £3 per map To book a map email rdo@niorienteering.org.uk with the following details: Name, Course and Group size (Club Members who are willing to lend a hand on the day, please include this when you email Juls. Thanks!)

Lady Dixon Park 7th, 14th, 28th November and 5th December 14:00 – 15:30 Just £20 for all 4 sessions This programme is designed for young people to experience orienteering for the first time! If you love running and exploring this is for you! All info below For enquiries email Juls on rdo@niorienteering.org.uk

Starts from 18:30 to 19:15 Castlewellan Forest Park (the wee car park closest to the lake) £3 per map for members and £5 per map for non members (bring correct change if you can please!) ALL Welcome 2 courses on offer so there is something for everyone All welcome, we will have volunteers on standby to help you get started 😊 To register simply reply to email jhanvey@britishorienteering.org.uk with your group size or leave us a comment on Facebook so we have an idea for map printing. Keep up to date with us on our Tollymore Orienteers Facebook Page. If Read More …

POSTPONED! Tollymore Orienteers – Friday 6th August 2021 We love to be out exploring in all weathers (with the right kit!) but with a weather warning live for this weekend and possible lightening we have decided to postpone this Friday’s Adventure (6th August). We hope for normal service to resume with our session at Castlewellan next Friday the 13th and will keep everyone up to date here and on Facebook. Sorry to disappoint but lots of adventures to look forward to still 😊

Tollymore Orienteers Summer Series – Week 1 Friday 6th August Starts from 18:30 to 19:30 Tollymore National Outdoor Centre £3 per map for members and £5 per map for non members (bring correct change if you can please!) ALL Welcome 2 courses on offer. Long – 3.6km and Short – 1.4km. If you plan on coming along, just email rdo@niorienteering.org.uk with you name and your group size. We can’t wait to see you there!

🌞August Adventures with Tollymore Orienteers 🗺 We have a month of Summer left and we plan to make the most of it! Every Friday evening in August, Tollymore Orienteering we will be out exploring, please join us!  1️⃣ 6th August – Tollymore Forest🌲 2️⃣ 13th August – Castlewellan Forest Park🌳 3️⃣ 20th August – Tollymore Forest🌲 4️⃣ 27th August – Castlewellan Forest Park🌳 All welcome. We will have two courses on each week so there will be something for everyone 👍🏼 Get the dates in the diary and each week we will post the details 🙂 Make sure to like Read More …

FREE INCLUSIVE TRAIL ORIENTEERING SERIES Trail Orienteering (TrailO) is a form of orienteering that has been developed to offer everyone, including those with reduced mobility, a chance to participate in a meaningful orienteering activity, all on level terms. The aim is to correctly identify which marked point on the ground agrees with the point shown on a special orienteering map. As this is done from a distance, from the safety of a path, it enables all participants, disabled and non-disabled, child or adult, to compete equally. Encompass All is our summer TrailO series and kicks off with two Sunday afternoons Read More …

I hope everyone is looking forward to a potentially damp day on Donard! Just keep a few things in mind: Please read and obey all the Covid regulations as explained in the event details on the website. As part of social distancing make sure you arrive in time to register and get to the start, 15 minutes walk. The Green course as originally planned had an ugly dog leg in it which I knew would upset some of you. So I have added a control, and a tiny bit of distance and some mostly avoidable climb. (4.6k and about 200m Read More …