Author: Colin Smith

Not able to get down to Donard Forest but don’t want to miss out on all the orienteering fun this Sunday! Mid and East Antrim Council along with Lagan Valley Orienteers invite you to come and try out Sporteering in Ballymena! ⏰ Meeting at Harryville Community Centre, 73 Brooke Park, Ballymena BT42 3AU at 2pm, Sunday 13th October. 📱 Bring along a fully charged mobile phone with the Sporteering app downloaded 🏃‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Suitable for runners and walkers, all ages and abilities – collect as many controls in 1 hour 💵 This is a Come and try it activity – so Read More …

Regretfully due to planned forestry operations we have had to cancel the upcoming Autumn Trophy event at Kilbroney in Rostrevor. These operations mean that it is not possible to run any courses above an orange standard. This is very disappointing especially for Michael Burton who has already been hard at work planning the courses, but unfortunately it was unavoidable.  Plans are underway to try to re-schedule an Autumn Trophy event to another date and venue (probably Nov 30/Dec 1, as this is the only weekend with no NI orienteering before the end of the year). Volunteers and ideas are most Read More …

Some great fun Sporteering round East Belfast yesterday evening.Your next opportunity is in Craigavon! Sporteering is an exciting new way of orienteering using your phone and an urban map to find as many points (controls) as possible within 1 hour. 🌳 When? Tuesday 24 September, 7pm🌳 Where? Meet at the front entrance to Rushmere Shopping Centre, Central Way, BT64 1AA🌳 Who? Everyone welcome, all ages and abilities but U16 must be accompanied by an adult🌳 What? Bring along a head torch and a fully charged mobile phone with the Sporteering app downloaded🌳 Cost? £3 members, £4 non-members Looking forward to seeing you there!

This Sunday, to celebrate International Day of Dogs, Tollymore Orienteers are hosting a pawesome event for you and your furry best mate 🐶 🐕 Sunday 25th August 2019🐕 Tollymore Forest Park (park entry fees apply)🐕 Starts from 1-1:30pm from the monument (pictured in comments!)🐕 Doggie treats at controls #trackdowntreats 🐕 £5 per map (Just £3 for members) 🐕 Super Fun Score course on offer – as many controls as you and the pup can find in one hour! Join the pack – this is not to be sniffed at! *Well behaved humans also welcome* 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃‍♂️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏾‍♂️ Can you spot your doggo in the pics?! Please like and share with all your woof woofs. Read More …

Just a quick reminder to all that the venues for WEE 5 & 7 have swapped. Stormont for No.5 on the 5th June and UUJ for No.7 on the 19th. The more observant will have noticed this change was put up on the BOF (and hence master calendar) and the WEE website some time ago, but I somehow missed the LVO web page fixture list. Apologies from your Fixtures Sec 🙁

SPRING CUP COMES TO CRAWFORDSBURN Looking forward to seeing a great turnout at this Saturday’s Spring Cup in Crawfordsburn.  The village is signposted from the Belfast – Bangor A2 road about 4 miles from Bangor.  Please follow the one-way system, past the Country Park Centre and downhill to the carpark nearest to the beach where you will find the MOO for registration.  The start will be a taped 10 minute walk from the parking.  There will be the usual 3 courses – Green, Orange and Yellow.  Runners on the Yellow course must use the bridges to cross the river. All Read More …

The more observant may have noticed fixtures for 2019 starting to appear on the BOF (British Orienteering Federation) and LVO websites.  At club level this is a work in progress but for all the major events dates and venues are all confirmed, so get those diaries out. We are still working on venues for club events, so if there’s somewhere you’d really like to get a run out on (or somewhere you want to avoid!!) drop a comment below. Also note at a club level the Spring Cup and Autumn Trophy are provisional dates that may change once venues are Read More …

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Please note that the date of the next Colour Series event at Tyrella has had to be changed for reasons beyond our control. The new date is Saturday 17th November.   Please also note that as this event is accessed through MOD property you will need to register attendance in advance.  Full details will follow.