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On Saturday 22nd February almost 50 LVOers made the trip to Loughrey College and MUSA, just outside of Cookstown, for the NI Score Championships. The area was a mixture of buildings, farmland and tricky woodland, in which runners had 50 minutes to collect as many of the 28 controls as possible, with points deducted for being late back. Top performances of LVO juniors went to James Millar and Jill Stephens, winning the Junior M and W classes, with Harry Earnshaw, Matthew Smith, Peter Reed, Andrew Elwood, Rachel Collins, Sophie Pružina and Clare Reid all in the top 5 in their Read More …

I am planning on adding new technical articles every week or two, hopefully to match up with what Alan is planning for the next training session if possible. So head over to the technical page for the latest one.Paul

Check out the training page for details about the next junior training session at the NI Score and Night O champs on 22 Feb.

Well done to the following people who achieved initial or improved colour standard results for 2013. Great going everyone: Paul P: BrownMatthew Smith: BlueSophie P: Light GreenTom E: OrangeAndrew E: OrangePeter McC: OrangeNicholas M: OrangeSimon P: OrangePeter R: OrangeClare R: OrangeEllen S: OrangeChristopher McC: YellowDaniel V: YellowMatthew V: Yellow

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The Junior Incentive Scheme results for 2103 have been run through our calculating machine and after several days of hard work the results are now available on the Incentive Scheme page.  Well done to everyone who qualified for an award in 2013. You all did very well. Certificates will be issued at the club AGM in early 2014. A big thank you goes to Geoffrey C, manager of the calculating machine, without whom we would not have any results collated.

Getting ready for the Tempo Hunting for chocolates Start them young Is that a selfie? Man on a mission – a chocolate one! There have been a couple of events this December for our juniors to enjoy. First was a chance to run the World Police and Fire Games courses from Aug.  Not as warm nor as many nettles in December but our juniors put in a fantastic run. The would have beat most of the WPFG competitors hands down!! There was also a chance to take part in the TempO and a short score course. The better you did Read More …

Visit the Traning Page for details of the next junior training session – the last of 2013! This will be a score event with festive prizes. The better your results the more prizes you can win!! Make sure you have a go. Note you can only do the score after your main race.

Calling all juniors (and their parents). There is a fantastic opportunity to get some expert O training from Jon Musgrave of MAROC on the 14 Dec at Hillsborough Forest Park. This is a real unique opportunity organised by the NIOA junior lead, Allan Bogle so don’t miss out. Jon is a very experienced orienteer and coach and this promises to be a fantastic chance to learn from a real O star. He was GB’s first ever medalist in the World Champs (silver in Relay 1993) and then went on to be one of GBs leading coaches throughout the 90s & Read More …

The next training event will be at Parkanaur on the 23 Nov. Go to the training page for details. Please remember to let me know if you are coming along.