Author: M O'Sullivan

Registration is now open for our next Club Meet on Saturday 12 October at Queen’s Elms BT9, Belfast. This time it will be sprint coaching around university grounds, with a chance to catch up afterwards over packed lunch at the Tree House. All groups will be training on TD3 terrain, with the focus for experienced orienteers on making fast decisions. Full details are on our website: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-oct-24/ Registration form can be found here: https://forms.office.com/r/Js9XUNjteb

It may only be September, but we know how fast orienteers’ calendars book up. On Saturday 30 November, LVO are hosting their fabulous Christmas Dinner at Tollymore National Outdoor Centre. Save the date!

Quick reminder that sign-up closes this Tuesday at midnight for our September Club Meet on Saturday 14th from 10.30am on Portstewart Strand. You can sign up directly here. Full details can be found on our website: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-sep-24/ . A great chance to practice complex contours at a leisurely pace, with the benefit of coaching guidance. And there is still time to book a map for the Portrush urban race straight after, courtesy of North West Orienteering Club: https://www.nwoc.info/oevent/portrush-urban-event/

Want to improve your contour-reading, especially in tricky sand dunes? Looking forward to the 2025 Irish Orienteering Championships, that will take place on Magilligan Strand? Together with North West Orienteering Club, our next Club Meet will take place on Saturday 14 September from 10.30am on Portstewart Strand. Full details, including how to sign-up can be found on our website: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-sep-24/ And why not make a day of it and, after packed lunches, head over to Portrush afterwards for an afternoon of urban racing: https://www.nwoc.info/oevent/portrush-urban-event/

Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday 25 June) at 19:00Enter online to make sure you don’t miss out. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13768 Entry on the day is possible, but subject to map availability!

Entries are now open for WEE 8 in Belvoir Forest! https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13768 More info can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-8-belvoir-forest/

Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday 18 June) at 19:00Enter online to get members rates and to make sure you don’t miss out. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13767 Entry on the day is possible, but subject to map availability… we’ve been running out recently, so booking online is your only way to guarantee one!

ENTRIES CLOSE TONIGHT AT 11pm! Don’t miss out on days of orienteering in great terrain and an equal measure of craic to go with it. Urban Race on the Friday evening – Warrenpoint: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13685 Colour Series event on the Saturday – Slieve Martin/Kilbroney: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13682 Fun relay or Junior coaching on the Sunday – Tollymore BBQ and outdoor games. Camping in our own group campsite. Book now and why not invite some friends to join in on all the fun. More info here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/tollymore-festival-2024-lvo-club-weekend/

Entries are now open for WEE 7 in Barnett’s Demense! https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13767 Further info can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-7-barnetts-demense

Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday 11 June) at 19:00Enter online to make sure you don’t miss out. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13766 Entry on the day is possible, but subject to map availability!