Does your child want to learn how to orienteer or improve their skills? 🧭 This May & June, our coaches are available to shadow juniors or families on Wednesday Evening Event (WEE) courses. It’s a great way to build skills and confidence outdoors. Scan the QR code to get in touch or get in contact with Steph, and we’ll match you with a coach!
Want to share the thrill of orienteering with your friends? Now’s your chance! If you bring a friend to any of our Wednesday Evening Events (WEE) in May or June, they’ll get to race for FREE! Here’s how it works:1. Fill in the form with your friend’s details: Name, Course (Long/Short), Start Block, Age Category, and Gender. Click here to fill out the form for WEE1 in Ormeau2. Your friend shows up at registration, gets their free dibber, fills in a quick form for emergency details, and they’re all set to run the course—for zero cost! Not only do your friends get Read More …
Entries are now open for WEE1 at Ormeau Park, Belfast! Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-1-26/ Follow the link or scan the QR Code to go straight to SIEntries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17845 . Unfortunately, no entries on the day because Belfast parks prohibit cash transactions on site. Remember you can bring non-member friends for free! Sign them up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/rqrU4GNbcj
What an absolutely incredible result — £900 raised for our juniors through our Junior Takeover Scatter event yesterday in Belvoir! 🔥👏 A MASSIVE thank you to all the juniors who made this happen 💪 From planning and downloads to cake baking, old kit sales, control collection, and putting up and taking down gazebos, you should be so proud of what you achieved – what a team! 🌟 And thank you to all the orienteers who came along, ran the courses and donated so generously. Every penny raised will go towards helping our juniors train, develop and compete at their very Read More …
🌞🧭 It’s the summer series you’ve all been waiting for. Yes the WEEs are BACK! What else would you be doing on a Wednesday evening in May and June but orienteering around some of the best parks Belfast and Antrim have to offer? We’re even bringing back ‘Bring a Friend for Free’, the perfect excuse to introduce someone new to the fun! Check out the dates and venues, get them in your diary, and let’s make this summer one to remember 👀 Entries opening soon… Who’s in? 🙌
Join us on Saturday 18 April at Belvoir Forest for a fun scatter event organised by our Junior squad, the Next Generation Orienteers. Come compete, support the team, and help fund their coaching, competitions, and travel. 🧭 Scatter format: 20 controls set out. Visit them in any order and race back. First back wins (and gets first pick of the buns!) Long: collect 19 controls (leave just one out) Medium: collect 15 controls Short: collect 8 controls 💛 Support the Juniors: 🛍️ New LVO kit will also be available after the event. 👉 Enter online by Wednesday 15 April – don’t miss it! Full details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/spring-scatter-26/
What an amazing 4 days of racing over the Easter weekend at the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering in Perthshire, Scotland! 🏃♂️🌲⛰️ LVO members had an incredible experience – from great racing and hanging out, to tackling complicated forests and flying through the fast alleyways of Perth. And the results? Simply outstanding! 🙌🔥 Pride of place goes to James Ewart, who won the overall M16 championship across the Middle and Long races 🥇👏 An incredible achievement for this young athlete, who extends a huge thank you to LVO, NIOA, Mary Peters Trust, and all the coaches across LVO, the Read More …
SIGN UP NOW for contour and open mountain training on Slievengore on Saturday 11 April from 10am–2pm. Sign-up closes Tuesday 7 April at midnight. Perfect training ahead of the Irish Orienteering Championships in Cork on 2-4 May. Full details here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-apr-26/
Good luck to all our LVO members heading to Perthshire, Scotland this Easter weekend for the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering! 🧭🏃♂️ Wishing you fast routes, clean navigation, and plenty of fun out in the terrain 💪🌲
Community and connection are at the heart of LVO. That’s why we believe in giving back to the organisations that support our members and the wider community 💙 We’re delighted to share that LVO has just made donations to the following charities:💰 Friends of the Cancer Centre💰 The Orienteering Foundation💰 Mourne Mountain Rescue 👏 These contributions are made possible thanks to the incredible efforts of our volunteers at our annual Original Mourne Seven Sevens Walk each August. 🌟 We hope to keep giving back after this year’s walk, which will take place on Saturday 8 August 2026. 👉 Entries available Read More …