Author: Richard Gamble

2023 has only just started and there is already so much happening in the O world! On Sunday we had 59 people navigating round Barnett’s on the first of our Score Training sessions. Thanks Cecil for organising, Fred for planning and helping with some coaching tips (see his Facebook post on LVO Chat) and all those who helped out. 👍 There was also a great club community vibe going on as we hung about to catch up afterwards. Want to have more great racing and banter? Keep the vibe alive in 5️⃣ 1️⃣ Annual Dinner – Sat 4 February. Go Read More …

Amazing food in the award winning Gastro Pub, Brothers Restaurant, awaits us after our indoor O run-around in Ballyclare High School on Saturday 4 February. The restaurant and the school are on the same road only 2 minutes drive apart, so super convenient! Great value – the two course Adult menu is £20 and the Kids (Primary School age and under) is only £8.50. (The price of the run is covered within this cost, so it is really three courses. The first one creates the appetite for the next two) 😉 With five mains and three dessert options we are Read More …

👍 54 people have registered to come along on Sunday which is great! ⏰ Please arrive by 1:30pm to register and pay on the day. 😀 Members please renew your membership to get the reduced membership rate. Newcomers if you sign up now, you will enjoy the full year of member benefits. Join Us – Lagan Valley Orienteers (lvo.org.uk) ☕🧁 Tea, coffee and buns afterwards – bring some change for an honesty box – donations will go to the juniors programme 👨‍👧‍👦 Juniors/parents of juniors, if you can help and bring some buns that would be great! ♻ Sorry, we Read More …

So far, 34 people have let me know they are coming to Barnett’s on Sunday – good stuff! 🗺 Anyone else interested needs to let me know by Thursday (if not registered, no map guaranteed) – email me chairperson@lvo.org.uk 👀Please take a look at the full info here: Score Training 1 – Barnett Demesne – Lagan Valley Orienteers (lvo.org.uk) Pay on the day Cost Senior £4 (Non-Members £6), Juniors £2. Before the 45 minute course (30 mins for 14 years and under), there will be a short coaching session available for anyone who wants it – experienced/newcomer or junior. Briefing/coaching Read More …

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year holiday. 🦃 The break from our regular orienteering fix, may be like a slice of cold turkey for some of us, and we are itching to get out again. Or maybe the break was refreshing and we are now revitalised and ready to enjoy some new challenges 🤸‍♀️ 😀However you feel, I hope you are ready to get out exploring our parks and forests again because to start with we have two Score Training activities ready for you in January followed by the Club Score Champs on 12 February. 🏆 Read More …

🏆With Qatar all packed up and top goal scorers Kylian Mbappé & Lionel Messi back home, its now time to focus on who will get the Golden Boot (or compass) in the LVO Score Champs! 📆The LVO Score Championships are planned for the weekend Sat 11 / Sun 12th February (exact time & date tbc). Before this there are two Score Training Activities planned for Sunday 15 Jan at Barnett’s Park and the weekend of Sat 28 / Sun 29 Jan at Crawfordsburn Country Park. 👍Obviously the events can’t take place without volunteers – we have a planner and organiser sorted Read More …

🌟 A run around Lady Dixon Park last night, under a beautiful clear starry sky, concluded our Orienteering for the year. Thank you so much to the wonderful Baxter family for not only warming us with hot chocolate, cocktail sausages and other festive treats on a freezing night 🥶 but organising and planning the WENT series along with Stephen Gilmore who planned the Lisburn MapRuns. 👏 Thank you to every participant and member for supporting our club this year. It has been busy and full of excellent activities and events; I am sure we all have really enjoyable memories (and Read More …

Happy Christmas everyone!

The LVO Committee have been busy setting up an exciting calendar of events for the coming year. Below is the list of the events planned for 2023. Of course, none of it can happen without the support from you, LVO club members, cheerfully volunteering to fill the vital roles. 😊 A few positions have been filled already but as you can see there is still plenty of choice where you can put your name down. Have a look and plan in where you can help out – You can either insert your name on this file LVO 2023 fixtures and Read More …

🏆Competition on Saturday On Saturday our friends at North West Orienteering Club hosted the 7th and final event of the NI Colour Series at Learmont. Great runs from a good number of visiting LVO runners including: 🟤George Savell (1st Male Brown), Sarah Knight (1st Female Brown) 🔵Mark Stephens (1st Male Blue), Moire O’Sullivan (1st Female Blue), Heather Cairns (2nd Female Blue) 🟢Ann Savage (1st Female Green), Michael Murphy (2nd Male Green, Carol Black (3rd Female Green), Bill Hopkins (3rd Male Green) 🟢 Anne Bell (2nd Female Short Green), Daphne Hammond (3rd Female Short Green), Richard McCourt (3rd Male Short Green) Read More …