Author: Richard Gamble

With the sun splitting the trees, a beautiful day welcomed us all to the enjoy a great day out at Tollymore Forest Park for our first Autumn Trophy event. It was great to see so many out and especially nice to welcome some new comers. 👋 👍Meadow McCauley had planned some great courses for us all to run controlled by Mark Stephens, who unfortunately was unable to join us on the day. Dan Earnshaw did an amazing job setting everything up and getting people in place to help out, great job for a first time organiser! 👏Thanks to those who Read More …

With regard to the running of activities and events during this period of mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Lagan Valley Orienteers are following the advice and lead of our National Governing Body, British Orienteering. In brief, activities and events will continue as planned, so tomorrows Autumn Trophy event at Tollymore will go ahead as planned. For more information on the advice we have received, click on this British Orienteering link. Best wishes Ric

🦶STEP 1 – Scan the QR Code in the middle of the poster (at download or on event page of website) 🦶STEP 2 – Complete the Online Form 🦶STEP 3 – Committee will read the responses and take steps to provide the best experience for everyone! 👍Whether competing or volunteering, the LVO Committee want the member experience to be as good as possible for everyone. The committee reviews past events and plans what programme and volunteer training we put on in the future. To help us with this review, starting this Autumn, I would like to trial the use of Read More …

❗ENTRY DEADLINE is Wednesday at midnight (yes tomorrow). All welcome, book your spot now and don’t miss out❗ 🍂 AUTUMN TROPHY 1️⃣ 🍂 📍 Tollymore Forest Park🗓 Saturday 10th September⏰ 11:00 – 13:00🟡🟠🟢🔵 4 courses on offer! Please note there is an error with the entry fees. Please enter and you will be refunded the difference. Everything you need to know below including link to online entry ⬇️

Yesterday evening saw the last event of our WEE Series 😢 but don’t worry there is plenty planned for the Autumn 😁 More details below. 👏Thanks to all those who supported through participation and volunteering throughout the month of August. A big thank you to this weeks novice planner, James Earnshaw who was supported on the night by his younger brother Dan on the IT side of things, Brendy, Jane who has coordinated the whole month, Heather and Gavin for the hotdogs and those who helped with control collection. It really is a team effort! About 50 of us explored Read More …

Yesterday evening it was the turn of Orangefield Park to be explored, and explored it was in fine detail both by the planners and participants! 👍 Well done and thank you to all who supported the event either through participation or volunteering with planning and organising. 👏 Special thanks to young, new planners Norma and Agata, who with their local knowledge had us twisting and turning in every direction, setting a real challenge for even the most experienced orienteer! It was great to see locals and newcomers come enjoy are sport too. Thanks to coordinator Jane Wilson who put together Read More …

⛱ Just back from my holidays and I will give myself credit for bringing some summer weather back with me for us all to “enjoy” at Stormont last night – what a scorcher! 👍 Well done and thank you to all who supported the event either through participation or volunteering with planning and organising. 👏 Special thanks to young, new planner Chris McClure, who used every inch of the map to squeeze every ounce of energy from our legs and breath of air from our lungs. Next time we use Stormont we will hopefully have an updated map which will Read More …

Mid and East Antrim BC have partnered with Lagan Valley Orienteers to celebrate Love Parks Week! We have a mini-series of 3 events across the week exploring 3 of the beautiful green spaces MEA has to offer. At each event you will receive a limited-edition sticker of that place, specially designed by @SashaFergArt for these events! Collect all 3! Orienteering is about finding your way around a course between checkpoints using a map. The beauty of this is that there is something to suit everyone, and you can complete it in your own time and at your own pace. The Read More …

Although July is traditionally a rest month for organised Orienteering activity, hopefully you are able to get out and enjoy a good hill run or a walk through the forest. With the good weather, you will know to keep well hydrated and to cover up from the sun but have you thought about protecting yourself from ticks? Although not as active in the middle of summer, they are can be picked up all year round, especially in grassy areas where there is grazing. You are not likely to feel them bite into you, and burying their little heads. These little Read More …

This weekend LVO put on another really enjoyable festival of orienteering at Tollymore, thanks to all the fantastic people who helped out in many ways (and no thanks to the windy and wet conditions 🌨🌪). The whole weekend was expertly organised and coordinated by Gordon Stephens, with three events and the general organisation of camping and BBQ he had his hands full, or should I say hand, as he was doing it all with one arm in a cast! 💪 👏 A special mention must go to Mark Pruzina who like an iceberg is super cool and what you see Read More …