Author: Richard Gamble

Last minute entry for this Sunday’s Urban League race in Craigavon – Deadline is 12.00! For all the info and link to entries click here!

🌒On the evening of the 3 November, you are invited to the first of seven Wednesday Evening Night Training activities. 🌓This week we the training will be at Ormeau Park. On alternate weeks we will meet in parks and in the weeks in between we will head to Lisburn and use three Night MapRun Score courses for training and a bit of fun competition. 🌔Everyone welcome, especially newcomers click here for more info.

Well done to all those who put on and participated in the events this past weekend. Slievenagore Autumn Trophy 2 – A beautiful day in south Down in contrast to most of the rest of the country on Saturday was very welcome to participants and volunteers alike. 👍Special thanks to Organiser Michael Murphy, Planner George Savell, Controller Greg McCann, MOO Tower Henry Montgomery, Susan Lambe and Geoffrey Collins with IT (and Mark Pruzina remotely!), Alan Gartside for printing and those who helped with starts and other bits and bobs. 🟡Yellow Winners: Odhran Counihan M12 and Aoibh Wilson W10 🟠Orange winners: Read More …

👏Well done and thank you to NorthWest Orienteering Club for hosting a fantastic NI Long Distance Championship at Carntogher yesterday. It was fantastic running on great courses in new terrain, with a new map. Super event overall enjoyed by us all! 🏆There was a good turnout form LVO with a number coming home as newly crowned NI Champions! M10, Aran Power, M12 Jack Wilkins, M14 James Ewart, M16 Peter Gamble, M50 Ivan Millar, M55 Lyle Fleming, M70 Wilbert Hollinger, W12 Orla Lynch, W20 Meadow McCauley, W21 Aine McCann, W40 Stephanie Pruzina, W45 Moire O’Sullivan, W50 Jane Wilson, W55 Aileen McCarron, Read More …

What a brilliant weekend of Orienteering! Saturday saw the Individual Races for the Junior Regional Championships and the NI Colour Series. Well done to all NI Junior team members battling against 168 of the best juniors from across the UK in some fantastic but challenging courses. A special mention to James Ewart who finished 9th in his first year as M14 and Anastasia who finished 10th in W16 – great runs! Later in the day the courses in Tyrella were opened up for a NI Colour Series event which entertained another 112 competitors including many visiting UK coaches, pitting their Read More …

🍀 Wishing the very best to the NI Junior squad who will be competing in the Junior Interregional Championships (JIRCS) this weekend. 👍The team coached by Steph Pruzina, all come from LVO this year – Sam Graham M14, Luke Gardiner M14, James Ewart M14, Peter Gamble M16, Oliver O’Kane M18, Ben Cairns M18, Dan Murphy M18, Zach Murphy M18, Anastasia Mahlych W16, Chloe Grattan W16. 🏖The individual race will be ran on Saturday morning, just before the NI Colour Series event, on the sand dunes of Ballykinler, Tyrella. The relay race will be in the same area on Sunday morning. Read More …

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 ⬇️