Author: Richard Gamble

🏆Come along and enjoy out club Autumn Trophy event – to be eligible for a prize you need to be a member of Lagan Valley Orienteers – but members of other clubs and non-members equally welcome to participate in this fun event. 📝End of year club membership discount – From 1 Sept, non-members can sign up and receive the advantages of membership for only £4 (Junior up to 20), £8 (Young adult up to 25), £10 (Senior) and £20 (Family). Why not join up now to benefit from discounts and other offers and be registered as competitive. 🟡🟠🟢🔵4 colour courses Read More …

1️⃣ The first event is a trip to the newly mapped Moydamlaght Forest. This a Colour Series event meaning there will be 8 courses to choose from. Whether a newcomer or experienced orienteer there will be a suitably challenging and fun course to suit you! North West Orienteering Club will be your hosts for this event. 2️⃣ Get yourself down to the lovely Gosford Forest Park for the 4th and final part of the ABC Summer Series which Orchard County Orienteers are hosting. 3️⃣ Lagan Valley Orienteers are hosting their Autumn Trophy Club Competition at Whitespots Country Park – this Read More …

🙂 Another WEE Extra for us to enjoy. This time in the lovely grounds of Campbell College another new area for most of us to explore! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ 2 courses to suit all ages and abilities. 💻 For more information and to register visit: WEE Extra Campbell College – (lvo.org.uk)

🙂 Don’t miss out on chance to explore Mount Stewart. The price includes the entry fee to the stunning grounds of this NT property, normally £14 Adult and £7 child. 💰 Senior £5 (£7), Junior £2 (£3), Family £12 (£17). Pay on the day, please bring correct change. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ 2 courses to suit all ages and abilities. 💻 For more information and to register click here

Have you come back from holiday or recovering from the Seven Sevens and fancy something fun to do during the rest of the Summer? Well there is lots of Orienteering planned this month to enjoy! 🏠 Have you tried out one of Graeme’s urban courses yet? If so, you know you will be in for some fun running around a new area with a new map! If not, get yourself down to lovely Markethill this Wednesday evening and see what you have been missing out on. 🌳 Graeme has more instore for us to enjoy on Sunday 11th in the Read More …

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️Preparations are well under way to welcome the hundreds of walkers taking on the Original Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge Walk in 10 days time. 🎉The ‘Sevens’ is the most exciting annual event in the Mournes walking/running calendar and Lagan Valley Orienteers single biggest event which helps raise the profile of our club and support development. 🙂If you are not walking but happy to volunteer next Saturday there are still roles that can be filled. Whether it is at the event centre with jobs such as kit checks and catering or up on the hill as a marshal, there is something Read More …

Yesterday evening we drew a close to our WEE Series 🙁 Before we congratulate our series winners, we must thank the volunteers who have provided some great evenings out for us. 👏Firstly, Alan Brett who coordinated all four events in June. Yes four, because even though we had to cancel Antrim Castle Gardens, we couldn’t completely cancel it for the mass of local Primary School kids who had signed up. So, planner Chloe Reed and her dad Billy re-planned the short course, and along with the help of a few others (Michael, Steph and Ric), Alan managed to keep the Read More …

That’s the weekend wrapped up for another year. 👏Thank you to everyone who attended the festival and enjoyed quality orienteering along with great craic in the summer sunshine. Huge thanks to all those who generously volunteered to make it such a successful weekend. ☔Wet Warrenpoint It all kicked off in the picturesque lough side town on Friday evening. Intricate legs within the housing estates linked by lung busting longer legs with important route choices made for some interesting comparisons between competitors afterwards. As part of the NI Urban League, the results will go towards a final series total. The first Read More …

With another lovely day of weather ahead we start off this morning with a really fun Relay idea planned by Wilbert. Meet aat the MOO at 1030 sharp to register. Names wwill be put into a hat and teams of three will be drawn. Start will be at the monument at 1100. Please spread the word and lets get as many out as we can to round off another great weekend!

We hope to award a few prizes at the Social event at Tollymore on Saturday evening. 🏆Hopefully we will have some results hot off the press from the Club Championships earlier in the day. 👞🥿We also have the Golden Boot and Silver Slipper for the fastest finisher (last control to finish). 😀On top of all that we have a £20 decathlon voucher to give away. The names of those who have completed online feedback, on any NI Orienteering event/activity, will be put into a prize draw. You still have time to think back to recent events and provide some valuable Read More …