Special Mourne Event for Orienteers

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Our friends at the Mourne Mountain Marathon have created a course specially for orienteers. It’s a One Day Score Course on Saturday 16 September. Entries are for a team of 2 but we only have a few teams of orienteers already entered. and entries close this Saturday 9 September.  If you are keen to run but haven’t someone to run with of a similar ability, please do email Stephen immediately and by midnight on Tues 5 September, who will create a list of those interested with suggested pairings.

Beat the Street Website

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The Beat the Street Website is now partially live, including a link to a map showing where the boxes are being installed.

Beat the Street is Coming!

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You may have heard of Beat the Street which came to the greater Belfast area last autumn. It’s coming back again this year and LVO have formed a partnership with Beat the Street to encourage active participation with a grant from Active Belfast. So what exactly is Beat the Street? It could be best described to an orienteer as a gigantic semi-permanent urban score course with electronic punching. Gigantic and Urban – The game area covers most of Belfast and stretches out to Lisburn, Newtownabbey and Holywood. Semi-permanent – As the controls are out for a 7 week period between Read More …

LVO in action at the Scottish Six Days

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Click on the links to see LVO in action in the testing Royal Deeside terrain! Wilbert   Frazer   Gordon    Gavin    Alison    Rachel     Wilbert again   Philip  Richard    Frazer again   Declan   Gordon again   Wilbert yet again  

Podium Place for LVO at the Scottish Six Days

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With 4 days of the 6 days completed of which the best 6 count, we can confirm that LVO will be on the podium.  Wilbert Hollinger recorded first place at the “rest day” Trail-O, after making a quick dash from the Sprint event in the town of Ballater to Cambus o’May forest where he came first on the elite course. Wilbert was the only competitor to achieve 18 out of 20 controls. Club mate Stephen Gilmore was placed 10th in the field of 51 elite competitors with 15 correct; a staggering 10 out of 20 answers being Z.  The elite Read More …

Urban Mapping Project Team

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The club is setting up an urban mapping team to map large areas of North and East Belfast. This is in preparation for a project in conjunction with Beat the Street and YouthBuild, with funding from Active Belfast. The approach is very much teamwork, as small sections of pre-prepared map are allocated to individuals to complete and check on the ground. This is another great way of developing your orienteering skills. Besides the team who created the Lisburn map, this project is open to any club member who would like to get involved. If you are at all interested, please contact Read More …

NI Sprint Series starts this Saturday

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Do check out the dates and venues for the revised NI Sprint Series as these have changed somewhat from the initial list, with the first event this coming Saturday 13 May at Queen’s Elms Village Belfast.  

JK Entries Closing

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Entries for JK which this year is handy to Gatwick airport (served by both easyJet and Ryanair) close this Sunday. Are you going to join the 17 LVO members already entered? Enter here.

Beat the Street – Cards and Maps

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If you are coming to Beat the Street activity on Saturday we have been able to source more cards and maps. So you don’t need to call at a library or Tesco in advance. Just come along to Orangefield Park at 11.30!

Last Chance to Beat the Street

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With the postponement of the Donard Autumn Trophy on Saturday, if you had orienteering marked in your diary for the day, then here’s an alternative. You may be aware of Beat the Street which moves on from Belfast next Wednesday 2 November. Beat the Street is pretty similar to Street-O with Beat Boxes instead of controls attached to lampposts. Instead of a dibber you need a Beat the Street Card. The maps are also provided by Beat the Street. The control description is always “Lamppost”! So here’s the plan: Assemble at the Orangefield Park carpark at Houston Park, Belfast, BT5 6AT from 11.30am for Read More …