Hi everyone, The volunteer roster lives on for another year 🙂 Please help make it a success – check out the LVO fixtures list here Get in early for the event & roles of your choice. As usual it’s a super-full calendar, so we all can work together to ensure all our events can go ahead. It really helps to have positions filled early in the year. Don’t delay! Email volunteer@lvo.org.uk Thank you & Happy New Orienteering Year
Hi everyone, I have set up a wee orienteering survey which I’d love you to answer. It’s about your O shopping habits. We have a potential project with a sports retailer so let’s make sure they know the kind of products we’d like to buy. Link is below, it’ll only take a minute or two, it’s totally confidential, and it’s dead easy! Survey is open till 5pm on Monday. https://goo.gl/forms/NeWIaUdvyjqFeH0P2
Exciting times – we’ve got some Facebook changes today. Our Group remains, with a name change to LVO Club Discussion Group. Our Page also remains – Lagan Valley Orienteers – it’s a great public face for the club in the world of Facebook. It’ll shortly be cheerio to the WEE Series Orienteering page (but not the WEE Series itself, very importantly it’s still here!!). Make sure you like our Lagan Valley Orienteers page to keep up to date 🙂 It’s pretty new so not everyone is on there yet. We’d love your feedback – I’ll be at the Ormeau WENT tomorrow, send a pm to the team, or give Read More …
Beat The Street Sundays continue – this Sunday 24th Sept it’s East Belfast. We’re meeting at JACK Coffee Bar which is on the ground floor of Eastside Visitor Centre , beside CS Lewis Square on the Newtownards Road (beside box 25). There is nearby parking at the health centre car park, or at Connswater Shopping Centre. Bring map 2 plus your card or fob if you have them – and if you don’t have them yet then we’ve got plenty to give out as well. Turn up 2:30 to 2:45, ready for a 3:00 mass start score training; time limit 45 minutes. Explore Read More …
Hi everyone, With just 4 LVO events left in 2017 (but lots of other non-event stuff happening, hooray!) it’s time to fill in the blanks on the volunteer roster. Remaining fixtures are: 14th October – Donard Forest 28th October – Crawfordsburn 11th November – Tyrella 18th November – Carnfunnock You can volunteer for a Key Official role (planner/controller/organiser) or an on-the-day role. Maybe a nice cosy MOO role now it’s getting autumnal out there??? Email volunteer@lvo.org.uk Full fixture list (including all the non-LVO events too) is here. Look each individual event on the LVO fixtures list here to check out the roles available.
Just a reminder that the Ballymena urban event has been POSTPONED. It was originally scheduled for this Saturday 23rd. Next O adventures are this Wednesday (training at Lady Dixon, see Andrew’s post) & this Sunday (Beat the Street East Belfast, keep an eye for info coming soon). On a brighter note, CONGRATULATIONS to all the LVO runners at last weekend’s Mourne Mountain Marathon. Orienteers galore, including Declan & Trevor 4th in B class, Alan & Andrew 2nd in C class, Greg & Aine 3rd plus Stephen & Colin 4th in the new One-Day Score, and finally Paul with (non-LVO) Matthew Read More …
The NI Championships are on Saturday 9th Sept, with a score event on the Sunday, hosted by Fermanagh Orienteers. Championship courses are pre-entry only – don’t miss out! Entries open till midnight on Monday 28th August. There are non-championship colour-coded courses for entry on the day if you prefer. Never run the NI Champs before? Don’t be intimidated by the word ‘championship’. We don’t have a secret stash of elite NI Orienteers to bring out once a year. It’s still us!!! Join us for a great weekend of orienteering in Fermanagh, and you never know, you might get your name Read More …
We have just 7 LVO events till the end of 2017 (time to get your Santa wish-list written?). Can I encourage you all to check out the fixture list and volunteer for a role of your choice. If you’re really keen, there are still spots available for tonight’s WEE at Botanic. Conor is a first-time planner so please support him to make the event a success. Each fixture has a list of volunteer roles still available (click here to see the fixture list), and you can check out what each role involves here. Let’s finish the year on a high! Email volunteer@lvo.org.uk Thank Read More …
Final details are now online for Sunday – see link here and see you all at Belvoir for a run on a NEWLY EXTENDED MAP. Also, remember pre-entries close this Sunday for the Armagh Sprint Weekend. Link here. The weekend is gonna be excellent and I’ve been asked to point out that is suitable for all of us. Not just the super-speedies. We can marvel at them at the same time 🙂
….at Meelmore Lodge in the Mournes. Link here. Note that registration closes at 11:30 sharp. Have a look at Wilbert’s ‘Planner Pointers’ from Belfast Castle training (link here) and you’ll be all set for Meelmore.