News and information about fixtures
Next LVO event on April 25th is the Spring Cup 2 Entry to Stormont via Massey Av. Park on Prince William Way. 3 courses – green, orange and yellow. Starts 11.30 – 1.00pm, near Carson statue. Get a run before the Irish Champs!
WEE 2015 is coming this May with the first event being at Ormeau Park on Wednesday 6th. Have a look at the dedicated WEE website for further details: https://lvo.org.uk/wee But you don’t have to wait until May to get your Orienteering fix! There are plenty of events coming up with courses suitable for all ages and abilities. Click through to the Fixtures page for further details and for information and entries on 4 continuous days of O in and around Lisburn over the May day holidays have a look at the IOC website here: http://ioc2015.org See you there!
Divis – 28th March 2015 We look forward to seeing you at the second event of the NI Colour Series on LVO’s brand new map of Divis and Black Mountain, which has been produced with the support of Belfast Strategic Partnership. You can see details for Saturday under FIXTURES. These now include information on parking, directions to the Assembly Area and other arrangements. The final course details are also there. Please come and enjoy a great event on a new map. There are courses to suit all abilities so if you haven’t orienteered before this is your opportunity to try Read More …
The start and registration will be near the carpark just south of the entrance to the castle, so best to enter by Innisfayle Park side. 3 courses on offer – Green 4.1km with 130m of climb (this is both a technically and physically challenging course and I would recommend novices or those not at full fitness to stick to the Orange). Orange, 2.7km with 55m of climb and Yellow, 1.8km with 45m of climb. Registration will be open from 1100 am with starts from 1130. Last starts at 1300 and course closes at 1500. The going is quite wet and Read More …
Spring Cup 1 update. Fred and I spent a rather damp morning finalising the controls. Maps for Green and Orange will be on 1:7500 scale and Yellow on 1:3000. Leg protection and good grips are advised and the Yellow (shortest) is not suitable for prams. A further update with timings etc will appear later in the week. Note: That is the initial plan mapwise but if not the longer 2 will be on 1:10000.
The Club is hosting the Irish Championships that includes an IOF World Ranking Event over the weekend of 1 to 4 May and with six events we need a good number of officials to stage them. Ann Savage has taken on the job of volunteer recruitment and will be keen to talk to all club members on Saturday at Crawfordsburn and in subsequent weeks. Otherwise you could contact her at annsavage@ballyhayroad.co.uk. We will try as best as possible to let all officials have a run. Please volunteer and support your Club in staging this major event. Harold White Event Coordinator
There will be a PreO course available on Saturday next, before the start of the NIScore Champs, which will count towards the 2015 PreO Champs. It will consist of 4 controls packed into a 160m course from the Scout camp gate to the Score start area. It will be removed once the Score event is under way so make sure you give it time in order to meet the 14:30 Score start time. If you haven’t entered the Score Champs yet get in contact with Ann Savage as soon as possible – I have my finger poised over the printer Read More …
Our next training event will be at Barnetts Park on the 15 Feb. This event will focus on better use of the compass. This session will require you to complete exercises as follows: Holes – Find the control when the circle around each control circle, as well as the control circle itself, is blank. Donuts – Move from one control to the next when only a circular area surrounding each control is mapped but each control circle is blank. Blocks – Move between control circles using compass bearings when much of the map detail has been totally removed between the Read More …
The first two Northern Ireland Orienteering Championships of 2015 are being run at Crawfordsburn Country Park on 21st February. The park is sign-posted from the A2 Belfast to Bangor Road and parking will be in the grounds of the Scout Center. The Score Championships will have registration from 1.30pm with a mass start at 2.30pm The Night Championships will start as soon as it is dark enough – probably after 5.30pm.Don’t forget your watches and head torches. Between the two competitions there will be the NIOA Prize giving and you can also enjoy light refreshments organised in aid of the Read More …
The IOF have adopted a new computer system, Eventor, where all prospective competitors in IOF events need to register to obtain the necessary IOF ID before entering any events such as the World Ranking Sprint in Lisburn on 1 May. Competitors in Northern Ireland have the option of registering as Irish or British but this will determine their national designation for the rest of the calendar year and could have follow on consequences in future years if they are a senior. Therefore if you want to represent Ireland at further events this year you should register as Irish. Should you have any Read More …