Category: Juniors

Sophie explains how she tackled a tricky section when racing around the leisure centre area at Antrim. All those fences were a real problem!! Control leg 19 – 20 took in fences and a river!! Route choice would be key. Click the image to see the detail. “I was quite pleased with my course overall, but I had a bit of trouble going from control 19 to control 20 because there were so many closed gates and fences so close together. You have to pause and look closely at the map to work out that you can’t get through what Read More …

Antrim Castle Gardens Many Juniors turned up on Sat 6 Apr to race at Antrim Castle Gardens. This was a mix of parkland and urban as we raced round the castle grounds and the buildings of the forum leisure centre. You had to watch the control descriptions as it was easy to be on the wrong side of an uncrossable fence!! Check out the photos below of a few of the juniors in action. Sophie heads in the right direction Luke looking confident Paul pushing hard – he won in the end beating all the adults!! Andrew handrails the fence

The next junior training event is at Tyrella South on the 13 Apr. This is an event at which we can put all our learning so far into practice. Go to the training page here for more details.

Team P get ready to run Well dome to all those who took part in the JK 2013 in the Chilterns. It was a great event and the cold weather was at least dry!! Day 1 at Reading University Day 1 was a sprint race round the grounds of Reading University. It was a quick course with lots of route choice and the potential to end up the wrong side of a fence or wall. Day 2 Hambelden Forest and Hills Day 2 was just North of Henley on Thames in a wooded ridge line called Hambleden. Lots of running Read More …

As you may already know, the JK was in the Chilterns over the last weekend. This competition is great as your first big competition to enter, and I have been going for the past three years, and really enjoyed it. The website for next year’s event is: www.thejk.org.uk/jk2014 and I would encourage as many people to think about going as possible, especially as I didn’t see very many LVO juniors there this year.Anybody who did go, it would be great to hear about your experiences of the event – send them to lvojuno@gmail.com or post them in a commentPaul Pruzina Read More …

Good luck to all those taking part in this year’s JK in the Chilterns. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there. Hopefully the snow will stay away!! A special mention goes to the club juniors making the trip. They are Andrew E, Paul P and Sophie P. Keep an eye on the blog and on the Instagram account for updates from the JK. You can also follow us via twitter (@GBROrienteering, #LVO).

As the event at Tyrella South on the 23 Mar is postponed the junior training will not take place. The event will hopefully run on the 13 Apr instead.

Are you going? JK 2013 is in a couple of weeks time. If you are a junior going then let me know please. I would love to see you there and find out how you get on. Remember also to take lots of pictures and send them to me so I can include them on the blog and load them onto Instragram (see the post below). Good luck everyone.

Get Pictures of O Adventures We have created an LVO Junior Squad Instagram account. If you follow us at Instagram you will be able to get pictures of the squad’s adventures as they happen on your phone, computer, iPad or tablet.  Here is what you need to do. You need to download the app onto your phone, tablet, iPod etc. Then follow the instruction to set up an account. Once you have your account you need to request to follow the LVO Junior Squad. Using the Instragram app press the compass star button on the bottom of the screen. Then type in Read More …

Drum Manor – tricky going Well done to all those juniors who took part in the first colour series of the year on Sat 9 Mar 13. There were some great results and that was all the more impressive as some people were racing at a new and higher level this year. You can get the results at this link.