Junior Training at Tyrella South 23 Mar
The next junior training event is at Tyrella South on the 23 Mar. 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.
Category: Juniors
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Lessons from the Squad
Andrew highlights how he used some great O skills to locate a tricky control during the NI Score Championships at Florencecourt. I hope to get more juniors to contribute to the blog this way so stand by to be asked. Control 68 was in a re-entrant and worth 20 points How I Did It I was coming from control 67. I ran along the track to the T Junction (keeping my map set). I then turned left and ran to the open ground area with some buildings. At the back of the buildings I followed a wall up to where Read More …
Prizes Galore
The Winners – or some of them anyway The NI Prize Giving for 2012 was held today (Sat 23 Feb) after the Score Championships at Forencecourt. Well done to all those LVO Juniors who won – results had been posted previously. Not everyone could make it on the day but a few folks did get their trophies at the ceremony.
Could You Stand the Pace
The Cairn Wood Crew – Up For It A Step Too Far Junior training this Sat was tough. Not only did we have to read the map and go the right way we had to count as well. Today was all about knowing how far you had to go by using the map scale to work out the distance and then working out how far you had actually gone by counting your paces. We started off by learning about the map scales. Did you know that: For a 1:5000 scale map 1 cm on the map equals 50m on the Read More …
Great Day Out at Hillsborough
Map Setting Lesson 1 – Alan’s Team wonder where they are? If You Go Down To The Woods Today….. 10 brave members of the junior squad took part in the training at Hillsborough Forest Park on Sat 9 Feb. The focus of the day was keeping the map set while on the move so we head in the right direction all the time. We practiced this using the features on the ground and relating those to the map. We also got some useful compass skills practice in. Of course it all started with a circuit training session on a hill!! Read More …
Training again next Saturday!
Training in Hillsborough Forest Park on Saturday 9th February. Focus will be on map setting and compass work. Meet at 1230 in the main carpark. Afterwards there will be a score training event(starts 1400). Make sure to email by 6pm on 6th Feb to confirm you are coming so we can print maps (LVOJunO@gmail.com).Allan Bogle is also running a skills training day on Saturday in Hillsborough for more advanced juniors. This is focusing on the bronze skills set outlined here and starts at 1200.
Belvoir Park Training Round-Up: Sun 27 Jan
Paul’s Squad – honest, it’s warm once you’re in! Check Out the Junior Training from Sun Some 14 juniors had a great time on Sun at Belvoir Park learning about map symbols, control descriptions and using the map information to find our way around the course. Check out the pictures from the day below. After the training we all got the chance to put our new skills to use on the score training event. It was a cold day as you can see but we all had fun. Next event is the 9 Feb at Hillsborough. Check out the training Read More …
Training on Sunday
Make sure you get to the training this Sunday in Belvoir Park at 1230. We’ll be focusing on relating map symbols to the ground – a basic but incredibly important skill. More infomation on the training news page. Remember to stay afterwards for the score event at 2.00 in Belvoir. There will be a 45 minute time limit with 5 easy, 5 medium and 5 harder controls so it’s suitable for everyone. See the ‘About Orienteering’ page for more info about Score.