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Bored? Depressed? Missing your fix of Wednesday night Orienteering? Then I have the perfect remedy for you: Come and join us in Markethill for an evening of Orienteering around the footpaths and green spaces as part of the Markethill Festival. And in return for my lifting your mood and getting you out; you can feel good in yourself, as its all in aid of a good cause: All proceeds will go to this year’s Festival Charities, which include the Air Ambulance and Parkinson’s UK. Brand new map; same old fun. So come and enjoy an evening exploring virgin terrain under Read More …

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️Preparations are well under way to welcome the hundreds of walkers taking on the Original Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge Walk in 10 days time. 🎉The ‘Sevens’ is the most exciting annual event in the Mournes walking/running calendar and Lagan Valley Orienteers single biggest event which helps raise the profile of our club and support development. 🙂If you are not walking but happy to volunteer next Saturday there are still roles that can be filled. Whether it is at the event centre with jobs such as kit checks and catering or up on the hill as a marshal, there is something Read More …

Yesterday evening we drew a close to our WEE Series 🙁 Before we congratulate our series winners, we must thank the volunteers who have provided some great evenings out for us. 👏Firstly, Alan Brett who coordinated all four events in June. Yes four, because even though we had to cancel Antrim Castle Gardens, we couldn’t completely cancel it for the mass of local Primary School kids who had signed up. So, planner Chloe Reed and her dad Billy re-planned the short course, and along with the help of a few others (Michael, Steph and Ric), Alan managed to keep the Read More …

There are lots of updated tables available to mull over following a very intense week of O-activity. They can all be accessed from the home page of the web site through “Resources>OneDrive Public”. There’s the NISeries tables after Slievemartin (congratulations to Cahal Power with the first class win of the year), the revised Colour Standards table (with 2 2023 events dropping off the 12-month window there a few changes which don’t result from performance at Slievemartin), the hCOW2024 tables after Slievemartin (very few folk beat their handicap!) the hCALF2024 tables after Barnett’s (even fewer there – congratulations Sharon Dickenson!) and Read More …

Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday 25 June) at 19:00Enter online to make sure you don’t miss out. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13768 Entry on the day is possible, but subject to map availability!

That’s the weekend wrapped up for another year. 👏Thank you to everyone who attended the festival and enjoyed quality orienteering along with great craic in the summer sunshine. Huge thanks to all those who generously volunteered to make it such a successful weekend. ☔Wet Warrenpoint It all kicked off in the picturesque lough side town on Friday evening. Intricate legs within the housing estates linked by lung busting longer legs with important route choices made for some interesting comparisons between competitors afterwards. As part of the NI Urban League, the results will go towards a final series total. The first Read More …

With another lovely day of weather ahead we start off this morning with a really fun Relay idea planned by Wilbert. Meet aat the MOO at 1030 sharp to register. Names wwill be put into a hat and teams of three will be drawn. Start will be at the monument at 1100. Please spread the word and lets get as many out as we can to round off another great weekend!

Entries are now open for WEE 8 in Belvoir Forest! https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13768 More info can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-8-belvoir-forest/

We hope to award a few prizes at the Social event at Tollymore on Saturday evening. 🏆Hopefully we will have some results hot off the press from the Club Championships earlier in the day. 👞🥿We also have the Golden Boot and Silver Slipper for the fastest finisher (last control to finish). 😀On top of all that we have a £20 decathlon voucher to give away. The names of those who have completed online feedback, on any NI Orienteering event/activity, will be put into a prize draw. You still have time to think back to recent events and provide some valuable Read More …

Not ony one, but two rounds of the LVO TrailO Champs this weekend! The first is alongside NICS4, in Rostrevor Forest and the second in Tollymore. The venues are: LVOTOC24-2 Rostrevor car park (Yes, actually IN the car park) and will be available from 10:30 LVOTOC24-3 Tollymore Forest Park, in the woodland alongside the weekend’s camp site. Timing will depend on timetable at Rostrevor but will be available late afternoon/early evening. Entry is free. Bring your compass. This is a standing-still activity so civvies will do the job. Apologies for the non-appearance of a Planner’s Commentary for Slemish College but Read More …