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Yes sadly the WEE series has finished for another year, but if you’re bored and missing your weekly fix of orienteering already we still have one more Tuesday event in Craigavon! There will be plenty on offer to cater for all standards from novice to regular with a maze for practice at thumbing the map, a normal course designed to give you a challenge, and a score event or two. If you are thinking of coming along all I would ask is that you get in touch or post a comment to say so, so that i know how many maps to print, Read More …

The Beat the Street Website is now partially live, including a link to a map showing where the boxes are being installed.

And so this year’s summer season has come to an end. Fourteen events over four months with an extra one thrown-in during July and one cancelled at short notice in August, and Trevor Murphy went to them all!! There’s been a mixture of some good new areas as well as some firm old favorites. I’ll be the first to admit it’s been a messy series this year as we have tried various things in an effort to look to the future. Some good, some not-so, some have worked, some haven’t and I know not everybody has liked the changes, but they were all Read More …

The LVO 2017 Survey had two goals.  Firstly to capture details of LVO and non-LVO,  including SI numbers, for our Autodownload archive and secondly to enlighten the Committee on the memberships views of the club. There were 59 respondents with 51 completing the survey.  Of the 51, 35 were LVO members.  Thank you to all who completed the survey. The winner of the incentive prize is Pete McClelland.  A pair of running socks is waiting for you at the final WEE! The raw results of the survey can be viewed here The committee will review the results in more detail 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 …

We still need volunteers for Wednesday evening, particularly to man(/woman) the start and tow the MOO (although we can get by without it if needed). Please let me know before Wednesday if you can help. Thanks, Conor

Tyre-d of the mundane? Feel deflated as another weekend draws to a close? Or stumped at how to keeps the kids amused. Don’t fret. If your Tuesday evening isn’t spoke-n for, I have the perfect remedy: Join us for more fun on the run around Edenvilla Park. You’ll never tyre of orienteering as there is always somewhere else to see and explore. As usual, we’ll be at the main Park Car Park off Batchelor’s Walk. Coordinates 54 25 37.5N 6 25 46.0W Starts from 6:30 – 7:30. Cost £2.50 per map.