NICS 1 25th Feb 17 Details

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NICS 1 Saturday 25th February 2017   Venue: Castle Saunderson Demesne, Co Cavan   NIOS Sheet 27 GR H 417200 Castle Saunderson can be approached from Belturbet, Newtownbutler, Clones or Cavan town. It is a national Scout Centre and is signposted from major roads – entrance is off the main Clones to Butlers Bridge Road – N54. The assembly and car parking will be adjacent to this splendid Scouting Ireland facility. A charge of £1 will be levied on all competitors. This will cover parking and access to toilets and showers and will be collected at registration. Start/Finish Follow a taped route Read More …

Armagh Sprints Photos

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Bill Simpson’s photos of the Armagh Sprint Qualification Race are here and of the Sprint Finals are here. Harry Bell’s photos from Sunday’s urban race are here As usual, anyone wishing to have their photo removed should contact publicity@niorienteering.org.uk

LVO AGM at Woodburn

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Annual General Meeting This year’s annual general meeting will be on 11th March at 2.30 pm, after the NI Colour Series 2 event in Woodburn. It will be held in Woodburn Presbyterian Church Hall, Woodburn, Carrickfergus adjacent to the car park where registration will take place. Following the event, tea, coffee and biscuits will be available in the Church Hall. The agenda for the meeting is available here. If you would like to add any items to the agenda please contact the Secretary Cecil Armstrong at secretary@lvo.org.uk or 078 1587 2010. Please come along and hear about what’s been happening Read More …

JROS Coaching Course

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Keith Marsden of JROS (Joint Regional Orienteering Squads) has announced that JROS will be hosting a Coaching Course at Lagganlia Outdoor Education Centre, Aviemore, from 17th to 21st July. Attendees have to be aged 17 at the time of the course – but there is no upper age limit. JROS will be subsidising the cost of the course. Contact keith “at” familymarsden.org if interested. Geoffrey C.

Irish Junior Squad Time Trial

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Attention junior athletes (M/W14+)! I have information from Mike Long (IOA Director of Junior Representative Orienteering) that the first mandatory selection event for the Irish Junior Team is a time trial in Phoenix Park on Saturday 11th March 2017. You can register your participation here (you do not need to be an existing Irish Squad member). You may get a flavour of the JHI selection criteria from those used in 2014 which are here. The  IOA selection criteria for EYOC and JWOC 2017 are here. JROS camp 2017 selection criteria are here. Geoffrey C.

2016 Roll of Honour

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ROH2016 can be found below. Click on the full screen button to view. This is an embedded Microsoft Office PDF, powered by Office Online. The Rolls of Honour are a historical record of achievement by club members so if you identify any omissions or errors please let me know. By either clicking on this posts title then leaving a comment or email atgartside (at) yahoo.co.uk.

LVO Score Championships – Results

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Results | RouteGadget | Post Event Report Apologies from the officials for missing out Cara, Sarah and Daphne from the prize giving.  Make sure you get your medal and, more importantly, kiss from Wilbert at the next event!

LVO Trophy return

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With the AGM and Prize giving coming up on March 11th it is time to ask all 2015 Prize winners to return their trophies. Please return to either Gordon or Wilbert at either the Club or the NIOA Score Champs or at Armagh.                                                                   Hope that you have all entered the Armagh events. If not you only have until Sunday 5th. A great opportunity to run with several Read More …

Club Score Championships Belvoir Sunday 5th February

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Final details are now online for Sunday – see link here and see you all at Belvoir for a run on a NEWLY EXTENDED MAP. Also, remember pre-entries close this Sunday for the Armagh Sprint Weekend.  Link here.  The weekend is gonna be excellent and I’ve been asked to point out that is suitable for all of us.  Not just the super-speedies.  We can marvel at them at the same time 🙂

Oooo this looks different!

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Yes … This is still the LVO website but with a new cleaner look. This is your website so let us know what you think and what you want from the site.  Comment on this post or email website@lvo.org.uk .     Want your photo or video as the header image? Send it to the email address above and we will make it so!