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!

January Sunday Training continues 22nd January

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….at Meelmore Lodge in the Mournes.  Link here.  Note that registration closes at 11:30 sharp. Have a look at Wilbert’s ‘Planner Pointers’ from Belfast Castle training (link here) and you’ll be all set for Meelmore.

NIOA Controller’s Workshop – Monday 16th January | 19:30 to 21:30

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Have you ever wondered what the Controller does for an orienteering event? As a runner, have you had reason to think that your course was somehow unfair? As a planner, did your Controller help or hinder? Come to the NIOA Controller’s Workshop in the Royal School Dungannon on Monday 16th January and have all your questions answered! This workshop, part of a NIOA series, is for all orienteers from NIOA clubs or IOA clubs. You do not have to be or even want to be a controller to benefit. The workshop will be organised and conducted to suit all those Read More …

2017 – The Year of the LVO Volunteer?

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Our 2017 fixtures are starting to take shape.  Have a look, and you’ll see that each event now has a Volunteer Roster.  This is a 12-month trial to promote and encourage all our volunteers, yes that’s all of us who make our club such a success; the planners, controllers & organisers, the on-the-day helpers, and the behind-the-scenes elves.  More details on the trial will appear in the next few days – and you can always take a look & start volunteering now. In particular there are 2 Score Training events in January which will be pretty informal (car boot style) Read More …