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Want to take your event planning skills to the next level? Join us for a Level C Controllers Course and become an official controller for orienteering events! 🗓 Date: Sat 31 May 2025🕘 Time: 9am – 3:30pm📍 Location: Hillsborough Village Centre (indoor sessions) & Hillsborough Forest (practical outdoor sessions) We’re thrilled to have Barry Elkington from England leading this course. Barry is a seasoned controller and has worked with national teams, bringing a wealth of experience to share with you! This course is perfect for any planner who wants to support the sport by becoming a controller for Level C Read More …

The Hill and Dale Series by Newcastle AC is now open for registration, and it’s a fantastic opportunity to get involved in some great mountain running! 🏔️ A quick reminder: LVO is not affiliated with Athletics NI, so if you’re a member of an athletics club, please represent them during the series. If you’re not part of a club and don’t know which team to enter, no worries! You can still use the “free text” option on SIEntries to enter Lagan Valley Orienteers (LVO) as your team name. Just a heads-up – if you choose to represent LVO, there’s a Read More …

Hi everyone, we are pulling together club JK relay teams and it looks like we’re going to have at least 8 teams of 3 runners 🙂 Are you going to the JK and looking for a relay run? If you haven’t heard from either of us yet, please contact myself or Olivia by tomorrow evening Friday 21st March and we’ll get you onto a team, email < olivia at lvo.org.uk > Susan & Olivia

The Orienteering Foundation has just launched a survey into volunteering in orienteering. This survey aims to gather data and inform future actions to help recruit, train, and develop our volunteers and make their jobs easier and more enjoyable. The survey has the full support of British Orienteering and all UK orienteers (whether currently volunteering or not) are being encouraged to complete it.  The deadline to complete the survey is Monday 28 April 2025 and one lucky respondent will secure themselves a £200 voucher for outdoor kit to be used at www.sportsshoes.com. There are also six other randomly awarded prizes of Kickback coffee bags. As you will well know, Read More …

Running Wild is heading back into the forest! Join us on Sunday 23 March for an unforgettable orienteering experience among the trees! Get ready to race through the underbrush, climb over fallen logs, and navigate through the forest floor—it’s going to be wild! Who’s up for an adventure? Full details can be found here or via the QR Code above: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/running-wild-mar-25/ Sign-up directly here: https://forms.office.com/r/YjKBb7yWE7

Unfortunately Ards and North Down Borough Council have informed us that Cairn Wood is going to be closed to the public until the end of March. This week there will be heavy machinery brought in to clear the fallen trees and then paths will need repaired. We have therefore had to cancel the LVO Club Score Champs on Saturday 22 March, with the hope to be able to reinstate this event when the forest is fit for use. We appreciate the effort which goes into organising and planning events, so thank you to Alan, Steph and David who are the Read More …

Please note parking will be at the BB hall. There are signs for Belvoir Park Forest from the duel carriageway (A55). If coming from that direction, pass the main drive and take the next right up towards the BB hall and pitches.

AGM Agenda for 8 March 2025 can be found here: https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=DE0B7BC80F886F64!31756&cid=DE0B7BC80F886F64&CT=1741336217288&OR=ItemsView 2024 AGM Minutes can be found here: https://onedrive.live.com/edit.aspx?resid=de0b7bc80f886f64!31051&cid=de0b7bc80f886f64&CT=1741336256013&OR=ItemsView. Thanks MARK E

Presently Cairn Wood is closed to the public due to the impact of Storm Eowyn. Forestry have said work to clear trees from paths should be completed by 13th March. When allowed, event planner, Steph, hopes to get into the forest as soon as possible, to check that the forest is suitable and safe for the event to take place. We will remain optimistic that the event will go ahead, but please keep an eye out for further updates. If the event is unable to take place, participants will be offered a refund or their entry can be carried on Read More …