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Calling all juniors (and their parents). There is a fantastic opportunity to get some expert O training from Jon Musgrave of MAROC on the 14 Dec at Hillsborough Forest Park. This is a real unique opportunity organised by the NIOA junior lead, Allan Bogle so don’t miss out. Jon is a very experienced orienteer and coach and this promises to be a fantastic chance to learn from a real O star. He was GB’s first ever medalist in the World Champs (silver in Relay 1993) and then went on to be one of GBs leading coaches throughout the 90s & Read More …

The next training event will be at Parkanaur on the 23 Nov. Go to the training page for details. Please remember to let me know if you are coming along.

Go to the training page for details on the next junior training session at Tyrella South on the 9 Nov. I hope to see you all there.

Hi All. Project Wild Thing is a PG movie about getting outdoors and away from the screens.It’s showing at QFT if you fancy going along over the half term  – when it is bound to rain! https://ebooking.qub.ac.uk/QueensFilmTheatre/WebPages/EntaWebEvent/EventSBAndPrices.aspx You can see the trailer here: Hi All. http://projectwildthing.com/

A great result from LVO Juniors over the last number of weeks at championship level. Seems like all that training is paying off. The results are: LVO Champions M10 – Luke CM12 – Peter RM14 – Eoghan KM 16 James MW12 – Rachel CW16 – Jill S Northern Ireland Champions M10 – Luke CM12 – Andrew EM14 – Eoghan KM16 – Paul PW12 – Ellen SW14 – Rachel CW16 – Jill S

There will be Junior Training at Meelmore during the NI OC. Visit the training page for more details. Please remember to email me to say you are coming.

Juniors took part in training on attack points at Slieve Garrron on the 5 Oct. The aim of the game was to find a small training kite, hidden on a feature, by locating a more obvious attack point marked on the map with a cross and on the ground with red and white tape. All juniors managed to avoid getting eaten by a goat as well!!

Hi all check out the scores on the doors for the junior incentive scheme. Lots of people qualifying for awards and the first few getting a participation award. Great going everyone.

The Junior Home International is a competition held between teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales every year, with the location cycling between the four countries. This year, the competetion was in the Brecon Beacons in South Wales, with the individual race on Mynedd Llangatwg and the relay race on Clydach terrace. LVO was well represented with Eoghan Knight(M14), Jill Stephens (W16), Paul Pruzina (M16), James Millar (M16) and Harry Millar (M18) all running for Ireland.The Individual race area was open mountainside, with very gradual contours so not much to navigate by if you got lost, making relocation very difficult. Read More …

Waiting for a bus – or the compass test On the 15 Sep the Junior Squad took part in a training session with a twist in Hillsborough Forest Park. Thankfully the rain had stopped and it was a dry event.  The aim of the day was to get round a course of about 2 km and on the way round complete four stands. These stands covered compass use, map symbols, pacing and control descriptions. The course wasn’t easy with a section of control picking in the forest that required all the skills taught before the summer. Some people did very Read More …