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Some more details added to the incentive scheme as we have had more people qualify for awards. Well done everyone. Keep the effort up.

Check out the Incentive Scheme page for an up to date listing on the story so far – keep those awards coming.

What colour standard are you?Colour standards are worked out by completing three courses of the same standard, within either:– 150% of the winners time– the time which 50% of finishers complete the course inEither or these is used to allow as many people as possible to achieve the colour standardA list of the standards people have achieved is here.

Getting ready to enter the woods Luke returns successfully 10 Juniors took part in compass training at Hillsborough Forest Park. This was an extension of the cones exercise from the last session. Like the cones exercise the course was made from a grid of 9 control sites but this time they were in the forest and some 50 – 100m apart. Juniors had loop courses to complete. They had to use the compass to keep the map set and make their way through the forest, without using the paths, to locate the next control site. Rachel heads in at speed. Read More …

Check out the training page for information on the next junior session at Hillsborough

Well done to all the juniors who took part in the training at Slievenagore and then followed that up by taking part in the races after. We spent some time looking at basic compass use and concentrating on map setting using the compass. That was a useful skill to have for the races afterwards that had some tricky controls to find. The next set of training sessions will concentrate on developing our compass skills so check out the training page for more details. Don’t you hate it when someone turns up wearing the same shirt! Little brotherly love shown on Read More …

Head over to the Technical page for stuff on Control Descriptions – new post up now!

The next junior training session will be at Slievenagore. The BIG THEME for the next 4 sessions, to be called Spring Step, will be the compass and we will start this at the first session Spring Step 1. Make sure you tell me if you are coming along.

Tricky Tyrella The Juniors took part in training at Tyrella South along side the N I Colour Series race. It started of sunny but cold and the rain stayed away until close to the end.  The junior training consisted of taking part in a loop course that practiced map setting, distance judging and pacing and recognising control descriptions. In all 18 juniors too part in the training. Thanks to Steph and Alison for looking after the starts as well.  Check out the photos below to see our juniors in action. Inspector Steph “Right – where were you two last Tue Read More …

Here’s a good idea – orienteering on the computer! Catching Features is a game so you can always orienteer when there’s no event on. Elite orienteers use this game for training, but it’s fun just to play as a game. I only have the demo version because it is quite expensive, but I thought I’d point it out – have a look at www.catchingfeatures.com to download the demo, and if you want, buy the full game. You can race online against friends, or join online competitions, and it runs on any computer built within the last decade or so.I’m not Read More …