IntrO is back!

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There will be a PreO course available on Saturday next, before the start of the NIScore Champs, which will count towards the 2015 PreO Champs.  It will consist of 4 controls packed into a 160m course from the Scout camp gate to the Score start area.  It will be removed once the Score event is under way so make sure you give it time in order to meet the 14:30 Score start time. If you haven’t entered the Score Champs yet get in contact with Ann Savage as soon as possible – I have my finger poised over the printer Read More …

Wait for it!

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The equipment check at Kilwee has been postponed for a week.  It will now take place at 11:00 on 14th February.  Show your love of the sport on St Valentines day and come and lend a hand.        

Meelmore Contour Training

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The junior squad, as well as a number of adults, took to the hills at Meelmore to practice the use of contours as a navigation aid. It was a great sunny day but snow still lay on the ground as well as a lot of ice. The rivers were cold as well if you fell in!!. This was an excellent opportunity to get those cobwebs blown away after the festive season. It was also ideal training for the Lisburn O Festival in May as the races there will include Slieve Croob.

1, 2, miss a few…… 99, 100!

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Orienteering in France / Italy

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Dear Club Secretary, I am circulating information on the wonderful week of  orienteering in Briancon, in the Hautes Alpes of SE France  and in Sestriere in neighbouring Piemont, Italy, which will  take place during the last week of August 2015.  I would be grateful if you could circulate this to your club  members. The competitions will consist of two x three day events, all  in alpine terrain, with wonderful scenery, excellent maps  and courses to beat everyone. If you read the Tale of Two Sprints, published in the  December 2014 edition of CompassSport, then you will know that an adventure awaits you, Read More …

Junior Training For 2015

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The list of Junior Training events for 2015 are now available. Get them in your diary soon to avoid disappointment.

Next Junior Training Event

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The next junior training event will be held at Musgrave Park on the 30 Nov and will concentrate on map memory skills. We will meet at 1.30 pm. Be sure not to miss out.

NI Champs

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The NI Champs and a training session took place over the weekend 4/5 Oct. The champs races were held at Castle Saunderson with the assembly area at the Scout Centre in Cavan.  This is a great location with a mix of open land, runnable forest and more difficult close forest terrain. The LVO team had a great showing securing some excellent results with the awards being presented by WOC Silver Medallist Scott Fraser. The races were followed by a session of sprint training and then, after dinner in the Scout Centre, an inspiring talk on achieving goals and performance excellence Read More …

Junior Inter Regional Championships Roundup

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Over the weekend 27/28 Sep 14 a team of 11 NI juniors travelled to take part in the Junior Inter Regional Championships in Cumbria, England. Two adults, Alan Elwood and Steph Pruzina, accompanied the team. One member of the LVO squad, Rachel Collins, was unable to attend due to breaking her arm the night before departure. She was greatly missed, as she has been a stalwart of the LVO Junior Development Squad and is a talented athlete.  It also meant there was no NI female relay team, although the remaining females got to run in an ad hoc team. The Read More …

JIRCs Team Members Get Practicing

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Some members of the NI JIRCs team, Rachel, Peter and Andrew, along with Luke, took part in some training at Lady Dixon in preparation for the competition in the Lake District in England. This was a final opportunity to hone all the skills and techniques that we have been practicing all year prior to the tough races to come. Each junior was shadowed by a coach and had to be able to visualise the control sites, select the right technique for locating the site, work out the quickest route and have the precision to be able to pinpoint each control Read More …