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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 …

Looks like we have enough people now to run the training at Hillsborough Park on the 15 Sep. It will be a great day so make sure not to miss it. We will be running a course with a difference. There will be a timed event with a series of special control stands on the way round covering (1) pacing, (2) map symbols, (3) control descriptions and (4) compass work.  Some juniors have confirmed already. Come along and have a go but make sure you let me know.

The new junior training schedule is out. Check it out on our training page. Make sure you let me know in time if you intend to come along. Hope to see you all at the events.

A team of Juniors helped to run the World Police and Fire Games Middle Distance race at Barnett’s Demesne on the 8 Aug. It was a great day and the Juniors, Rachel, Andrew and Luke, were a great help in setting up and running the starts.

Wednesday in Scotland on the Six Day was a rest day. Our team made the most of it as you can see. Buried in sand and, if you look very hard, dolphin spotting. Thursday was back to O. Rachel has a great run coming 3rd out of 36 in the W12A – way to go girl. Ben and Luke both had improved performances but Peter had a mp – it happens to us all and I’m sure the remainder of his run was great. On Friday the move was to RAF Kinloss, giving Luke and Dad the chance to play Read More …

The Scottish Six Day is a great way to meet people of your age, including those from other nations – there are 52 runners in M10 alone for example. Luke has struck up a chat with a Spanish boy in his age category and met up with a friend from last year’s Welsh Creoso event. Our team has had a demonstration of free running from the lads from Moray Orienteers as well. How cool is that. On the orienteering front LVO Juniors have has had a steady performance. On day 2 Rachel was doing really well on the 5th control (leading Read More …

The Scottish Six Day orienteering event is currently underway and there are four under 14 juniors from LVO there. This event is held every two years and is a top notch competition. In 2015 it will run alongside the World Championships so that is something for you all to aim for. There are about 4000 runners taking part from all over the world and with 30 runners or more in each class it is hard to do really well. Ben, Peter, Rachel and Luke are our LVO juniors doing the best they can and putting all their recent training and Read More …

N Ireland – Slieve Donard 850m Congratulations to Andrew E who this weekend (19 – 21 Jul 13) completed the last of the highest peaks in the 5 British Isle’s nations. Something that not a lot of people have done never mind 11 year olds. Ireland – Carrantuohill 1038m Wales – Snowdon 1085m Scotland – Ben Nevis 1344m England – Scafell Pike 978m Remember to let me know if you get up to anything exciting this summer and we can get it on the blog as well.

Outstanding in their filed The juniors had a great weekend of orienteering in South Down over the 21 – 23 Jun.  It started on the Fri night with an urban race round Newcastle. The colour series race was held on Sat and was followed by junior training with a chance to practice a stat course based on compass work. There followed a wet start on Sun when the juniors took part in a loop course through the forest and put their compass skills to the test. This was then followed by a club score course when the juniors got the Read More …

New post on the technical page telling you not to make the mistake I (Paul) did on Saturday – Compulsory Crossing Points.