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Want your kids to be more active, more confident, and make new friends while running through forests and exploring mountains? Or maybe you want to learn a brand-new outdoor sport the whole family can enjoy together? Join us for Running Wild, LVO’s monthly family adventure! 📅 Next session: Sunday 30 November 🕚 11:00am – 12:30pm 📍 Tollymore Forest ✨ Sign up now: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/juniors-and-families-coaching-nov-25/ Come explore. Come learn. Come run wild.

⏰ Registration closes tomorrow! Don’t miss your chance to join our 3rd of seven WENTs of 2025 (🏃‍♂️ Wednesday Evening Night Training 🏃‍♀️)! 📍 Location: Barnetts Demesne Park, Malone House, Belfast🗓️ Date: Wednesday 19 November⏰ Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm 🌟 A perfect opportunity for both newcomers and seasoned club members to enjoy a mid-week navigation run in the dark 🧭💡 👉 Full details & registration link: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-3-25/ #Orienteering #Belfast #NightTraining #LVO #GetOutside #WENT

Registration is now open for our 3rd of seven WENTs of 2025 (Wednesday Evening Night Training)! Taking place in Barnetts Demense Park, Malone House, Belfast on Wednesday 19 November from 7.30pm to 8.30pm, it is a great chance for newcomers as well as seasoned club members to go for a mid-week navigation run in the dark. Full details can be found here or via the QR code: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-3-25/

As we approach the conclusion of the event year the battles are coming down to fewer and fewer individuals. The Tyrella event results show a large variation in variance (that’s the difference between your handicap and your on-the-day speed). The event variance of 52secs shows that things were “quite” tough in the dunes and that the Green course competitors had the worst of it, with none managing to beat their handicap on the day. In the battle for consistency honours (hCOW Table) the champion for the last 2 years, Chris Colwell, has only Mark Pruzina as his final opposition, so Read More …

The NISeries tables have been updated with the results of the penultimate event. They are available from the NIOA website but you can find a copy on the LVO site at “Resources>OneDrive Public>[1[ League & series tables>NI Series>NiSeries2025.pdf”. It’s congratulations to Ric Gamble, Heather Cairns and Joanne Graham for joining Moire O’Sullivan by winning their classes with an event to spare. They’re joined by a NorthWestie and a FermOer in doing that with possibly more doing the same after Gortin; you’ll have to pull your socks up for next year! The Colour Standards have also been updated. The link is Read More …

⏰ Registration closes tomorrow! Don’t miss your chance to join our 2nd of seven WENTs of 2025 (🏃‍♂️ Wednesday Evening Night Training 🏃‍♀️)! 📍 Location: University of Ulster Jordanstown🗓️ Date: Wednesday 12 November⏰ Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm 🌟 A perfect opportunity for both newcomers and seasoned club members to enjoy a mid-week navigation run in the dark 🧭💡 👉 Full details & registration link: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-2-25/ #Orienteering #Belfast #NightTraining #LVO #GetOutside #WENT

Registration is now open for our 2nd of seven WENTs of 2025 (Wednesday Evening Night Training)! Taking place in University of Ulster, Jordanstown on Wednesday 12 November from 7.30pm to 8.30pm, it is a great chance for newcomers as well as seasoned club members to go for a mid-week navigation run in the dark. Full details can be found here or via the QR code: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-2-25/

Terrified of teamwork? Baffled by the gaffles? Flustered by very-close-together flags?  Then come along to our last Club Meet of the year, where it’s all about relays, teamwork, and having fun! 📍 Lady Dixon Park📅 Saturday 15 November🕙 10am–2pm Sign up directly via the QR Code or this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/neEn1uBVpV . Sign up closes on midnight Tuesday 11 November. Full details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-nov-25/ 💰 Free for members of LVO, NIOA, and Orienteering Ireland, and for under 10s. £5 for non-members. Bring your team spirit and let’s wrap up the season in style! 🏅

What a day on the slopes of the Sperrins’ Carntogher Mountain last Saturday! ⛰️ Our incredible orienteers showed true grit, endurance and determination — and we’re thrilled to celebrate their success! 🙌 🌟 Your 2025 Northern Ireland Long Distance Champions are: W10 🥇 Sophie Kerr (LVO) W12 🥇 Chloé Campbell (LVO) W21 🥇 Áine Colwell (LVO) W35 🥇 Olivia Baxter (LVO) W45 🥇 Moire O’Sullivan (LVO) W50 🥇 Norma Rea (LVO) W55 🥇 Carol Black (LVO) W60 🥇 Stephanie Pruzina (LVO) W70 🥇 Ann Savage (LVO) M10 🥇 Dylan Kennedy (LVO) M12 🥇 Aran Power (LVO) M14 🥇 Cillian Lynch Read More …

The hCOW tables, following the Autumn Trophy event at Donard Forest, are now published. You can find them at “STANDINGS>hCOW”. If, like me, that sends you into a password verification process, you can get at them via “Resources>OneDrive Public>[3] hCOW>hCOW2025”. As hCOW calculations are based of results from level5 courses it’s the results from the Short Blue and Short Green that were used. For Tyrella and Gortin (the final two colour events) it will be Brown to Short Blue that will count. There’s still all to play for – you can try either for consistency (hCOW) or for improvement (Regatta).