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With 3 events and 187 competitive runs is was a busy weekend of Orienteering at LVO’s annual Tollymore Festival of Orienteering. For a second consecutive year, the weekend kicked off in Warrenpoint for the Urban race, which counted in the NI Urban League. This is such a great area for route choice and scenery and local planner, George Savell, made the most of it. A hot evening with a few long legs sapped the energy levels before dipping into tricky intricate housing and footpaths. Big thanks to the other event officials Sarah Knight (Organiser) and Greg McCann (Controller) for making Read More …

LAST CHANCE! WEE8 Entries at Belvoir Forest close TOMORROW (Tuesday 24 June at 19:00) for the 8th Wednesday Evening Event (WEE) of the year! Date: Wednesday 25 June Location: Belvoir Forest Starts: Anytime between 6.30pm – 7.30pm Enter now via the link or QR Code: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=15724 Full event details: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-8-25/ Tag your crew, bring your friends, and let’s kick off the WEE season with a bang! Entry on the Day is still possible, but it costs more and map availability isn’t guaranteed.

The hCALF tables have been updated with the Lady Dixon results, ready for the final event in the series on Wednesday in Belvoir Forest. Now is the time to decide whether or not you want to go hypersonic, knock spots of your handicap speed and climb the Regatta Table or take it at a steadier pace, keep to your handicap and climb the hCOW Table. The tables can be viewed on the website under “STANDINGS>hCALF 2025”. Now to print the Belvoir maps and that will be followed by the hCOW table update after Slievenagore.

Entries are now open for WEE8 at Belvoir Forest! Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-8-25/ Follow the link or scan the QR Code to go straight to SIEntries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=15724 Remember you can bring friends for free! Sign them up here: https://forms.office.com/r/ueLGiEt1Xf

🏃‍♀️It is great to see the WEE series continue to attract around 70 participants, with us all enjoying another warm and sunny evening running around lovely parkland. 🗺Thank you to the planner this week Denis Murphy and to Aine McCann who helped on the day set out controls, possibly with Mark Earnshaw (sorry if I have got this wrong!) who was also coordinator for this evening. 👏Again thanks to all who made the evening so enjoyable – Dan Earnshaw on the (registration, timing, IT), Mark and Aine (starts), Alan Gartside (map printing), James Earnshaw, Fred Hamond and Aine (control collection), Read More …

Join us Sunday 29 June, 11am–12:30pm at Tollymore Forest Park for fun family orienteering training! 🏃‍♀️ Perfect for kids (P4+) & their grown-ups 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Get active, build confidence & explore nature 💸 Only £3 per child / £10 max per family 📧 Younger kids? Email juniors_families@lvo.org.uk Discover the adventure with Lagan Valley Orienteers: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/running-wild-jun-25/ Sign up by midnight Wednesday 25 June – don’t miss out: https://forms.office.com/r/7rv2X15vCs #RunningWild #FamilyAdventure #Orienteering #LVO #GetOutside

LAST CHANCE! WEE7 Entries at Lady Dixon Park close TOMORROW (Tuesday 17 June at 19:00) for the 7th Wednesday Evening Event (WEE) of the year! Date: Wednesday 18 June Location: Lady Dixon Park, Belfast Starts: Anytime between 6.30pm – 7.30pm Enter now via the link or QR Code: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=15723 Full event details: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-7-25/ Tag your crew, bring your friends, and let’s kick off the WEE season with a bang! Entry on the Day is still possible, but it costs more and map availability isn’t guaranteed.

A bit more responsive this time! Just to clear up any misunderstanding – my hips are fine; it was wife Norma who went through the medical grinder. The tables can be found by clicking on “hCALF 2025” in the “STANDINGS” section of the website. There you will find the details of each event, showing how the hCOW scores are assigned, starting with the result in the middle of the list. The Hillsborough results show an event variance of 1min29secs/km, showing that the tricky forest terrain took its toll on speed. In the hCOW table the asterisk indicates those who have Read More …

Entries are now open for WEE7 at Lady Dixon! Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-7-25/ Follow the link or scan the QR Code to go straight to SIEntries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=15723 Remember you can bring friends for free! Sign them up here: https://forms.office.com/r/8u7YUFp1Cg

🏃‍♀️It was again great to see about 70 participants travel to Hillsborough and enjoy a stunning evening in this great forest park. 🗺The planner this week was Emma Graham. Mentored by Ric Gamble, this was Emma’s first time planning and she did a fantastic job on a map that needed a lot of updates due to recent windfall. Those who managed to stay on a good line enjoyed nice open forest running, mixed in with the path and track network. Thank you to Geoffrey and Stephen who made the temporary map updates. 👏A big thank you again to all who Read More …