Rounding off a fantastic weekend of racing, LVO secured three podium spots at Monday’s Irish Orienteering Championships relays – our Junior 36 team took the title and first spot; and our Women Premier and Open Premier Teams fought hard to claim bronze medals in highly competitive fields. Well done to everyone! Full relay results can be found here: https://www.orienteering.ie/result2/?oaction=moreResult&id=22958
Registration for Saturday’s Club Meet closes TONIGHT (Tuesday 7 May) at midnight, so sign-up HERE for coaching and a chance to catch-up with club mates – free for all NIOA and OI members. Full details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-march-2024-meelmore/
Entries close tomorrow 19:00 Enter online to make sure you don’t miss out: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=13576 Entry on the day is possible, but subject to map availability!
T’was a day for the runners on Slieve Bawn, Day 3 of the Irish Orienteering Championships, with our speedy LVOers taking home the spoils. Congratulations to: 🥇 George Savell, M35🥇Olivia Baxter, W21L🥇 Moire O’Sullivan, W45🥇 Stephanie Pruzina, W55 🥈 Cahal Power, M10🥈 James Ewart, M14🥈 Paul Pruzina, M21E🥈 Ric Gamble, M50🥈 Wilbert Hollinger, M70🥈 Sarah Knight, W35🥈 Fionne Austin, W40🥈 Barbara Foley-Fisher, W70 🥉 Billy Reed, M55🥉 Michael Burton, M60🥉 Anastasiia Mahlych, W18E🥉 Helen Baxter, W65 Full results for Day 3 can be found here: https://www.orienteering.ie/result2/?oaction=moreResult&id=22957 As you can see, our head coach, Helen, is very happy with our results Read More …
Another good day at the races in Aghrane Wood at Day 2 of the Irish Orienteering Championships. Saturday was the middle distance, and LVO took top spots on the podium again: 🥇Cahal Power M10🥇James Ewart M14🥇George Savell M35🥇Sarah Knight W35🥇Moire O’Sullivan W45🥇 Stephanie Pruzina W55 🥈 Michael Burton M60🥈 Anastasiia Mahlych W18E🥈 Fionne Austin W40🥈 Helen Baxter W65 🥉Wilbert Hollinger M70🥉 Barbara Foley-Fisher W70 Full results can be found here: https://www.orienteering.ie/result2/?oaction=moreResult&id=22955
LVO got on to a winning start on Day 1 of the Irish Orienteering Championships, sprinting around the buildings at Maynooth University. Congratulations to our podium placers: 🥇Cahal Power M10🥇James Ewart M14🥇Paul Pruzina M21🥇George Savell M35🥇Michael Burton M60🥇Sam McNeilly W35🥇Moire O’Sullivan W45🥇Steph Pruzina W55🥇Barbara Foley Fisher W70🥈Wilbert Hollinger M70🥉Sarah Knight W35 And particular congratulations to Paul Pruzina for his impressive win in the M21 elite field against tough competition (photo courtesy of Action Photography). Full results for Day 1 can be found here: https://www.orienteering.ie/result2/?oaction=moreResult&id=22954
Best of luck to all our members travelling to Lough Ree this weekend for the Irish Orienteering Championships. At 42 participants, and fielding 10 relay teams, we have the largest representation out of all the clubs in Ireland 👌 We wish you much fun and success!
🌞With the better weather threatening to come and the longer evenings ahead, there is no better time to get out and enjoy exploring the great outdoors. 😀From 1st May there is a reduced membership price for NEW members. So, if you are thinking about joining or know someone else who is, now is a great time. Senior membership is only £16 and there are equally good deals for Juniors, Young adults and families! 🏃♀️Membership will last up until the end of the year but there are so many orienteering events and activities planned for this month alone, including the WEE Read More …
If you ever wondered who the amazing people are behind our Club Meets, it’s this bunch of incredible coaches! They were busy yesterday planning more exciting orienteering outings over the coming months. Saturday 11 May – Meelmore Mountain Saturday 8 June – Drumkeeragh Forest Saturday 14 September – Portstewart Dunes in collaboration with NWOC Saturday 12 October – Sprint Training, Venue TBC Saturday 9 November – Tyrella Dunes Thank you for all your hard work 👏🏻
After a slight delay, the various performance tables have been updated with the Drum Manor results. The official NI Series tables can be downloaded from the NIOA website, but a copy can be viewed at “OneDrive Public>NI Series>NISeries20024.pdf”. The colour standards table can be viewed at “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf” As was warned after Drumkeeragh 4 events would drop out of the 12-month window before Drum Manor so quite a few folk have lost their current colour status. The hCOW tables can be viewed at “STANDINGS>hCOW>hCOW2024”. The Event2… table shows that only 2 out of the 38 results showed an event Read More …