The hCOW (i.e. handicap related) tables are updated by results from colour courses of technical difficulty 5. This means that only the Short Blue course results from next week’s Autumn Trophy event at Whitespots will be used for hCOW updating. Don’t forget to have your entry in by Monday evening.
🏆Don’t miss out on the club Autumn Trophy event – remember to be eligible for a prize you need to be a member of Lagan Valley Orienteers – but members of other clubs and non-members equally welcome to participate in this fun event. 📝End of year club membership discount – From 1 Sept, non-members can sign up and receive the advantages of membership for only £4 (Junior up to 20), £8 (Young adult up to 25), £10 (Senior) and £20 (Family). Why not join up now to benefit from discounts and other offers and be registered as competitive. 🟡🟠🟢🔵4 colour Read More …
🏆Come along and enjoy out club Autumn Trophy event – to be eligible for a prize you need to be a member of Lagan Valley Orienteers – but members of other clubs and non-members equally welcome to participate in this fun event. 📝End of year club membership discount – From 1 Sept, non-members can sign up and receive the advantages of membership for only £4 (Junior up to 20), £8 (Young adult up to 25), £10 (Senior) and £20 (Family). Why not join up now to benefit from discounts and other offers and be registered as competitive. 🟡🟠🟢🔵4 colour courses Read More …
Want to improve your contour-reading, especially in tricky sand dunes? Looking forward to the 2025 Irish Orienteering Championships, that will take place on Magilligan Strand? Together with North West Orienteering Club, our next Club Meet will take place on Saturday 14 September from 10.30am on Portstewart Strand. Full details, including how to sign-up can be found on our website: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-sep-24/ And why not make a day of it and, after packed lunches, head over to Portrush afterwards for an afternoon of urban racing: https://www.nwoc.info/oevent/portrush-urban-event/
1️⃣ The first event is a trip to the newly mapped Moydamlaght Forest. This a Colour Series event meaning there will be 8 courses to choose from. Whether a newcomer or experienced orienteer there will be a suitably challenging and fun course to suit you! North West Orienteering Club will be your hosts for this event. 2️⃣ Get yourself down to the lovely Gosford Forest Park for the 4th and final part of the ABC Summer Series which Orchard County Orienteers are hosting. 3️⃣ Lagan Valley Orienteers are hosting their Autumn Trophy Club Competition at Whitespots Country Park – this Read More …
At long last, I’ve got round to defining the method of identifying the Club Champ from the results of the 5 TempO clusters making up the series. It will be necessary to have participated in at least 2 of the 5 (that means that, with 2 to go, no-one is yet eliminated). Your “score” will be your average time per decision, including any time penalties (30secs) for an incorrect decision. The standings can be viewed in the folder “LVOTOC2024” on the public OneDrive (“Resources>OneDrive Public”). The standings show Chris Colwell to be currently in the lead, but there are 14 Read More …
Apologies for the delay in publishing the final hCALF results (they’re there now, click on “hCALF2024” in “STANDINGS”), but holidays and orther domestic matters have kept me away from the spreadheets. In the regularity standings (hCOW Table.pdf) Colin Smith has come out comfortably on top. Although Colin was not the quickest (see the handicap history in Handicap Table.pdf) he kept to his tempo around the Belfast parks. As to the improvers standings (Regatta Table.pdf) it was a close-run result between Olivia Baxter and Sharon Dickenson with a single point between them. Again, the handicap table reveals their improvement record. Now Read More …
🙂 Another WEE Extra for us to enjoy. This time in the lovely grounds of Campbell College another new area for most of us to explore! 🏃♂️🏃♀️ 2 courses to suit all ages and abilities. 💻 For more information and to register visit: WEE Extra Campbell College – (lvo.org.uk)
🙂 Don’t miss out on chance to explore Mount Stewart. The price includes the entry fee to the stunning grounds of this NT property, normally £14 Adult and £7 child. 💰 Senior £5 (£7), Junior £2 (£3), Family £12 (£17). Pay on the day, please bring correct change. 🏃♂️🏃♀️ 2 courses to suit all ages and abilities. 💻 For more information and to register click here
Have you come back from holiday or recovering from the Seven Sevens and fancy something fun to do during the rest of the Summer? Well there is lots of Orienteering planned this month to enjoy! 🏠 Have you tried out one of Graeme’s urban courses yet? If so, you know you will be in for some fun running around a new area with a new map! If not, get yourself down to lovely Markethill this Wednesday evening and see what you have been missing out on. 🌳 Graeme has more instore for us to enjoy on Sunday 11th in the Read More …