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Click on “Resources>OneDrive Public>LVOTOC2024” where you will find the solutions map and the results from the first round of the club trailO champs 2024, the TempO cluster at Slemish College. I promised a Planner’s Commentary but apologies for its absence – it’s been a manic 3 weeks of map printing, with more to come. The second and third rounds will be taking place on 22nd June, no.2 in the upper car park at Slievemartin during the NISeries event, and no.3 in the woodland beside the Tollymore campsite during the late afternoon and evening shenanigans See you there. I haven’t yet Read More …

Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday 11 June) at 19:00Enter online to make sure you don’t miss out. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13766 Entry on the day is possible, but subject to map availability!

The Crawfordsburn results have been incoroporated into the hCALF tables. To view go to the club website and under “STANDINGS” click on “hCALF 2024”. With 4 events gone some asterisks have started appearing against those who will go into discard mode. That’s in the hCOW table in which the scores (lowest is best) are assigned for consistency of handicap; in the Regatta table it’s improvement in handicap that counts – Olivia Baxter, with 2 first places, is the one to beat.

Rather belatedly, the hCALF tables have been updated with the Stormont results, and include a slight resetting of previous table scores due to a late membership renewal generating retrospective recalculations. Apologies for the delay, but the last 2 weeks have seen a LOT of course map preparation and printing, with 2 NI Champs, 2 WEE, 1 NISeries, 1 Urban and 3 TempO all needing attention. As soon as the Crawfordsburn results become available I shall get the tables up-to-date as Crawfordsburn marks the point where regulars will reach their fourth event and can start to discard poor results thereafter.

Entries are now open for WEE 6 in Antrim Castle Gardens! https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13766 Further info can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-6-antrim-gardens

Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday 11 June) at 19:00Enter online to make sure you don’t miss out. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13765 Entry on the day is possible, but subject to map availability!

It’s been quite a while, but it’s time… It’s time for some Mental Stimulation.I’m going to reach in, grab hold of the contents ( if present ), give it a shake and then pop the lid back on. Yes; It’s time for some Urban Orienteering! OCO Cordially invite you all to an afternoon of mental massage around the paths and green spaces of Craigavon South. This Event will be the second leg of this year’s NI Urban League and consequently I wouldn’t want to disappoint any of you Urban fans. For your delight we will be using a newly extended Read More …

Registration for Saturday’s Club Meet closes TOMORROW NIGHT (Tuesday 4 June) at midnight, so sign-up HERE for coaching and a chance to catch-up with club mates – free for all NIOA and OI members. TD5 group will be looking at low visibility navigation in the green.TD3/4 will have a chance to look at contours in forests or distance judgement and pacing. ❗A perfect chance to put those Drumkeeragh Forest mistakes to rest after the 2023 British Middle Championships and 2024 NI Colour Series. Full details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-jun-2024-drumkerragh/

👏Thank you everyone who competed in the NI championship races, I hope you had a great day running these very different, challenging, yet still, some how, very enjoyable courses! Again, a huge thank you to everyone involved in putting the double header together, it was great to see so many willing and happy volunteers pulling together to make a wonderful event – there was great praise from all the competitors, especially those who travelled up from the south and from across the water. Special thank you to organisers – Ric Gamble and Cecil Armstrong; Planners – Richard Vasey and Wilbert Read More …

🎉Congratulations to our May WEE Series winners! With the best three out of the four runs in May being counted and with prizes for the top three male and female athletes and for Juniors too, here are the overall podium results: In the Short Course, the top females were: 1️⃣Jennifer Dawson (Max 300 points), 2️⃣Oonagh Reeve (296) and 3️⃣Abbie Green (288). The short race males were as follows: 1️⃣Luke Wilkins (287 points), 2️⃣Finn Dawson (268) and 3️⃣Elliot Crawford (187). Elliot only completed two courses, so one to look out for in June! And in the long race, the top three women Read More …