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What an absolutely incredible result — £900 raised for our juniors through our Junior Takeover Scatter event yesterday in Belvoir! 🔥👏 A MASSIVE thank you to all the juniors who made this happen 💪 From planning and downloads to cake baking, old kit sales, control collection, and putting up and taking down gazebos, you should be so proud of what you achieved – what a team! 🌟 And thank you to all the orienteers who came along, ran the courses and donated so generously. Every penny raised will go towards helping our juniors train, develop and compete at their very Read More …

🌞🧭 It’s the summer series you’ve all been waiting for. Yes the WEEs are BACK! What else would you be doing on a Wednesday evening in May and June but orienteering around some of the best parks Belfast and Antrim have to offer? We’re even bringing back ‘Bring a Friend for Free’, the perfect excuse to introduce someone new to the fun! Check out the dates and venues, get them in your diary, and let’s make this summer one to remember 👀 Entries opening soon… Who’s in? 🙌

Join us on Saturday 18 April at Belvoir Forest for a fun scatter event organised by our Junior squad, the Next Generation Orienteers. Come compete, support the team, and help fund their coaching, competitions, and travel. 🧭 Scatter format: 20 controls set out. Visit them in any order and race back. First back wins (and gets first pick of the buns!) Long: collect 19 controls (leave just one out) Medium: collect 15 controls Short: collect 8 controls 💛 Support the Juniors: 🛍️ New LVO kit will also be available after the event. 👉 Enter online by Wednesday 15 April – don’t miss it! Full details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/spring-scatter-26/

Junior Takeover – Club Scatter Please come along on Saturday the 18th April and support the club Juniors who are putting on a scatter event in Belvoir Forest. The event is planned and run by the Next Generation Orienteers, in aid of… Coaching, Competing and Travelling as a Team Please consider making a donation to squad funds which you can do so via SI Entries when signing up. Or support the kit resale stall by buying or donating O-kit or other outdoor kit; And you can indulge in some home made cake and buns from our Tea / Coffee stall – please Read More …

What an amazing 4 days of racing over the Easter weekend at the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering in Perthshire, Scotland! 🏃‍♂️🌲⛰️ LVO members had an incredible experience – from great racing and hanging out, to tackling complicated forests and flying through the fast alleyways of Perth. And the results? Simply outstanding! 🙌🔥 Pride of place goes to James Ewart, who won the overall M16 championship across the Middle and Long races 🥇👏 An incredible achievement for this young athlete, who extends a huge thank you to LVO, NIOA,  Mary Peters Trust, and all the coaches across LVO, the Read More …

Sorry about the delay, but printer issues have been occupying my LVO-time recently. Hopefully, things have now quietened down on that quarter, allowing me back to results processing. The way to access the various tables is to go to “Resources” at the top of the LVO home page and then click “OneDrive Public” in the drop-down list. All these tables have fixtures information in them but I’m having some trouble working out a definitive list so treat the dates and venues with some caution!

SIGN UP NOW for contour and open mountain training on Slievengore on Saturday 11 April from 10am–2pm. Sign-up closes Tuesday 7 April at midnight. Perfect training ahead of the Irish Orienteering Championships in Cork on 2-4 May. Full details here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-apr-26/

I have just successfully completed the printing of the maps for next Saturday’s Club Meet on Slievenagore so it seems that LVO Map Printing Services is back on the air. However, I have no idea why the printer and PC stopped talking to each other and, worse still, why they became buddies again so a word of warning if your submitting files for the printing of maps – make sure you leave enough time to find other printing facilities should the same thing happen again.

Good luck to all our LVO members heading to Perthshire, Scotland this Easter weekend for the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering! 🧭🏃‍♂️ Wishing you fast routes, clean navigation, and plenty of fun out in the terrain 💪🌲