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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 …

Entries are open for our first WEE of the year, taking place in Ormeau Park on Wednesday 8 May – https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13576 All ages and abilities welcome, with courses available to suit everyone. Legend has it that the only way to guarantee a long and pleasant summer is to attend the WEE series

❗Don’t miss out on the chance to receive great coaching on contoured mountain terrain. 🏃‍♀️ All ages and abilities welcome. 🙂 Catch up with club mates and meet new members, with the chance to socialise afterwards. 💻 For more information visit: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-march-2024-meelmore/ Register before midnight on Tuesday 7 May HERE. Filling up fast – already nearly half the places available are booked, and last Club Meet was over-subscribed!

Whilst normal orienteers would be resting up after their Drum Manor outing yesterday, LVO’s intrepid fixtures team spent their Sunday planning our event locations for the next FIVE years! Planning this far out helps us to do a couple of things: 1) It means we can make sure our maps are updated in time, ready to go for the season when they’ll be used. 2) It gives our volunteers enough time to plan, organise and control the courses. 3) It allows us to see gaps in the terrain maps that we’d like to use, and look for access to new Read More …

We have a cracking TEN teams for IOC 2024. Hosted by our friends in WEGO, and based around Lough Ree, the relays follow 3 days of individual competition. A wonderful test for tired legs (and tired brains), we certainly are one of the largest clubs and one of the loudest on the run-in for ALL our teams 🙂

Huge congratulations to our very own Paul Pruzina who finished top 10 in the M21 Elite British Orienteering Long Distance Championships in Whitby, North Yorkshire last weekend. An incredible and well deserved result! Full results can be found here: https://www.theboc.org.uk/page/551

🤸‍♀️ Looking forward to having a mid-week adventure throughout May and June? Our ever popular weekly WEE (Wednesday Evening Event) series venues can now be revealed – keep your eyes peeled for entry information coming soon 🤓

At Saturday’s Hillsborough Club Meet, Ric, Áine and Alan passed their Level 2 BOF Coaching Qualification with flying colours 🥳 This would not have been possible without the generous support of the Orienteering Foundation, and the wisdom and patience of their instructor/mentor/problem-solver Helen Baxter. Thanks too to their assessors, Philip Baxter and Raymond Finlay from Fermanagh Orienteers.

I’m planning to set up a TrailO exercise at our top-grade events this year. It will take the form of a TempO cluster near assembly or on the way to the start. It is the intention (assuming all the stars align!) to have one at each of: Carnearney 1st June Slieve Martin 22nd June Tollymore campsite 22nd June Whitespots 7th September Glenarriff 19th October and, if re-arranged, Castlewellan. The results will be combined to form the Club TrailO Championship 2024. This was last contested in 2018, won by Lyle Fleming. It’s time an attempt was made to wrest his crown Read More …

⏰ Registration for Saturday’s Club Meet closes TONIGHT (Tuesday 9 April) at midnight, so sign-up here for coaching and a chance to catch-up with club mates – free for all NIOA and OI members: https://forms.office.com/r/Bzwd8NZE4e