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Do you Know? – you probably have heard that, after 6.5 years, Juls has finally [come to her senses / lost her mind]* and is moving on from her Development Officer role with NI Orienteering to working as the Outdoor Development Officer with Mid & East Antrim Borough Council. Don’t go just yet – although yesterday was Juls’ last day sitting [at her desk in the office / in the back garden in the sun]*, she will be at the Tollymore Festival the weekend of 23-25 June. The whole Orienteering community are hoping to say a proper and heartfelt thank Read More …

What were you doing on 27th May 2023? Was it 100+ km, 26 peaks, 6,000m ascent, all within 24 hours? You can read Alan Elwood’s account of the Wicklow Round here. Congratulations Alan. Other accounts of long distance challenges completed by LVO members can be found under the menu item “Resources”, “Long Distance Challenges”.

🌞 A beautiful sunny evening welcomed everyone who came along to Ballyclare for the first WEE of the June Series. 👋 It was great to see over 20 juniors and 30+ newcomers/non-members who took part either independently or in a friendship/family unit. Almost 60 entered competitively and the runners enjoyed a mix of flat park land and fast running around an urban housing estate. 🥇🥈🥉 Check out the new handicap league table. Your best three results from the four WEEs in June will count. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Men, Women & Juniors on the Long Read More …

Earlier this evening Alan published the hCalf results for the first of the competitive WEE events in 2023. hCalf provides a competitive format for all, including those who may have a long term injury. In the past the WEE series had a handicap system for age and gender. Encouraged by the wishes of LVO members, the Committee decided this should be restored. Accordingly tonight also sees the restoration of those results. Each event is scored on a handicap basis and each month of WEEs forms a league series. These results were formerly published on the WEE website but this year Read More …

From the Ballyclare WEE1 results the first hCALF (=WEE hCOW) table has been computed, showing the speeds achieved and therefore your handicap going forward. Since there were no handicaps being brought forward everyone is treated as having an Initiate run and no points are assigned. You may notice that the course length differs from that given in the control descriptions; this is because, for compatibility with the parkland events coming up, the length quoted is the minimum possible (no swimming the river or crashing through people’s gardens) rather than the straight-line route. To see the table from the home page Read More …

Entries are now open for the LVO Club Championships This event is being held at Meelmore on Saturday 24 June at Meelmore. It is doubling up with the NI Colour Series event. In the middle of the Club Weekend. Club Championship Courses This event is also doubling up as the Lagan Valley Orienteering Club Championships. 💛Yellow: M10, M12, W10, W12 💚Light Green: M14, W80+, W14 💚Short Green: M75+, W16, W60, W65, W70 💚Green: M16, M60, M65, M70, W50, W55 💙Blue: M40, M45, M50, M55, W18, W20, W35, W40, W45 🤎Brown: M18, M20, M21, M35, W21 ❗Please Note: LVO members to Read More …

Hope you are enjoying this fine end to the Spring and start to the Summer. With it being far too nice for any of that silly indoor gym training nonsense or the hot tarmac of road running make sure you get out and enjoy our Orienteering offer this summer. And don’t keep it a secret, invite friends along, they will love it too! Here is a summary of what’s on in June! 🌲MESS (Mournes Evening Summer Series) – 3️⃣ Tuesday evening activities in June (13th, 20th and 27th) – there will be maps and technical courses available to support members Read More …

Entries are now open for the June WEE Series, starting next Wednesday in Ballyclare. As before, there will be hCOW tables generated from the long course results (they are kept separate from the colour series tables due to the differing technical difficulty of the WEE events affecting the handicap consistencies). Unlike the colour series which carried over last year’s handicaps to the first event, next Wednesday will be used to generate handicaps for all finishers so will not assign points. That means the series will run over the remaining seven events with the best four to count. To distinguish them Read More …

Organisers/Planners please note that Map Printing Services is available for the June events. There may be a gap in availablity in August due to holiday plans – yet to be determined in detail.

Many of you, during the Review stage, have contributed your thoughts and ideas, which we are very thankful for. This is just the beginning of the Strategic Plan and it is important that we all (the whole LVO membership) are aware of and continue to be part of this process. The LVO Committee and LVO members on the NIOA Committee have been invited to attend a strategic planning workshop to look at the results of the review. This meeting will be held on Saturday 17 June. The purpose of this meeting is to provide the opportunity for our club officials Read More …