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With the sun splitting the trees, a beautiful day welcomed us all to the enjoy a great day out at Tollymore Forest Park for our first Autumn Trophy event. It was great to see so many out and especially nice to welcome some new comers. 👋 👍Meadow McCauley had planned some great courses for us all to run controlled by Mark Stephens, who unfortunately was unable to join us on the day. Dan Earnshaw did an amazing job setting everything up and getting people in place to help out, great job for a first time organiser! 👏Thanks to those who Read More …

WEST 2 Coaching 14th Sep 22 Lady Dixon Park Last week’s WEST drew 29 supporters, a mix of seniors and juniors, advanced and novice, confident and the totally boggled! Olivia’s control description exercise provided a useful (and necessary it would seem) reminder about the value and importance of reading, understanding and remembering all the detail in a control description. This week in Lady Dixon Park we will work on developing all those skills. In order to make best use of the light we aim to start at 6.30pm from the top car park. The whole session should last about an Read More …

With regard to the running of activities and events during this period of mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Lagan Valley Orienteers are following the advice and lead of our National Governing Body, British Orienteering. In brief, activities and events will continue as planned, so tomorrows Autumn Trophy event at Tollymore will go ahead as planned. For more information on the advice we have received, click on this British Orienteering link. Best wishes Ric

🦶STEP 1 – Scan the QR Code in the middle of the poster (at download or on event page of website) 🦶STEP 2 – Complete the Online Form 🦶STEP 3 – Committee will read the responses and take steps to provide the best experience for everyone! 👍Whether competing or volunteering, the LVO Committee want the member experience to be as good as possible for everyone. The committee reviews past events and plans what programme and volunteer training we put on in the future. To help us with this review, starting this Autumn, I would like to trial the use of Read More …

❗ENTRY DEADLINE is Wednesday at midnight (yes tomorrow). All welcome, book your spot now and don’t miss out❗ 🍂 AUTUMN TROPHY 1️⃣ 🍂 📍 Tollymore Forest Park🗓 Saturday 10th September⏰ 11:00 – 13:00🟡🟠🟢🔵 4 courses on offer! Please note there is an error with the entry fees. Please enter and you will be refunded the difference. Everything you need to know below including link to online entry ⬇️

Sorry for the delay but even your bated breath as you waited to see the results doesn’t trump a holiday in West Cork! You’ll find them at “Resources>OneDrive Public>hCOW>hCOW2022”. The Orangefield and Belvoir results are in WEE11.pdf and WEE12.pdf; the history of your handicap fluctuations is in WEE Series Handicaps.pdf (use that to review you performances, good or bad) and the overall scores are in WEE Series Table.pdf. Congratulations to Olivia Baxter who made a late surge through the rankings to come out on top with a winning performance at Belvoir.

The Wednesday Evening Skills Training (WEST) sessions start on Wed 7th September in Barnett Demesne, Session 1 will concentrate on making best use of control descriptions with a short run around designed to keep you thinking. If you plan to attend please let Olivia know either by email (olivia@lvo.org.uk) or via Facebook so that we can have the correct number of maps printed. Club members are free; non-members are welcome but bring £3 to cover map costs. Assemble by 6.25pm ready to run for a prompt 6.30 start.

Yesterday evening saw the last event of our WEE Series 😢 but don’t worry there is plenty planned for the Autumn 😁 More details below. 👏Thanks to all those who supported through participation and volunteering throughout the month of August. A big thank you to this weeks novice planner, James Earnshaw who was supported on the night by his younger brother Dan on the IT side of things, Brendy, Jane who has coordinated the whole month, Heather and Gavin for the hotdogs and those who helped with control collection. It really is a team effort! About 50 of us explored Read More …

After a thoroughly enjoyable dander round Donaghadee, thanks to Stephen & Richard, the NI Urban Series caravan returns swiftly to Portadown and to the spiritual home of Orchard County Orienteers – Edenvilla Park, for a double headed Bank Holiday afternoon of fun. As this years’ WEE Series comes to a close, some of you may have noticed that there wasn’t a ‘Craigavon’ WEE this year. So for those of you who feel like you’ve missed out, or just want to explore, we’re giving you a bonus of two WEE style events on the same afternoon, with a bonus sticker for Read More …

If you didn’t get around to entering the Around the ‘Dee event tomorrow Saturday 20 August, just head on down. Sufficient maps have been printed to allow for on the day entries. All the details are on the event page on the LVO website: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/ni-urban-league-donaghadee/