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😬 Grit your teeth, with only one week to go in the May league, we are in for a tight finish. Only 4 points separate the top three position in both the Long and Short courses. Last month I made a few errors with my sums, so should all be fixed now. The high scores means I need more beads for my abacus. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️Long Course: Well done to the 21 people who have participated at all three venues this month, fantastic effort! There has been some movement at the top. Presently in the top six positions are, Anastasia Mahlych 60 Read More …

Now available for Routegadget https://www.lvo.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#459 and Winsplits http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=81499 Many thanks to everybody who helped last night, especially the control collectors who were held up a long time waiting for a lost competitor. Make sure you know what the course closing time is! Cecil Armstrong

It can be found in the hCOW2022 folder at “Resources>OneDrive Public>hCOW>hCOW2022”. It shows the starting handicaps for those who completed the Long Course at Hillsborough. It gives you two options; you can either try to remain consistent and score as few place points as possible or try to reduce your handicap over the series. If you didn’t get to Hillsborough don’t worry as your first appearance down the line will set your handicap.

Yesterday, a 70 strong touring group from Scandinavia, travelled up to Hillsborough, ‘fresh’ from 4 days competition at the IOC’s in Kerry. They had a great run around, testing out the newly updated map of the forest Stephen Gilmore has worked on and his long course. It was great to see so many smiling faces and nothing but compliments for the terrain, map and course, so we are in for a treat this evening. The fastest O-tourist (who I think was a Swede) did it in about 27 minutes – so there’s a time to beat! Although the WEEs are Read More …

I don’t know if the MOO will be at this summers WEE series but at least hCOW will be in action, with handicap calculations being applied to the Long Course results. With the variability of the technical difficulty, from Hillsborough bomb craters to Antrim Castle parkland to UUJ urban terrain, your handicaps may show more fluctuation than those of the colour events but at least they will allow you to track the reasons for your good (and bad!) results and hopefully improve your performance. Until the August events appear in the fixture list the number of counting results can’t be Read More …

Tonight is the deadline to pre-enter for the first WEE of the season. It is at Hillsborough forest with starts from 6.30pm. A large group of Scandinavian O-tourists are testing it out on Tuesday for us. Both days results will be unavailable, so you can see how you fare against them. Don’t miss out EOD will not guarantee a map.

We are delighted to announce we have a mighty EIGHT relay teams for the Irish Championships this coming weekend in Killarney. Good luck to everyone travelling to the weekend. We cannot wait!! Results will be online http://www.orienteering.ie/results Susan & Olivia co-ordinate the relay teams, so you’ll need to come find them on the weekend to get bib numbers, check your team, and your running order. Be aware there are usually some last-minute reshuffles, so don’t get tooooooo attached to your new team mates in case they change. Finally, we have space for a younger junior (up to M/W14). Do you Read More …

Hi, trust you are all well. This is a reminder that the LVO AGM is being held online this coming Wednesday, 27th April at 7.30pm. Below is the copy of the Agenda. There are attachments to last years minutes for approval/adoption and the Chairperson report. Harry will present the Treasurers report on the evening but hopes to send a copy of this out to members beforehand. It would be great to see you there. It is a chance for us to reflect upon and celebrate all that has gone on this past year and have a say in the direction Read More …

If you haven’t jetted off to South Wales for the JK you can still get some O-kicks by reviewing your performances over the last few events by way of the club folders, now available via the link “Resources/OneDrive Public”. In “Club Colour Series” can be found the final Spring Cup table – that’s based on place points with the two lowest scores to count. In “Colour Standards” can be found your present standards situation with the best 3 results in the last year to count. This also shows that there is still a trickle of new members (welcome, Anastasia and Read More …

The final Spring Cup standings have been posted to the club OneDrive but, unfortunately, with the restriction imposed by the need to login they can’t be viewed at present. As before, if you really want to see the full table let me know. However, it’s congratulations to the class winners: Billy Reed – Green Senior Men Moiré O’Sullivan – Green Senior Women Daniel Earnshaw – Green Junior Men Richard McCourt – Orange Senior Men Norma Rea – Orange Senior Women James Ewart – Orange Junior Men Yellow Junior Men – Aran Power Yellow Junior – Connie Rogers