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Our friends at Tollymore Orienteers will be out in the forest this Sunday and you are very welcome to join them. 🧭 EXPLORE WITH US! 🌲 📍 Tollymore Forest Park, main car park   🗓 Sunday 27th February ⏰ Start anytime from 11-12:30 All welcome! 🤗 Run, jog, walk – your time, your pace! Complete beginners very welcome, we will be able to help you get started 👍🏼 There will be a long course (~4km) and a short course (~2km) on offer, the entry to the forest park is £5 per car and the orienteering is free 😃 This is Read More …

👍Thank you to all who travelled the length and breadth of the country (and beyond) to compete in the NI Score and Night Champs yesterday. The two events were timed perfectly between storms Eunice and Franklin, and 100 runs were enjoyed/endured in relatively good conditions, a bit nippy and damp in the evening. 👏Thank you to all the volunteers who set up the events for us, especially Richard Vasey who had his hands full planning and setting out controls before and between the events, Organiser, Olivia Baxter and all who helped with the MOO and collecting controls. NI Score Champs Read More …

Great to see lots of last minute entries for the NI Champs events this Saturday – that’s the sort of timing needed for the Score event! We don’t want anyone to miss out so the entries are staying open past last nights deadline for a few more hours today if there are any others still interested – no penalty points for being late. A reminder of what you need: 🏃‍♀️Full leg and body cover for both events. 🧥Waterproof jacket and whistle. ⌚Watch. 🔦Head torch and packed lunch/dinner if you are staying for the night event. 🏆The minor hall in the Read More …

🏆This Saturday (19 February) LVO are hosting the NI Score Champs at Belvoir Park Forest followed by the NI Night Champs.🌒 🌳In the score course adults (16+) will have the choice of controls within forest, park land and urban areas, so a nice varied choice of terrain to explore. Juniors will not venture into the urban area. Belvoir Activity Centre will be used as a base between the two events where we will have space to relax, rest up, have something to eat & drink and enjoy the annual NIOA prizegiving.🥇 🖐If you are fairly new to orienteering there is Read More …

Today we enjoyed the last of our 4 score training activities put in place to help prepare us for the forthcoming NI Score Champs in a couple of weeks time. Thank you to our planners/organisers, Mark Earnshaw, Michael Burton, Alan Brett and Peter Reed, along with other lovely people, who made these activities fun and challenging👏. Not using the MOO so much over the restrictive covid period and working out of the back of a car along with the relocation of the LVO store has meant that the kit has been harder to keep track of. With the busy, exciting Read More …

🌳On Saturday the 19 February LVO are hosting the NI Score Champs at Belvoir Park Forest followed by the NI Night Champs. It will be based at Belvoir Activity Centre. 🥇 The annual NIOA prize giving will be held in between the two events. 📢All club and NIOA competitions are open to everyone but to be eligible for a prize you need to be a current member, so no better time than now to get signed up! 🖐Newcomers – Hi, it would be great for you to have fun running and being eligible for some prizes. There are also a Read More …

A member of the public found a hearing aid in Parkanaur last Sunday. If you believe this is yours please contact me at website “at” lvo.org.uk.

ℍ𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕜 🌲 𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕙 🗓 🧭 Sun 30th Jan 🧭 Sun 27th Feb 🧭 Sun 27th March  Meeting, ready to go at 13:45! Juniors aged 11-14 welcome to join us for these fun Sunday afternoon sessions, if you would like to come along or ask any questions email Juls – rdo@niorienteering.org.uk 📧

The Colour Standards table has been rolled forward for 2022. This involved removing the 2020 entries (except for the last, Donard on 12/12/20 (which still counts towards some folks “best-of 3-in-12-months” current standard), and adding the anticipated 2022 colour events There should be more to come e.g. Autumn Trophy series and NI Colour Series 5. Let’s make the first NY resolution to maintain or improve your standard (or gain one if you haven’t done so already). The table also shows your current membership status so for too many folks there’s a second resolution to get yourself out of the pink Read More …

🎅On behalf of the LVO committee, I would like to wish all LVO members a very happy and healthy Christmas. 👏 Considering the year we have had, the club has done an amazing job to host so many events and activities, I counted 31 since we were allowed to start back in May! This does not even count the junior coaching and activities organised with local authorities and other partners. What an incredible achievement and one to proud of. Thanks to all the volunteers who have helped, especially those who help plan and organise events and of course the committee Read More …