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LVO have some great Orienteering Activities and Events that you can pack in before the end of this year! These activities are open to everyone, so why not invite someone new along to join in! It might help motivate us as the longer nights draw in. 🧭🚶‍♂️🏃‍♀️For starters, look out for the ‘Come and Try’ O activities at Tollymore on Sun 10 October and Donaghadee on Sat 23 October. Perfect for newcomers and families who want to spice up their outdoor adventures (Orange / Light Green courses). 🧭🌲 Next up is the Colour Series event at Rostrevor/Kilbroney Forest Park on Read More …

A look at Winsplits and Routegadget shows how many folk suffered on Sunday from the “Bermuda Triangle” syndrome that is Hillsborough Forest, myself included. This is backed up by the hCOW results showing an enormous variation in folks’ variance with only 6 (me again!) out of the 32 finishers having a positive variance i.e. going slower than handicap. The negative event variance of 2mins11secs shows that some of you struck lucky among the bombholes and had a relatively clean run. In my last post I said that the series would be calculated on your best 4 results from the 7 Read More …

Well done to all those who took part on the devilishly difficult courses which Philip Baxter kindly laid on for us on Sunday. It was great to see 96 competitors running round Hillsborough Forest, with LVO club members competing for the Autumn Trophy. Autumn Trophy Winners – Green Course Seniors, Olivia Baxter and Billy Reed. Green Course Junior, Peter Reed 🥇 Short Green, Richard McCourt 🥇 Orange, James Ewart and Chloe Grattan 🥇 Yellow, Marcus Smith 🥇 Thanks again to Philip for testing us round a forest some of thought we knew better and to the fantastic volunteers who helped Read More …

With another 3, possibly 4, colour events in the fixture list it will be possible to have both a series (best 4 results to count) and a championship (last colour event of the year, hopefully FermO’s NISeries6 event). Don’t forget that hCOW is about consistency, not speed, so everyone has a chance to shine.

Too add to the excitement on Sunday, LVO members will be competing for a few prizes. Courses and Prizes Green – The Male and Female winners of the green course will be awarded the Autumn Trophy. The first male and female juniors will also receive a prize. Short Green – There will be prizes awarded to W60+, M70+, Junior Male and Junior Female winners Orange – There will be prizes awarded to W12 and M12 winners Yellow – There will be prizes awarded to W10 and M10 winners On-line entry closes on Friday So get your entries in now, HERE!

The NISeries event at Portrush has triggered updates to 3 tables. Get to them via “Resources>OneDrive Public” then: “NI Series>NISeries2021.pdf” That’s 3 down – you need 4 results to count at the end of year. On the Men’s Green course Wilbert Hollinger was running down to pot-hunt for the club M70 champion title (and he succeeded, congrats Wilbert!) so his time was not used for calculating NISeries points thus Nigel Foley-Fisher set the benchmark. The official table is on the NIOA web site – this is just a copy for your convenience. “hCOW>hCOW2021>Event3.pdf” What surprised me was how little (8 Read More …

Stuart died in a tragic accident on Saturday 4 September 2021. The thoughts and prayers of the LVO community go out to all Stuart’s family, friends and loved ones.

👏Well done all those who competed in the LVO Championship race at Portstewart today. 🌅Oh, I do like to be (back) beside the seaside on such great terrain. Like me, I am sure you loved running the excellent courses over the beautiful sand dunes – fun and frustration both served up with good measure. 🙌Thank you so much NWOC for hosting such a fantastic Colour Series event and allowing LVO to use it as their Champs. Below is the list of LVO winners, but it is all the NWOC volunteers who helped plan, control and organise the event who deserve Read More …

There are some bits and bobs left over from our move out of the equipment store at Kilwee. If you can use anything please contact me straight away – equipment@lvo.org.uk or 07841 996 555 – otherwise the stuff goes to landfill. Some for collection at Kilwee, some from Ballyclare. First come, first served. A few photos here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pd5fpjv2mhja2zo/AADnI2Vjz-Yup2aCUh0aRbtsa?dl=0 4 man tent, about 8ft x 8 ft. Garden fun for the kids? 17 inch computer monitor. Caravan kettle. Full size but low wattage (1kW). Never used. Hurdles (3?) Never used. Juls might have first call on these. Medicine balls (4). Horseshoes Read More …

The hCOW tables have been updated following the last WEE of the summer. The usual table, WEE12, is there to allow you to compare your performance with previous events. The WEE handicap movement table has been updated to show you how your handicap has varied throughout the series. The final WEE21hcow champion table has been added to show your performance in the final event; congratulations to Mark Pruzina and Gary Baine on achieving champion status. Don’t forget that hCOW measures regularity, not speed, so Mark and Gary are champions at making the same good decisions (or bad mistakes) at each Read More …