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This Saturday we’ll be sorting out and cleaning up our club equipment in preparation for a move to new premises. Our Kilwee store has been an ideal facility for many years but all good things come to an end and we are moving to a temporary store at Ballyclare – thank you Wilbert for the use of your shed – while we look for a permanent home. Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if you can only spare an hour or two, between 10.00 and 4.00. If you haven’t been there before you can find directions here, or give Read More …

Starts from 18:30 to 19:15 Castlewellan Forest Park (the wee car park closest to the lake) £3 per map for members and £5 per map for non members (bring correct change if you can please!) ALL Welcome 2 courses on offer so there is something for everyone All welcome, we will have volunteers on standby to help you get started 😊 To register simply reply to email jhanvey@britishorienteering.org.uk with your group size or leave us a comment on Facebook so we have an idea for map printing. Keep up to date with us on our Tollymore Orienteers Facebook Page. If Read More …

Andrew and Alan Elwood have written an account of their Bob Graham Round. It is an interesting read, showing just how much preparation and logistic support is required if you are to attempt a challenge on this scale. The account goes beyond a description of what happened during the 24 hours. It provides valuable information about training, food, support team and recce for anyone thinking of taking up the “BGR” challenge or, indeed, a similar challenge. Their first “attempt” converted to a completed “round” at their first go, in June 2021. The account is here. The account will have ongoing Read More …

The WEE hCOW table has been updated from the Bangor Castle results. Resources/OneDrive Public/hCOW/hCOW2021 They show a large variance in performance against handicap, from Anne Bell having hers cut by 1:06 mins/km to Fred Hamond having his raised by 0:55 mins/km. Despite propping up the race results (by a long way!) I demonstrated the hCOW concept of regularity by having my handicap increase by a mere 5 secs/km. I can easily account for those by my headless chicken act in trying to follow the indistinct tracks in the woodland!

POSTPONED! Tollymore Orienteers – Friday 6th August 2021 We love to be out exploring in all weathers (with the right kit!) but with a weather warning live for this weekend and possible lightening we have decided to postpone this Friday’s Adventure (6th August). We hope for normal service to resume with our session at Castlewellan next Friday the 13th and will keep everyone up to date here and on Facebook. Sorry to disappoint but lots of adventures to look forward to still 😊

Tollymore Orienteers Summer Series – Week 1 Friday 6th August Starts from 18:30 to 19:30 Tollymore National Outdoor Centre £3 per map for members and £5 per map for non members (bring correct change if you can please!) ALL Welcome 2 courses on offer. Long – 3.6km and Short – 1.4km. If you plan on coming along, just email rdo@niorienteering.org.uk with you name and your group size. We can’t wait to see you there!

🌞August Adventures with Tollymore Orienteers 🗺 We have a month of Summer left and we plan to make the most of it! Every Friday evening in August, Tollymore Orienteering we will be out exploring, please join us!  1️⃣ 6th August – Tollymore Forest🌲 2️⃣ 13th August – Castlewellan Forest Park🌳 3️⃣ 20th August – Tollymore Forest🌲 4️⃣ 27th August – Castlewellan Forest Park🌳 All welcome. We will have two courses on each week so there will be something for everyone 👍🏼 Get the dates in the diary and each week we will post the details 🙂 Make sure to like Read More …

Would August’s event planners please note that LVO Map Printing Services will be unavailable from 10th until 23rd August so please get your printing requirements submitted asap? As soon as you are content that the map will be unchanging submit the OCAD file as there are things to be done to it even before the CONDES course overlay is applied.

Well done all who took part in the NI Sprint and Middle Distance races on Saturday. As always, a huge deal of effort and fun goes into putting events on, especially if there are two in one day in different locations. All involved in the volunteer teams did an amazing job! So although there is a list of winners below, the people we need to applaud most are the volunteer team who enable us to have fun competing. Special thanks to Sharon, Billy and Conor who organised and planned the Sprint at UU Jordanstown, Aileen, Wilbert and Richard who sorted Read More …

Big thanks to BBC Radio Ulster and Connor Phillps for having us on this morning to talk all things orienteering. If you listened in and want to know more here are a few other places you can visit…. NI Orienteering – https://www.niorienteering.org.uk/ Fermanagh Orienteers – https://fermoblog.wordpress.com/ North West Orienteering Club – https://www.nwoc.info/ Facebook Pages- North West Orienteering ClubFermanagh OrienteersLagan Valley OrienteersOrchard County OrienteersTollymore OrienteersUrban-O Explorers Belfast Opportunities for adventure across the country!   MapRun – https://www.niorienteering.org.uk/diy-orienteering/ from Portstewart to Portadown, MapRun courses are available across NI – you just need your phone and the map!  Permanent courses – https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/index.php?filter=1… Just download the map and away you Read More …