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As many of you know, LVO has a lot of orienteering equipment that allows us to run our fantastic events. Currently, our amazing and loyal member Wilbert graciously stores all this equipment in his facility in Ballyclare. We are extremely grateful for his generosity — thank you, Wilbert! 🙏 That said, we’d love to have our own club store — somewhere more centrally located around the Hillsborough / Lisburn area. This would make it much easier for our event officials to pick up and drop off equipment and also provide a home for our beloved Mobile Orienteering Office (MOO) — it may look like a repurposed chippy van but it is a bespoke Read More …

⏰ Registration closes tomorrow! Don’t miss your chance to join our 7th and last WENT of 2025 (🏃‍♂️ Wednesday Evening Night Training 🏃‍♀️)! 📍 Location: Lady Dixon Park, Belfast🗓️ Date: Wednesday 17 December⏰ Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm 🌟 A perfect opportunity for both newcomers and seasoned club members to enjoy a mid-week navigation run in the dark 🧭💡 👉 Full details & registration link: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-7-25/ #Orienteering #Belfast #NightTraining #LVO #GetOutside #WENT

📣 Registration is now open for our 7th and last WENT of 2025 (🏃‍♂️ Wednesday Evening Night Training 🏃‍♀️)! 📍 Location: Lady Dixon Park, Belfast🗓️ Date: Wednesday 17 December⏰ Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm 🌟 It’s a fantastic opportunity for both newcomers and seasoned club members to enjoy a mid-week navigation run in the dark 🧭💡 👉 Full details can be found here or via the QR code: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-7-25/ #Orienteering #Belfast #NightTraining #LVO #GetOutside #WENT

Get ready for an epic Easter Bank Holiday weekend of orienteering mayhem, maps, mud and memories 3-6 April in Scotland! 🗺️🌲💛 This year’s Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering promises to be bigger, better and more fun than ever — and we want to make it a club trip to remember. Let’s get a massive turnout, support each other and fill the forest with LVO colours! 📌 Full details: https://www.thejk.org.uk/index.php?pg=505 📌 Enter directly: sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=16704 Whether you’re a seasoned compass-wizard or brand new to the club, we’d love you to join the adventure. New members: don’t forget to get in touch Read More …

Looking for an adventure this coming Sunday? Fingal Orienteers are launching a brand-new map of Drogheda Town and hosting an exciting Urban Orienteering Event! 📅 Sunday 14 December 2025📍 Drogheda Town 🔥 Courses Available: 🕕 Entries close: Saturday, 13 Dec @ 18:00⏱️ Start times: 11:00 – 12:30 👉 Full details and enter NOW here: https://www.orienteering.ie/fixtures/drogheda-urban/ Whether you’re a seasoned orienteer or just looking for a fun challenge, come explore Drogheda like never before! 🗺️💨 #Orienteering #FingalOrienteers #Drogheda #UrbanO #GetOutside #AdventureAwaits

⏰ Registration closes tomorrow! Don’t miss your chance to join our 6th of seven WENTs of 2025 (🏃‍♂️ Wednesday Evening Night Training 🏃‍♀️)! This week is MapRun week. 📍 Location: Ownies Bar/Restaurant, Carrickfergus🗓️ Date: Wednesday 10 December⏰ Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm 🌟 A perfect opportunity for both newcomers and seasoned club members to enjoy a mid-week navigation run in the dark 🧭💡 👉 Full details & registration link: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-6-25/ #Orienteering #Belfast #NightTraining #LVO #GetOutside #WENT

These are the planners, controllers and organisers who’ve worked behind the scenes all year to bring you the events you love — from NI Champs to Colour Seres, from and Urban to Club, and every WEE in between. Now’s your chance to say thank you and celebrate those who’ve gone above and beyond. 🏆 Register your vote here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/x6CdKYgipk PLUS: special categories for novice planners and novice organisers! Your vote really does make a difference — so don’t put it off… vote today! #Orienteering #VolunteerHeroes #EventOfficials #HaveYourSay

 📣 Registration is now open for our 6th of seven WENTs of 2025 (🏃‍♂️ Wednesday Evening Night Training 🏃‍♀️)! This week is MapRun Week. 📍 Location: Ownies Bar/Restaurant, Carrickfergus🗓️ Date: Wednesday 10 December⏰ Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm 🌟 It’s a fantastic opportunity for both newcomers and seasoned club members to enjoy a mid-week navigation run in the dark 🧭💡 👉 Full details can be found here or via the QR code: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/went-6-25/ #Orienteering #Belfast #NightTraining #LVO #GetOutside #WENT

With Gortin being the last colour event of the year, the tables are now published in their final form. Apologies for the delay in getting the sums done, but with 2 events in the week folllowing Gortin it was map printing that had to take priority. The official NISeries tables are on the NIOA website but you can find a copy in the LVO website at: Resources>OneDrive Public>[1] League & Series Tables>NISeries>NISeries2025.pdf Congratulations to all our winners but, as I pointed out after Tyrella, there are several non-LVO names in there so there’s still room for improvement. There was also Read More …

Our committee is meeting this Saturday to review our strategic plan to see how we’re getting on: https://lvo.org.uk/blog/2023/07/03/lvo-strategic-plan/ Since the survey launched four weeks ago, we’ve received a grand total of… 3 responses out of 201 members. Yes, you read that right. Three. A number so small it could be the open relay team at the next Irish Champs. All three responses say we’re doing wonderfully — which is lovely — but apparently we could do with a few new members. At this rate, our plan for 2026 will be exactly the same as 2025… and 2024… unless we hear otherwise from you! So please Read More …