The following changes, announced 13-Aug-2018, have been made to event schedules. The forthcoming NIOA Colour Series at Garvagh on Sat 25th Aug will double as the LVO Club Championship (this replaces the tentative club championship date of 24th Nov). The Autumn Trophy at Rostrevor has been moved from Sat 8th to Sun 9th September.
So what are you doing on Sunday? Nothing planned? Looking for something to do? Fancy stretching your legs? Then why not come down to Armagh and partake in the third of our series of Middle Distance Urban events. 5 and a bit km round the streets with a smidgeon of climb ( well maybe a bit more than that 😉 ). Don’t fancy the urban or too young? There’s still the choice of yellow, orange or light green around the Palace Demesne. Fancy coming? Then please let me know, either by email below or on Facebook ( Orchard County Orienteers Read More …
Our satellite hub, Urban-O Explorers Belfast, are delighted to be at Orangefield Park this Sunday, 1pm-4pm. We’re offering short orienteering loops, family-friendly & perfect for beginners to try out our wonderful sport. This is all part of the Greenway Celebrations. There are so many activities going on in the park, it’s sure to be a fun afternoon out. Bring the kids, the grandkids, the neighbours……and your sense of adventure! Make sure to like the hub Facebook page to keep up to date. And if you’re interested in being involved, come on down to see what we get up to 🙂
… will be uploaded on Thursday evening. I need to make a few corrections and won’t have access during the day. Apologies for any inconvenience. …are now available: WEE Site: http://www.lvo.org.uk/wee/2018/index.php?act=result&id=10 Winsplits: http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/default.asp?page=classes&databaseId=57015 RouteGadget: http://www.lvo.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#356 (Sorry for the delay.) Conor
Good news for all those eagerly awaiting their new orienteering finery. The latest order has arrived and tops will be available for collection at the August WEE series, starting tomorrow at Victoria Park. Please see Philip, Helen or Olivia armed with either cash or cheques made out to Philip Baxter. The cost worked out after euro conversion and postage to £28 per top (child size £23 and top with pocket £30) so no increase since the last order.
From Dee Orwin, WEE 10 organiser…welcome back to the WEE series! WEE is back on 1st August at Victoria Park, Belfast. Registration from 18:30, starts from 18:45. Parking is in the park via the underpass. Come back out via the underpass for registration…give way to vehicles, children will need accompanied. Starts are near the bridge over the lake in the park. Hydration will be important – it’s to be a warm evening! Dee
With the August WEE Series fast approaching, we need a team of folks to run the goings on in the Mobile Orienteering Office for registration and results. We need both “old-timers” who know how the system works and “new-timers” to sit beside an old-timer and assist. If you have enjoyed the WEE Series so far, this is your way to contribute to the club. Only a basic knowledge of computers is required, so this is a role ideally suitable for juniors. Please complete this Doodle Poll to show which August events you are able to attend and we will slot you Read More …
The Colour Standards table, updated by the Slievenagore results, can be found under “Resources>LVO Public Folders>Colour Standards” Congratulations to Marlene Stephens for being the first to achieve a Short Green standard. Your colour standard is determined by your best 3 results in the last 12 months; these are shown with capital letters. The yellow highlighting indicates folk who have not rejoined for 2018; their results are retained in order to be used retrospectively should they get their cheque books out toute de suite! If they have gone on to other things then they will drop off the list as their Read More …
A reminder that there’s a delightful compass training at Woodburn Forest tomorrow evening, Tuesday 17th July at 6:30pm. Click the link here to see all the details on the NI Orienteering webpage 🙂
From Dee Orwin, organiser… WEE Series starts again 01 August in Victoria Park. Details to follow but all times are standard. As ever, volunteers are requested to help out. In particular the management of registration and downloads. Anyone who feels they could spare some time for this critical post please get in touch with Dee Orwin at: dobox@hotmail,com. Stephen is sorting out the collection of the MOO and assisting with the course. Dee will help cover first aid and starts. Usual tasks need to be sorted, setting up, starts, collection of controls etc…