Organisers, Planners, Controllers and all other interested parties!

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  To assist in and standardise the publishing of LVO fixture details and results I have added three forms to the web site. These two can be accessed from the Fixtures menu. Add a Fixture Edit a Fixture This one is in the Results menu. Upload Results Please take a look at them and let me know if I need to make any changes to them by sending an email to website@lvo.org.uk   Can those responsible for the fixtures that are currently in the Fixtures list please complete an Add a Fixture form so that any missing information can be captured and added. Read More …

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Do you want to receive each new post to this site by email? If so fill in your email address in the area below the Facebook feed then click on the Subscribe button. You will get an email where you will have to confirm your subscription. You will now never have to miss out anything LVO again!

WEE 13 – Lady Dixon Park – Results

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The results for the final WEE at Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park can be found at the links below: Main Results WinSplits Routegadget Photos That’s it for the 2015 WEE series.  We hope you have enjoyed it! Have a look at the updated fixtures page for dates and details of upcoming events and training.    

Rachel’s Lagganlia Report

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Day 1- After an early start to the catch our plane, a short visit to Edinburgh and a 3hr train journey, Andrew and I finally arrived in Aviemore. Here we met our coaches and fellow orienteers along with a heavy rain shower before boarding the minibuses to Lagganlia. On arriving we were shown our rooms along with the unlimited supplies of biscuits and toast. After dinner we took part in some ice-breakers, courtesy of Brian and Brenda the bears, before spending some futher time getting to know each other and heading to bed. Day 2- Day 2 consisted of an Read More …

Andrew’s Lagganlia Report

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Lagganlia is an orienteering camp run annually, by the British Orienteering Federation, for athletes aged between 12 and 14 (This is the M14 age group and W14 age group). The camp is aimed towards developing talent for orienteering throughout Britain by running a very tough but extremely fun week of technical orienteering training in the moorland and forests of Scotland. It runs during the summer holidays and this year it ran from the 25th of July to the 1st of August. A total of 24 athletes are selected from the 12 regions and this year Northern Ireland had 2 athletes Read More …

Final WEE for 2015 – This Week

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Don’t forget to come to the last WEE of the year on Wednesday in Lady Dixon Park. We will try to be ready a bit early but will have to finish on time – last starts will be strictly at 7.30 and control collection will start at 8.15 pm. Prize giving will also start promptly at 8.15 pm; check on the WEE website to see if you are a prize winner from May, June or possibly August! There should be spot prizes on the night as well, but you have to be there to be in with a chance. There Read More …

WEE 13 – Lady Dixon Park – Wednesday 26th August

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Once again the WEE Series ends in the fantastic environment of Sir Thomas and lady Dixon Park on the Upper Malone Road in Belfast. Shaun Henry has produced great looking courses – a Long at 3.4km and a Short at 1.8km – so the running should be fast and furious.  Don’t forget about the IntrO event that you can do after your run. As this is the last of the Summer Series, LVO will be handing out the prizes for each of the 3 monthly leagues. Hopefully all the prize winners will be there to accept their rewards and to thank Read More …

WEE meets IntrO!

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At next week’s final WEE event in Lady Dixon there will be an IntrO event, counting towards the club PreO Championship.  It will be a PreO course of 5 controls (subject to final planning and map refinement) starting and finishing at the picnic area at the north end of the main car park.  As it wends its way out into the FootO terrain it must not be taken until after your WEE run.  As ever entry is free and it’s open to all.  I’ll be at the start and available to help get newcomers started. You can find the current Read More …

WEE 12 – Lagan Meadows – Results

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The results for WEE 12 – Lagan Meadows are now  available. Main Results WinSpilts RouteGadget Next week Lady Dixon Park – Click here for details.

WEE 12 – Lagan Meadows – Wednesday 19th August

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The penultimate WEE of the August series and the year is at Lagan Meadows on Wednesday 19th August. Full details here Online entry for this event closes midnight Monday 17th August but as always you can still enter on the night. Enter Online