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 

Junior Scottish 6 Days and International Selection

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A number of our juniors took part in the Scottish 6 Days near Inverness this year. They all did extremely well given the challenging levels of both the terrain and of the courses themselves, many of which ran on the same areas being used in the World Orienteering Championships underway at the same time. You can see all the results at the following link. We have also just found out that the following club juniors have been selected to race for Ireland at the forthcoming Junior Home Internationals at Magilligan in Oct this year. This is a fantastic achievement and represents lots Read More …

Lagganlia Success

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Our two club junior athletes that took part in the BOF training camp for W/M14s at Lagganlia in late Jul had a fantastic time. The training was first class on some very technically challenging terrain. On top of that they did everything from swimming in the sea to obstacle courses, night escape and evasion, learning to remove ticks and of course cake eating. Well done to Andrew E and Rachel C.

WEE 11 – Barnetts Demesne – Results

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Results are now available: Main Results WinSplits RouteGadget Next week Lagan Meadows – Click here for details.

WEE 11 – Barnetts Demesne – Wed 12th August

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The 2nd WEE of the August series is at Barnetts Demesne. Full details here Online entry for this event closes midnight tonight (10th) but as always you can still enter on the night. Enter Online