Spring Cup 1 – Belfast Castle

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The start and registration will be near the carpark just south of the entrance to the castle, so best to enter by Innisfayle Park side. 3 courses on offer – Green 4.1km with 130m of climb (this is both a technically and physically challenging course and I would recommend novices or those not at full fitness to stick to the Orange). Orange, 2.7km with 55m of climb and Yellow, 1.8km with 45m of climb. Registration will be open from 1100 am with starts from 1130. Last starts at 1300 and course closes at 1500. The going is quite wet and Read More …

NI Score Champs and Night Champs

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The Northern Ireland Score and Night Championships took place at Crawfordsburn on the 21 Feb. This was a great day of orienteering.  The Junior Champions are Rachael Collins and Peter Reed (Score) and Andrew Elwood and Sophie Pruzina (Night). Well done to them. The event also saw the issuing of Silverware from the NI Champs in late 2014. Some juniors also took part in training at Drum Manor earlier in the week. This was a great opportunity to get some top class coaching and everyone enjoyed themselves  

Spring Cup 1 – Belfast Castle

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Spring Cup 1 update. Fred and I spent a rather damp morning finalising the controls. Maps for Green and Orange will be on 1:7500 scale and Yellow on 1:3000. Leg protection and good grips are advised and the Yellow (shortest) is not suitable for prams. A further update with timings etc will appear later in the week. Note: That is the initial plan mapwise but if not the longer 2 will be on 1:10000.    

Alan Gartside awarded Torch Trophy

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Congratulations to Alan Gartside who will be awarded a Torch Trophy on Tuesday 24 February in London by the Countess of Wessex. The Torch Trophy Trust is a charity that recognises and rewards volunteers in sport and recreation, committed to recognising the unsung heroes of sport through bursaries to enable individuals to develop their skills, and by commemorating some of their achievements at the annual Torch Trophy Trust Awards. Alan’s trophy is in recognition of the many years of service to orienteering in Northern Ireland, particularly for his key role in developing Trail Orienteering and map printing.

Irish Orienteering Championships – Volunteers

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The Club is hosting the Irish Championships that includes an IOF World Ranking Event over the weekend of 1 to 4 May and with six events we need a good number of officials to stage them. Ann Savage has taken on the job of volunteer recruitment and will be keen to talk to all club members on Saturday at Crawfordsburn and in subsequent weeks. Otherwise you could contact her at annsavage@ballyhayroad.co.uk. We will try as best as possible to let all officials have a run. Please volunteer and support your Club in staging this major event. Harold White Event Coordinator

IntrO is back!

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There will be a PreO course available on Saturday next, before the start of the NIScore Champs, which will count towards the 2015 PreO Champs.  It will consist of 4 controls packed into a 160m course from the Scout camp gate to the Score start area.  It will be removed once the Score event is under way so make sure you give it time in order to meet the 14:30 Score start time. If you haven’t entered the Score Champs yet get in contact with Ann Savage as soon as possible – I have my finger poised over the printer Read More …

Compass Capers

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Our Junior Squad had a great afternoon out at Barnett’s Park practicing compass work. This session required our team to be able to locate the control flag on several courses in which elements of the map detail had been removed. This needed accurate compass work. As did the very tricky corridor exercise that they were tasked with completing at the end. All of this followed a time trial preparation run as the warm up. A big thank you goes to Steph P for planning a great session. We also had a number of beginners at the training who got the Read More …

Junior Training Sunday 15 Feb Technical Compass Use – Barnett’s Park

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Our next training event will be at Barnetts Park on the 15 Feb. This event will focus on better use of the compass. This session will require you to complete exercises as follows: Holes – Find the control when the circle around each control circle, as well as the control circle itself, is blank. Donuts – Move from one control to the next when only a circular area surrounding each control is mapped but each control circle is blank. Blocks – Move between control circles using compass bearings when much of the map detail has been totally removed between the Read More …

Championships Come To Crawfordsburn – Saturday 21st February

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The first two Northern Ireland Orienteering Championships of 2015 are being run at Crawfordsburn Country Park on 21st February. The park is sign-posted from the A2 Belfast to Bangor Road and parking will be in the grounds of the Scout Center. The Score Championships will have registration from 1.30pm with a mass start at 2.30pm The Night Championships will start as soon as it is dark enough – probably after 5.30pm.Don’t forget your watches and head torches. Between the two competitions there will be the NIOA Prize giving and you can also enjoy light refreshments organised in aid of the Read More …

Wait for it!

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The equipment check at Kilwee has been postponed for a week.  It will now take place at 11:00 on 14th February.  Show your love of the sport on St Valentines day and come and lend a hand.