Team P get ready to run Well dome to all those who took part in the JK 2013 in the Chilterns. It was a great event and the cold weather was at least dry!! Day 1 at Reading University Day 1 was a sprint race round the grounds of Reading University. It was a quick course with lots of route choice and the potential to end up the wrong side of a fence or wall. Day 2 Hambelden Forest and Hills Day 2 was just North of Henley on Thames in a wooded ridge line called Hambleden. Lots of running Read More …

As you may already know, the JK was in the Chilterns over the last weekend. This competition is great as your first big competition to enter, and I have been going for the past three years, and really enjoyed it. The website for next year’s event is: www.thejk.org.uk/jk2014 and I would encourage as many people to think about going as possible, especially as I didn’t see very many LVO juniors there this year.Anybody who did go, it would be great to hear about your experiences of the event – send them to lvojuno@gmail.com or post them in a commentPaul Pruzina Read More …

Good luck to all those taking part in this year’s JK in the Chilterns. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there. Hopefully the snow will stay away!! A special mention goes to the club juniors making the trip. They are Andrew E, Paul P and Sophie P. Keep an eye on the blog and on the Instagram account for updates from the JK. You can also follow us via twitter (@GBROrienteering, #LVO).

As the event at Tyrella South on the 23 Mar is postponed the junior training will not take place. The event will hopefully run on the 13 Apr instead.

Are you going? JK 2013 is in a couple of weeks time. If you are a junior going then let me know please. I would love to see you there and find out how you get on. Remember also to take lots of pictures and send them to me so I can include them on the blog and load them onto Instragram (see the post below). Good luck everyone.

Get Pictures of O Adventures We have created an LVO Junior Squad Instagram account. If you follow us at Instagram you will be able to get pictures of the squad’s adventures as they happen on your phone, computer, iPad or tablet.  Here is what you need to do. You need to download the app onto your phone, tablet, iPod etc. Then follow the instruction to set up an account. Once you have your account you need to request to follow the LVO Junior Squad. Using the Instragram app press the compass star button on the bottom of the screen. Then type in Read More …

Drum Manor – tricky going Well done to all those juniors who took part in the first colour series of the year on Sat 9 Mar 13. There were some great results and that was all the more impressive as some people were racing at a new and higher level this year. You can get the results at this link.

The next junior training event is at Tyrella South on the 23 Mar. This is an event at which we can put all our learning so far into practice. Go to the training page here for more details.

New article on Bearings – click here!

Andrew highlights how he used some great O skills to locate a tricky control during the NI Score Championships at Florencecourt. I hope to get more juniors to contribute to the blog this way so stand by to be asked. Control 68 was in a re-entrant and worth 20 points How I Did It I was coming from control 67. I ran along the track to the T Junction (keeping my map set). I then turned left and ran to the open ground area with some buildings.  At the back of the buildings I followed a wall up to where Read More …