The Cairn Wood Crew – Up For It A Step Too Far Junior training this Sat was tough. Not only did we have to read the map and go the right way we had to count as well.  Today was all about knowing how far you had to go by using the map scale to work out the distance and then working out how far you had actually gone by counting your paces.  We started off by learning about the map scales. Did you know that: For a 1:5000 scale map 1 cm on the map equals 50m on the Read More …

Orientating the mapNew article on the ‘Technical’ Page – check it out here!

Map Setting Lesson 1 – Alan’s Team wonder where they are? If You Go Down To The Woods Today….. 10 brave members of the junior squad took part in the training at Hillsborough Forest Park on Sat 9 Feb. The focus of the day was keeping the map set while on the move so we head in the right direction all the time. We practiced this using the features on the ground and relating those to the map. We also got some useful compass skills practice in. Of course it all started with a circuit training session on a hill!! Read More …

Training in Hillsborough Forest Park on Saturday 9th February. Focus will be on map setting and  compass work. Meet at 1230 in the main carpark. Afterwards there will be a score training event(starts 1400). Make sure to email by 6pm on 6th Feb to confirm you are coming so we can print maps (LVOJunO@gmail.com).Allan Bogle is also running a skills training day on Saturday in Hillsborough for more advanced juniors. This is focusing on the bronze skills set outlined here and starts at 1200.

Make sure you get to the training this Sunday in Belvoir Park at 1230. We’ll be focusing on relating map symbols to the ground – a basic but incredibly important skill. More infomation on the training news page. Remember to stay afterwards for the score event at 2.00 in Belvoir. There will be a 45 minute time limit with 5 easy, 5 medium and 5 harder controls so it’s suitable for everyone. See the ‘About Orienteering’ page for more info about Score.

Have a look on the right hand side of the screen at our gadgets and you will see a link to the O Zone Magazine. This is an orienteering magazine for juniors and you can download it from this link. Happy reading.

Some more information is now available about the junior training event on the 27 Jan. Just go to the Training News page to find out more. Make sure you make it on the 27 Jan as this will be a great chance to get some training and then put it into practice straight away at the club score training event. Hope to see you all then. Please Email us to let us know if you are coming.

Welcome to Lagan Valley Orienteers’ Junior Blog Site.  If you are a Junior Orienteer or are interested in finding out about junior orienteering this is the place to be! We are hoping that this blog will become a lively and useful forum for keeping our juniors up to date. As the site develops, we hope to provide you with all the information about upcoming events and training and to share your news, too. You can send us pictures or information about you and your adventures and we will include them on the site, so keep in touch and tell us what Read More …