Quick reminder that sign-up closes this Tuesday at midnight for our September Club Meet on Saturday 14th from 10.30am on Portstewart Strand. You can sign up directly here. Full details can be found on our website: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-sep-24/ . A great chance to practice complex contours at a leisurely pace, with the benefit of coaching guidance. And there is still time to book a map for the Portrush urban race straight after, courtesy of North West Orienteering Club: https://www.nwoc.info/oevent/portrush-urban-event/

The NI Series tables are published on the NIOA web site, but a copy can be found here. From the web site go “Resources>OneDrive Public>NI Series>NISeries2024.pdf”. Some classes have already been resolved but, don’t forget, with 2 more counting events (Glenarriff and Todd’s Leap) you can still make your mark on the final classification. The colour standards table is available “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf”. With no events falling out of the 12-month window this was very much a case of consolidating positions. The hCOW tables can be seen at “STANDINGS>hCOW>hCOW2024”. The event table shows a wide but even spread of variances Read More …

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️Hurry and book yourself a spot at Whitespots! 🏆Come along and enjoy out club Autumn Trophy event – to be eligible for a prize you need to be a member of Lagan Valley Orienteers – but members of other clubs and non-members equally welcome to participate in this fun event. 📝End of year club membership discount – From 1 Sept, non-members can sign up and receive the advantages of membership for only £4 (Junior up to 20), £8 (Young adult up to 25), £10 (Senior) and £20 (Family). Why not join up now to benefit from discounts and other offers Read More …

🏆Come along and enjoy out club Autumn Trophy event – to be eligible for a prize you need to be a member of Lagan Valley Orienteers – but members of other clubs and non-members equally welcome to participate in this fun event. 📝End of year club membership discount – From 1 Sept, non-members can sign up and receive the advantages of membership for only £4 (Junior up to 20), £8 (Young adult up to 25), £10 (Senior) and £20 (Family). Why not join up now to benefit from discounts and other offers and be registered as competitive. 🟡🟠🟢🔵4 colour courses Read More …

The next round of the Club TrailO Champs will be held in association with the Autumn Trophy event at Whitespots next Saturday. It will take the form of a TempO cluster of 7 decisions (how’s that for value? And even better, entry is free!). The cluster will be adjacent to the car park so make sure to give yourself a couple of extra minutes before heading off to the FootO start. To be in contention for TrailO Champion you need to have taken on 2 of the 5 clusters – with two to go (Whitespots and Glenarriff) you can still Read More …

The hCOW (i.e. handicap related) tables are updated by results from colour courses of technical difficulty 5. This means that only the Short Blue course results from next week’s Autumn Trophy event at Whitespots will be used for hCOW updating. Don’t forget to have your entry in by Monday evening.

🏆Don’t miss out on the club Autumn Trophy event – remember to be eligible for a prize you need to be a member of Lagan Valley Orienteers – but members of other clubs and non-members equally welcome to participate in this fun event. 📝End of year club membership discount – From 1 Sept, non-members can sign up and receive the advantages of membership for only £4 (Junior up to 20), £8 (Young adult up to 25), £10 (Senior) and £20 (Family). Why not join up now to benefit from discounts and other offers and be registered as competitive. 🟡🟠🟢🔵4 colour Read More …

🏆Come along and enjoy out club Autumn Trophy event – to be eligible for a prize you need to be a member of Lagan Valley Orienteers – but members of other clubs and non-members equally welcome to participate in this fun event. 📝End of year club membership discount – From 1 Sept, non-members can sign up and receive the advantages of membership for only £4 (Junior up to 20), £8 (Young adult up to 25), £10 (Senior) and £20 (Family). Why not join up now to benefit from discounts and other offers and be registered as competitive. 🟡🟠🟢🔵4 colour courses Read More …

Want to improve your contour-reading, especially in tricky sand dunes? Looking forward to the 2025 Irish Orienteering Championships, that will take place on Magilligan Strand? Together with North West Orienteering Club, our next Club Meet will take place on Saturday 14 September from 10.30am on Portstewart Strand. Full details, including how to sign-up can be found on our website: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-sep-24/ And why not make a day of it and, after packed lunches, head over to Portrush afterwards for an afternoon of urban racing: https://www.nwoc.info/oevent/portrush-urban-event/

1️⃣ The first event is a trip to the newly mapped Moydamlaght Forest. This a Colour Series event meaning there will be 8 courses to choose from. Whether a newcomer or experienced orienteer there will be a suitably challenging and fun course to suit you! North West Orienteering Club will be your hosts for this event. 2️⃣ Get yourself down to the lovely Gosford Forest Park for the 4th and final part of the ABC Summer Series which Orchard County Orienteers are hosting. 3️⃣ Lagan Valley Orienteers are hosting their Autumn Trophy Club Competition at Whitespots Country Park – this Read More …