Although the soggy weather may have put a few people off, it would take more than a drop of rain to put off the 70 participants running yesterday evening. So what about the courses? Big thanks to first time planner Steven Shortt for setting us the challenge – head spinning routes, criss-crossing the park. Thanks also to Philip Baxter for mentoring, with advice on the butterfly loops idea which helped split the runners up to prevent following. Share the love, Share the load – Here are the wonderful people who helped this week: Planner – Steven, with mentor Philip. Setting Read More …

Community and connection are at the heart of LVO, and giving back to the organisations that support our members and the wider community is something we’re proud to do. This year, we’re delighted to announce that LVO will be making donations to: 💙 Queen’s University Belfast Foundation (QUB) – MS Research💙 Macmillan Cancer Support💙 Almost Home NI Animal Rescue💙 Mourne Mountain Rescue 👏 These donations are made possible thanks to the incredible efforts of our volunteers who help deliver the Original Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge Walk each August. 👉 Entries for the 2026 Original Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge Walk are Read More …

At LVO, the safety and wellbeing of our junior members is a priority. We recognise the important role that photographs and social media play in celebrating participation, achievements, and our community, while also ensuring we take a responsible approach to safeguarding young people online. In line with guidance from the NSPCC, Child Protection in Sport Unit, and British Orienteering, the club is committed to the following principles when sharing images of members under 18: We will: We will also: Parents/carers can also refer to this information letter about what they can do regarding AI generated and manipulated images involving young Read More …

🚨Entries close TOMORROW (Tues 2/06) for WEE5 at Botanic Gardens, Belfast! Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-5-26/ Follow the link or scan the QR Code to go straight to SIEntries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17849 Remember you can bring non-member friends for free! Sign them up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Nq1tubeg52

📍 Behind the scenes, our club’s fixtures team has been hard at work planning ahead! We’ve now put the locations for our Regional, NI and club events in place for the next five years (2027–2031). Getting venues secured this far in advance helps us organise maps, permissions and volunteers with plenty of time to spare, keeping everything running smoothly for competitors and organisers alike. You can view all planned locations here: https://lvo.org.uk/events/ Please note that our WEE and Club Meet locations are agreed on an annual basis in collaboration with planners and coaches, so these are not included in the longer-term plan. Read More …

Entries are now open for WEE5 at Botanic Gardens, Belfast! Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-5-26/  Follow the link or scan the QR Code to go straight to SIEntries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17849 Remember you can bring non-member friends for free! Sign them up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Nq1tubeg52

Never rains but it pours! After this morning’s update of the various tables the Barnett’s results are now included in the hCALF tables. Some things to note about the various tables. The NISeries now includes dnf results; although they don’t score any points, they count towards the four events needed to be in contention at the end of the year. The various tables will come to life after their next update as the various competitions reach their minimum numbers of scoring results. Thus the NISeries after Slieve Croob (4 out of seven), hCOW also after Slieve Croob (5/9) and hCALF Read More …

Sorry about the delay in bringing various tables up-to-date, but the Spring rush of map printing duties has had to take precedence. You can now find the NISeries table (copy of the official version on the NI website), the Colour Standards table, the hCOW tables and the hCALF tables after Magilligan and Antrim Castle. Work is about to get under way to include Barnett’s Park in the hCALF tables. Point to note; the Colour Standards table is full of vertical tags to allow you to connect your line of achievement to the header or footer of the page and to Read More …

Get your entry in for the Northern Ireland Sprint & Middle Championships 2026 — a double-header you won’t want to miss! NI Sprint Championships Limavady Town – brand new map! Starts 12pm – 1pm Find out more: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/ni-sprint-champs-26/ NI Middle Championships Roe Valley Country Park Starts 2pm – 3pm Full details: https://www.nwoc.info/oevent/ni-middle-champs-2026/ Enter now via SI Entries Discounts available when entering both events: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17934

Starting from the seaside town of Newcastle in Co Down, you’ll hike the 7 highest peaks in the Mountains of Mourne. It’s a long, tough, exhilarating day in the hills. ➡️ Over 18 miles 📈 2,500 metres of vertical ascent & descent 🤗 The encouragement from our volunteer marshals is legendary 🙌 Join us in August 2026 to earn your Finishers Certificate, much coveted 7x7s badge, and your place in history. 💚 Full details including how to enter: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/the-original-mourne-seven-sevens-challenge-walk-2026/