There are no less than 14 O-pportunities to orienteer locally in July and August. From Benone to Bangor, from Gortin to Gosford and many more in between. Check out the fixtures list for all the details you need to know: https://www.niorienteering.org.uk/fixtures/

On Saturday 9th August, Lagan Valley Orienteers is hosting The Original Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge Walk and Race – our biggest fundraiser of the year. As you may know, the Seven Sevens is no ordinary challenge – it’s an 18-mile trek across all seven Mourne peaks over 700 metres, with over 2,500 metres of climbing. Alongside the walkers, we team up with BARF to host the 7x7s Mountain Race, a highlight of the NI Mountain Running Championships. It’s a fantastic day out with a buzzing atmosphere, and we’d love you to be part of it. But here’s the reality: we can’t do it without volunteers. We’re looking for LVO Read More …

Summer’s heating up and so is your next adventure! ☀️🌲 So lace up your trainers, bring your sense of adventure, and get ready to Run Wild this July! Lagan Valley Orienteers are back with Running Wild – our fun, family-friendly orienteering sessions that will get your heart racing and your map-reading skills flowing. A chance for like-minded families to learn about orienteering together and find out about how to get involved in our exciting club and sport.  🧭 Join us on Sunday 27 July (11am–12.30pm)📍 Tollymore Forest Park Sessions are for children in Primary 4 and above. If children are Read More …

Thanks to Mark Pruzina for pointing out that the hCALF tables hadn’t been updated with the Belvoir results. Actually thay had – I had just fprgotten to upload them to the website. They’re there now; at least I know that one person is looking for them!

With WEE8 at Belvoir the final hCALF tables have been computed for this year. Planner Fred Hamond clearly made life difficult as no-one (that’s no-one!) beat their handicap, so the event variance was a massive 3mins7secs. Did everybody walk round the course? In the hCOW table, which gives low scores to the people who show handicap consistency, it’s Lyle Fleming who led the way with all his points scores being in single figures. He had Carol Black large in his rear view mirror with her wins (i.e. score of zero) in the last 2 events. In the Regatta table, in Read More …

Are you aged 12–18 (born 2007–2013), a member of an NIOA club, and keen to improve your orienteering skills? Our friendly coaches offer tailored training to help you grow — and as a squad member, you’ll get: ✅ Subsidised squad hoodie & T-shirt ✅ Priority invites to coaching weekends (Fermanagh, Hawkshead & more) ✅ Eligibility to compete for Northern Ireland at the Junior Inter Regional Competition (JIRC) 🤩And what’s even better, it’s free to join! 💪Train regularly, aim high, and be part of something great! 📍 Apply now via juniors@lvo.org.uk

The usual tables have been updated following NISeries4 at Slievenagore last Saturday. The first NISeries class winner of the year is Moire O’Sullivan with a 100-pointer in each of the events of the series (it’s 4 to count out of the 7 colour events of the year). I haven’t highlighted Moire yet for although she can’t be beaten she can be caught by Áine MCann if Áine wins the last 3 events. It also shows how officiating can come into play – Moire didn’t compete at Slievenagore; she got her points by being on the officials team. Since the hCOW Read More …

Congratulations to LVO’s Paul Pruzina who will represent Ireland at the World Orienteering Championships 2025 in Kuopio, Finland 7-12 July. We know he’ll do us very proud. Best of luck Paul!

☀ Fine weather and being the final WEE in June, brought a strong field of runners out last night – about 80 participants (and a fox) enjoyed the challenge of navigating round Belvoir Park Forest and all the craic afterwards. 👏Firstly we need to thank all those involved in putting on the event, especially Fred Hammond who planned some challenging legs for us to talk about for a while and organiser, Mark Earnshaw. Others who supported the great evening were, Dan on registration/IT, Ric on downloads, Daphne on starts, mapper Bill with all the recent storm updates, control collectors Joe, Read More …

Huge congratulations to LVO’s James Ewart! James has been selected to attend the Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) training camp in Deeside from 20–26 July! This prestigious camp is for top-performing M/W16s who have excelled at the British Orienteering Championships and JK races — and James has certainly earned his spot! Best of luck, James — we’re all cheering you on! #Orienteering #JROS #LVOpride #FutureChampion