Many of you, during the Review stage, have contributed your thoughts and ideas, which we are very thankful for. This is just the beginning of the Strategic Plan and it is important that we all (the whole LVO membership) are aware of and continue to be part of this process. The LVO Committee and LVO members on the NIOA Committee have been invited to attend a strategic planning workshop to look at the results of the review. This meeting will be held on Saturday 17 June. The purpose of this meeting is to provide the opportunity for our club officials Read More …

The various tables have got the treatment – they can now be accessed, thanks to some tidying work by Geoffrey Collins, from the “Standings” section on the website (immediately following “”Results”). No colour event dropped off the 12-month window so the Colour Standards table shows consolidation for some folk – no turning up with the pressure of needing a good run to maintain your standard! The hCOW table shows that, although going was reportedly slow, there was near-equality between the winners and losers leading to a small positive event variance and therefore not as much handicap movement as some might Read More …

I thought I might miss out thanking some people in my last post, but I can’t believe I missed out our Assistant Planners and Assistant Controllers – SORRY, forgiveness requested 🙏 Michael Burton supported Philip with the planning and indeed securing access to the grounds of the Planetarium. As if this wasn’t enough, he gave a presentation on the Cosmos the evening before the Sprint! Graeme Francis also assisted in the planning and as mapper of Armagh, knew the place inside out so was instrumental in selecting the locations and gaining access to such great areas. Helen Baxter was the Read More …

The dust is just about settling after an incredible 1️⃣0️⃣ days of orienteering in Ireland. ☘The Emerald Isle O Festival all started in Wicklow on Friday 28 April with the first day of the Irish Championships. LVO was very well represented and performed well with around 50 podium positions. During the week LVO hosted the UK Urban League on Thursday evening at Carrick and some Middle Distance training at Hillsborough on the Friday afternoon/evening. 🏰 Carrick saw 200 competitors running the streets. The event started and finished just outside the back of Ownies where we were kindly allowed to use Read More …

LVO Map Printing Services, as a late link in the event production chain, has had an intense week and a half producing material for 5 events running over 4 days. Some statistics: 993 pages printed (including 354 A3 size) – maps, control description slips, control cards, signage – doesn’t include samples and testprints. 512 maps produced (including 325 double-sided). 422 maps put into plastic bags. 92 pages of print guillotined into 479 control description slips. 41 OCAD map files adjusted for colour compatibility with the club printer. 8 maps printed, trimmed and laminated. Phew! Luckily there are no LVO events Read More …

A final call for anyone wishing to enter the urban race at Carrickfergus on Thursday 4 May. This is a brand new urban map (thanks Bill Simpson and Mid & East Antrim Council!) and it is the first time NI has hosted a UK Urban League event, so what’s there not to be excited about! Richard Hetherington, Paul Daniels and Richard McCourt have been busy organising and planning 7 different courses, so all ages and abilities are catered for. The courses will take you through the old parts of the town and the newer developments – lots of varied new Read More …

You can find the various tables by following “Resources>OneDrive Public>” then: “Club Colour Series>2023SpringCup.pdf” for the final Spring Cup placings. Congratulations to our winners! “Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf” for your current standard position. With 2 events dropping out of the window there have been some folk who have lost standards (no longer 3 events in the year) and other who have dropped standard. However don’t despair – I have realised that since the introduction of the Short Blue course last autumn I have been using the winner’s time as the standard whereas regular Brown course runners should be discounted so some Read More …

We reckon it’s about time we were back among those trees in Gosford Forest Park 🦌 🌲SUNDAY 23rd APRIL 🌲Starts anytime between 14:00 and 15:00 3️⃣courses on offer – yellow, orange and light green! (Check the comments for more info!) Anyone is welcome to come along, we would love to see you there 💚 A family adventure, a day out with mates, a chance to try something new for running training or even a dog walk. This is suitable for everyone 👍 To register email rdo@niorienteering.org.uk 📩with your name and group size and the course you would like to do Read More …

On Friday 5 May, last Saturday’s excellent Spring Cup courses will be available again as a middle distance training activity just before the British Sprint and Middle Distance weekend. This is primarly aimed at our visiting competitors in the late afternoon/early evening, but if you missed out last Saturday then please do enter. All the details are available via the Emerald Isle page at http://www.niorienteering.org.uk/emerald2023/ Alternatively, if you would just like to run your course again and see if you can run those tricky legs error free, then just turn up with your map from last Saturday and run free Read More …

For those of us lucky enough to run at Hillsborough on Saturday, for the final Spring Cup event of the year, we were treated to some great weather and fantastic courses which Olivia planned. With lots of changes in direction, the courses definitely had a middle distance feel about them. The Short Blue course was particularly interesting as all the paths were removed from the map, making participants focus on using contours and other features such as vegetation changes. Thank you to the officials and all those who helped out to make it such a great event.👏 Results, including Routegadget Read More …