Big thanks to BBC Radio Ulster and Connor Phillps for having us on this morning to talk all things orienteering. If you listened in and want to know more here are a few other places you can visit…. NI Orienteering – https://www.niorienteering.org.uk/ Fermanagh Orienteers – https://fermoblog.wordpress.com/ North West Orienteering Club – https://www.nwoc.info/ Facebook Pages- North West Orienteering ClubFermanagh OrienteersLagan Valley OrienteersOrchard County OrienteersTollymore OrienteersUrban-O Explorers Belfast Opportunities for adventure across the country!   MapRun – https://www.niorienteering.org.uk/diy-orienteering/ from Portstewart to Portadown, MapRun courses are available across NI – you just need your phone and the map!  Permanent courses – https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/index.php?filter=1… Just download the map and away you Read More …

No words necessary except, “congratulations Billy”, watch here and be amazed.

A week ago LVO club member Greg McCann, together with running partner Jim Patterson, stood at (at 2am!) the start of the Denis Rankin round with the prospect of 24 hours in the mountains ahead of them. They were attempting the “Denis Rankin Round“. I’m delighted to report Greg and Jim finished the round, with time to spare. They thus become the newest members of the Rankin Round club. You can see their route and splits here. Congratulations Greg and Jim. Meanwhile, in the Lake District Andrew and Alan Elwood were underway with their attempt at the “Bob Graham Round“. Read More …

FREE INCLUSIVE TRAIL ORIENTEERING SERIES Trail Orienteering (TrailO) is a form of orienteering that has been developed to offer everyone, including those with reduced mobility, a chance to participate in a meaningful orienteering activity, all on level terms. The aim is to correctly identify which marked point on the ground agrees with the point shown on a special orienteering map. As this is done from a distance, from the safety of a path, it enables all participants, disabled and non-disabled, child or adult, to compete equally. Encompass All is our summer TrailO series and kicks off with two Sunday afternoons Read More …

Ballyclare and Tollymore have produced lots of table updates, to be found in various folders under “Resources>OneDrive Public”. In “Colour Standards” there’s the colour standards table updated with the performances at Crossmurrin and Tollymore. The lack of colour events through the autumn meant that many folk lost their colour standard (needs 3 results within a year) but the 2 NISeries events, combined with the August restart events have got things going again. In “NISeries” the NISeries table is available (it’s a copy of the official posting on the NIOA website). At the moment the target is for your best 4 Read More …

(corrected live tracking link added) This weekend the Tollymore Festival of Orienteering wasn’t just a big enough challenge for some of our members. In the early hours of Saturday morning (2am) Greg McCann will start on the Denis Rankin round with his partner Jim Patterson, veteran fell runner and local legend. They plan to walk the complete route in under 24 hours. A previous attempt missed out by 30 minutes but additional training, revised strategy and planning should be the recipe for success. The back up team includes Tich and Aine McCann. We wish them every success. As if that Read More …

The no loitering protocol meant that I got to consult with very few people over the colour balance table samples. There were 2 points raised. The first concerned the white shadowing on the course overprint which, especially in the complex fencing and hedging around the leisure centre created doubts about the existence of gaps in line features, a concern with which I agreed. This week’s map will not have shadowing but I shall bring along a shadowed version of the long course map for comparison. The second point was about the intensity of full yellow areas (open land) and how Read More …

These updated tables have been slow in coming due to me forgetting to download after finishing last Wednesday. With thanks to last week’s and this week’s organisers under the guidance of MarkP my time was recovered from the SI units. While it may not cut much ice in the racing it allowed me to show an improvement of 42secs/km in my handicap – hurrah for hCOW! Resources>OneDrive Public>hCOW>hCOW2021

There are a lot of you hungry orienteers looking forward to the barbecue at Saturday’s Tollymore Festival. Please let harrybellni@gmail.com know by Wednesday evening if you have any special dietary requirements and I’ll pass your request on to the caterer. Along with your special requirements, please also let me know what option you originally booked online (adult/child, meat/vegetarian). And remember, entries for the Colour Series event, Camping and Barbecue all close on Wednesday 23rd June 2021 at 20:00.

In additional to the courses already advertised there will now be a short green course on offer for Saturday’s Colour Series. If you should wish to amend your entry you can do so on SI Entries.