Blockers ‘Blockers’ are things which get in the way of running a successful club and its development. At the LVO Strategy Workshop, after an introduction and presentation by Mike McClure of SportNI, see here, 3 groups of us identified the top blockers. In alphabetical order they were: Funding: events barely cover their costs. Mapping is expensive and maps have a very limited life span due to initiatives like bike trails and other refurbishments of parks or forests. The club only survives because of volunteer mappers and a small group who are constantly applying for grants. The club currently enjoys rent-free Read More …

The Scottish Champs are withing striking distance of Cairnryan on Saturday 25 May. The details are Solway Orienteers website with a closing entry date of 12 May. If we can car share using the 24 Stena day return deal we should be able to get there and back for less than £50 each, including a contribution for petrol. If you are interested please let Stephen Gilmore know by adding a comment to the post on the club website, or by email to stephen @niorienteering.org.uk, or by a comment on Facebook, or see me at IOC. Please indicate if you prefer Read More …

1. Introduction and presentation by Mike McClure On 24th April 2019, eighteen LVO members, two guests (Mike McClure of SportNI and Duane Fitzsimons of Belfast City Council) met for a workshop on the future direction of the club, led by guest coordinator Nathalie Foehr. Nathalie opened the evening by inviting everyone present to tell us who they are, what brought them to orienteering and their expectation of the workshop. Some had only been orienteering for a year and wanted to learn more about the sport, but the record was set by Wilbert Hollinger, who has been orienteering for 60 years Read More …

FERMO are organising the Irish Orienteering Championships next weekend, but LVO are helping with the Relays at Parkanaur on Monday 6th May (https://ioc2019.com/relay/). A few people have already volunteered to help (or someone else has volunteered them), but we still need more for various roles, including: Marshalls – we’ll need at least 2-3 to man a few points on the course, including the gates on either side of the deer park. Map/Dibber Distribution – all maps and dibbers will be in numbered envelopes, so they just have to be handed to the runners with corresponding bibs as runners move into Read More …

Details of the Pre-WEE coaching sessions are up on the Fixtures Page above

Go Sporteering tonight 7pm Wed 24 Apr at Orangefield Park. All the details you need are here:

The NISeries tables having been updated following the Meelmore event and can be found on the NIOA website at “Results/NI Colour Series Leagues/NI Colour Series 2019 league” or here at “Resources/LVO Public Folders/NI Series”. Over the year it’s your best 4 results (in any one class) which count.

Hi everyone, Olivia and I are pulling together the IOC relay teams. This is not easy with very complicated sums to be done for the Handicap classes. The good thing is, there are no Team Trials and you can take it as seriously, or not, as you wish. If you’d like a run, please let me (Susan) or Olivia know. Email or pm the Facebook page or post in the group or text or comment here. Go for it 🙂

The Colour Standards table has been updated following NISeries2 at Meelmore yesterday. NI Colour Series tables to follow.

On Thursday April 25th we are going to have a workshop on the future direction of the club. Nathalie  Foehr, who is an expert in change management, has volunteered to help us with this. We are very happy that Mark McClure of SportNI has agreed to open the discussion. Following Mike’s introduction, we will start with your ideas on what are the ‘blockers’ – things that may get in the way of running a successful club in the future. Working in groups, we’ll then collect and prioritize the most promising opportunities to address these challenges. By the end of the Read More …