Hopefully everyone’s looking forward to a good gallop over the Mournes at this Saturday’s NI Colour Series event. If you can offer some help it would really be appreciated . Could you help wth meeting and greeting, or maybe registration? We need a couple of people for the start too. Or perhaps you would bring in a few controls? Even a short stint would be great, just to take some of the load off the other volunteers. The weather man is promising an improvement for Saturday. Still nippy though, so please do bring suitable clothing. Waterproof/windproof coats may be mandatory Read More …

Plans are well under way for the 2019 WEE series which starts in May. The outline programme is: WEE 1  8 May  Orangefield Park; WEE 2 15 May  Ormeau Park; WEE 3  22 May  Barnett Demesne; WEE 4  29 May  Lady Dixon Park. To warm everyone up there will be a Pre-WEE on Wed 1 May in Ormeau Park. Coaching will be offered for all levels from complete beginner to experienced orienteer, so that by the time the series proper starts the following week all members and newcomers will be raring to go. Full details will appear on the WEE website Read More …

Come and enjoy orienteering on the open mountain in the beautiful Mournes at Meelmore. Experienced competitors will enjoy the challenging courses that Mark Stephens has planned on this great orienteering terrain but there are courses too for all ages and abilities. Newcomers are especially welcome. Remember that this is open mountain so you must wear a suitable weatherproof coat if the conditions are poor. You can see full event details under ‘Events’ on the LVO website.

Fermanagh Orienteers will be welcoming people to the 2019 Irish Orienteering Championships, on the first bank holiday weekend in May. There will be different events happening over the weekend, including non-championship courses, so everyone is welcome to attend, and this also includes children and families. Families will only pay entry fees for the first child. Additional child entries are free. ** Early Bird Entry Fee Deadline is 29th March** The final closing date for entries is 19th April. See https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=5318 ** Relays can be entered online – just put the teams and names can be added later. See https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=5331 A Read More …

The Green course Junior Men table has been corrected in the 2019 Spring Cup results. Access by”Resources/LVO Public Folders/Club Colour Series”.

The Colour Standards table and the final Spring Cup table are now available in the LVO Public Folders. Congratulations to our Spring Cup winners even if it looks like there’s a bit of old man pot-hunting going on! It may be worth your while to check the Colour Standards table as the method of determining colour standard achievement differs from that of the SportIdent results calculation in that: 1: Men and Women are considered seperately 2: The top 50% achieve the standard even if their result is more than 150% of the winner’s time and 3: On the Green course Read More …

SPRING CUP COMES TO CRAWFORDSBURN Looking forward to seeing a great turnout at this Saturday’s Spring Cup in Crawfordsburn.  The village is signposted from the Belfast – Bangor A2 road about 4 miles from Bangor.  Please follow the one-way system, past the Country Park Centre and downhill to the carpark nearest to the beach where you will find the MOO for registration.  The start will be a taped 10 minute walk from the parking.  There will be the usual 3 courses – Green, Orange and Yellow.  Runners on the Yellow course must use the bridges to cross the river. All Read More …

As many of you might suspect I need help, but no, I don’t mean me on this occasion.As you should hopefully know by now, because I’ve been plugging it enough, in a week and a half’s time a new Urban O Series commences in Portadown. As this has the potential to be a little bit bigger than usual, I won’t be able to run it all myself, and as such i’m looking for a small band of lovely volunteers to help me out on the day, either before or after your run. It won’t be anything too onerous: just a little help Read More …

The opening event of NI’s first Urban Orienteering League: The format – Middle Distance Urban – no nettles or brambles (unless you seek them out), little mud, and you can show off your legs if you wish. Courses: There will be three courses on offer so everyone is catered for whatever your ability and experience, be it complete beginner or NI Champion. For young kids under 13 and all family beginners; you get to play in the safe environment of the People’s Park. For 13-15 year olds who wish to run unaccompanied, and adult beginners / novices there is an Read More …

Photos from yesterday’s Spring Cup 2 at Woodburn Forest are here. As usual, if you want your photograph removed please let me know: Philip ‘at’ niorienteering.org.uk