Not able to get down to Donard Forest but don’t want to miss out on all the orienteering fun this Sunday! Mid and East Antrim Council along with Lagan Valley Orienteers invite you to come and try out Sporteering in Ballymena! ⏰ Meeting at Harryville Community Centre, 73 Brooke Park, Ballymena BT42 3AU at 2pm, Sunday 13th October. 📱 Bring along a fully charged mobile phone with the Sporteering app downloaded 🏃‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Suitable for runners and walkers, all ages and abilities – collect as many controls in 1 hour 💵 This is a Come and try it activity – so Read More …

Regretfully due to planned forestry operations we have had to cancel the upcoming Autumn Trophy event at Kilbroney in Rostrevor. These operations mean that it is not possible to run any courses above an orange standard. This is very disappointing especially for Michael Burton who has already been hard at work planning the courses, but unfortunately it was unavoidable.  Plans are underway to try to re-schedule an Autumn Trophy event to another date and venue (probably Nov 30/Dec 1, as this is the only weekend with no NI orienteering before the end of the year). Volunteers and ideas are most Read More …

Yes you can! This Wednesday evening 2 October at our Sporteering session starting from Tim Hortons, Tim Horton’s, Connswater Retail Park, Belfast, BT5 5DL. Meeting at 7pm to go to the start. All you need to know is here. Please read carefully if you haven’t been to Sporteering before. (If you’ve been before and know the set up don’t forget your head torch and high viz. It’s getting dark!) And do have a think about which donut you prefer – one with a hole or a soft gooey centre!!

Some great fun Sporteering round East Belfast yesterday evening.Your next opportunity is in Craigavon! Sporteering is an exciting new way of orienteering using your phone and an urban map to find as many points (controls) as possible within 1 hour. 🌳 When? Tuesday 24 September, 7pm🌳 Where? Meet at the front entrance to Rushmere Shopping Centre, Central Way, BT64 1AA🌳 Who? Everyone welcome, all ages and abilities but U16 must be accompanied by an adult🌳 What? Bring along a head torch and a fully charged mobile phone with the Sporteering app downloaded🌳 Cost? £3 members, £4 non-members Looking forward to seeing you there!

The maps are printed and the course uploaded to Sporteering. Hope to see you tonight at 7pm at Tim Horton’s Connswater ready for Sporteering. Do make sure that you tick off the Sporteering checklist and get your phone onto charge now!

Hello all you WEE competitors. I hope you’ve been taking advantage of the LVO autumn Wednesday evening programme. Next Wednesday September 18th is Sporteering 5, which is like a WEE event on the side streets around Connswater. It will be based around the Tim Hortons café there. Meet at 7pm for a jog out to the start. Afterwards we’re going to have the prizegiving for the WEE Series in Tim Hortons at about 8:30 pm so come along for a coffee and doughnut to congratulate our winners. Once you’ve won a prize in a given WEE Series then you aren’t Read More …

After 2 sessions of skills training in Barnett Demesne, next week sees the first WOW Sporteering. We’ll meet at Tim Hortons in Connswater and the WEE prize giving will follow. Details will appear shortly but plan to be there for an energetic evening, a warming cup of coffee and maybe a donut while the prize giving takes place. We are off to a good start! If you can’t wait until Wednesday why not head down to Loughgall for the Orchard County Orienteers last Fun in the Sun

The next item on the WOW agenda is WEST 2 this Wednesday in Barnett Demesne. A number of the club coaches will be there offering a variety of exercises designed to improve your orienteering skills. So whether you are an absolute beginner, have some experience or are already very experienced, turn up and join in. All are welcome – you don’t have to be a member. This week we will focus on compass work and control flow as well as the basics. £3 members, £4 non-members. Meet at 6.30pm for a 6.45 start in the main Barnett Malone House car Read More …

This is a bit of a last minute plea I’m afraid! Unfortunately we don’t have a Controller in place for Saturday’s Autumn Trophy event at Slieve Garron. Would anyone be willing to help out our gallant Planner Stephen Knight, even by looking over his courses early in the coming week and offering comment and advice? Please call me (Harry) on 07841 996 555 if you can help.