Orientating the map
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Great Day Out at Hillsborough

Map Setting Lesson 1 - Alan's Team wonder where they are?

If You Go Down To The Woods Today.....

10 brave members of the junior squad took part in the training at Hillsborough Forest Park on Sat 9 Feb. The focus of the day was keeping the map set while on the move so we head in the right direction all the time. We practiced this using the features on the ground and relating those to the map. We also got some useful compass skills practice in. Of course it all started with a circuit training session on a hill!! To spice it up athletes had to complete a game of matching the features on a card to the map symbols while sprinting up and down the hill. Then we spilt into two groups (Alan's and Alison's) before taking off into the woods. Best of all the rain stayed away.

The next event will be at Cairn Wood on the Sat 16 Feb. Check out the training page for details. I'm looking forward to seeing you all there.

Circuit Training - Deep Joy

Getting reading for the hill

Coming down hill is easier after all

Out in front

Crossing the finish 

Map Setting with the Orange Level

Is it just me or is everyone simply following the dog!!

As the powers of the magic hat started to work it all became clear

Who knows best son or dad?

Training again next Saturday!

Training in Hillsborough Forest Park on Saturday 9th February. Focus will be on map setting and  compass work. Meet at 1230 in the main carpark. Afterwards there will be a score training event(starts 1400). Make sure to email by 6pm on 6th Feb to confirm you are coming so we can print maps (LVOJunO@gmail.com).
Allan Bogle is also running a skills training day on Saturday in Hillsborough for more advanced juniors. This is focusing on the bronze skills set outlined here and starts at 1200.

Belvoir Park Training Round-Up: Sun 27 Jan

Paul's  Squad - honest, it's warm once you're in!

Check Out the Junior Training from Sun

Some 14 juniors had a great time on Sun at Belvoir Park learning about map symbols, control descriptions and using the map information to find our way around the course. Check out the pictures from the day below. After the training we all got the chance to put our new skills to use on the score training event. It was a cold day as you can see but we all had fun. Next event is the 9 Feb at Hillsborough. Check out the training page for details.

The score course was well attended, with over forty people running! All of the juniors attending the training stayed for the score - a great chance to try out their new skills on a different type of orienteering than they are used to. Overall the day was a success, with good turnout from the juniors and happily not too much rain.

Don't forget to leave a comment on the blog if you were at the training or even if you were not but want to encourage our juniors. Big thanks to Paul for running the lessons for the Orange Level Group. The rest had to put up with Alan - bad luck!

The Circuit Training

Circuit Training Starts

Doing well on the ladders

Bad Hair Day

 Learning the Lessons

Having Fun - honest!

Back at the finish - Team work pays off

Ready for all weathers

Love the Buff!!

Training on Sunday

Make sure you get to the training this Sunday in Belvoir Park at 1230. We'll be focusing on relating map symbols to the ground - a basic but incredibly important skill. More infomation on the training news page.

Remember to stay afterwards for the score event at 2.00 in Belvoir. There will be a 45 minute time limit with 5 easy, 5 medium and 5 harder controls so it's suitable for everyone. See the 'About Orienteering' page for more info about Score.

O Zone Magazine - a little night time reading

Have a look on the right hand side of the screen at our gadgets and you will see a link to the O Zone Magazine. This is an orienteering magazine for juniors and you can download it from this link. Happy reading.

Junior Training 27 Jan

Some more information is now available about the junior training event on the 27 Jan. Just go to the Training News page to find out more. Make sure you make it on the 27 Jan as this will be a great chance to get some training and then put it into practice straight away at the club score training event. Hope to see you all then. Please Email us to let us know if you are coming.