Future Events
Wed 23 Oct
Come and Try It - Fell Foot
Near: Newby Bridge, full details...
Wed 6 Nov
Night Urban 1 - Kendal Central
Near: Kendal, full details...
Wed 13 Nov
Night Urban 2 - Ulverston South
Near: Ulverston, full details...
Almost all events have courses for beginners (please read the event details).
Full list of all future events
Come and Try It - Fell Foot
Get a taste of orienteering at a free Come and Try It event at Fell Foot this October half term. Join one of our team outdoors and have a go at orienteering first hand. Appropriate for all ages, drop in and perhaps navigate your way to a brand new hobby.
Park Sprint Race 4 - Lakeside YMCA
Part of the LOC 2019 Park Sprint Race series
The best 3 results will count to the overall series results with prize giving at the final event. For the sprint overall result both courses are to be run with total time being used for the standings at each event.
Prizes for the Mini winners M/W12-, and for the main Sprint - junior M/W16-, Open M/W 21+, veteran M/W45+, super veteran M/W 55+, ultra veteran M/W 70+.
Beginner?
What is Orienteering?
Orienteering is a sport that combines map reading and running. Competitors have to find their way between a series of checkpoints, called controls, as quickly as possible. There’s no set route between the controls, so you have to decide which way to go and then find your way there without getting lost.
Park Sprint Series Final Tables
The Park Sprint series concluded at Lakeside YMCA on Saturday 12th October, with an exciting morning of racing as several categories were to be decided on the day ! After four events, the best three scores count towards the final results....
50th Anniversary Tops
Special tops have been designed to celebrate LOC's 50th anniversary next year - orders are now being taken ! If you'd like one, please read on for more info...
Lanequest 2019
The Summer Lanequest Series information is now available. These are score events by bike on local roads and offer an alternative to the events on foot.
British Weekend Successes
Last weekend saw several hundred orienteers gather in Yorkshire for the British Champs weekend, including the British Mixed Sprint Relays, the individual Long Champs and the British Relays. As usual, LOC were well represented and had some...
JK Relays Success
About 40 LOC members enjoyed taking part in the JK Relays on a lovely sunny Easter Monday at Minley in Surrey.