Very Meel Done
The 2026 Northern Ireland Long Distance Orienteering Championships took place on an unseasonably warm and sunny day on 3 October on the slopes of Meelmore and Lukes Mountain, Co Down. Guest planner Shane Lynch provided testing courses overseen by controller Ivan Millar with Chris Colwell as organiser assisted my many helpers.
Congratulations to the NI Champions:
- 10 Charlotte Kerr LVO
- 12 Dylan Kennedy LVO & Sophie Kerr LVO
- 14 Nat Kerr, LVO & Chloé Campbell
- 16 Euan Kennedy LVO
- 18 Sam Graham LVO
- 20 Jack Wilkins LVO & Emma Graham LVO
- 21 Paul Pruzina LVO & Áine Colwell LVO
- 35 George Knight LVO & Olivia Baxter LVO
- 40 Stephanie Pruzina LVO
- 45 Glynn Johnston LVO & Fionne Austin LVO
- 50 Paul Daniels LVO & Moire O’Sullivan LVO
- 55 Joe McClure LVO & Carol Black LVO
- 60 Stephen Linton NWOC & Heather Cairns LVO
- 65 Michael Burton LVO
- 70 David Blair NWOC & Ann Savage LVO
- 75 Bill Hopkins LVO & Teresa Finlay FermO
- 80 Richard McCourt LVO
- 85 Rosemary Croley LVO
The trophies will be presented at the 2027 AGM after the NI Score Championships at a date to be confirmed but provisionally 20 February 2027.