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New to night orienteering? Here's some tips from our very own clubs on how to get more confident this season.

Following a successful Scottish Students Weekend, we hear from EUOC, this year's hosts of the competition. James, one of the competitors, shares a round-up of the weekend, while Euan, the event planner, offers insight into the event's organisation.

Competing after dark adds layers of risk on top of those normally present at an orienteering event; particularly those relating to navigation difficulty, visibility to road traffic, visibility of hazards in the terrain, and problems in locating a lost or injured participant.

The default position for UK orienteering events is that participants may carry mobile phones for use in an emergency, and many clubs actively encourage runners to do so. So, when and how can we use our mobile phones to keep us safe out on the course?

The Northern Ireland Orienteering Championships Night Championships 2025 took place on Saturday 5th November in Castlewellan Forest Park. It proved to be a fantastic evening of navigation, competition, and camaraderie. This event had been postponed from February, when storm Eowyn wreaked havoc in the park, destroying many of the mature trees , with several trails still impassable. Competitors were treated to 3 challenging courses that tested map-reading precision.