Parkrun has been a phenomenon for some 20 years now, and every Saturday morning when I scroll Strava, I see where fellow DVO members have been running. Will it be Australia (Markeaton) or the girl with the long hair...

Dave Nevell – our statistician, now based in north Wales – looks back on last year’s events 2025 saw the DVO fixture list settling into what is perhaps a new paradigm for orienteering, namely a small number of...

Sal Chaffey looks at the Derbyshire author’s roots Bow Woods and Lea Woods have been used on and off for orienteering events between 1970 and 2012 (photos from 2012 here), and many of us visit in April to check...

DVO has 15 top 3 places in the EM terrain league Yesterday was the first event of the 2026 East Midlands League at LEI’s Grace Dieu & Cademan event, and therefore the certificate presentation for 2025’s...