We would like to invite you to our AGM at the Family Tree in Whatstandwell DE4 5HG on Wed 13th October, starting at 7:30pm. Come along and catch up with your Clubmates; free tea and coffee, plus drinks from the bar.
After the business element of the meeting, GB Sprint International Charlotte Ward will speak about her race preparation and her PhD research on ‘effects of climate change on infectious diseases in Arctic wildlife populations’.
Please check the website in case we are forced to revert to Zoom.
Congratulations to Rachel and Jake (W18 and M16 respectively) on their selection to represent England at the forthcoming Junior Home International event due to take place at the Devil’s Punchbowl in Hindhead on 9-10 October 2021. Rachel also represented England as a W20 in the Senior Home International event held in Scotland earlier in September.
We have been given late go ahead for the Foremark Reservoir local event and now need officials. If you would like to plan or organise, please contact me, . If you have not planned or organised before, we will find you a mentor. It’s a great little area to cut your teeth on. Any questions, just ask
The final of the Compass Sport Cup will be hosted by SYO at Hesley Wood and Tankersley Woods on Sunday October 17th.Details of the event and are on the SYO web site.
We need as many people as possible to enter to have the best chance of doing well. To enter please send your details:name, age class , SI and BOF numbers to .
The entry fee is £16.00 for adults and £8.00 for juniors. As usual the club will pay half the entry fee. Please send entries by Monday September 28th.
After a year off during lockdown, the Orienteering Foundation has announced support for another coaching day in the Lakes on Saturday 20th November 2021. DVO would like to gauge interest in organising a Club Group to attend. Maps and exercises would be provided by Derek Alison, coaching on the day using these resources would be provided by DVO Coaches. Further details are available at https://www.orienteeringfoundation.org.uk/coaching-day-nov-2021
There is a limit of 120 individual and group participants so if you are interested in being part of a DVO group please contact Judith Holt by Wednesday 8th September.
DVO has acquired a smart new gazebo for use at club and public events. It measures 2.5m x 2.5m and is totally waterproof. It is very robust. It has four walls, two with windows, one with a door. It has guys and pegs to make it secure in bad weather. The frame comes in a canvas bag with carry handles and wheels and full instructions. The roof, sides, guys and pegs are in a blue plastic box. Both are stored in the shed near the club banners, on the shelf on the left.
Here it is in action on Saturday at the very wet Whitworth Party in the Park, with three of the four sides attached.
Many congratulations to Rachel Duckworth, who has been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Youth Orienteering Championships in Lithuania, August 19–22 and the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Turkey, September 5–10. Rachel was selected for her performance in a series of races in the Lake District in September 2020.
She was presented with the DVO Orienteer of the Year trophy at our Chinley Churn event, and we wish her all the best for both championships.
If anyone would like to take part in a team at the Sprint relays can you please contact Mike Godfree: before July 29th. Please click on the link below for information
