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Margam Country Park is an area of heathland with pockets of forest on the coast very near Swansea, and the Relays took place the day after the Individual Championships in the Brecon Beacons. At the Relay Champs, our 7...

Francesco’s funeral took place at cemetery in the mountains above Lago Maggiore on March 3rd. He passed away while on holiday in his native Italy. Originally from the Bologna region, he had lived in the UK for...

Jane Kayley-Burgess looks back at her run I love orienteering in Wales. Wherever you are, you know it’s going to be tough and no preparation seems enough. Saturday was just like that. I’d printed the map...

The 2026 CompassSport Cup Heat in Sutton Park The CompassSport Cup is the only inter-club competition in UK orienteering, and takes place annually. The regional heats are in early spring, with the Final normally in...

Our Club Captain Sally Calland tells of her winter orienteering adventures I have been lucky enough to venture to Madeira, Portugal and Spain over the cold UK winter months and managed to squeeze in some orienteering...

Sal Chaffey in praise of Portugal! POM, as it is known, is a 5-day event that finishes on Shrove Tuesday – a day of national celebration in Portugal. Dave and I have been three times now: the first by train in 2020...

Judith Holt takes us through her medal-winning run The 2026 BNOC took place at Egypt Woods in Hertfordshire last Saturday. Five DVO members trained and made the trip, Judith coming in 3rd in W75 and John 1st in M60L...

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...