The third in a series of safety tips by Jane Kayley-Burgess So now we are running with a whistle (always) and, if we have a medical condition, ensuring we have something about our person or at Download, that tells...
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Derby North, Sept 24th What a lovely, warm evening to start the series! It was good to see many of you enjoyed or were challenged by the the complex area with a few tales of relocation woes. Well done if you were a...
John Hawkins dips into some Pythagoras Theorem ahead of our event at Longstone Moor! I was looking at a map of Longstone Moor on Route Gadget (as below) and pondered what would be the best route to control 1. Is it...
John Hurley remembers Daphne Parsons who passed away 27 July 2026, aged 100 Daphne and Terry Parsons and sons Ed and Jim, from Farnah Green near Belper, joined DVO in 1970. The boys were very keen with Ed winning the...
Rachel Duckworth competes for GBR At the end of July, I headed out to Vila Real in northern Portugal to compete at the FISU World University Orienteering Championships as part of the GBR team. The championships bring...
Our new POC at Swadlincote Woodlands was launched yesterday at a small but fun event, with three challenges to complete. The permanent course has 20 controls, which take the form of small plaques with an orienteering...
Twenty Club members took part in the quadrennial event with stages across the Lake District Sal Calland has written recently about the Swedish O-ringen, an annual 5-day event in Sweden that began in 1965. The UK has its...
The second in a series of safety tips by Jane Kayley-Burgess Last time we considered the (very obvious) item of recommended/mandated equipment, a whistle. The reasons were pretty compelling. On to something a bit more...
Ten club members travel to the world’s biggest O event, the Swedish O’Ringen Attended by: John and Ann-Marie D Sally Calland (author of this post) Helen C Phil C Stuart S Val and Graham J Tom H And the...
