For some of us, it’s been a busy spring of commuting to Yorkshire JK and the Lake District British Champs, and the summer competitions in Deeside (Scottish 6 Days) and further afield loom on the horizon...
Val and Sal have a moan about their paltry ranking points! Springtime in Shropshire (SinS) is a 3-day event on the late May Bank Holiday weekend, on alternate (odd) years. It’s a fun weekend away, and back in the...
Dracbassador Sal Chaffey reports on the April Orienteering and May Conference Our themed urban in Derby commemorating the Dracula centenary was great fun, and the Museum of Making made us very welcome, with orienteers...
DVO’s sustainable travellers in the Emerald Isle by John Duckworth This was the third year in a row I’ve been to the Irish Orienteering Championships (IOC), cycling there and back every time. This year I was...
DVO’s Club Captain, Christine Middleton, reflects on this year’s Relays The JK and BOC relays were only 3 weeks apart but they were in very different areas. The JK Relay was held at Middleton Park...
The 2025 British Individual Champs took place at Grizedale Forest on Saturday, followed by the Relay Champs on Sunday at Bigland, both in South Lakes. Individual Race at Grizedale Twenty-two Club members took part –...
Last Friday 11th April 2025, Brian Ward passed away. Some club members have sent in their memories: Ranald Macdonald writes: DVO members and friends will be saddened to hear that Brian died peacefully on Friday...
Easter Monday means JK Relays – just what you need after three days of hard racing! DVO entered six teams, with two runners from NOC and LEI to make up a junior team. Middleton Park is a very fast area with grassy...
Sally Calland orienteers in Turkey The festival was a 10 day event with 17 races, yes 17. 14 races were training races and then the festival culminated with 3 World Ranking Events all around the Antalya region. The...
It’s been a busy New Year, after the initial cold snap when we had to cancel our Whitworth Park Local event. Since then, many of us have enjoyed East Midlands League events or terrain or urbans further afield...
