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    A Super Club Day at the Seaside

    Christine Middleton and Sal Chaffey report on the CompassSport Cup Final The CompassSport Cup is an annual inter-club competition, with heats in early spring and a Final in the autumn. DVO qualified for the Final at our...

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    What you see is what you get!

    Derek Gale reflects on the White Rose (& a summary of DVO results) I believe there is an old adage that the South Sea islanders could not see Captain Cook’s ship as it was so large, compared to their experience...

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    Royal Deeside 2025

    About 40 DVO members attended this year’s Scottish 6-days. Stuart Swalwell collected these anonymous accounts! Our 10th S6D, and our family voted it the best yet. Certainly, it wasn’t my best orienteering...

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    Meet Your New Registration Team Leaders!

    Judith & Lester Evans joined DVO in 2022 when they moved from Harlequins OC territory. They’ve been very active in the Club, running the Map Reclaim at the JK 2024 Relays and recently negotiating and...

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    Autumn MapRuns 2025

    Smartphone orienteering in and around Derby  What: Keen to improve your navigation and meet new people? We have planned a new series of evening events which we hope will be as successful and as popular as the last two...

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    A history of the quarries on Chinley Churn

    Mike Gardner looks at Cracken Edge Quarry ***DVO are hosting this year’s Midlands Champs at Chinley Churn on September 7th. Entries are open on The Start Kite.*** Chinley Churn is a prominent gritstone hill...

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    Club News June 2025

    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...

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    DVO at Springtime in Shropshire

    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...

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    Reflections on Dracula Returns to Derby

    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...