Our neighbours Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club are allowing us to hold our Club Championships on this fascinating area, just east of Mansfield When I ran at Strawberry Hill in January 2020, I was struck with the...
The DVO Club Championships will be at NOC’s Strawberry Hill & Ransom Wood EML event on Sunday 21 December As well as the five trophies for good runs, Club awards for improvement and contribution will be...
Many of you will have seen our new feather banner at recent events. It was crafted by our son Matthew, who was given the brief to come up with something to match the Start and Finish banners and the club tops. We...
DVO hosted the Midlands Championships took place on 7th September at Chinley Churn. Well done to Organiser and Planner Nicky Hart and Richard Parkin, and to all the DVO helpers, from stile putters-out to Results. Peter...
Our Annual General Meeting will take place at Lime Tree Business Park, Lime Tree Road, Matlock on Wednesday October 15th at 7:30pm. In addition to the business part of the meeting (including discussions about entry fees...
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...
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...
Co-organisers Judith and Lester Evans reflect on the day First of all a HUGE thank you to all the DVO volunteers who gave up a large part of their Saturday (and in some cases much more) to help make this venture a...
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...
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...
