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...
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...
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...
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...
