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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...

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    DVO at the British Championships

    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 –...

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    Brian Ward 1934–2025

      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...

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    JK Relays at Middleton Park, Leeds

    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...