Category - Member news

Summer is finally here and we have O news from Sweden and Edinburgh in this issue, with a number of you poised to go to Croeso, the 5-day event in Wales as we go to press! Welcome to new members Jan Oldham W45, Becky...

The Godfrees’ sendoff at Rex’s postponed urban event, John Port Spencer Academy in Etwall A relocation can be something of a moveable feast, especially when you’re selling in England and buying in...

Sally Calland tells us about her experiences as a volunteer at the World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Sprint Championships took place in Edinburgh this year where 330 athletes from 45 countries took...

Mike Gardner our new Download Lead has some tips for smoother entries and results This is not necessarily an appeal for new members of the Download Team, though if you are computer literate and want to help out then let...

John Hawkins reviews almost 40 years of weekly DVO training runs, tea, pints and gossip … When I joined DVO back in February 1987 I was most impressed to find that there was a weekly training run.  This alternated...

A compilation of clubmates’ shoe preferences Our shoes take a lot of hammering and play a key role in keeping us safe in the forest and on the streets, so I thought it would be good to kick off a  bit of a review...

Sally Calland recommends some sunshine orienteering breaks abroad I have always found it immensely frustrating that as a sport we can’t publish all the international multi day events on one website. They are in fact...

Save the date to skill up, says Nicky Hart our Vice Chair and Event Officials Coordinator The East Midlands Orienteering Association will be putting on a regional Event Officials training day, with courses for...

DVO’s Club Development Officer Chris Millard reports on our beginners’ initiative Imagine back to your first orienteering experience. Did you understand the map? Could you relate the features on the map to...

Controller Sal Chaffey takes an Art Tour on the new Chesterfield map Over the last decade or so, most of our urbans in Chesterfield have used the ‘curvy and confusing’ estates of Holmebrook Valley, to the...