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    Club Champs 2023 at Shipley Park

    The fun of the mass finish! Club members took on courses of 2k, 3.8k and 6k today – handicapped across all three for a mass finish at noon! This was remarkably accurate, as Chris our last starter – and winner – on Long...

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    Club News for September 2023

    There’s a lot going on in September and into the Autumn that we’ve summarised in this article.  We’ve also included Dave Vincent’s Newstrack puzzle below. Club Championships We’re excited...

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    Vive La French 5 Days

    A report from Graham Johnson, showing the importance of perseverance at the first control At the end of July, 40 intrepid DVO orienteers made their way north of the Border for the Scottish 5-Days. A few weeks earlier...

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    Going off on a TanGhent

    The Johnsons’ trip to ASOM in Belgium If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be making annual trips to Belgium for a weekend of urban events, I wouldn’t have believed you, but ASOM – Antwerp Sprint Orienteering...

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    Neil Forrest 1943–2023

    An obituary from John Hurley Neil Forrest moved to the Matlock area around 1970 to take up a post in the planning department of Derbyshire County Council.  He was then introduced to orienteering by his running partner...