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    Let’s WOC!

    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...

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    Help Your Local Download Team

    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...

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    DVO’s Wednesday Runs

    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...

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    What we run in …

    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...

    DVO MapRun Video
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    DVO MapRun Video

    Derby University student Phoebe Sheldon created this video featuring both new orienteers and regular club members in action and in interviews filmed at Markeaton Park on April 18th in one of our MapRun series. Keep a...

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    Club News May 2024

    Welcome to our latest Newstrack! We’ve just about recovered from staging the JK Relays on Easter Monday at Stanton Moor, with 1100 runners from 7 countries. A full write-up will follow, but it’s one of the...