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...
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...
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...
Congratulations to John and Liz, who placed 3rd in their age classes Spring is the crazily busy season for competitive orienteers, this year with the JK, British Classic Distance and British Middles falling in a 4-week...
“And here comes Simon Brister of DVO into the finish … he takes the lead in the M75’s by four seconds …” To my great shock and disbelief, this is what I heard blaring from the loudspeakers as I crossed the...
