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Wednesday July 9th
DVO training run and meeting from the National Stone Centre at Wirksworth.
Start 7pm

Sunday July 13th 2008
Summer Series event - Street O Matlock
Mass start 10.30am

Sunday September 7th
Kedleston C4 Colour coded event


See the Fixtures page for more details of Wednesday night training runs and other DVO events. 

04/07/2008.

We are saddened to hear today of the death of John Armstrong this week.
John was an very active member of the club and he will be sorely missed.

Our sympathies go out to John's family.

Details of funeral arrangements will be posted here when known.

01/07/2008
Liz Godfree wasn't the only one running recently.

DVO Juniors help East Midlands to 4th at the Inter Regionals

A host of DVO juniors were in the East Midlands team that finished 4th at the Juniors Inter Regional Championships; one of their best ever finishes. 
The two day competition hosted by the North East Orienteering Association was held near Richmond and comprised an individual and relay competition.  The top result came from Harriet Lawson who finish 7th on W14 and also helped a womens relay team to 8th position.  The other Juniors from DVO in the team were Amy Kimberley, Jessica Addison, Islay Sellar and Luke Addison.  

The full results can be found here.

30/06/2008

Congratulations to Liz Godfree for winning the Gold Medal at the World Masters Orienteering Champs in Portugal in W60 in the sprint race.

As ever with Sprint races a tight contest but Liz completed the 1.4km course in 13.22 so becoming World Champion.

26/06/2008 Job Advert

Derwent Valley Orienteering Club  are looking to use the services of a self employed Level 2 coach to work in the Buxton area

 This is a part time position funded for one year as part of a 3 year project.
The Level 2 coach will be responsible for:

·         Coordinating the planning, running, monitoring and reviewing of the programme for the Buxton satellite club.

·         Developing and mentoring new level 1 coaches

·         Sharing ideas and good practice with other coaches in the project.

·         Monitoring participation and membership and reporting back to Derwent Valley Orienteers club  

·         Working with volunteers to develop the coaching infrastructure for orienteering in the local area.

Salary: £25.00 per hour (based on 5hrs per week for 40 weeks)
Further details and application forms available from
Pauline Olivant tel 0115 9872083 email pauline@britishorienteering.org.uk

Closing date for applications 14 July 2008.
Interview date to be notified.

26/06/2008 Carsington results have been updated with revised certfiicate times.

09/06/2008.
Ilam results now available thanks to Mark Spendlove and Anne MArie Duckworth for working out the scores and typing the results up.

31/05/2008.
The latest edition of Newstrack is now available. Apologies for the delay in getting it availble online.

18/05/2008
Routegadget, string course results and comments added to Hardwick results page.

17/05/2008.
The DVO summer series of informal events starts soon.
The first event is on the 7th June at Ilam Hall near Ashbourne.
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