Newcomers

Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport which involves navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass.
The aim is to navigate between a set of control points and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time. It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, and you can run, walk or jog round the course and progress at your own pace.

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About Us

Devon Orienteering Club seeks to encourage and promote the sport of orienteering in and around the County of Devon.
Come along to an event and give it a try! All children and adults are welcome to attend Devon events and, in due course, to join the club.

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Results from Sun 24 Mar Killerton National Trust
Devon League 7

Killerton House as viewed from the water tank on Br/Bl courses

Results

Routegadget

Planners' Comments What an incredible number of competitors we had for our Killerton event (over 200), all of which made me slightly nervous as a first-time league event planner, hoping I had got the courses right and more importantly, enjoyable! There were a number of constraints to work around; the remote parking area, some impenetrable areas of bramble an…

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Activity Dates Spring & Summer 2024Training and Maprun

Devon Orienteering Club are going to run a series of “training activities” from the end of April to give individuals the chance to improve their Orienteering through either coaching or through regular practice. At this stage we are mainly on Saturday mornings from 1000 to 1230 with the venues close to the A38 corridor. These are open to both club members and also others who are interested in Orienteering… they might then choose to join.

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Events Programme - Spring 2024

We are having to make some adjustments to our event programme for April and May, so please do check our website and Racesignup for details. We will soon have details of the upcoming events and a series of activities which will also provide good training opportunities for all levels.

Sun 24 Mar

Fernworthy VideoHayleigh Wyle Smith

Fernworthy Video screenshot

Here is another great video from Hayleigh with 'The Wyled Ones' running the brown course at Fernworthy. I missed the event myself, but this reminded me what a tough area it is. Well done! 
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Tue 19 Mar

Mutters Moor VideoHayleigh Wyle Smith

Here is an excellent video from Hayleigh of 'The Wyled Ones' running the brown course at Mutters Moor!

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John DysonFormer Club Treasurer, Chair, and SWOA Chair

It is with sadness that we have to announce that John Dyson passed away on 17th February, aged 82 years, in Sidmouth Nursing Home.

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