Buxton and District Orienteers

It is now two months since Buxton and District Orienteers launched their hugely successful first club night at Buxton Community School. The weekly club night runs from 6:30pm to 8pm and has proved to be really popular with newcomers and beginners in the area. Each week around 30 people turn up to join in with a range of orienteering activities organised by lead coach Dan Riley. The satellite club has already resulted in 59 new members for Derwent Valley Orienteers (DVO).

The Buxton club is the first of hopefully six satellite clubs that will be developed in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire over the next three years. The development of the club has been possible through funding obtained by the East Midland Orienteering Association and its Regional Development Officer Pauline Olivant from the Sports England’s Community Investment Fund.

The weekly club has been a huge success so far and a lot of hard work has been put in by both DVO and the lead coach Dan Riley. The club night has so far consisted of a combination of Street ‘O’ activities, indoor mapping exercises and basic physical training such as circuit training and running to give the new members a taste of all aspects of orienteering and to develop their skills in order to attend local events. Members are already travelling to local events and it is only a matter of time before we will be seeing some keen new faces at the JK!

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Report by Steve Vernon, Participation Manager
Photos by Stephen Kimberley