Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

A Message to our Membership and Orienteering Friends:

Due to the COVID-19 virus, DVOA suspended all scheduled events starting in Spring 2020. We are resuming orienteering activities as public health and park officials relax restrictions on group activities. 

Following the board discussions in June, we have voted upon and approved the following:

1. We will resume in person orienteering with a Classic Orienteering event at French Creek State Park on or around Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 using the OUSA Social Distancing Guidelines outlined in their draft guidance. Pre-registration required. Fee charged online and waiver accomplished during registration to limit person to person contact.
2. Streamer Orienteering using some of the French Creek Courses for two weeks following the event. Pre-registration required and fee charged to cover map access. This opportunity is pending park approval.
3. Rogaine at Hickory Run using Social Distancing protocols in late August. Details will be on our schedule page.
4. Classic Orienteering event at Warwick County Park on September. Summer meeting to follow.  Due to COVID-19 restrictions picnic will be limited to BYO-lunch. Pre-registration required. Fee charged online and waiver accomplished during registration to limit person to person contact.
5. Streamer Orienteering using some of the Warwick Courses for two weeks following the event.  Pre-registration required and fee charged to cover map access.  This opportunity is pending park approval.
6. We have cancelled this year's Hickory Run Training Event and have moved the Rodney Scout Reservation/Iron Hill/Bellvue A-Event to November 2021 and the Big Woods event to Spring 2022. We have also cancelled the Mid-Atlantic Championships this year and have informed the other clubs that DVOA will host in 2021.  
7. We continue to work with the fall schedule, but are taking a cautious and deliberate approach as state openings in the four states that we service ebb and flow with the current cases.  Our foremost consideration is for the safety of our members. 
8. Because of the impact of and the variations in the state restrictions and the understanding that returning to events is very much an individual decision, the Board has voted to suspend our points system for the 2020 competition year.  We will resume our points system in January 2021

Please check the schedule below for returning events, and bear with us as we rebuild a more complete schedule, and adjust to evolving guidelines. In the meantime, we encourage members to still get outdoors – it will be therapeutic. Train on your own, re-run old courses, do course planning field work. As a reminder, we have numerous permanent courses with maps available on the DVOA website: > Our Permanent Courses
Be sure to check that the park is open before heading out (a few are currently closed).

The Board will continue to meet in the coming months to keep abreast of state opening opportunities and to continue to build a schedule that allows us to get back into the woods while taking the safest approach to protect the health and safety of our members and participants.  Stay tuned to the schedule page to see our opportunities as they develop.  We appreciate everyone's patience as events are adjusted and rescheduled to abide by local and state guidance.  Take care of yourselves and your loved ones and we hope to see everyone soon.

Stay healthy!
DVOA Board of Directors