Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by joeymcgarvey on Wed Jun 3, 2026 at 10:36 am

joeymcgarvey
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Hi everyone—

Two notes for Schuylkill Center on Saturday:

*Inspired by day 2 of the sprint team trials, Ian has designed a Sprint 2 that involves forking. Anyone who wants to can participate in a mass start at 11:30. (Although you are also welcome to run Sprint 2 outside the mass start.) Starts are between 10 am and noon, so if you'd like to do the mass start, you might want to run Sprint 1 beforehand.

*This is the last event that Ian and I are organizing for DVOA before we move to Minnesota, so we will be providing pizza and soda at 12:30 for anyone who wants to join. Please indicate your attendance during the registration process.

Joey

Reply by camperpat on Thu Jun 4, 2026 at 7:03 am

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sorry to miss this event.  ps. we will miss you

Reply by sfmones on Thu Jun 4, 2026 at 10:54 am

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Joey and Ian-

You have devoted an amazing amount of time and energy into events for DVOA members, and you have hosted memorable events.  I wish you well in Minnesota.  You will be misssed, and we hope to see you if you return to this area.

Steve Mones

Reply by Orienteer7 on Sat Jun 6, 2026 at 7:41 am

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We will all miss you...As Steve noted you have been a spark for the club in the many and vaired events you have hosted along with the event support for so many local events.  DVOA's tremendous loss is Minnesota's tremendous gain!  I am sure we will be seeing you at nationals in the future.

The Frank family / DVOA

Reply by Ed on Sat Jun 6, 2026 at 8:28 am

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I liked the variety of “Mailbox Madness” especially to break the Winter doldrums!

Hope you find a Great “O” group in your new home.

Ed D.

Reply by Steve on Sat Jun 6, 2026 at 4:20 pm

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You may move, but you can not leave. You are one of us, and we will always want you back.

Reply by joeymcgarvey on Mon Jun 8, 2026 at 10:47 am

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Thanks, everyone! This is very sweet. We will look for you at A events (and at NAOC this winter), and I'm sure we'll be back for the Stumble, etc.

Look us up if you're in the Twin Cities (for orienteering and otherwise)!