Welcome to Octavian Droobers

The Droobers, Octavian Droobers or OD as they are known are the local orienteering club for Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull in the West Midlands, UK.

  • Unlike most sports clubs we do not have a fixed weekly meeting point, but instead organise events on a regular basis around the area. See the Events page for details.
  • Walkers, joggers and runners of all ages 5 - 85 years are invited to explore our local woods and parks. We offer help and guidance on how to read maps and use a compass and electronic timer for newcomers at each event.
  • To see a short video explaining what the sport involves, have a look at the Beginners page.
  • For further information about the club please call 01926 632189 or email
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Latest Club News

RESULTS ROUND UP

The Wednesday evening event at Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton, was very well attended by over 75 runners, despite the heavy showers, and organisers Tony and Jane Feltbower staged four challenging courses utilising the best of the very runnable areas of the wood.

On the Yellow 2k Course the juniors did well with Joe Thornton coming in 1st in 15.23mins, followed by Yuhang Xie in 15.30mins and Oliver Lunn in 18.52mins. Joel Kingman won the Orange 3k Course in 29.48mins, John Wright was 2nd in 40.35mins and Daniel King 3rd in 43.07mins. Sheila Carey took 42.24mins on the Light Green 4.3k course beating husband Pete Carey into 2nd place in 45.46mins, Barry McGowan from Harlequins was 3rd in 48.43mins. Eighteen runners completed the long Blue 5.9k course, Warwick University student Chris MacKenzie came in 1st in 42.50mins, ahead of Chris McCartney 43.18mins and John Embrey from Harlequins 45.44mins.

This event was used by several juniors as training for the West Midlands Schools Orienteering Championships which took place on Saturday at Coombe Country Park. Congratulations to Kenilworth School and Sixth Form who came first winning the Secondary Schools category and to King Henry VIII School who finished in second place.

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14th May 2013