Note
A sad day. I got a call from Mary Frank to say Caroline Ringo had passed away. What an amazing lady. One of the founders of DVOA way back in 1967 and dedicated to the sport and a fabulous keeper of the clubs history.
I first met Caroline and Kent at the 1985 Scottish 6-days in Tayside at Drummond Hill where I was working the parking as a club member of Interlopers. I knew I was coming to Philly 7 weeks later and had tracked down that some DVOA members were at the event. Well I recognized the DVOA symbol on their o-suits and introduced myself and was immediately welcomed to the club. It was the start of a great beginning with DVOA.
The commitment Caroline has given to our success over the years has been immense across all aspects of the club. She has inspired the wide range of club members we have and shown us that all ages can have just as much pleasure in the sport. The annual Caroline and Kent Ringo Service Awards are a great testament to their understanding that DVOA's success is from the great level of commitment of volunteering and organization of events as much as from competing.
Thank-you Caroline for your kindness, being a leader, an inspiration, our tremendous historian, a friend and someone who loved our great sport of orienteering.
Our thoughts are with Kent at this time of sadness. You will be sorely missed, but never forgotten.