Next Events
Wed 13 Nov
Parker's Piece
Near: Cambridge more details...
Sun 17 Nov
Mildenhall North EAL
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Wed 20 Nov
Burrells Field
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Next Regional EventMildenhall North EAL
Sun 17 Nov
East Anglian League; WAGAL
Near: Mildenhall
Latest News
11th November - Final details as below. Entry limits set per course
4th November - Car parking will be very tight. Please car-share where possible.
17th October - Advance entry open through Fabian4.
Summary
Regional level event in Mildenhall Wood (North of A11).
This will be an East Anglian League event and the final WAGAL event of 2024.
Compass Sport Cup final 2024WAOC come 6th
On 20th October 34 WAOC members travelled to Holcombe Moors in Lancashire to take part in the 2024 final of the Compass Sport competition. WAOC came 6th ranked team in the Cup (for larger clubs). Congratulations to everyone for getting round successfully, surviving both the weather and unexploded ordnance on the hill. Everyone contributed and it was gratifying to see scorers from W12 to W70, with some great performances. WAOC were only one of two teams whose 25 scorers came from all 12 possible scoring classes, which really speaks to the depth of participation and quality in the team.
Individual results can be found here.
Park-O is backComing soon to a park in Cambridge
Park-O returns for 2024-2025. The courses will change slightly compared to previously, but will still be held on Saturday afternoons and all are welcome - especially newcomers.
For more experienced orienteers, we will be offering an odds/even score at each event with a small prize awarded to the person who gains the most points over the four Park-O events
WAOC Juniors at the Peter Palmer Relays
Congratulations to our team of seven WAOC Juniors who travelled to the northern Lake District last weekend to participate in the prestigious Peter Palmer Relays.
WAOC were placed 10th out of 14 teams, finishing as the best team from outside Scotland, Yorkshire or the Lakes.
David Peregrine dies
The WAOC committee are sad to report that David Peregrine, former chairman of WAOC, EAOA and British Orienteering, has died after a short illness. David received an honorary WAOC membership at our 2023 AGM.
WAOC at Croeso 2024
Over 26 members of the club headed to Wales for 6 days of orienteering in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons).
Congratulations on 1st place to Noreen Ives in W70S and Libby Hinshelwood in W16B, and 3rd place to Katy Hinshelwood in W18S and to Elysia Cowe in W12A. Full overall results here with individual events results here.
WAOC take Bronze in Yvette Baker Final
Many congratulations to the 18 WAOC Juniors for their fantastic Third Place at the Yvette Baker Trophy Final on 7th July. There were many brilliant performances and ALL contributed in terrible weather. This is the best ever result the club has achieved since the Trophy was founded in 1999, and it is great to have some national silverware. Results at https://www.herts-orienteering...
WAOC at the JK 2024
Many WAOC members spent the Easter weekend at the JK festival of orienteering, which this year offered a sprint in the campus of Loughborough University, two days on Cannock Chase (Beaudesert) featuring mud and more mud, and a Relay event on Stanton Moor featuring runnable heather moorland and intricate abandoned mine workings.
JabberWAOC magazineThe Newsletter of WAOC
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!