JHI Weekend 2025A report from Erik

The Junior Home Internationals (JHIs for short) take place every year to provide a friendly competition between teams of the best young orienteers in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. This year's JHIs were held in Wales on the weekend of 11th-12th October.

WAOC's Hebe Darin and Erik Biernacka-Jablonski both competed for England, and Alys Powell for Wales. You can read about Erik's experience in his own words, in his report, here.

Lagganlia 2025

This July, one of our junior orienteers, Erik, was selected to take part in the Lagganlia training camp, held annually and based near Aviemore in Scotland.

You can read Erik's report of his experience at Lagganlia on the EAOA Junior Squad web page, here.

WAOC's Midland Champions 2025

The 2025 Midland Championships were held on 6 September on Chinley Churn (DVO). The weather was horrid with thunderstorms for late starters, but nice for everybody else. There are photos of the event, including some WAOC runners here

Congratulations to WAOC's Midland Champions:

• M14A Erik Biernacki-Jablonski
• M18E Chun Yan Alistair Fu
• W10A Hana Powell
• W12A Elysia Cowe
• W14A Alys Powell
• W18E Hebe Darwin
• W45L Emma Jarrett

WAOC at the British Mixed Sprint RelaysYoung Junior Team wins Silver

WAOC were able to field 9 teams (including a Junior Alliance team with SOS) on Saturday 30 August at the Sprint Relay Championships at RAF Honington.

Many congratulations to the Young Junior Relay (12-) (Etty, Hana, Edmund), for achieving second place in the M/W12- class. They were delighted with their Silver Medals.

WAOC Juniors Win the Yvette Baker Trophy

Congratulations to our junior team of 23 who competed in the Yvette Baker Final 2025 and won the Trophy! This is the greatest result by WAOC’s Juniors in the club's 52-year history.

WAOC's Class winners at the East Anglian Champs

This year's East Anglian Championships were hosted by SOS at Writtle Forest on 22nd June. Congratulations to all the WAOC class winners:

W10 Esther Eaton

W12 Elysia Cowe

W16 Kate Jarrett

W40 Helen Bickle

W45 Emma Jarrett

W65 Sue Hartley

W70 Noreen Ives

M12 Joseph Blanchflower

M14 Erik Biernacki-Jablonski

M16 Chun Ho Andre Fu

M50 Stephen Borrill

Full results from the event can be found on the SOS website here, and a list of all the EA Champions can be viewed on the EAOA website.

Report on our Annual Prizegiving and AGM 2025

Our Annual prizegiving and AGM was held on 22nd March 2025 at the Clay Farm Centre in Trumpington.

Our new Secretary, Jonathan Ward, was voted in at this meeting, officially taking over from Jenny Hunt who is standing down after many years as club secretary.

A copy of the AGM minutes is here.

In addition, a summary report on the prizegiving, including a list of award recipients and photos from the event, can be viewed as a PDF file here.

The Captain's Report is here.

WAOC class winners in the East Anglian League 2024

The 2024 East Anglian League came to a close with SMOC’s event at Stowe Park on 19th January, and the final league standings have been published on the EAOA website. Here are WAOC's class winners:

James Scott M10, Esther Eaton W10

Erik Biernacka-Jablonski M12, Elysia Cowe W12

Kate Jarrett W16

Rowan Lee (DRONGO and WAOC) M21

Matt Eaton M35, Brian Cowe M45

Stephen Borrill M50, Dil Wetherill M60

Bruce Marshall M70, Mike Bickle M75

Helen Bickle W40, Emma Jarrett W45

Helen Hague W55, Sue Hartley W65

Noreen Ives W70

Congratulations to all the WAOC class winners!

East Anglian Urban League Winners for 2024

The East Anglian Urban League incorporated 6 urban events across the region during 2024.

The results have now been published, revealing an impressive number of category winners from WAOC:

• Alys Powell (WYJ)
• Hebe Darwin (WO)
• Johanna Powell and Helen Bickle (WV) - tie for top spot
• Camilla Darwin (WSV)
• Sue Hartley (WUV)
• Erik Biernacki-Jablonski (MJ)
• Chris Rampton and Dil Wetherill (MSV) - tie for top spot
• Mike Bickle (MHV)

Congratulations to all. The full list of EAUL scores can be found on the EAOA website, here.

WAOC Winners in the UK Urban League 2024

The 2024 UK Urban League is now complete and winners have been decided. Amongst them were two from WAOC:

Alys ("Perfect 500") Powell in Womens Young Junior category, and Hebe Darwin, first in the Womens Open.

Congratulations to both, and well done too to the 4 runners up from WAOC:

Hana Powell (WYJ), Erik Biernacki-Jablonski (MJ), Kate Jarrett (WJ), and Camilla Darwin (WV).

More details on the 2024 UK League results can be found here.