WAOC'S East Anglian and Midland Champions

The EA region hosted the Midland Championships this year (the first time for a long time) which meant that there was a splendid turnout from clubs across the centre of England (on a splendid day) to compete for the Midland Championship trophies. The event was combined with the East Anglian Championsips and quite a few WAOC runners took home some silverware.

East Anglian Urban League 2023 - Our class winners

The class winners from the 2023 East Anglian Urban League were rewarded with medals, at a brief ceremony at the Kings Forest event on 18th February.
A pleasingly large number of WAOC club members were recipients.

WAOC winners in the East Anglian League 2023

The category winners in the 2023 East Anglian League were awarded their medals at the recent CompassSport Cup and Trophy event in the Kings Forest. Recipients included an impressive line-up of WAOC orienteers.

WAGAL Winners for 2023

The scores for this year's WAOC league (WAGAL) have now been calculated and published on the WAGAL scoreboard. And the winners are...

WAOC at the CompassSport Cup Final

Many thanks to the 39 WAOC members (and that includes 10 Juniors) who ran for their club despite the parking issues and the incessant rain!

WAOC in the UK Urban League 2023

This year's UK Urban League is now completed and there are several WAOC members placed highly in this league:

MYJ 2nd Erik Biernacki-Jablonski
WYJ 2nd Alys Powell, 3rd Hana Powell
MJ 2nd Chun Yan Alistair Fu, 3rd Chun Ho Andre Fu, 5th Alex Darwin
WJ 2nd Hebe Darwin
MV 3rd Richard Powell
WV 1st Emma Jarrett, 4th Johanna Powell
WSV 2nd Sue Hartley

Well done to all!

WAOC Juniors Take SilverPodium Place at the British Mixed Sprint Relay Championships

WAOC entered 8 teams of three in the British Mixed Sprint Relays which took place at Brunel University campus on Sunday 17 September: 6 senior teams and 2 junior teams.

2023 Peter Palmer Junior Relay

Congratulations to our WAOC Junior Relay Team who took part in the Peter Palmer Junior Relay competition at Stowe National Trust Park in the early hours of 10 September 2023.

WAOC Juniors at the YBT Final

Many thanks to all 15 WAOC Juniors and their parents who travelled to Sandall Beat Wood, Doncaster on Sunday 9 July to take part in the National Final of the 2023 Yvette Baker Competition (and many thanks to all those who brought and shared some delicious cakes!).

WAOC's Midland Champions for 2023Good performances at the Springtime in Shropshire weekend of orienteering

A good club attendance at the Springtime in Shropshire event, held over the Bank Holiday weekend of 27-29 May 2023, resulted in some notable achievements on all 3 days. In particular, Day 2 held at Brampton Bryden was also the 2023 Midland Champs. Congratulations to the WAOC class winners in the championships:

W10 Elysia Cowe

W12 Alys Powell

M16 Chun Yan Alistair Fu

W16 Hebe Darwin

W40 Helen Bickle

W50 Camilla Darwin