WAOC Juniors win Yvette Baker Trophy match at HockeringThe junior team qualify for the Final in July

Many congratulations to the WAOC Juniors for wining the East Anglian heat for the 2023 Yvette Baker Trophy competition for Junior Orienteers ( beating NOR ). We had a team of 11 Juniors that travelled to Hockering, Norfolk on Sunday 5 March - many thanks to all the parents who undertook the long drive and made sure the Juniors had a good day !

WAOC Winners at the 2023 East Anglian Champs13 Class winners from WAOC

Congratulations to the WAOC members who won their class in this year's EA Champs, held at Tangham, Rendlesham Forest on 5th February. And in particular to Jenny Carlsson who won the Womens Open class as well as her own age class.

East Anglian Championships - WAOC Winners2022 Champs were at our Bromehill event on 27th November

Congratulations to all WAOC members who won in their category at the 2022 East Anglian Championships:

Elysia Cowe (W10), Alex Darwin (M12), Chun Yan Alistair Fu (M14), Dil Wetherill (M55), Jenny Carlsson (W35), Helen Bickle (W40), Camilla Darwin (W50), Sue Hartley (W65), and Hazel Bickle (W70).

Junior European Cup 2022From our International Correspondent

Congratulations to Alex Wetherill who represented Great Britain in the 2022 Junior European Cup, which was held in Blankenburg, Germany, 1^st – 3^rd October, 2022. For full details, click here.

EA Schools Champs 2022

The first regional school champs since 2019 was held in Haughley Park on 2nd October. There were some good results from WAOC juniors representing their schools, including two category winners: Elysia in the Girls Primary class, and Alistair in the Boys Year 9-10 category.

Welsh Championships 2022

Congratulation to the Welsh members of the Powell family who took part in the Welsh Championships held in North West Wales, at Gwanas (near Dolgellau) on 1 October 2022. They achieved medal places as follows:

Alys Powell - W10 Welsh Champion
Hana Powell - W10 Bronze
Johanna Powell - W45 Bronze

WAOC's Winners in the 2021-2022 ESSOL School League

Three of our club juniors were winners in their categories in the league for 2021-22, and receive a trophy: Elysia (G Y3-4), Kate (G Y7-8), and Alistair (B Y9-10).

WAOC Juniors earn Silver at the Peter Palmer RelaysSecond place in the Daybreak relay competition

Congratulation to our WAOC Junior Relay Team who took part in the Peter Palmer Daybreak Trophy at Sutton Coalfield in the early hours of 11 September 2022.

WAOC Juniors at the Yvette Baker Trophy Final

This year's YB Final was held at Irchester Country Park on Sunday 3rd July. The WAOC Junior team were 4th in the Trophy competition (for large clubs). This the best result that WAOC Juniors have achieved in this competition in recent times, and possibly ever. Well done to everyone who took part!
Full results can be found on the LEI website - see here.

WAOC at the British Sprints WeekendPodium Place for WAOC Juniors at the British Sprint Relays

Congratulations to our M/W 12- relay team who won a Bronze Medal at the British Orienteering Mixed Sprint Relay Championships for 2022, held on Saturday 11 June at Leeds Beckett University.

The British Sprints Championships followed on the Sunday, with some notable WAOC performances here as well...