2019 Midland Junior Champions

A number of club members enjoyed taking part in the 2019 Midland Championships at Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire on Sunday 26 May. But it was only the WAOC Juniors who were able to successfully navigate their challenging courses well enough to win the W12 and M16 Midlands Championship Trophies. Congratulations to both of them.

WAOC's East Anglian Champions for 2019Successes for WAOC runners at Sheringham

Congratulations to the following who won their category in the EA Championships held at NOR's event at Sheringham on March 24th:

Alex Darwin (M10), Hebe Darwin (W12), Camilla Darwin (W50), Noreen Ives (W65), Chris Morley (M75), and Seonaid Dudley (W80).

Lagganlia Junior Summer Camp

Here is a link to the EAOA junior squad website, which now has videos from the 2018 Laganlia summer training camp in Scotland, and a report from Barney, an East Anglian junior who took part.

Alex goes international!

Alex Wetherill, our Junior Team Captain, has been selected to run for England in the Interland International orienteering competition to be held in Ardennes in France, in March 2019.

Peter Palmer Relays

Many thanks and congratulations to the WAOC Junior Team (and their parents) who travelled to Tankersley Wood in Barnsley at the weekend to take part in the first Daybreak Relay race in the 2018 Peter Palmer Competition for Junior Orienteers.

ESSOL winners

WAOC had four winners in the Essex and Suffolk Schools Orienteering League (ESSOL) for this academic year. Alex Darwin won the Year 3/4 Boys league, Hebe Darwin came 2nd in the Year 5/6 Girls, Jemima Borrill came 2nd in the Year 7/8 Girls and Daniel Hague came 2nd in the Year 9/10 Boys.

WAOC Juniors run at Danbury!

Huge congratulations and many thanks to all the Juniors who came to Danbury Park to run for WAOC in the Yvette Baker heat on Sunday 13th May.

Every member of the team completed their course so we had the maximum 9 scores possible from our team of 9. All the juniors put in impressive performances, there were some good solid runs from the more experienced juniors but also some excellent runs on the yellow course by the younger members of the team.

East Anglian Junior Squad

The East Anglia Junior Squad (EAJS) exists to develop the orienteering skills of committed East Anglian youngsters. The squad is open to those who have at least reached a good Orange standard. The squad's monthly training sessions are on a Saturday morning in different areas throughout East Anglia and there is usually an annual weekend away to find some hills.

Junior Regional Orienteering Squads

Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) is the umbrella organisation for the 12 Regional Orienteering squads based on the British Orienteering Regions.

JROS was set up to further develop the junior orienteering talent which is nurtured by the Regional Squads.

WAOC Juniors

WAOC offers a number of options for Juniors to progress.

Almost every event we run offers courses suitable for children and newcomers of all ages.
We offer training sessions for club juniors at a number of our events, and juniors of all abilities are encouraged to take part in inter-club junior competitions which can be great fun and a good way to get to know other junior members.

We award colour coded badges to recognise achievements at the various course standards.