WAOC's EA Urban League Winners

Congratulations to all the WAOC runners who ended up top of their age class in the 2025 East Anglian Urban League.

WAOC's EA league winners 2025

The results of the 2025 East Anglian League are now available on the EAOA website. Well done to all the WAOC class winners:

WAGAL Winners 2025

The overall totals of our WAGAL league are now finalised for 2025 following our event at Mildenhall North on 30th November, which was the last of the five WAGAL scoring event of the year.

The WAGAL scoreboard shows the final standings.

The overall winner is Dil Wetherill, with the next two highest scorers being the contenders for the top female score: Emma Jarrett and Sue Hartley. Emma ends up ahead by the narrowest of margins, having earned extra points for organising an event earlier in the year.

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.

WAGAL Winners 2024

The WAGAL scoreboard has been updated with points from the final WAGAL event of 2024, Mildenhall North on 17th November, and also with points awarded in lieu to officials who organised, planned or controlled at WAGAL events during the year. That means that the standings are now finalised and the class winners can be announced. And they are:

• Junior Men: Erik Biernacki-Jablonski
• Junior Women: Alys Powell
• Senior Men: Mark Hopkin
• Senior Women: Helen Bickle
• Veteran Men: Chris Rampton
• Veteran Women: Emma Jarrett
• SuperVet Men: Dil Wetherill
• SuperVet Wormen: Sue Hartley

The overall highest scorer is once again Sue Hartley. Congratulations to her and to all the class winners.

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.

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.