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.

East Anglian League winners for 2018Updated and with prize-giving details

Congratulations to the following club members who topped the league tables for their age class in the East Anglian League.

Full results can be found here. Prizes will be given out at Bush Heath on 3rd February.

Orienteering - Get up to speedTraning videos featuring members of the British Team

Last year, Sport England worked with South London Orienteers in a project to help teenagers develop their orienteering skills. As part of this project, a series of eight short videos have been produced presented by athletes from the GB Orienteering team.

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.

WAGAL Winners for 2018League scores now finalised after Rowney

The Wagal Scoreboard for 2018 is now final, with points awarded for the Rowney Warren event on 25th November now included.

The WAGAL Champions for 2018 are:

Congratulations to all winners!

What's WAGAL? Find out here.

Our Donation to Headway CambridgeshireCheque presented at the Wandlebury ParkO

At our ParkO event at Wandlebury on 10th November, we were finally able to present our nominated charity, Headway Cambridgeshire, with the proceeds from our St Neots sprint event held earlier in the year.

Monthly Newsletter

We are now issuing a monthly newsletter by email, giving a list of upcoming WAOC events and activities, with brief details of other events in the region and nationally, as well as a summary of recent news items from the website. This is distinct from our award winning club magazine, JabberWAOC. You do not have to be a member to sign up to receive the newsletter. If you wish to be added to the recipient list (which is not shared or used for any other purpose) just send us an email with "subscribe" in the title.

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.

Revival of the FittestDoes Orienteering make you run faster, or are faster runners naturally selected to become orienteers?

It is striking that out of 350 participants at the Wimpole Parkrun on 8th September, 3 of the top 6 age graded performances (and 4 of the top 11) were achieved by WAOC members.

Final details now published for Ampthill

Details of the Ampthill Park event are now available on the website here, and as a downloadable PDF here.

Don't forget that Ampthill is one of this year's WAGAL league events, the remaining events after Ampthill are High Ash in October and Rowney Warren in November.