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WAOC claim the Icenian Trophy at the Chasing Sprints

WAOC won the Icenian Trophy, which CUOC award to the best club team performance at their biennial Icenian competition. This year, the Icenian event was an urban race in chasing sprint format, which made for a fun event with a chance to socialise between the morning Prologue race and the afternoon Final.

Mon 20 FebRead more…

WAOC qualify for Compass Sport Final

At today's event at Croxton, WAOC competed against HH to qualify for the 2023 Compass Sport Cup final. It was a close competition, but we managed to out-score them by 16 points meaning that WAOC will be in the final. See you in the Forest of Dean on 12th November!

Sun 19 FebRead more…

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.

Sun 5 FebRead more…

50th Anniversary EventPhotos from Maulden Wood

Here are some more pictures from the Maulden event on 15th January 2023, marking the 50th anniversary since the club's first event.

Sun 22 JanRead more…

WAGAL 2023Points from Maulden Wood are now on the scoreboard

The standings after the first event of the year can be seen on the WAGAL Scoreboard.

The Feb 12th fixture at Hockham, which was to have been the CompassSport Cup qualifier for WAOC and so was included as a WAGAL event, has been cancelled. The qualifier is now combined with our Icenian weekend at Croxton Heath on 19th February.

Mon 16 JanRead more…

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).

Sat 3 DecRead more…

WAGAL 2022 - The WinnersLeague Scores finalised after all 5 events of the year

The overall highest scorer this year is Sue Hartley, who also wins her category.

A complete record of scores can be found on the WAGAL scoreboard, but the WAGAL 2022 category winners are.....

Mon 28 NovRead more…

Compass Sport finalA team of 28 travel to Scotland

WAOC fielded a strong team at the Compass Sport final near Falkirk on 16th October. The team finished 8th out of 15 teams with some outstanding individual performances.

Sat 22 OctRead more…

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, 1st – 3rd October, 2022. For full details, click here.

Sat 8 OctRead more…

WAOC at the Lakes 5 Days 2022

Some notable achievements from WAOC competitors in this year's Lakes 5 Days, held during August.

In the overall results combining all 5 days, Hana Powell won W10B, and consequently has a tree planted in her honour on the island of Mull, Noreen Ives was 2nd in W65S, Mike Bickle was 2nd in M70S, Hazel Bickle was 2nd in W70S, and Helen Bickle was 3rd in W40S.

Wed 5 OctRead more…