WAOC Winners in the East Anglian League 2021

Congratulations to all the WAOC winners of the 2021 EA League, listed below. See the full results on the EAOA website - here.

Anne Braggins RIP

Anne Braggins, former chair of WAOC and "Mother of TrailO", passed away on 27th November. Our best wishes go to her friends and surviving family.

WAGAL Winners for 2021

The WAGAL scoreboard has been updated following the final event in the 2021 WAGAL, our event at Mildenhall South on 21st November. It's good to see some new names appearing in the list of scorers - we wish you all well for next year's league!

EA Champs PresentationCategory winners presented with their trophies at the Autumn in Anglia events

For details of the EA championships, see the article here. The full list of winners is on the EAOA website.

In addition to the EA Champs trophies, two additional awards were presented: Sarah Mansel of SUFFOC, who happened also to be the planner of the Bury St Edmunds event, received the Bill Stevens trophy for contribution to orienteering in the region, and Kate Jarrett won the Joan George award for best performance at the EA Championships.

Below are photos of some of the WAOC winners with their trophies.

Our East Anglian Champions for 2021Class winners from the EA Champs held in Epping Forest on 26th September

Sunday 26th September was an eventful day for some WAOC members - especially our Juniors. WAOC juniors who are members of the East Anglian Junior Squad, namely Hebe Darwin, Sophie Kerswell, and Alex Wetherill, were representing their Region in a combination of individual and team competitions at the Junior Inter-Regional Championships (JIRCS) up in the north-east of England, helping secure a very creditable 6th place overall for EAJS.

This date clashed with the East Anglian Championships 2021, held at HAVOC's event in Epping South West, where orienteers of all age classes were competing with their peers in the region to be the champion in their age class, or outright.

Congratulations to WAOC winners from the EA Champions 2021:

Alistair Fu (M14), Kate Jarrett (W12), and Alys Powell (W10);

Tom Beskeen (M35) who won the Mens Open category, Brian Cowe (M45), Dil Wetherill (M55), Mike Bickle (M70), and Chris Morley (M80);

Emma Jarret (W45), Helen Hague (W50), Sue Hartley (W65), and Hazel Bickle (W70).

​2021 Summer MapRun League winnersCongratulations to Dil, Harriet, Stephen and Sue!

It was wonderful to see over 50 taking part in the summer training and Summer MapRun League this year. Thank you to each and everyone of you that took part.

Special thanks go to all the people that made the League possible: planners Iain S, Stephen B, Caroline L, Bruce M, Ian S, Helen B, Jenny H and Jason D; Bob H for registering the events; Stephen B for uploading all the courses to MapRun and finalising the results; Harriet M for collecting the money and Dil W for determining the scoring system.

Now the results …

WAOC at the British Sprint Championships 2021Individuals and Relay teams compete in Skelmersdale

WAOC members had a great (and fun!) weekend in Skelmersdale at the Sprint champs, held over the weekend of 21st and 22nd August, including Dil's birthday party in a field! Some encouraging results across the age classes:

The full results are at https://www.mdoc.org.uk/results-archive/2021/2021-08-22-British_Sprint_Champs/index.html

Last chance for MapRun leagueCompetition runs up to 1st September

The Summer 2021 MapRun League events have now all taken place. Do not worry if you could not make the previous evenings as you can still be competitive in the Anytime MapRun League - just run at least 5 courses before 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 1st September 2021. Even if you miss out on the deadline for your result to be counted in the Anytime league, all of our MapRun events are available for you to run whenever you wish.

The Prize Giving for the Wednesday evening and Anytime MapRun Leagues will be on Wednesday 8th September 2021 at Midsummer Common.

Day 1 winners at Scottish 6 Days

Congratulations to Alex Wetherill who won his M18A race on Day 1 of the Scottish 6 days. Congratulations too to Dil Wetherill who was 1st in M55S, and Elysia Cowe who was 1st in W10B, and Alys Powell who was 2nd in her W10A class.

2021 Yvette Baker Trophy Final Junior team compete in national final held over from 2020.

Many congratulations to all those in the WAOC Junior Team who ran in the Yvette Baker Trophy Final at Westonbirt Arboretum on Sunday 4 July.