Annual Prizegiving at HinchingbrookePhotos from the event

A sunny final Park-O for this school year was followed by our club’s annual prize-giving. Results are now up at https://www.waoc.org.uk/results.

Great to see everyone - see you again for our next Park-O in September!

Notice of Annual Prizegiving

We will be holding a short prizegiving ceremony during the Hinchingbrooke Park-O on 26th June.

This is a chance to present the various awards and trophies that would normally be given out at our AGM, when such meetings are in the flesh rather than via a teleconferencing app. The prizegiving will be held at 3:30 pm.

Everyone coming to Hinchingbrooke, is invited to attend the prizegiving and applaud the recipients.

Our Midland Champions for 2021

Congratulations to WAOC Winners at the Midland Champs, held on 30th May at Stapely and Rorrington (Springtime In Shropshire):

Alys Powell (W10)

Hebe Darwin (W14)

Alex Wetherill (M21)

Emma Jarrett (W40)

Full results can be found here.

Get a WAGAL on!WAGAL 2021 Scoreboard now populated with Huntingdon results

The Huntingdon Urban event was our first WAGAL event of 2021. The remaining events this year will be North Cambridge Urban in September, Bush Heath in October, and Mildenhall South in September.

You can see the scores after one event on the WAGAL scoreboard, where you can also browse results from previous years.

New guidelines from British OrienteeringOrienteering can resume from 29th March

British Orienteering has issued its latest revision of guidelines on orienteering and coronavirus, confirming that events can go ahead provided they meet the "rule of six" and other coronavirus distancing regulations.

Christmas 2020 eventStill available in Spring!

We have created a family-friendly Christmas event combining orienteering and a quiz for you to run at your leisure at Lammas Land in Cambridge.

Can I Orienteer in Lockdown?Yes - you can! Here's how.

We've added a section on our website to introduce Permanent Courses and Virtual Orienteering courses, which you can take advantage of at any time - even during the current lockdown.

You can find it here.

Coe Fen Photo-OAnswers now available

While we are in lockdown, Bruce has been thinking of ways we can practice our orienteering skills while observing the coronavirus restrictions.

Can you identify the control points for this 1.4km course around Coe Fen using the aerial photos and the control descriptions on the 'blank' map?

Orienteering for Dogs

British Orienteering has announced a new subdivision to oversee the introduction of orienteering with dogs, hoping to tap into the popularity of dog-based outdoor pursuits such as canicross. The new dogsbody will be known by its acronym BOD (British Orienteering for Dogs), and will be affiliated to the international federation (WOOF).

Rules for this new variant of the sport are only now being drafted, but in the meantime we have prepared a short visual guide for younger participants: Park-O for Puppies.

(Many thanks to our lead author - Prof. O'Lail).

WAGAL 2020Scoreboard includes scores from Rowney Warren and Aspley Heath (CSC Qualifier)

The WAGAL Scoreboard for 2020 has been updated with points awarded for performances in our event at Rowney Warren held on 8th March, and the CompassSport Cup Qualifier round, held at Aspley Heath on 15th March.