Information Directory
About WAOC
WAOC is the orienteering club for Cambridgeshire, East Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire.We host …
New to Orienteering?
If you haven't tried orienteering before or are not very experienced, we hope the explanations below…
Park-O
Our Park-O events are an easy way for juniors and adults to try orienteering. Based in parks around …
Attending an Event
This section describes what to expect at a full scale orienteering event. If you have already bee…
Orienteering when it suits
Orienteering is a fun sport where you navigate your way around a series of checkpoints in the faste…
Permanent Orienteering Courses
This page has some information on where you can find Permanent Orienteering Courses in WAOC's area.…
Orienteering Techniques
These tips and notes are based on a series of short articles written by Julia Crook who is a former …
Membership
Most events are open to non-members, but if you have enjoyed your experiences and want to orienteer …
JabberWAOC magazine
And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tul…
WAOC Juniors
WAOC offers a number of options for Juniors to progress. With the exception of evening MapRuns, pr…
Event entry forms
If you plan to enter an event on the day and would like to save a bit of time, you can download an e…
Important Event Information
Safety and Risk: A risk assessment is carried out by the organiser in advance of each event, but par…
WAGAL and MapRun Leagues
MapRun League Information on our past and current MapRun Leagues can be found here. WAGAL We al…
Evening League
In conjunction with club/training nights, we run an evening league through the university academic y…
Event Levels
The UK rules of orienteering specify 4 classes of event, namely Level A, Level B, Level C, and Level…
Contacts
Below are the current club officials, including committee members. Please add waoc.org.uk to comple…
Club Kit
Club tops Our WAOC tops are continuing to take local forests by storm. Order your own top by emaili…
Data Protection Policy
The purpose of this statement is to tell club members participants in our events how their personal …
Ordnance Survey data
This website contains mapping data licenced from the Ordnance Survey with the permission of the Cont…
2021-2022 MapRun League
The current MapRun League runs from October 2021 to 27 April 2022.Events are held monthly, and offer…
Summer 2021 MapRun League
The winners of the 2021 Summer MapRun League are featured in this News Article. The league comprise…
MapRun Leagues
Here are links to news and information on our current MapRun League, and results of past leagues: W…
Summer 2022 MapRun League
A series of fortnightly events throughout the summer in or near Cambridge. Our MapRun™ su…
Welfare and Safeguarding
Everyone has a shared responsibility for safeguarding and creating safe, enjoyable environments in o…
Types of Event
Types of Event There are several forms of Orienteering events: Colour coded events - These are the…
Colour Coded Courses
Colour-coded Course Standards At forest and parkland based events, the courses on offer are given d…
Colour coded badges
You’ve probably heard of colour coded badges, but have you got one ? Colour coded badges are inte…
What is MapRun?
MapRun is a fantastic way to enjoy orienteering in your own time or at one of our social Wednesday M…
Be Tick Aware
Ticks are prevalent in Thetford forest generally, including many areas used for orienteering by WAOC…