
Junior News
WAOC class winners in the East Anglian League 2024
The 2024 East Anglian League came to a close with SMOC’s event at Stowe Park on 19th January, and the final league standings have been published on the EAOA website. Here are WAOC's class winners:
James Scott M10, Esther Eaton W10
Erik Biernacka-Jablonski M12, Elysia Cowe W12
Kate Jarrett W16
Rowan Lee (DRONGO and WAOC) M21
Matt Eaton M35, Brian Cowe M45
Stephen Borrill M50, Dil Wetherill M60
Bruce Marshall M70, Mike Bickle M75
Helen Bickle W40, Emma Jarrett W45
Helen Hague W55, Sue Hartley W65
Noreen Ives W70
Congratulations to all the WAOC class winners!
East Anglian Urban League Winners for 2024
The East Anglian Urban League incorporated 6 urban events across the region during 2024.
The results have now been published, revealing an impressive number of category winners from WAOC:
- Alys Powell (WYJ)
- Hebe Darwin (WO)
- Johanna Powell and Helen Bickle (WV) - tie for top spot
- Camilla Darwin (WSV)
- Sue Hartley (WUV)
- Erik Biernacki-Jablonski (MJ)
- Chris Rampton and Dil Wetherill (MSV) - tie for top spot
- Mike Bickle (MHV)
Congratulations to all. The full list of EAUL scores can be found on the EAOA website, here.
WAOC Winners in the UK Urban League 2024
The 2024 UK Urban League is now complete and winners have been decided. Amongst them were two from WAOC:
Alys ("Perfect 500") Powell in Womens Young Junior category, and Hebe Darwin, first in the Womens Open.
Congratulations to both, and well done too to the 4 runners up from WAOC:
Hana Powell (WYJ), Erik Biernacki-Jablonski (MJ), Kate Jarrett (WJ), and Camilla Darwin (WV).
More details on the 2024 UK League results can be found here.
WAOC Juniors at the Peter Palmer Relays

Congratulations to our team of seven WAOC Juniors who travelled to the northern Lake District last weekend to participate in the prestigious Peter Palmer Relays.
WAOC were placed 10th out of 14 teams, finishing as the best team from outside Scotland, Yorkshire or the Lakes.
WAOC take Bronze in Yvette Baker Final
Many congratulations to the 18 WAOC Juniors for their fantastic Third Place at the Yvette Baker Trophy Final on 7th July. There were many brilliant performances and ALL contributed in terrible weather. This is the best ever result the club has achieved since the Trophy was founded in 1999, and it is great to have some national silverware. Results at https://www.herts-orienteering...
WAOC'S East Anglian and Midland Champions
The EA region hosted the Midland Championships this year (the first time for a long time) which meant that there was a splendid turnout from clubs across the centre of England (on a splendid day) to compete for the Midland Championship trophies. The event was combined with the East Anglian Championsips and quite a few WAOC runners took home some silverware.