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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!
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.
The full list of WAOC class winners is:
Elysia Cowe (W10), Kate Jarrett (W14), Alex Darwin (M14), Hebe Darwin (W16), Jenny Carlsson (WOpen/W35), Helen Bickle (W40), Emma Jarrett (W45), Camilla Darwin (W50), Dil Wetherill (M55), Sue Hartley (W65), Mike Capper (M65), Noreen Ives (W70), Mike Bickle (M75).
Here are some more pictures from the Maulden event on 15th January 2023, marking the 50th anniversary since the club's first event.
Mike Capper Jumping Over A Fence 50 Years Ago
Mike Capper Jumping Over A Fence Now
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.
WAGAL points will be awarded from the following remaining events in 2023:
- Croxton Heath - 19th February (CSC Qualifier and Icenian Weekend)
- Peterborough Urban - 2nd April
- Ampthill Park - 24th September (EA Schools Champs)
- Newmarket Urban - 8th October
Best 3 scores for each individual from of a maximum of 5 scores to count. Su
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).
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.....
.... as follows:
Congratulations to all winners - you will receive a WAGAL award in due course!
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.
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.
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.
Alex Darwin and Andre Fu (both M12A), and Alys Powell and Elysia Cowe (both W10A) were also well placed in their respective classes.
Full results can be found on the Lakes 5 Days website.
The first regional school champs since 2019 was held in Haughley Park on 2nd October. There were some good results from WAOC juniors representing their schools, including two category winners: Elysia in the Girls Primary class, and Alistair in the Boys Year 9-10 category.
Congratulation to the Welsh members of the Powell family who took part in the Welsh Championships held in North West Wales, at Gwanas (near Dolgellau) on 1 October 2022. They achieved medal places as follows:
Alys Powell - W10 Welsh Champion
Hana Powell - W10 Bronze
Johanna Powell - W45 Bronze
Three of our club juniors were winners in their categories in the league for 2021-22, and receive a trophy: Elysia (G Y3-4), Kate (G Y7-8), and Alistair (B Y9-10).
Several other WAOC juniors received runners up medals and certificates of achievement. Well done to all, and good luck in this year's league!
Full results can be found on the SOS website here.
Final results after 8 events can be found here.
All the events are now available for you to run for free at any time. See WAOC.MapRun.uk for all of our MapRun events
Congratulation to our WAOC Junior Relay Team who took part in the Peter Palmer Daybreak Trophy at Sutton Coalfield in the early hours of 11 September 2022.
Having spent the night on the floor of sports hall, Hebe set off at 6am as dawn was breaking. All the team had good runs with WAOC eventually coming 2nd (to SYO).
Good luck to Hebe, Kate and Alistair who have all been selected to run for East Anglia in the the Junior Inter-Regional competition in Northern Ireland on 24 September 2022.
This year's YB Final was held at Irchester Country Park on Sunday 3rd July. The WAOC Junior team were 4th in the Trophy competition (for large clubs). This the best result that WAOC Juniors have achieved in this competition in recent times, and possibly ever. Well done to everyone who took part!
Full results can be found on the LEI website - see here.
Congratulations to our M/W 12- relay team who won a Bronze Medal at the British Orienteering Mixed Sprint Relay Championships for 2022, held on Saturday 11 June at Leeds Beckett University.
The British Sprints Championships followed on the Sunday, with some notable WAOC performances here as well...
... Andre Fu won the M12A category race. Alex Wetherill (running for his university team, EUOC) achieved Bronze in M20, and Ursula was placed 2nd in the W85 category. Well done to all!
The winners of our 2021-2022 MapRun league were announced after our event on the Summer 2022 league at Fen Ditton. There were excellent trophies for the first placed runner on each course and prizes for the second and third places on the Long course. Congratulations to all our winners!
Read on for the final placings...
Alex has been selected to represent Great Britain in the 2022 Junior European Cup, which is being held in Blankenburg, Germany, 1st – 3rd October, 2022 as part of a team of 12. For full details, click here. Congratulations!
Our new club chair, Stephen Borrill, was recently nominated for British Orienteering's Development & Innovation Award for 2022, for creating the MapRun.uk website. This is the first time this award has been, ermm, awarded, and so there was strong competition, not least from Peter Effeney, based in Australia, who invented the MapRun app. Although Stephen did not receive the award this time, we are proud to see his work recognised.
You can see a profile of Stephen and the other nominees, on the British Orienteering website here.
At the Sprints, congratulations to Alys on 1st and Elysia on 3rd in W10, and Ursula Oxburgh on 3rd on W85.
In the overall competition (days 2 & 3), congratulations to Elysia on 3rd in W10A, Oliver Hague on 1st in M21V, Dil Wetherill on 1st in M55S, and Noreen Ives in W65S.