This was held on Saturday 1st January 2022, at Parkhall Country Park and organised by Potteries Orienteering Club.
The Trophy is awarded to the club winning a 60-minute score event held every New Year’s Day in memory of Laurie Bradley, one of the pioneers of orienteering in the region and organised by WMOA clubs in turn.
Runners compete both as an individual and for their club; you don’t have to be a member of a West Midlands club to attend.
Octavian Droobers have won the 2021 West Midlands League. They pulled away from both Harlequins and Wrekin Orienteers after the final event on home territory, with Wrekin just squeezing past HOC by 10 points. Well done OD!
Details of next year’s events will be updated soon.
The scores have been updated after 6 of the 7 events, and with the BEST FOUR events counting it is a very close competition going into the final event – Brandon Woods on 5th December.
Just 300 points separate the top three clubs – Octavian Droobers, Harlequins and Wrekin, and there is tight battle betwwen Walton Chasers and Potteries OC too.
Congratulations to all the worthy class winners from Sunday’s event at Worcester Beacon. The results are on the Harelequins website and the list of Champions is here.
Junior Trophies and certificates for Seniors will be distributed at the Laurie Bradley New Year’s Day Score.
The points have been calculated after the first four events, and it’s looking like a close competition this year. Just 50 points separate Octavian Droobers and Harlequins at the top, and Wrekin, Potteries OC and Walton Chasers are separated by just 300 points.
You next chance to score points for your club is on 14th November at Worcestershire Beacon – which is also the WM Championships.
Many thanks to Lesley Ross for shoehorning the results from three events earlier this year into the league; the detailed scores are available from the League page.
Your next opportunity to earn points is this Sunday at Bathpool – entries close at midnight today.
Potteries Orienteering Club invite you to this West Midlands League Event; full details are on their website. Pre-entry via Fabian4 closes on the 20th October. Later entries are available after this date, subject to map availability, but there will be no entry on the day.
The latest edition of the West Midlander magazine can be downloaded here.
You are cordially invited to the West Midlands Orienteering Association AGM on Monday 11th October at 7-30pm at The Great Barr Hotel, B43 6HS. The agenda and minutes of the 2020 meeting have been distributed via clubs to all members.
If you would like to be nominated for a position on the committee please contact Carol Dredge (Secretary) using the email address here. Likewise any matters to be raised under AOB should be submitted at least 7 days prior to the meeting.
The Midland Championships for 2021 were held as part of the SinS event at Rorrington and Stapeley, staged by Harlequins and Wrekin Orienteers on May 30th.
Members of any club belonging to the West Midlands, East Midlands or East Anglia Orienteering Associations are eligible to become Midland Champion.
The champions are:
| M10 | Marcus Richardson | NOR | W10 | Alys Powell | WAOC |
| M12 | Max Straube-Roth | OD | W12 | Harriet Allinson | WRE |
| M14 | Henry Jeffries | OD | W14 | Hebe Darwin | WAOC |
| M16 | Jake O’Donnell | DVO | W16 | Hannah Mather | LOG |
| M18 | Barney Steventon- Barnes | SUFFOC | W18 | Not contested | |
| M20 | Not contested | W20 | Not contested | ||
| M21 | Axel Weatherall | WAOC | W21 | Nadine Wright | OD |
| M35 | Robert Holdway | POTOC | W35 | Kirsten Strain | OD |
| M40 | Anthony Squire | NOC | W40 | Emma Jarrett | WAOC |
| M45 | Andrew Rowe | POTOC | W45 | Anne Straube | OD |
| M50 | Alistair Landels | OD | W50 | Juliette Soulard | OD |
| M55 | John Duckworth | DVO | W55 | Jill Emmerson | OD |
| M60 | Mark Pearson | WRE | W60 | Mary Adams | WCH |
| M65 | Barry Elkington | OD | W65 | Carol Dredge | WCH |
| M70 | Andy Hemsted | HOC | W70 | Judith Holt | DVO |
| M75 | Derek Gale | DVO | W75 | Sheila Carey | OD |
| M80 | Mike Callow | WRE | W80 | Carol Roscoe | WRE |
| M85 | Not contested | W85 | Alison Sloman | HOC |
Congratulations to all the winners!
Full results can be found on the SinS web site