West Midlands Orienteering Association   

Unfortunately this has had to be cancelled due to lack of interest. We hope to be able to run a course sometime later in the year.

Henry and Brenda Morgan are holding a Level C Event Planning course on the 28th May. The venue is Clifton Road Youth Centre, Sutton Park and it will last from 9.30am to approx 4.30pm. More information, and Henry’s email address are here: click here for more details

The West Midlands Schools Champs take place at Sandwell Valley on 14/5/22. This event is for school age children only who have previously taken part in an orienteering event and are experienced enough to go round an orienteering course either by themselves or in pairs. Schools or individuals can enter. Shadowing is not allowed.  If your child would like to take part please go to  COBOC HOME PAGE  for more details and complete the application form. Please return this to ian.gamlen@gmail.com by 7/5/22 at the latest so we can print enough maps.

The West Midlands league page has been updated after Sunday’s event with Individual and Club scores; the race for second place now has Harlequins leading from Chasers and Wrekin.

Yesterday’s Hartshill Hayes event was the West Midlands round of the Yvette Baker competition. Congratulations to the Junior teams from Octavian Droobers and Harlequins who have qualified for the final in the Trophy and Shield respectively.

The West Midlands round of the Yvette Baker Trophy / Shield competition takes place on the 13th March at Hartshill Hayes, hosted by Octavian Droobers. It is also the next West Midlands League event. The details are here and entries close today – link Fabian4 here.

Many thanks to Walton Chaser’s for Sunday’s testing courses.

The league points have been calculated and the battle for second place is tighter than ever. More details on the West Midlands League page.

The 2022 League got off to a busy start with over 200 competitors at the Harlequins event, Dudmaston on Sunday.

The league points have been calculated and it’s looking good for another tight competition. OD lead by just 12 points from HOC, with Wrekin 15 points further back in third. More details on the West Midlands League page.

You next chance to score points for your club is on 6th February at Beaudesert, organised by Walton Chasers.

This is open to non club members for the first time, and the first event is in Lichfield on the 11th January.

Further information is on the Walton Chasers website, or follow this link : event details

The first West Midlands League event is at Dudmaston, Comer Woods, on Sunday 16th, organised by Harlequins Orienteering.

The closing date has been brought forward – ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSING AT MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY 9TH JANUARY so get your entries in via Fabian4 https://www.fabian4.co.uk/!

The only entries on the day will be limited numbers on White, Yellow and Orange.