West Midlands Relays results
Harlequins Orienteering hosted the 2024 West Midlands relays on a sunny day in Baggeridge. The results by relay class are here, and a pdf file of the results by course is here. Scroll down for a gallery of images collated from the clubs’ social media, and some backgound on the mapping of Baggeridge.
Many thanks to all the volunteers, particularly Adrian and Kerstin for planning and organising, and congratulations to the winning teams:
| Class | Club | Runners |
| A – Mini | (trophy with Mel Elkington) | |
| B – Junior women | WRE | Harriet Allinson, Grace Allinson, Annie Lewis |
| C – Intermediate Women | (trophy with Mel Elkington) | |
| D – OpenWomen | OD | Juliette Soulard, Harriet Lawson, Anne Straube |
| E – Senior Women | POTOC | Eden Pigott, Ianka Evans, Elizabeth Bales |
| F – Veteran Women | WRE | Sarah Bayliss, Marian White, Diane Jacks |
| G – Super Veteran Women | (trophy with Mel Elkington) | |
| H – Junior Men | (trophy with Mel Elkington) | |
| I – Intermediate Men | OD | Adam Landels, Rupert Powell, Max Straube-Roth |
| J – Open Men | HOC | Kin Wai Lee, Steve Blackmore, Dave Aldridge |
| K – Senior Men | OD | Alistair Powell, Alistair Landels, Tom Jeffries |
| L – Veteran Men | HOC | Simon Thompson, David Williams, Ian Chafer |
| M – Super Veteran Men | WRE | Andy Clough, Rod Postlethwaite, Andy White |
| N – Mixed Ad Hoc | HOC | Barry McGowan, Karen Thompson, Ka Man Leung |
From Rod Postlethwaite’s archives:
Did you know that WRE were the first club to map Baggeridge Country Park way back in 1985? Back in those days there was no computer mapping and training maps were drawn with pen and ink and photocopied in black and white.
The map was surveyed by the late Ken Posnett (Wrekin’s one time Chairman) and drawn by Dave Gittus and was used for a couple of Tuesday evening training events before HOC mapped it in colour.
Running on the map was quite tricky!