University of Birmingham
Excellent venue for sprint style urban racing. Events held in earlier years:
Birmingham City Centre
Events held in earlier years:
Barr Beacon
A mile long sandy ridge with a Permanent Orienteering Course offering 6 maps with courses of varying length and difficulty. Used for Summer Series events.
Baggeridge Country Park
The park has been developed on the landscaped site of a former colliery and brickworks. The former spoil heaps are now hills with steep slopes, and a variety of well established wooded areas (mixed deciduous trees, mostly mature and runnable.) There are grassy open areas, several ponds, and an extensive path network. Connects with Himley Hall. The management team are very supportive of orienteering, and the Visitor Centre provides both toilets and a cafe. Plus a children’s play area and…
Arrow Valley
Country Park with 900 acres and a mixture of open land and dense woods. Permanent Orienteering course with 8 maps offering courses of varying length and difficulty; all are GPS enabled. The River Arrow flows through it. The lakeside Arrow Valley Visitor Centre has a café with views across the water and toilets. The park also offers a BMX facility, disc golf, sailing and fishing. Mainly used for Local events but does support a Regional one and is particularly good…
The Orienteers dilemma
Replicated from an earlier iteration of the HOC website, this is David William’s personal assessment of the HOC areas at the time (2003ish?). As he said then: “The descriptions, ratings and comments given are only my opinion. Please don’t sue me if you disagree.” Index to the page What is this page all about? Classification of Areas Arrow Valley Baggeridge Brampton Bryan Brand Wood Breakneck Bank and Sturt Brinton Park Brown Clee Bumble Hole Callow Hill Cannon Hill Park Clent…
Aston Park
June Jaunter results
This page offers access to the June Jaunter records (also available in spreadheet format here). They have an additional field – “age adjusted time”. The table initially displays the fastest 10 “age adjusted” runs; loyal June Jaunter fans might guess who tops it. It is fully sortable and filterable; instructions and examples follow. Scroll further down the page for the Age category records, the fastest 100 times (raw times and then age adjusted times) in pdf format, and more details…
Harlequin of the Year
The names on the teapot are:
HOC Galoppen Trophy
“The HOC Galoppen Trophy will be presented to the highest scorer in the WestMidlands League. In the event of a draw, it shall be presented to the one who first attains that score. If there is still a draw, it shall be presented to the one with the highest total of points scored over all events in the year.” A further caveat is that where a member has the highest point total and is in an age category with no…