Harlequins Orienteering Club

Harlequins and our neighbouring club Octavian Droobers overcame a number of challenges to host the British Middle Championships and Midland Championships respectively at Brown Clee on 18th-19th April. Saturday’s British Middles saw five HOC members on the podium including three British Middle Distance champions: Georgina Hudson (1st W12), Alison Sloman (1st W90), Seb Blackmore (1st= M16), Jake Fox (2nd M10) & Andy Hemsted (2nd, M75). Photo credits: David Williams, Edward Lines, David Williams Sunday’s Midland Championships saw further HOC success…

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Over 30 Harlequins made their way up to Perthshire, Scotland for the annual Easter weekend 4 day festival of orienteering. Perth hosted the Day 1 Sprint with a City Centre arena, and courses either visiting North Inch Park, or starting to the east of the city centre across the River Tay. Early starters had the best of the weather with the rain coming down mid-morning making conditions slippery. Top 3 results from HOC members came from Danny Fox (2nd, M10),…

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… who somewhat belatedly received his award for winning M35 category in the 2025 UK Orienteering League at Tullochroisk on JK Relays day. The series provides competition in a variety of terrain types, across the United Kingdom; the British Middles hosted by Harlequins is round 9 of the 2026 season. Photo: Steve Blackmore

The HOC League is designed to provide a chance for all Harlequins to compete in different age groups across all events where Members are representing HOC in a calendar year. Now that we have had 6 out of the 11 events expected to be part of the HOC League this season, the current positions are as follows, with thanks to Paul Hammond.

Series co-ordinator John Leeson shares his reflections on the season; scroll down for the final league table.