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Worcester revised results

Worcester revised results

Revised results from last Saturday’s West Midlands Urban League event in Worcester are now available: Results with splits (html)Results summary (pdf)WinsplitsRoutegadget Courses 1 and 2 were affected by the siting of control #80 which may have been changed during the race making it difficult for a number of runners to find. In consultation with the controller, we have reinstated all the runners who were unable to punch this control and have excluded the legs before and after from the overall course times….

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Pype Hayes results

Pype Hayes results

Results from Saturday’s City of Birmingham Orienteering event in Pype Hayes Park are now available: Results with split timings Results summary Planner’s comments: Apologies to those who spent a lot of time looking for control 103 (top of the earth bank, no. 4 on the Red and Orange Courses). This was probably too indistinct to be a good control site, and coupled with the recent rapid growth of vegetation affecting visibility, meant that it would have been possible to be…

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Redditch SW SMApp results

Redditch SW SMApp results

Scroll down for results from our Summer Series SMApp event in Redditch SW. (Updated with corrections 1/6/26). Organisers Comments Many thanks for turning up and for the positive comments after fairly sweaty runs. If I’ve made errors in compiling these results please do get back to me. Apologies for the unexpectedly busy post event pub.  One point worth mentioning is that one needs to stick to roads and footpaths on these events based on Openorienteering maps, as they do not…

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HOC at the British Middle Championships Weekend

HOC at the British Middle Championships Weekend

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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Harlequins at the JK Festival

Harlequins at the JK Festival

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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