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AdHoc was the club’s monthly magazine for many decades. Between 2006 and 2011 it also reported on the club’s alterego; it made me giggle at the time and it still does. However, to quote my predecessor “the Webmaster and any past or present Ad Hoc editors deny all responsibility for the content therein”. Any resemblance to actual events, charcacters or neighbouring clubs is entirely incidental! The Compleat MadHoc part 1 The Compleat MadHoc part 2 The Compleat MadHoc part 3…
2024 2023 HOC / COBOC merger. JJ 40th. SinS year. 2022 saw Birmingham City Centre host a Euro City Tour event. 2021 saw the sport returning after the height of Covid19 restrictions. One result was two Club Championships in the same calendar year. An informal picnic at Hartlebury Common in June after the 2021 version was so popular that it raised the question – should we move the Championships from December to a warmer month? 2020 The year of lockdowns….
2019 feels like a distant memory and doesn’t seem to have any distinguishing features. Results are here and I’ll check the newsletters to see what I’ve forgotten. 2018 was memorable for our 50th anniversary and “the snowy JK relays”; read all about it in its very own annual review. The review was created in response to concerns expressed at the previous AGM about the demise of AdHoc. 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
2009 Calendar of events featuring images from 2008‘s National Event on Brown Clee. 2008 – 40th anniversary 2007 The HOC junior team “Revision Avoidance” triumph at the Harvester relays at Penhale. They won both the Junior trophy and the B course outright. Victory was all the sweeter for including a defeat of the mighty OD juniors. Team members were Dan Hartman, Chris Embrey, Liz White, Peter Ford and Tessa Hill (running in that order). It didn’t seem to impact too…
To mark the club’s 40th Anniversary, David Nevel compiled a four part history of the first forty years, published in the January – April 2008 editions of AdHoc. Individual clubs do not exist in a vacuum and this piece puts HOC’s evolution in context with the development of Orienteering in the UK.
This trophy is awarded at the discretion of the Chairman. It is awarded on the basis of out-of-the-ordinary service to the Club. The names on the teapot are:
“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…
By the early 2000’s the origins of Harlequins OC had been lost in the mists of time for several years. Although a few of the original members are still around, some of the personal recollections contradict each other. There was some confusion over whether HOC was independently founded or had evolved from the earlier Halesowen & District Orienteering Club, which ceased to exist soon after HOC came into being. Did HDOC become HOC? Did they amalgamate? Or did HDOC fold…
The 19th June 2022 saw Birmingham City Centre host 400 orienteers from all over the UK and much further afield. It was the culmination of years of hard work, but well worth waiting for! Great courses, great atmosphere – urban orienteering at its best, captured here on Andy Johnson’s flickr photos. The results in assorted formats: Results by Class Results by Course Split times by Class Split times by Course Routegadget Winsplits Organiser Lesley’s comments Planner Dave’s perspective The background…