WEE League table after 4 races
After the fourth event at a somewhat soggy Castlemorton Common, Mandy Mackereth heads up the women’s table while David Williams, the league co-ordinator, leads the men’s standings.
Harlequins win 2025 West Midlands League
HOC have won the West Midlands League for the first time since 2006. The season ended with another strong performance at Octavian Droobers’ Brandon Wood event last Sunday. All of the detail is available on the league’s own page. With seven of our runners making a maximum scoring contribution of 600 points to the club total, tie-break rules were needed to decide the winner of the club’s own HOC Galoppen Trophy for the highest scorer. Jake Fox will receive the…
HOC League Winners and Final Tables
The 2025 HOC League concluded at the last West Midlands League event of the year at Brandon Wood, with the champions confirmed as follows: Links to the final tables below, with thanks to Paul Hammond. TD1, TD2 and TD3 (White, Yellow, Orange) results table. TD4 and TD5 (Light Green, Green, Blue, Brown) results table.
Robert is Harlequin of the Year
2025 Club Championships at Sandwell Valley
The Thompson family have been busy preparing to host the Club Championships on Saturday December 6th for the second year in a row: 2025 Club Champs final details It would help them to get everyone registered if members could please pre-enter on Fabian4: Thanks also to Paul Hammond who has been calculating the all-important handicaps for the Bert Pardoe Trophy; which Harlequins do you have to beat and by how much, to be in with a shout for best performance…
HOC League and WM League standings after British Camp
Paul Hammond has updated the HOC League standings following Harlequins’ West Midlands League event at British Camp on 16th November. There are still 2 events left but the Blackmores have a firm grip in the TD4/5 Leagues whilst the Fox juniors are fighting over the TD1/2/3 League. TD1, TD2 and TD3 (White, Yellow, Orange) scores after 11 events. TD4 and TD5 (Light Green, Green, Blue, Brown) scores after 11 events. A strong HOC points haul in our ‘home’ event sees…
HOC success at the West Midlands Champs
Wrekin Orienteers hosted the 2025 West Midlands Championships last Sunday 2nd November on the steep slopes of Severn Valley Country Park, and Harlequins members bagged a total of thirteen championship titles. Event results are here, and the full list of winners is on the WMOA website along with the list of past champions, which would indicate this to be HOC’s most successful ever year at this event. Congratulations to our new champions: W10 – Ada AtkinsM10 – Jake FoxW12 –…
England (and Seb) clinch JHI glory in misty Wales
Harlequins’ Seb Blackmore represented England at the Ward Junior Home Internationals weekend, 11th & 12th October. Thanks to Steve Blackmore for his report and photos: “Seb made his home debut for England this weekend at the WJHIs hosted by SWOC. The individual races took place at Merthyr Common on Saturday. With treacherous cliffs and pits, all competitors were required to carry phones but the England team took this in their stride and secured a commanding lead over Scotland. In a…
West Midlands Relays 2025
Octavian Droobers hosted the inter-club West Midlands Relays on Sunday at Pooley Country Park. Results are now available on the OD website here. Harlequins were able to field a total of 11 teams, leading to an impressive density of HOC club tops at the 11 a.m. main mass start. We managed to pick up top spot in 6 of the 8 categories contested, with Juniors performing particularly well. HOC’s trophy winners were: Mixed Ad Hoc: Karen Thompson, Georgina Hudson &…
Harlequins at the Compass Sport Cup Final
HOC had a great day out at South Gare, Redcar in the Compass Sport Cup Final, hosted by Cleveland Orienteering Klub. Our place in the final was earned by the club’s performance in February’s qualifying heat, and the occasion provided a great opportunity to compete together once again as a team on the tricky, and at times energy-sapping, sand dunes next to the North Sea. The team bagged 6th place overall in the Cup competition (for the larger Clubs in…