The 2025 CompassSport Cup final will be held on Sunday 14th September and HOC will be there. Cleveland Orienteering Klub are hosting the event at South Gare on the North East coast just west of Redcar. More information is on the CLOK website. First, Captain Kerstin has booked a bunkhouse for one overnight stay on the Saturday night. The deadline is 18 July so first come, first served. We start with a “fresh” google docs, so if even if you…
There was success for a number of Harlequins’ Juniors at the West Midlands Schools Championships. Thanks to Steve Blackmore for details and photos: “Under the guises of their various schools, our HOC juniors enjoyed a successful outing at this year’s WM schools event. Held by POTOC at Apedale, the courses were fast and so the morning cloud was welcomed by the runners (less so by the attending parents!)” Results: Y5 girls: Georgina Hudson 1st Y5 boys: Danny Fox 1st; Jake…
Grizedale Forest was the venue for Saturday’s ‘Long’ at the British Championships, and proved to be a tough technical and physical challenge on a beautiful sunny day in Lakeland. Mapper Martin Bagness describes the area as “unusually complex terrain with a lot of everything going on.” A total of 15 Harlequins made the journey, and there were causes for celebration in the form of a win for Andy Hemsted in the M75L class, and a second place for Seb Blackmore…
This 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. Updated tables following the POTOC West Midlands League event at Morridge are here:
This 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. Paul Hammond has updated the tables following the back-to-back West Midlands League events at Arrow Valley and Bentley:
The WEE table has been updated – Congratulations to David W and Kerstin This year we had 8 events – most ever – giving more folks a chance to have a run without needing to travel too far/avoid clashing commitments
Thanks to Steve Blackmore for his report: A small group of Harlequins made the long journey down to sunny Sussex for the British Middles and a long weekend in the bright sunshine and cold wind. The British Middles took place at Holmbush and Buchan Woods – an interesting mix of very runnable woodland and thick, trouser-ripping rhododendron! There were plenty of strong performances; Peter Blackmore and Craig Thompson both ran well in the M16 category whilst Chris McCartney took a…
Here is series co-ordinator John’s reflection on the season; scroll down for the final league table.
This 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.