Congratulations to HOC juniors Sam, Pippa and Peter for winning their age categories in the 2024 West Midlands Urban league. Eloise retained her Women’s Open title, and Lesley triumphed in Ultravet Women. Category Young Junior Men 12- Sam Hudson (HOC) Young Junior Women 12- Pippa Blackmore (HOC) Junior Men 16- Peter Blackmore (HOC) Junior Women 16- Sophie Gray (MDOC) Open Men Mark Burley (MDOC) Open Women Eloise Lee (HOC) Veteran Men 40+ David Dixon (HH) Veteran Women 40+ Sarah Dixon…

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Just two more events to go and HOC are in hot pusuit of last year’s winners, Wrekin Orienteers. Your next chance to score points for both your club and in the individual competitions will be at Walton Chaser’s event on the 24th November. More detail, including plans for 2025 and links to the club counters and individual scores, can be found on the WM League page Club Points WRE 5464 HOC 5166 OD 4219 WCH 2633 POTOC 2041

Our AGM will be held on the 17th October – more details in this link. Many Committee members have been in post for a number of years and would love to hand over their roles to fresh faces. There are brief job outlines on the Who’s Who page. Our WMOA representative, Membership Secretary, General Secretary and Chair are all particularly in need of a break from their roles. Please do contact any committee member if you would like to offer…

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The Orienteering Foundation is pleased to announce support for another coaching day in the Lakes, on Saturday 23rd November 2024. They are particularly keen to promote coaching of adult orienteers, who are often under-served, but also welcome groups including juniors.  There will be a number of HOC members taking part as individuals; if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity then contact Derek Allison to register your interest as an individual too. More information including his contact details…

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The HOC juniors braved unseasonal wet and cold weather, and slippy conditions underfoot, at Bathpool Park in Kidsgrove on Sunday 15h September to compete in the West Midlands Orienteering Championships, which were hosted this year by POTOC from the pavilion of Kidsgrove Cricket Club. And congratulations are due all round as they all came back with great results and several mantlepieces will be filling up with trophies as four of our juniors won their events and are WM junior champions…

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