Entries are now open for our West Midlands League event on the 16th January in Comer Woods, Dudmaston. Full details are linked here, and entry is via Fabian4 is linked here

Who’s in the lead after two events? How did we all get on at Kinver? When’s the next event? All this and more on the Night Street league page.

The deliberations are over, the great and the good of HOC have debated the rules at length and the winners of the 2021 Club Championships have been announced. Congratulations to David Williams on a double – both Bert Pardoe handicap and Mens Open trophies. The first time this has happened? Links to Results, Splits, Bert Pardoe handicap and of course Trophy winners are all on the current Results page. More information about trophies, rules and past champions can be found…

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Many thanks to Andy H for last night’s event, to Alison for her excellent map of what is an lovely area, and to the Woodland Trust for looking after it so well and giving us their support. The results and comments are on the WEE page here. Congratulations to David W on a narrow victory over Ifor, and to Eloise for her win in the women’s race on only her second event in the woods after dark.

Congratulations to Alex Mitchell (M20) and Alison Sloman (W85) who beat the wind, ice, rock and snow on Saturday night to become British Night Champions in their age classes. It was a real challenge for everyone who braved the conditions, and even more so for the hardy volunteers of our neighbouring club, North Gloucestershire. Thank you NGOC!

The scores have been updated after 6 of the 7 events, and with the BEST FOUR events counting it is a very close competition going into the final event – Brandon Woods on 5th December. Pre-entries via Fabian close on Sunday, there will be entry on the day while maps last but do email the organiser to reserve a map – details on the linked flyer. Harlequins are just 250 points behind the leaders, Octavian Droobers but Wrekin are snapping…

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Many thanks to James for last night’s event, and to Barry for his valiant efforts to update the map during conservation felling. The results are here; comments to follow. It was a baptism of fire to those of us who had forgotten how to orienteer in the dark; to quote one of HOC’s best orienteers “If that area was larger it would be worthy of a championship!” It was a double vistory for Wrekin, with Kristof for clearing the course…

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The first in our series of Thursday night “forest” events is this Thursday at Shire Oak, Walsall. Contact organiser James (details on the flyer) to reserve a map.

The results are now available on the Latest Results page. Thank you all for coming along and we hope you enjoyed the challenge of Worcester Beacon!

There’s still time to enter the WMOA Champs at Worcestershire Beacon. Entries close Thurs 11th Nov. Details here … https://harlequins.org.uk/…/WML_20211114_details.pdf