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WMUL Malvern, 10th September

WMUL Malvern, 10th September

We are hosting the next West Urban Midlands League event at Malvern on Sunday 10th September. This is an urban area with plenty of variety – everything from parks, formal private gardens, sports grounds to common land and urban streets. Details are available here. Also, take a look at the map from the 2016 event and the photos from 2012 – courtesy of Simon Errington and Wendy Carlyle. The closing date for lower fees is 3rd September so don’t delay,…

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West Midlands Relays, 24th September

West Midlands Relays, 24th September

The West Midland Relays are being held on September 24th at Hednesford Camp on Cannock Chase. Details will be posted on the Walton Chaser’s website here, and there is a Routegadet for the area from 2018 here. Captain Kerstin will need your details (name, age class, si card number/hire) plus any strong views about which leg or class you would prefer to run. Information on the classes is here.

Burton Dassett Hills – WML event

Burton Dassett Hills – WML event

The next West Midlands League event takes place at Burton Dassett on Sunday 3rd September. The area offers good running on a compact but hilly open area with complex contours in the centre. It is located between Banbury and Leamington Spa just a few km south of Junction 12 on the M40. More details are available on the Octavian Droobers website. The closing date for pre-entry to guarantee a map on the course you want to run is this Sunday,…

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COBOC emails

COBOC emails

Following the merger of COBOC and HOC, we would like to invite all former recipients of the COBOC information emails to sign up to continue to receive monthly updates on local orienteering events and activities.

2023 June Jaunter

2023 June Jaunter

Preliminary Results are linked here as a pdf, or scroll down to view them. Thanks to everyone who came along on Thursday; we had a great time and we hope you did too. Particular thanks to Barry Parkinson (record holder) and Dick Wells (event founder) for joining us for this 40th Anniversary edition. Some times will vary from MapRun; where manual timing is quicker we’ve used that to allow for the delays in MapRun detecting the start. Tracks from both…

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Extraordinary General Meeting, Tuesday 27 June 2023

Extraordinary General Meeting, Tuesday 27 June 2023

Extraordinary General Meeting, Tuesday 27 June 2023 at 7:30pm. This EGM is to discuss and vote on the proposal to merge City of BirminghamOrienteering Club (COBOC) with Harlequins Orienteering Club (HOC). All HOC members have been sent an email calling them to this meeting, with links to three relevant documents.