21/12/08
We've just been made aware of a website that could be of interest to club members. It's called PhysioBench and as well as offering on line physio advice to enable people to self manage their injury it includes free advice on many common sporting ailments. Check the 'Links' tab above to access the website.
8/12/08
Well done WCOC Juniors!!!
A fantastic second place in the Yvette Baker final yesterday saw an improvement on last year's third position. Even with some of our stars not able to make the trip, the juniors did exceptionally well to beat bigger squads, including some very big orange course runners (with beards and sideburns). Well done to everyone involved! Here's to next year...
3/12/08
Charlotte Watson has been recognised for her outstanding performance at the Junior Inter Regionals earlier this summer. She was asked by NWOA to run up, onto the W18 course, and against a lot of top competition she won the race by a clear margin. This win was instrumental in securing that NWOA took the overall win. At the recent Lakeside Training weekend she was presented with the "Run of the JIRC's" trophy."
16/11/08
Well done to John Slater, Kate Charles and Ray, Pete and Barbara Nelson for putting on today's Copeland Chase. The weather was glorious, the courses were well planned and the after run refreshments were very welcome. What a pity that there was a clash with the British Schools; many more members could have enjoyed the event. Looking forward to next year already. For results, see the Copeland Chase web page.
P.S. John has promised to post his thoughts on the 'Planners Comments' thread on the forum. Those that took part can leave the organisers some well deserved feedback.
05/11/08
The club held it's first Winter indoor activity session last night, 'Orient8 ', with a fantastic turnout. The format this week was physical circuits mixed with mental orienteering associated activities. The format of each session will be changing on a weekly basis. Check the Gallery for pics. Also, a thread has been started on the forum to leave comments or suggestions for future sessions (click the forum tab above and follow instructions to take part).
28/10/08
Mhairi Mackenzie had another great weekend of competition at the Senior Home Internationals. She took an emphatic win in W21E, 8.3km 335m, taking 76.13, with a five minute clear lead. This was in Craig a Barns, a notoriously tough, steep and rocky coniferous plantation near Dunkeld.
Mhairi also ran anchor leg for the Scotland1 relay team. Setting off in fourth position and almost four minutes adrift she gradually hauled them all in, and once in the light green forest near the end she turned on the power to take the lead and win by twelve seconds.
13/10/08
Well done to Charlotte Watson for a great set of results in the European Youth Orienteering Championships (see here for results http://www.eyoc2008.ch/dyn/eyoc/). Charlotte finished first Brit in the long distance and sprint races, and ran up a class (W18) in the relay where she gave a good account of herself against world class opposition. Charlotte says she really enjoyed herself and was thrilled to be part of a GB team with world class athletes and top-notch coaches.
13/10/08
Congratulations to Mhairi Mackenzie who won the Open Ladies Class in the City Of London Urban Orienteering event at the weekend. She won the 6.1km (22 controls) course in 39.56, a minute clear of second placed, fellow Edinburgh student, Becky Carlyle. The course went through historic alleyways and past dramatic architecture, ranging from the towering skyscrapers of major corporations to the labyrinthine walkways of the Barbican estate, not to mention iconic landmarks such as Bank, St Paul's Cathedral and the Gherkin, before finishing at the Broadgate Arena.
7/10/08
The committee have been debating long and hard to obtain club jackets that can be worn at events, promoting team identity and raising the profile of the club. A sample is available for viewing at evening events (in Joyce Hemingway's boot!). Click here for details. If you have any comments or views on the new jackets, click on the forum link above.
10/09/08
Today sees the launch of our website's forum (click the button above to access). It's very similair to the NopeSport forum, but restricted to WCOC members. To join for the first time you will need to submit a few details which will confirm who you are (email address, etc.). This information will not be used for any other purpose than verification of your identity as a WCOC member for access to this forum. Once you've been verified, you can take part in all of the discussions in the forum and start new threads yourself. Please take care not to offend anyone with the material you submit - or you will invoke the wrath of the Administrator who will take appropriate action! This is an experiment to see if the forum is something that users of the website will use - if it's a success, we'll keep it up, if not, we'll drop it.
9/09/08
Congratulations to Charlotte Watson on selection for the British Orienteering Start Squad as a W15. Charlotte has continued to impress, following on from a very active summer of tours and foreign competitions. She joins several of her closest rivals in the squad, which includes Aine McCann and Katrin Harding. We wish them all the very best. And, as if that wasn't enough, Charlotte has also been selected to be part of the European Youth O Champs Team as a W16. Fantastic achievement!
4/09/08
Congratulations to club member Tony Brand-Barker who recently competed at the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Poland and took a podium place in the M50 class. Tony was third in the 11.2km Classic distance race, just over two minutes behind the leader in 58.29.
29/08/08
That's it! The Summer is now officially over with the last Summer Evening Event having taken place at Coledale last night. Congratulations to the league winners: for the novice course Esther Moore (junior female) and Philip Jennings (junior male), for the short course Kim Leslie (senior female), Ged Hagan (senior male), Katrina Hemingway (junior female) and Nathanial Green (junior male). On the long, Charlotte Watson (senior(!) and junior female), John Slater (senior male) and Lewis Taylor (junior male). Now we can all enjoy the warm-down Park Races in preparation for the Winter night series.
14/08/08
West Cumberland once again win the Golden Gauntlet! The annual match took place at the Summer Evening event on Latterbarrow last night in near perfect conditions. Pete and Barbara Nelson's courses provided fast running (and slow stream crossings) on a newly mapped area. A different format for calculating the winners of the annual challenge match was tried again, in an attempt to take fair account of the uneven numbers of runners from both clubs. Unfortunatley, a few mispunches from Borderliners made it difficult to match WCOC's scores. Perhaps a more central venue will attract more evenly matched teams next year!
31/07/08
Congratulations to Mhairi Mackenzie who finished a fantastic 4th (1st Brit) in the World University Orienteering Championships long distance race in Estonia. By all accounts, the race was long and tough with many marshes and thick forests that were difficuilt to avoid. It was also very warm which proved to be a real test of physical and mental endurance. Mhairi was only a few seconds down from a medal position!
17/07/08
Families led the way in this years Parish Relays. Congratulations to Angela, Tony and Chris Brand-Barker who won easily and so plan next years event. Second home were Debbie, Charlotte and Graham Watson. Unfortunately Rosie was unwell, so didn't get to run. Closely behind Charlotte finished Bobby Hagan, completing the third place run with Louise and Ged. The junior event was won hands down by the odds-on favourites, the Hemingways. Well done to Katrina, Christopher and Graham. Well done and thanks to Alan Irving who was left to plan the event on his own as the rest of last years winning team now reside in the Southern hemisphere! (A long way to go to avoid planning a relay!). Thanks again also to Roger, for the maps. See the gallery for photos of the event.
14/07/08
Congratulations to Charlotte and Rosie Watson who have been chosen to represent England (again) for the Junior Home Internationals which will be held in September. At this rate, they'll get more caps than David Beckham! Well done girls.
30/06/08
The ladies continue to show the way! Congratulations to Margaret MacKenzie who has recently completed the Bob Graham Round, hot on the heels of Kate Charles who completed in May. Both finished with time to spare! Well done, both. Men - the gauntlet has been thrown...
21/03/08
Congratulations to Charlotte Watson who won the W16A class at the JK. Also congratulations to the Intermediate Mens 48- relay team (Lewis Taylor, Graham Hemingway and Charlotte Watson) who came 3rd out of 37 teams
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