Archived News - 2010


01/12/10
Wonderful news..... Katrina Hemingway has been selected as a member of the five strong junior select girls team for the World Schools’ Orienteering Championships to be held in Trentino, Italy in May next year. After her brilliant win at the selection race in Hertfordshire earlier in the month, and with a very strong team performance by Cockermouth School, there was little doubt that she deserved the selection.

14/07/10
Lewis Taylor, Charlotte & Rosie Watson have been selected to represent England at the Ward Junior Home International. This year the event is based around Perth over the weekend of the 10th and 12th of September and includes the Park World Tour qualification event on the Friday. While the girls are seasoned veterans, this is Lewis' first cap and comes after some good results at the selection races. Well done to you all!

16/06/10
MTBO - Those of you who followed the MTBO World Masters at Gdansk recently will be aware that Tony Brand Barker had an excellent tournament finishing 3rd in M50 claiming his place on the podium. Another club member wins a medal on the world stage. Well done Tony! Full results at www.harpagan.pl/worldcup.

10/05/10
British Orienteering have announced the names of the athletes who are to be invited on the various tours this summer. WCOC athletes have secured four places..... outstanding!! Charlotte Watson is selected for the premier, International Racing Camp, to be held in Gdansk, Poland from 31 July to 7 August. Lewis Taylor and Rosie Watson are to go to the Talent Coaching Camp to be held at Cairngorm, Scotland from 24-31 July. Katrina Hemingway is going on the Junior Regional Squad's Lagganlia Tour from 31 July to 7 August. This will undoubtedly inspire our up and coming juniors to improve their skill levels and become contenders for future years.

03/05/10
Congratulations to our British Champions, Katrina Hemingway (W14A) and Charlotte Watson (W18E) who took the top honours at the championships last weekend at Cannock. Well done also to Helen Winskill who was 3rd (W21E), Susan Skinner 3rd (W45L) and Lewis Taylor who was 5th (M18E). Rosie Watson (W16A) and Tony Duncan (M65A) also secured top ten places. Congratulations also to Alice Rae and Sam Pagett who finished first on their respective B classes. Our Women's Premier team (Charlotte, Rosie and Helen) had a fantastic run to finish first in the relays but were unlucky to have mispunched! Full results can be found here.

22/04/10
Charlotte Watson has been selected for the Junior World Orienteering Championships being held at Aalborg, in Denmark between 2-11 July 2010. She joins five other W20s in the team, showing her dominance in the W18/W20 age group. Charlotte has had a very impressive set of results in the majors so far this year. Congratulations and wishing her the best of luck!

04/04/10
A fine set of results again for club members taking part in the JK Festival in Devon this Easter with a bagful of overall top ten places. Two champions this time round; Alastair Thomas winning the M10A class and Charlotte Watson achieving a fine win in the W18 Elite class. Fingers crossed for success in the relays tomorrow! Full results and photos on the JK Homepage.

02/04/10
A great start for some of our ladies in the JK Sprints today in Bicton, Devon. Top ten places for Kate Skinner 4th (W12), Katrina Hemingway 6th (W14), Charlotte Watson 5th (W18E) and Susan skinner 8th (W45). Keep up with the competition results at the JK Homepage.

18/03/10
Click to enlargeCongratulations to Roger Jackson who has been awarded a 'Services to Orienteering' award from British Orienteering. All at WCOC appreciate the work that Roger does and will agree that he thoroughly deserves the accolade. The nomination cited the endless work that Roger carries out on behalf of the club (including the many positions he's holding/held on the committee), his involvement in Schools leagues and the key role he's played in the development of the sport in the region. For many years Roger has produced the North West fixtures list which is distributed to all NW clubs. He initiated the popular Cumbrian Galloppen structure which is now widely recognised for providing a series of twelve high quality events across the Lake District every year. Roger also contributes regularly to CompassSport magazine. I'm sure the whole club will be pleased with Roger's award. Well done!

07/03/10
The Roll of Honour just keeps growing! Well done to Margaret Mackenzie, Lewis Taylor and Roger Jackson who won their respective classess to be crowned British Night Champions at this weekend's competition in Edinburgh. This illustrates the strength in depth our club has in this variant of the sport, thanks in part to our excellent Winter Night Series.

Congratulations also to Katrina Hemingway who adds Scottish Sprint Champion to her ever growing list of honours after yesteday's competition, also held in Edinburgh.


Click to enlarge 07/02/10
Not sure what the collective noun for a group of smart, well presented orienteers is, but here's one on the left, just prior to yesterday's Carlisle Urban Races (Click to enlarge). The tops have sold out very quickly but Joyce Hemingway is about to place another order with the suppliers, so if you'd like to place an order, let her know as soon as possible.

01/02/10
Click to enlargeCongratulations to Lewis Taylor (M18E) and Katrina Hemingway (W14A), pictured right who came first and second in their respective classes at this year's Northern Championships hosted by South Yorkshire Orienteers just south of Sheffield, which secured the title of Northern Champion for both of them. Well done, both!

24/01/10
Click to enlarge There was a fantastic turnout for our annual club chase today at Manesty, Keswick. Andy Warner's gaffled courses made for a really interesting format, with a couple of butterflies thrown in to deter competitors from following each other (not that they would dream of doing so..). Thanks to Andy and also to Alan Irving for the handicaps.

Well done to Jenny Jennings (pictured right), this year's chase winner and all of the winners of the courses. Full results here. Photos of the prizewinners in the Gallery.

01/01/10
Happy New Year to all of our members. We hope you have a happy and successful 2010, on and off the map!

A big thank you to those who made a tremendous effort to put on the Festive Events, Dave Fenwick for Boxing Day (results here), the Wrens for the snowy event on Binsey on Sunday (results on BorderLiners website) and Dave again for New Year's Day in Setmurthy (results here). Thanks also to the Nelsons for the Beer Trail. Because access to the area has been difficult during the glorious weather (!) Pete and Barbara have extended the finish date for the trail to 31st January.

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Also, the long awaited Trimtex Club Tops have arrived in the new design, pictured on the right (Click to enlarge). The tops come in all sizes from small (very) to XXXL. The club have again subsidised the new tops so the prices are reduced to £25 for juniors and £30 for adults. To place your order, contact Joyce Hemingway, but hurry because stocks are decreasing already!