Archived News - 2011

19/12/11 The Cumbrian Galoppen scores have been worked out by the statistician Jon Eaton and posted on www.lakes-o.com. WCOC have won the Borrowdale Trophy for 2011 with a score of 15574 from LOC with 14679. Many congratulations to the winners of the various courses..... Brown Steve Birkinshaw (WCOC) and Karen Parker (BL) Blue John Noblett (WCOC) and Rosie Watson (WCOC) Green Roger Thomas (WCOC) and Susan Skinner (WCOC) Sh Green Steve Telford (WCOC) and Anne Burbidge (WCOC) Lt Green Alastair Thomas (WCOC) and Hannah Cleary-Hughes (LOC) Orange Callum Mitchell (LOC) and Daisy Fletcher-Cooney (LOC) Yellow Ben Breeze (WCOC) and Jess Breeze (WCOC) 27/11/11 Well done to Margaret Mackenzie who won the Women's Veteran Trophy at the SROC Tim Watkins Blodslitet race on Blea Rigg and Silver Howe today after a very exciting chase with several runners over the final legs of the course on the descent to the finish. 29/09/11 Lewis Taylor is to join British Orienteering's World Class Talent Squad. Many congratulations to Lewis, and we all hope he thrives in the Uni Sports setup he is now enjoying. He so deserves this selection after many years of hard work to improve his skills and fitness levels. We all know how hard it has been to stay in contact with him on the fells during the summer series!! 17/06/11 The number of 'friends' of WCOC is steadily growing on Facebook! The social networking site is a great way of publicising the clubs activities as members and friends visit the club's page to keep up with up-to-the-minute views, banter and photographs of recent events. Pop along and have a look if you're yet to sample it... See the link at the top of the page. 24/05/11 The accolades just keep coming! Congratulations to Katrina Hemingway who represented England and won a bronze medal yesterday in the long distance race at World Schools' Orienteering Championships in Italy. Well done Katrina. Link to information here. 19/05/11 More great news from the recent British Championships. A fantastic performance from WCOC's Women's Premier Relay team resulted in a top of the podium place. Well done to Mhairi Mackenzie, Charlotte Watson and Helen Winskill (pictured right). A podium place also for the WCOC 8 Mixed Junior Ad Hoc team of Heather Wornham, Alistair Thomas and Paul Eaton finishing third. They just pipped our WCOC 9 Mixed Junior Ad Hoc team of Callum Pearson, Hannah Bradley and Alex Chaudhri into fourth place. Well done to all. 29/04/11 Congratulations to Charlotte Watson who has been selected to represent British Orienteering at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, being held in Poland from July 2nd – 9th July. Hardly surprising given the superb set of results Charlotte has recently chalked up! Well done. 24/04/11 Some fine runs at today's second day of the JK to bring WCOC members into top ten positions. Top place on the podium to Charlotte Watson winning W18E. Lewis also ran consistently well to finish in 5th on M20E. Mhairi Mackenzie also performed well to finish 5th on W21E. Fifth placings also for Alastair Thomas (W12A) and Susan Skinner (W45L). Jenny Bradley won her W14B in style finishing first on both days. Other top ten places for Katrina Hemingway (8th), Kate Skinner (10th), Phil Winskill (10th) and Roger Thomas (4th) and Carys Thomas (6th) on their respective B courses. Full results can be found on the JK 2011 homepage. 23/04/11 Another excellent result for Charlotte Watson at Day 2 of the JK winning W18E with three and a half minutes to spare. Great runs also from Alastair Thomas (6th), Lewis Taylor (7th), Kate Skinner (9th) and Hannah Bradley (10th). Top ten places on the short courses to Jenny Bradley (1st), Roger Thomas (3rd) and Carys Thomas (8th). Follow up to the minute results updates on the JK 2011 homepage. 10th 22/04/11 A superb win for Charlotte Watson at today's opening sprint event at the JK in Northern Ireland. Also top ten placings in their respective classes for Alastair Thomas (2nd), Susan Skinner (4th), Lewis Taylor (5th) and Kate Skinner (8th). Follow up to the minute results updates on the JK 2011 homepage. 15/04/11 Last night saw the final fell series event of the Spring at Fangs Brow. Congratulations to the prize winners, and a big thank you to John, Kate and their merry band of helpers for all their efforts. The rain stayed away each night and the series was enjoyed by all. See the final league tables in the results section, and if anyone qualifies for a prize but weren't there to pick them up last night, see John or Kate (before they drink it!). 01/04/11 Well done to Charlotte Watson who brought home the W18 Elite tropy from the recent Northern Championships held at Ray Demesne, in Northumberland. Charlotte, running strongly through the heather moorland, led the 6.9km course virtually from the start. Her time of 52.32 was over two minutes clear of a top class field and bodes well for the upcoming major races over the next couple of months. Margaret Mackenzie was third on W50 in 59.58, with Mike Billinghurst fourth on M50 in 58.08. 18/03/11 The venues for the popular spring series of Orient8 have been announced. The sessions move to outside areas and run up until the Summer evening series begins. See the events tabs for the locations. 7pm start as usual. The plan is to have a physical fitness session first with a short running circuit within the terrain. Then a set of short O exercises to provide Orange/LtGreen standard practice.