Bewdley Mountain Marathon Results
Seb selected for England at JHI’s
Seb Blackmore has been selected to represent England in October’s Ward Junior Home Internationals. The annual event is contested by teams of orienteers in the M/W14, M/W16 and M/W18 categories from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with this year’s individual and relay races taking place on the weekend of 11th and 12th October in South Wales. Qualification was based on Seb’s performance compared to his fellow English M14’s across a series of events earlier this year – he gained his…
Lickey Hills Results
Juniors claim 2nd in Yvette Baker Shield Final
HOC Juniors took 2nd place in the Yvette Baker Shield final last Sunday. Steve Blackmore reports: A hardy team of 8 juniors led by junior captain Craig made the long journey down to Capite Wood, East Sussex for the Yvette Baker Shield final. Seb (junior club statistician) had crunched the numbers and was confident of a podium finish… Capite Wood was a good venue for the final – mostly runnable woods with the bracken well marked (especially the 8 foot…
Catshill Results
HOC Juniors at WM Schools Championships
There was success for a number of Harlequins’ Juniors at the West Midlands Schools Championships. Thanks to Steve Blackmore for details and photos: “Under the guises of their various schools, our HOC juniors enjoyed a successful outing at this year’s WM schools event. Held by POTOC at Apedale, the courses were fast and so the morning cloud was welcomed by the runners (less so by the attending parents!)” Results: Y5 girls: Georgina Hudson 1st Y5 boys: Danny Fox 1st; Jake…
HOC success at the 2025 British Orienteering Championships
Grizedale Forest was the venue for Saturday’s ‘Long’ at the British Championships, and proved to be a tough technical and physical challenge on a beautiful sunny day in Lakeland. Mapper Martin Bagness describes the area as “unusually complex terrain with a lot of everything going on.” A total of 15 Harlequins made the journey, and there were causes for celebration in the form of a win for Andy Hemsted in the M75L class, and a second place for Seb Blackmore…
HOC League tables after 7 events
This league is designed to provide a chance for all Harlequins to compete in different age groups across all events where Members are representing HOC in a calendar year. Updated tables following the POTOC West Midlands League event at Morridge are here:
HOC League latest standings
This league is designed to provide a chance for all Harlequins to compete in different age groups across all events where Members are representing HOC in a calendar year. Paul Hammond has updated the tables following the back-to-back West Midlands League events at Arrow Valley and Bentley: