West Cumberland Orienteering Club

West Cumberland Orienteering Club is based in the Western half of the English Lake District. We host events on a weekly basis from informal Thursday nights to district or regional events held at weekends. Everyone is welcome to try the sport.

Junior Inter-Regional Champs success

September 24, 2017

Strong performances from the WCOC contingent helped the North West Junior Squad achieve an impressive 2nd place (behind Scotland) at the JIRCs this weekend. For full results (and more pictures) click here.

Many thanks to the organisers (SN and GO) and to all the NWJS coaches.

Website additions...

September 19, 2017

For those of you who have not already noticed, have a look at:

Coaching (available from the Navigation tab on the Home page and also on the Members page) - relevant articles and upcoming coaching sessions

Hall of Fame (on Members page) - lists WCOC successes over the past 10 years

Junior Fundraising and Grants - information about what WCOC Juniors do and support they receive

AGM - advance warning...

September 15, 2017

WCOC's AGM will be at "Wild Zuccinis" (Cockermouth) at 7:00pm on 19th Oct - same format as last year (a brief AGM followed by discussion groups). If you have topics you would like to discuss after the AGM, please let the Chair (Graham Watson) know as soon as possible. Please come along to support your club.

Peter Palmer Relay WINNERS (again!)

September 10, 2017

Congratulations to the three WCOC junior teams who travelled to the midlands for this year's Peter Palmer relays - and returned with the trophy again, along with a second place in the Joan George competition! Many thanks to COBOC for organising and planning, and of course all the coaches and parents at WCOC who make such great achievements possible.

WCOC 50th Celebrations - August update...

August 31, 2017

Click here for the latest update on how WCOC are celebrating our 50th anniversary.

Galoppen scores update

August 6, 2017

The league statistician has been very busy, and you can now see how you and your club are doing in this year's Galoppen series:

Click here for Individual Galoppen Scores

Click here for Overall Club Scores (for the "Borrowdale Trophy") Event names now corrected.

Scottish 6 Days - the results are in...

July 28, 2017

Well done to everyone from WCOC who travelled to the Scottish 6 day event in Royal Deeside 30th July - 5th August.

There were some great results throughout the week on individual days, and congratulations to the following who all finished in the top 10 (and some in the top 3!) overall - Catherine Wetherfield (6th W50S), Sue Skinner (5th W50L), Niamh Hunter (7th W18L), Rosie Spencer (7th W16A), Caitlin Irving (5th W14A), Carys Thomas (9th W14A), Isabel Sunley (2nd W12A), Mike Pearson (4th M70L), Roger Thomas (8th M55S), Daniel Spencer (9th M18L), Joe Hudd (1st M14A) and Wilf Teasdale (3rd M12A).

SLMM and EYOC 2017 - great results

July 3, 2017

Congratulations to all the WCOC members who took part in the SLMM this weekend based in Ennerdale. Successes included Lynne Thomas and Jo Cleary (1st FV on Harter Fell), Niamh and Simon Hunter (2nd overall and 1st MIX on Harter Fell), Kate Charles and John Slater (2nd MIXV on Kirkfell), and Matt and Phil Vokes (4th on Bowfell).

Further congratulation to Alastair Thomas who represented GB this weekend at EYOC in Slovakia. He came 23rd on the Sprint, 14th on the Long, and 8th in the Relays - an impressive set of results!

(Apologies to anyone missed out - as always, please get in touch if you have news of WCOC members' achievements...)

Help raise funds for our juniors - just by shopping!

March 18, 2017

Do you shop online? Do it through easyfundraising.org.uk and raise a free donation for WCOC Junior Squad every time you shop! Click here to sign up (Ask Lynne or David if you have any questions). Happy shopping!