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.

Entries open for Lodore

June 16, 2021

Entries are now open for Lodore evening event on the 24th June.

Details: http://www.wcoc.co.uk/event/lodore-2

Entries: https://racesignup.co.uk/site/event.php?eventid=2166

(Closing date is 22nd June at 23:59)

Also, you can now make prepayment again if you have used up all of your credit.

https://racesignup.co.uk/site/event.php?eventid=2047

Entries now open for Sale Fell Galoppen

June 14, 2021

Entries are now open for Sale Fell.

Event details: http://www.wcoc.co.uk/event/sale-fell-galoppen-0

Entry: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=8457

There is no entry on the day.

Entries close: Friday 25th June 2021

Prepayment for Thursday events

April 4, 2021

To make entries even more convenient (and save the club some processing payment fees) we have set up the ability to prepay for Thursday evening events.

This credit is only available for use on Thursday events and not for Galoppens, etc.

To purchase the credit go to https://racesignup.co.uk/site/event.php?eventid=2047

You can buy one block of £50 credit for each person you have inside your account. This credit is then shared by anyone within your account. (For example if you have 4 family members, you can purchase one prepayment for a member of your account and all 4 are able to use this credit. Or you could buy multiple, but each prepayment must be for a different member. Again the toal credit is available to be used by anyone in the account.)

Any questions please contact steholmes (at) gmail.com.

CoronaVirus update:

November 4, 2020

Whilst we have not yet had clarification from British Orienteering, it is very unlikely that WCOC events will happen in November due to Covid19 restrictions. Certainly this Thursday’s event (Slate Fell) and the Copeland Chase planned for this Sunday have been postponed. Please keep checking website/Facebook/club newsletter for further info.

New WCOC Events - Night Orienteering

August 2, 2020

Great news! From 5th Nov (at Slate Fell) WCOC will be continuing their regular Thursday orienteering night - http://www.wcoc.co.uk/futureevents. Club members have been working behind the scenes to make this possible. As everyone will expect, things will continue to be a little different.

What to expect:

Return to Orienteering

July 7, 2020

British Orienteering has announced that orienteering will return to England on 1st August 2020 (subject to any further restrictions that may be imposed by the government).

British Orienteering will release Return to Orienteering Guidelines [England] by the 13th July 2020 to support clubs and the orienteering community across England in bringing a safe return to grassroots orienteering.

Postponement of Committee Meeting

July 7, 2020

We have decided to postpone the meeting planned for 8th July until Wednesday 15th July to await the guidance on moving forward from BOF.

CoronaVirus info - updated 17th May

March 16, 2020

Please click here for information from BOF about the resumption of orienteering.

Please click here for information from BOF about potentially relevant webinars - next one Tues 19th May 7:30pm.

The following message was from British Orienteering (17th March 2020):

It is with great sadness that we are now in a position where all orienteering activities in the UK have to be suspended with immediate effect.
We are aware that the Coranvirus outbreak is a very fluid and rapidly changing situation. We all, therefore, continue to follow advice from the Public Health England, the World Health Organisation and both local and national governments on this matter and will keep the orienteering community updated as appropriate.
We know how great the sport is at supporting each other and we ask that you continue to pull together (albeit virtually) during this difficult time. We will do our best to get you back in the forests as soon as it is safe to do so.
Finally, we ask that you continue to follow the government's guidance on how to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Please stay safe and support each other during this hard time.
Best wishes, Peter Hart (Chief Executive, British Orienteering)

Night Champs successes...

February 24, 2020

Congratulations to all the WCOC members who travelled to the Scottish and / or British Night Championships recently, and particularly to the following who produced good perfomances:

Scottish - (Findhorn Dunes nr Moray): There were some familiar names competing with wins in M and W20 for Daniel Spencer and Niamh Hunter. Jamie Rennie was 2nd on M50; Charlie Rennie was 5th on M18 and Daisy Rennie was 3rd on W14.

British - (Hambleton Estate nr Henley-on-Thames): More top results - wins for Joe Sunley M18 and Mike Billinghurst M60; 2nd places for Daisy Rennie W14, Caitlin Irving W18 and Susan Skinner W55; and 3rd for Janette McHendry W50S.

Peter Palmer Junior Team Relays 2020 - cancelled

January 27, 2020

Unfortunately, as a consequence of C19, this year's Peter Palmer Junior Team Relays (which were due to be hosted by WCOC at Hawse End near Keswick this September) have been cancelled.