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.

AGM 2018 - Diary Date

September 17, 2018

The 2018 WCOC AGM will be held at Wild Zucchinis, Cockermouth at 7pm on Thursday 18th October. Please can you send any nominations and proposals to the Secretary, Lesley Wornham, by Thursday 20th September. The 2017 Minutes and Officer's reports will be on the website soon.

WCOC Juniors win Peter Palmer Relays - 3 years in a row!

September 9, 2018

Peter Palmer winners again - another superb effort from all our Juniors! They've only gone and won entries and accommodation at 10Mila 2019 in Skane, Sweden for a WCOC Team. As always many many thanks to all the drivers and helpers, to WCOC for all your support, to SYO for putting on such a great event, to the Junior who returned from Uni and those who delayed going to Uni until after the race! You really are all Best in the West!

British Middle Champions!

September 2, 2018

Well done to all the WCOC members who travelled (or stayed) south for the British Middle Champs at Stock Hill near Wells. The WCOC Juniors produced another very impressive set of results, with outstanding wins for Daisy (W12), Niamh (W18), Joe H (M16) and Alastair (M18); along with top 10 placings for Lily, Rosie, Caitlin and Carys (5th, 6th, 7th and 9th W16); Joe S and Charlie (3rd and 9th M16); and Zac and Daniel (2nd and 4th M18).

British Sprints successes...

September 1, 2018

Well done to all the WCOC members who travelled south for the British Sprint Champs at Bath University. Once again the WCOC Juniors produced an impressive set of results, with top 10 placings for Daisy (5th W12); Caitlin and Rosie (4th and 9th W16); Joe S, Joe H and Charlie (3rd, 4th and 7th M16A), and Alastair (a superb 6th on Men's Open). For complete results, click here.

Orienteering on TV -last chance

August 31, 2018

Just in case you missed it, here is a link to the BBC's Adventure Show which features the British Champs at Balmoral earlier in the year, and includes an interview with WCOC's very own Charlotte Watson along with lots of other familiar faces (available to watch until Sept 18th).

WCOC Juniors at EYOC and JWOC

August 13, 2018

Niamh, Alastair and Daniel wrote a blog about their EYOC and JWOC experiences this summer - if you missed it, click here.

Lakes 5 report

August 13, 2018

Many thanks to everyone who organised and planned another great "Lakes 5" last week. Well done to all the WCOC runners who took part, but especially those who finished in the top spots - Caitlin 3rd W16, Joe S 1st M16, Joe H 3rd M16, Dan 1st M18, Zac 3rd M18, Niamh 1st W18, David 2nd M45L,Tony 2nd M75L, not forgetting Kate 1st W20s Steve H 1st M45s, Catherine 3rd W50s, Roger T 2nd M55s - along with lots of other top 10 places too. For complete results, click here. Now it's time to start thinking about the Scottish 6 next summer...

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July 15, 2018

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Bike orienteering

June 10, 2018

In case you had missed it, the Allerdale Bike Challenge is back again - and like last year there will be an overall league combining results from the ABC events and the corresponding WCOC Thursday evening events (our clever stastisticians will work it out).

To read more about the ABC events (which are Bike Orienteering 2 hour score format), click here.

For the Final League results of the combined Bike and Foot Orienteering, click here. (Congratulations to Charlie and Anne!)

Galoppen this Sunday - Wythop Valley (nr Cockermouth) - thanks

May 27, 2018

Many thanks to the team for today's galoppen in the sunshine around the lovely Wythop Valley. In particular Ange for organising, Scott for planning and John for controlling. Results now posted.

Thanks also to everyone who supported the Juniors by buying refreshments - they will definitely be repeating the "bring-your-own-mug" experiment to cut down on plastic waste.