20 Mar 2013: New Club Kit available. Not just HOC-tops, but t-shirts, hoodies and tracksuits. Kerstin wants to send off the first batch of orders by 14 April. More...
Springtime in Shropshire
2013 is a SInS year!
For more details about three days of top-quality orienteering over the May Bank Holiday weekend click
here. On-line entries are now open on
Fabian4.
Coming Soon
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John Leeson has a stock for distribution - let him know if you can help.
Coming Soon
22 May (daytime) BAOC event at Sandwell Valley Details
25-27 May Springtime in Shropshire
29 May COBOC Sevens event at Sutton Park Details
30 May Summer Evening Event at Arrow Valley Park, Redditch Details
Latest Results
19 May COBOC Plantsbrook Valley Long-O Results
18 May local/introductory event at Arrow Valley Central, Redditch Results
12 May Local event at Walsall Arboretum Results | Splits | Comments
Related Activities
parkrun - regular Saturday morning 5km runs. In HOC's area, parkrun takes place at Edgbaston (Cannon Hill Park), Redditch (Arrow Valley), Walsall and Worcester.
Local athletics clubs:
Halesowen Athletics & Cycling Club
Dudley Ladies Running Club 
Dudley & Kingswinford Running Club
Black Pear Joggers, Worcester
Open Street Map - free mapping, surveyed and maintained by volunteers. Orienteering's Ollie O'Brien is a contributer and has developed the Open O-Map version which allows anyone to get map extracts in a format suitable for urban and street events.
Harlequins Orienteering Club is based in the West Midlands of England. Our 'catchment' covers Birmingham, the Black Country, Worcestershire and parts of Shropshire and Herefordshire. We have a membership of over 200 and put on around 40-50 events a year.
What's Orienteering?
Orienteering is an activity/sport (depending how competitive you want to be) which involves navigating from point to point using a map. Most orienteering takes place in areas such as forests and country parks, but more urban-based events are becoming increasingly popular.
For free-range kids
Orienteering is very family-friendly and suitable for almost all ages. For children in particular it promotes self-reliance and independent decision-making, besides getting them out into the fresh air to burn off some energy. For teachers interested in introducing orienteering to your pupils, we can provide advice and support. We are Sport England Clubmark accredited for supporting junior members.
Fancy a go?
You don't need to be a member of any club to go orienteering. Most small-scale local events are open to all, don't require pre-booking, don't cost much to enter and will have suitable courses for beginners. You don't need to be super-fit and you don't need much in the way of equipment. Go to our events page for dates and locations of events.
Actually, you don't even need to go to an event - try orienteering on one of our permanent courses.
Come and join us
Harlequins is an open club - we welcome new members. Membership gives you a copy of the award-winning club journal every month, access to our club forum, the opportunity to run relay events, and more. Go to our contacts page for details of our Membership Secretary.
Find out more
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