HOC FIXTURES PROCEDURES been updated:
1. Brian Hughes is now Fixtures Secretary, responsible for registering all club events via the
British Orienteering website. This provides insurance cover.
2. Permissions are now obtained by a team of Landlord Liaison Officers (LLOs). Their names and the
HOC venues for which they are responsible are listed here.
3. Organisers should update Brian as more details become available about their event.
The British Orienteering website provides invaluable free publicity.
Bert Pardoe Trophy - current handicaps at Dec 2011
PDF version
List of past and present trophy winners updated Jan 2011
The Compleat Mad Hoc (the Webmaster and both the acting and recently retired Ad Hoc editors deny all responsibility for the content therein).
22 Jan 2012 Annual Prizegiving Dinner
Kerstin writes...
We are having our annual dinner on Friday 03 Feb at The Orchard Cafe - The Award Winning cafe in the Park!
To make things easy there will be "only" 2 courses. A main + pudding £14.50.
The menu is:
Roasted free range chicken breast on Fondant Potato with a Local Cider sauce & Smoked Bacon.
or
Local Leek, Mushroom & Shropshire Blue Puff Pastry Parcel with pine nuts served with Roasted Charlotte Potato.
All main courses served with Seasonal Vegetables.
Pudding:
Vanilla Creme Brulee with homemade Shortbread Biscuit
or
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce & Pouring Cream
Coffee Course
Fair-trade Filter coffee or tea and a homemade biscuit served after the meal £1.25/head
There will be a licensed cash bar operating on the evening.
Please let me have your choices no later than 26 January.
The cafe is by Nunnery Woods,
Wildwood Drive,
Worcester WR5 2LG
Please respond via the Forum (Info and Notices section) or direct to
Kerstin
17 Sep 2011
In case you missed it the first time...
Controllers, Planners, Organisers and all Orienteers welcome.
If interested in attending, please respond by email to Gill or Brian (see Contacts List)
24 May 2011
Through an excellent seres of activities and games provided by BOF, Gill Clerici and Brian Hughes will be cascading current thinking on raising awareness of safety issues at events. You will not be lectured to, but even the most experienced should benefit.
Controllers, Planners, Organisers and all Orienteers welcome.
If interested in attending, please respond by email to Gill or Brian (see Contacts List)
18 May 2011
HOC successes at the 2011 British Champs
JK and British Nights champion Tessa Hill's outstanding year continues with a win on W21E. Other HOC winners were Andy Hemsted M60L, Alison Sloman W75, Tom MacKenzie M20L and Heather Hartmann W21V, plus the M60 relay team of Mike Baggott, Brian Hughes and Andy Hemsted (left).
Other top ten finishers:
Dan Hartmann 3rd M21S, Andy Monro 6th M40L, Jason Howell 8th M40L, Andy Batchelor 7th M40S, Alex Morgan 10th M45L, Lester Hartmann 4th M50S, Mike Farrington 4th M55S, Bob Scott 4th M60S, Colin Spears 5th M70L, Lindsay McMillan 5th W21L, Kath McMillan 7th W21L, Judith Evans 8th W55L, Lynden Hartmann 3rd W55S, Gill Clerici 10th W55S and Suzette Spears 2nd W70S.
The M40 relay team (Alex Morgan, Jason Howell, Andy Monro) came 4th.
02 May 2011
HOC successes at the 2011 JK
Congratulations to W21 Elite winner Tessa Hill (left),
whose winning margin was nearly four minutes over the two individual days. Other HOC podium places were won by Kath McMillan (2nd W21L) (below), Alison Sloman (2nd W75) and Sebastian Mitchell (3rd White). Oh yes - and Dan Hartmann's SHUOC relay team were 2nd Men's Short by 4 seconds.
09 Mar 2011
Welsh Champion
Congratulations to Brian Hughes, who became Welsh M60 Champion at the Gower event on Sunday 06 Mar, and also received the
Welsh League trophy for his age class.
Congratulations also to M21 Welsh champion Jonathan Rhys.
23 Jan 2011
NEW BOF RISK ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR LOCAL EVENTS
New rules were published on the BOF website in Jan 2011. In future, Risk Assessment forms must be
mentored and countersigned by either a) a coach or b) a controller or c) by a person with BOF
Health and Safety accreditation. To help, HOC Event Series Coordinators
(Barry Houghton, Mike Farrington, John Embrey, Adrian Bailey, Barry McGowan) have already been
provided with a list of HOC coaches and controllers. Organisers should consult this to find a
person qualified to check the Health and Safety aspects of their local event and sign the
Risk Assessment.
The BOF Accreditation is likely to take the form of online training and testing. When this becomes available (summer?), HOC will be encouraging all active Orienteers to participate. Only in this way can HOC take some of this extra burden off the shoulders of Coordinators and Organisers and ensure that the club can continue to offer a good number of local (level D) events.
Brian Hughes (Fixtures secretary)
16 Sep 2010
The new HOC tops are here
The Chairman writes:
After a bit of a long wait the new HOC tops are here and some picked them up at the (oh so)
Long (O) Mynd last Sunday.
The rest of those that were ordered will be available to collect at the West Midland Relays
this Sunday.
Please bring cash or cheque to cover your orders based on £36.00 per top.
Please make cheques payable to Harlequins Orienteering Club.
For those that may not be at Hartlebury Common on Sunday, please email Judith Evans on
judithevans55@btinternet.com
to arrange alternative delivery.
We ordered a few extras in various sizes and these will be available at Hartlebury on a first
come/first served basis.
08 May 2010
Success for HOC at BOC
Congratulations to HOC's M60 relay team at last weekend's British Champs. John Pearson, Brian Hughes
and Andy Hemsted stormed the field with three out of the four fastest runs in this class, to win by over 10 minutes.
Other HOC relay success included 5th place in the M40 relay (Alex Morgan, Jason Howell and Andy Monro)
and 2nd in the Men's Short for Dan Hartmann's SHUOC team.
Individual podium finishes include Duncan Leeson 1st M20L,
Dan Hartmann (running for SHUOC) 3rd M21S, Andy Hemsted 1st M60L, Rosemary Hartmann 3rd W18S,
Heather Hartmann 3rd W20S, Marian White 2nd W50S, Lynden Hartmann 1st W55S and Suzette Spears 1st W70S.
17 Apr 2010
New HOC Tops: we have to place an order for a minimum quantity to get them at the best unit price.
If you haven't put your order in already, please download the
order form and get your order to Lester or Judith Evans
by 25 Apr.
11 Apr 2010
Barry on the Box (briefly)
HOC's Treasurer and Winter Evening Event coordinator Barry Houghton went up to the Pentland Hills
for the British Night Championships (amongst other things). A BBC camera crew were in attendance
as they do things properly up there and were obviously impressed enough by his punching technique
to keep him in the edit. You can see the whole Adventure Show programme on
iPlayer.
The orienteering coverage starts at 40-ish minutes in and the really important bit is around 51:38.
06 Apr 2010 2010 JK
Congratulations to all those Harlequins who braved the mud of Cookworthy Forest at this year's JK,
especially to champions Duncan Leeson M20S, Andy Hemsted M60L and Suzette Spears W70S.
Also getting places on the podium were
Dan Hartmann (running as SHUOC) 2nd M21S, Geoff Sara 3rd M70S, Lynden Hartmann 3rd W55S and Penny Hemsted 3rd W65S,
plus HOC's M165+ relay team of Andy Hemsted, Brian Hughes and John Embrey.
Brian Hughes narrowly missed the podium with a 4th place on M60L. Other top ten finishers include
Alex Mitchell M10B, Ant Clerici M55S, Rosey Hartmann W18S, Tessa Hill W21E, Lindsay McMillan W21S,
Kerstin Mitchell W40S, Carol Farrington W50S, Babs Ford W55S and Alison Sloman W70L
09 Feb 2010 2010 Helpers List
We're compiling a new helpers list, and would like to give you the chance to express your preference for a
particular team. Copies of the preference form were handed out at the prizegiving dinner, but if you
weren't there or were but missed out, they can be found here.
Fill in and return to Alex Morgan before the end of next week or we'll have to decide for you.
Also at the prizegiving, World Masters M60 champion Andy Hemsted received honorary life membership of HOC.
23 Jan 2010 New HOC Top
Matthew Evans has produced three proposals for a new design of HOC top. It's now up to the membership to vote
on which one they prefer. The Chairman would like to be able to announce the favoured design at the
annual Prizegiving Dinner on 05 Feb, which is quite soon but time enough (for most people!) to make a decision. Click on the
thumbnail or here to view the full-size poster and make your vote count.
And the winner, announced at the prizegiving dinner, is... #1!
09 Jan 2010 Winter Evening Event news
Barry H says: They are back,
(well at least one is anyway). Yes the WEE's start up again, a little late this season but worth the wait. The first event will be on Thursday 28th Jan at Highgate Common, but not the overgrown bramble-strewn Highgate Common you knew from the event held last Summer; this is all runnable and avoids any controls in the grot .We have exclusive use of the visitor centre carpark complete with super new toilet block and hopefully power to enable SI units to be used. Normal 1 hour score format, pre printed maps, prices £3 seniors £1 juniors. Just turn up between 6 and 7pm at the Triangle carpark, map ref SO 835895, and bring your SI dibbers. Barry Houghton on email
or 01902 894890. SEE YOU ALL THERE.
Volunteers, get in quick to put on further events in this series to ensure there is a series. Planning and organising these events is simple and straightforward, and I will give whatever help I can. Please respond urgently to Barry at the above email address."
Jan 2010 Laurie Bradley New Year's Day Score Results
The rules for the event stated that once a Part 2 control had been punched, any Part 1 controls punched do not count. So we've now checked the splits with a fine-tooth comb and adjusted the scores accordingly - which fortunately (for us!) doesn't quite change the overall result (pre-adjusted scores in brackets) below:
TSB Trophy (highest scoring M/W18): Sophie Kirk OD
Detailed results - Individual |
Club |
Splits |
Comments
Oct 2009
CompassSport Cup final - we couldn't hold on to our early lead, but came a very creditable 5th. CSC Results...
...and that was without Andy Hemsted, who was busy down under winning the World Masters M60 title. Congratulations also to Colin Spears, 2nd in the M70B final. WM Results...
17 Sep 2009
It may well be the highlight of Advent - more fun than shopping, anyway. This year's HOC Club Champs takes place at Callow Hill (possibly the best orienteering terrain in Worcestershire) on Sat 19 Dec. Various age class prizes will be up for grabs, plus the prestigious Bert Pardoe handicap-adjusted trophy which all are eligible for. The event will be followed by a bring & share social at Kinlet Village Hall.
All club members welcome - bring some food and a small raffle prize for the social.
Event flyer |
Map of social venue |
Bert Pardoe handicaps
17 Sep 2009
Adrian Bailey took his turn on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of
Antony Gormley's One and Other art event at lunchtime on 11 Sep. Whilst he ran a series of
very short courses on the plinth...
...a group of orienteers from London area clubs put on a slightly longer series of courses in the square below.
The idea
is that each course forms the shape of a letter and in succession the courses should spell out a message.
What's the message? Well, see
Simon Errington's blog.
Watch the video of Adrian's stint and follow the "Roger's Night Shift" link to footage of an earlier plinth-based orienteer on his participants' blog.
05 Sep 2009
HOC Needs You (if you're a HOC member) to run in the CompassSport Cup final
at Fineshade, near Stamford, Lincs on Sunday 18 October.
Unlike the qualifiers, the final will require pre-entries, so please contact John Embrey by Friday 25 Sep. Keep an eye on the Forum for updates.
Why not make a weekend of it? - Ruth Lockley has organised some Saturday night accomodation (see the Forum) and the Cambridge City Race on the Saturday would make a useful warm-up - but don't overdo it!
Here's a reminder of how we qualified:
At Last! HOC Qualify for the CompassSport Cup Final Club Captain John Embrey writes...
Many, many thanks to everyone who turned out yesterday at Weston Heath and made it such a
successful day. According to me:
OD 2,399
HOC 2,358
WCH 2,010
Yesterday shows that we can challenge the best if we can get a full team out...
I am convinced we can shock some other "big" clubs with a strong tradition in the final.
So PLEASE all put the date of Sunday 18 October in your diaries now, for the trip to Leicestershire,
near Corby. Let's go and show what we can do. Once again, a BIG BIG "thank you" to everyone.
Results
05 Sep 2009
Plinth-O returns to Trafalgar Square as HOC's Adrian Bailey has won an
hour on the fourth plinth as part of Antony Gormley's One and Other art event on Friday 11 Sep. The details are under wraps (or maybe haven't been worked out yet) but apparently it will be orienteering-related. He's due to step from the cherrypicker at 1:00pm.
If you can't make it down to London to watch his stint, you can view the online live coverage. Find out more about Adrian's bit and follow the "Roger's Night Shift" link to footage of an earlier plinth-based orienteer on his participants' blog.
This website contains mapping data licensed from Ordnance Survey with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number PU43423U.
Please note that information, views, statements and images forming part of this site are subject to the site disclaimer.
