Harlequins Orienteering Club

Events List & Recent Results

This is primarily a list of events organised by HOC, but it includes some others which we think HOC members ought to be aware of - particularly if club honours are at stake! All HOC events are open to non-HOC members unless otherwise stated. If it's not advertised here, it's not a HOC event.
Details of events in the distant future are now shown even if venue and officials have not been confirmed. HOC members should view "TBC" in the organiser column as a request to volunteer!
Note that events may be subject to late postponement or alteration because of the Covid situation.

Covid Update 07 Jan:
The guidance issued by British Orienteering on 06 Jan states
POCs and VOCs can still be used for individual exercise... They must not be used for competitions or leagues.
Therefore we are leaving our MapRun courses open (apart from Wyre Forest, which will close at the end of January as planned) but we will not award any Winter Urban League points for runs which took place during the current lockdown.

Date	Level/Type	Venue	Organiser	Details	Results
September 2020
Sun 20	Local	Castlemorton Common	O: Barbara Ford P: Ian Gamlen	Flyer \| Final Details	Results \| Split times \| Routegadget
November 2020
Thu 26 - ?	Winter Urban	Hawkesley	John Leeson	Details Map	Results
December 2020
Thu 10 - ?	Winter Urban	Bournville	David Williams	Details Map updated 10 Dec \| Control Descriptions	Results
Thu 24 - ?	Winter Urban	Stourbridge	Robert Vickers	Details \| Map	Results

Further Information

Contact the HOC Fixtures Secretary: Ashley Ford

Competitors take part at their own risk. The carrying of whistles is compulsory at HOC events

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Handy summary of Forthcoming Events collated by Robert Vickers.
Latest version 25 Jan

Notes

Glossary & links (external links open in new window/tab):

HOC League HOC League
MADO Malvern Mini-league
WML West Midlands League This competition takes place over ten nominated colour-coded events organised by WMOA clubs during the course of a calendar year. It is an INDIVIDUAL competition for each of the 32 BOF age classes and a CLUB competition based on the best 15 individual club members' scores in a prescribed range of classes. The competition is open to all members of WMOA open or closed clubs who do not compete for other clubs in major or national events. Each competitor must run in one of their designated classes.
WNL Western Night League A popular and long established league, taking place on Saturday nights with one hour 'score' format events. Several of the races are within reach of the Midlands and there is often a joint MADO/WML/WNL event organised by Harlequins in the Malvern area.
NSL Night Street League
SEE Summer Evening Event
WEE Winter Evening Event
O Event organiser
P Course planner
C Event Controller
EVO Extra Value Orienteering - other attractions on-site or nearby

Event Levels (see BOF Events Guideline A for full details):

A: The most prestigious major competitions, with high-quality organisation and terrain. Age group competition, usually restricted to BOF members. Pre-entry required, but may be limited entry-on-the-day courses for less experienced orienteers.
B: Less prestigious major competitions, but still on high-quality terrain. Pre-entry normally required for most courses.
C: Smaller competitions, making use of smaller, more local areas and with fewer courses. Usually entry-on-the-day but sometimes pre-entry will be offered.
D: Anything else, from "colour-coded" events with 5 or 6 courses down to informal training events designed to provide local competition and increase participation. Entry on the day.

Courses are often described using a colour-coding system:

Colour	Typical distance	Technical difficulty
Black	12km	Hard
Brown	10km	Hard
Blue	6.5km	Hard
Green	4.5km	Hard
Light Green	4km	Quite Difficult
Orange	3km	Moderate
Yellow	2km	Easy
White	1.5km	Very easy

In general, the darker the colour, the longer and more difficult the course. Juniors and novices can work their way up from white/yellow as they get older and more experienced, whilst the shorter hard courses are appropriate for those with lower levels of physical fitness. Short and, occasionally, long colour variants may be available if the event is large enough. Age class competition can be provided by mapping colours to age classes. Mappings vary depending on the numbers of courses available - see the details for the particular event or BOF Events Guideline B for more information.

Other event listings and nearby clubs:

Ollie O'Brien's Fixtures Map
British O National Fixtures
COBOC City of Birmingham OC
NGOC North Gloucestershire OC
OD Octavian Droobers (Warwickshire)
POTOC Potteries OC (North Staffs)
MWOC Mid-Wales Orienteering Club
WCH Walton Chasers (Cannock Chase area)
WRE Wrekin Orienteers (North Shropshire)