Unfortunately the West Midlands Schools Champs that was due to take place on 30/5/26 at Pype Hayes Park has had to be postponed. Ian Gamlen (HOC) is hoping to rearrange it some time later in the year – perhaps September or October 2026.

The 2026 Championships will be hosted by Harlequins on Saturday 30th May at Pipe Hayes Park, Birmingham.

Do we need a WMOA newsletter? Could you compile it?

The Association is the coordinating body for Orienteering within the West Midlands region. Without it there would be no Junior Squad, no qualifying rounds for National Competitions, no WM leagues, championships and relays.  And no hosting of the larger events that require cooperation between more than one club.

To do all of those things successfully it needs to communicate effectively.  There is a host of information is on our website, but how many people check that regularly?  Historically we have relied on a newsletter to inform, engage and even entertain our membership,

You can browse a couple of different styles here. The more recent “news round ups” were published quarterly and followed a simple formula:

• Created after each of the quarterly WMOA committee meetings, including a link to the minutes, and highlighting any discussions for a wider audience.
• Looked back at the WMOA events over the preceding quarter.
• Looked forward to WMOA events over the next quarter.
• Published event reports from Juniors receiving WMOA to attend events / training camps. 

It is not a very time consuming task, but somebody new and enthusiastic is required to undertake it.

Congratulations to Harlequins Orienteering Club on the win. Summary individual results are available as a PDF to view or download; full HTML results are here and the full club results are here.

The Trophy is awarded to the club winning a 60-minute score event held every New Year’s Day in memory of Laurie Bradley, one of the pioneers of orienteering in the region and organised by WMOA clubs in turn.

Annie Lewis (WRE) won the TSB Mirror for Junior women, and Sam Hudson (HOC) won the TSB Trophy for Junior men.

After a late surge by OD it was a tight race for second place, with HOC the overall winners.

Final standings in the 2025 West Midlands League after all ten events:

For a breakdown of these scores, please refer to the Club and Individual tables.

The Laurie Bradley Trophy competition is held on 1st January every year. The Trophy is awarded to the club winning a 60-minute score event held every New Year’s Day in memory of Laurie Bradley, one of the pioneers of orienteering in the region and organised by WMOA clubs in turn.

The 2026 event will be hosted by Harlequins Orienteering at Hartlebury Common:

• Details for the event are here,
• Entries via Fabian4 are here (the cheaper rate expires on 17th December)

Standings in the 2025 West Midlands League after eight events:

Standings in the 2025 West Midlands League after eight events (with the HOC score corrected but positions unchanged!):