The fourth and penultimate event in the 2025 West Midlands Urban league was at Castle Vale, Birmingham last Sunday. The results are on the Harlequins website here, and the league standings are here.

Six athletes from the West Midlands Junior Squads participated in JROS training camps this Summer.  Many thanks to Eden and Craig for their reports from two of them:

Full details are in the event flier:

All members of the WMOA are cordially invited to the West Midlands Orienteering Association Annual General Meeting on Monday 13th October at 7-30pm. This year the meeting will be held on Zoom only. If you would like to join the meeting via Zoom please let the Association’s secretary know by Monday 6^th October so that you can be forwarded the log in details.

Linked are the Agenda for the meeting and the Minutes of last year’s meeting.

If you would like to be nominated for a position on the committee please let me know beforehand. Likewise any matters to be raised under AOB should be submitted at least 7 days prior to the meeting.

                                          

Many of our members will have very fond memories of Chris, who has sadly passed away. Our thanks go to Robert Vickers (Harlequins) for alerting us to this sad news, and for the information below.

Chris was born in 1928, and moved to Lincolnshire several years ago. He came to the UK from his native Norway, and he gave a talk in which he recounted his experiences as a boy during WW2, when his skills as a young orienteer were put to good use in the activities of the resistance to the Nazi occupation of his country.

Subsequently, he was one of the forerunners from Scandinavia who were active in introducing Orienteering to this country, so we all owe a great deal to him for his enthusiasm. He produced a booklet entitled “Hints on Orienteering”.  Most of the information and advice contained in it is just as valid now as it was when he wrote it.  He was active in the WMOA, taking the position of Development Officer in the early days of its formation and organising training courses for the first generation of UK orienteers.

Chris was a much respected member of Harlequins, who recognised this with the award of Honorary Life membership.

Standings in the 2025West Midlands League after five events:

Club	Points
HOC	6291
WRE	5239
OD	4357
WCH	4297
POTOC	3010

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

Club scores in the 2026 West Midlands League after the first four events:

Club	Points
HOC	4657
WRE	4323
POTOC	2279
WCH	2237
OD	1973

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