West Cumberland Orienteering Club

Upcoming Events

Date Event Type
Sat 17 Jan Hammond's Pond Saturday Series
Thu 22 Jan Marron Leys
Thu 29 Jan Latrigg from Spoony Green Lane
Thu 05 Feb Scale Hill
Thu 12 Feb Keswick Golf Course

Latest Results

Date Event Type
Thu 27 Nov Setmurthy
Thu 20 Nov Whinlatter Silva Night Cup 3
Thu 13 Nov Camerton Silva Night Cup 2
Thu 06 Nov Bridekirk Silva Night Cup 1
Thu 23 Oct Braithwaite Rocket League Finale
West Cumberland Orienteering Club is based in the Western half of the English Lake District. We host events on a weekly basis from informal Thursday nights to district or regional events held at weekends. Everyone is welcome to try the sport.

Recent News

Physical training - Autumn 2018 - starts tomorrow (Tues 11th Sept)

11th September, 5pm, Harris Park small gate for first session of autumn.
Get faster - understanding how to improve speed endurance.
More information on the Coaching page or from lynnethomas99@yahoo.co.uk

Published: Mon 10 Sep 2018

WCOC Juniors win Peter Palmer Relays - 3 years in a row!

Peter Palmer winners again - another superb effort from all our Juniors! They've only gone and won entries and accommodation at 10Mila 2019 in Skane, Sweden for a WCOC Team. As always many many thanks to all the drivers and helpers, to WCOC for...

Published: Sun 09 Sep 2018

Change of venue for this Thursday's event...

Come and try orienteering this week at Vulcan Park in Workington - courses suitable for novice, experienced, young and not-so-young alike. Click here for more details.

(Please note change of venue from Marron Leys.)

Published: Sat 08 Sep 2018

British Middle Champions!

Well done to all the WCOC members who travelled (or stayed) south for the British Middle Champs at Stock Hill near Wells. The WCOC Juniors produced another very impressive set of results, with outstanding wins for Daisy (W12), Niamh (W18),...

Published: Sun 02 Sep 2018

British Sprints successes...

Well done to all the WCOC members who travelled south for the British Sprint Champs at Bath University. Once again the WCOC Juniors produced an impressive set of results, with top 10 placings for Daisy (5th W12); Caitlin and Rosie (4th and 9th...

Published: Sat 01 Sep 2018

Orienteering on TV -last chance

Just in case you missed it, here is a link to the BBC's Adventure Show which features the British Champs at Balmoral earlier in the year, and includes an interview with WCOC's very own Charlotte Watson along with lots of other familiar faces (...

Published: Fri 31 Aug 2018

Norway 2018

Many thanks to everyone who helped to support all the WCOC Juniors who went on the NWJS Norway Tour this August. (Report from participants to follow shortly...)

Richard Tiley kindly sent the following link which shows events where tracker units...

Published: Mon 27 Aug 2018

A Grand Finale

Come and join us for the final event of this year's Summer Series at Whinlatter on Thursday evening (but watch out for the "Gruffalo").

Please note that "Start" and "Course Closing" times are a little earlier than usual due to the shortening days...

Published: Sun 26 Aug 2018

WCOC Juniors at EYOC and JWOC

Niamh, Alastair and Daniel wrote a blog about their EYOC and JWOC experiences this summer - if you missed it, click here.

Published: Mon 13 Aug 2018

Lakes 5 report

Many thanks to everyone who organised and planned another great "Lakes 5" last week. Well done to all the WCOC runners who took part, but especially those who finished in the top spots - Caitlin 3rd W16, Joe S 1st M16, Joe H 3rd M16, Dan 1st M18,...

Published: Mon 13 Aug 2018