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

Interland 2015 selections - CONGRATULATIONS!

Well done the the following WCOC members who have been selected to run for England in Surrey next February - Alastair Thomas (M16), Charlotte Watson (W21) and Helen Winskill (W40). 

Published: Wed 03 Dec 2014

WCOC retain Borrowdale Trophy - CONGRATULATIONS!

Well done to ALL club members for success over the year at the Galoppen series.  Final total club scores: 1st - WCOC 15559, 2nd - LOC 13980, 3rd - BL 10243, 4th - WAROC 3468.  So the much coveted Borrowdale Trophy stays in West Cumbria...

Published: Tue 02 Dec 2014

Harris Park - Planner's Comments

I agreed to plan the Harris Park event as it's close to my house and I know the area quite well.  I started by planning some courses on OCAD (with lots of help from my Dad) knowing there had to be three courses.  Once I was happy with...

Published: Sun 23 Nov 2014

British School Champs Success...

Well done to all the junior WCOC members who made the trip to Temple Newsam near Leeds today for the British Schools Orienteering Championships. There were some fantastic results including Team Golds for... 

Lily, Ruth, Rosie (Cockermouth) Y8;...

Published: Sun 16 Nov 2014

Mytchett-Interland Selection

Hi all, this piece is about my time at the Interand selection race at Mytchett

On Friday, after school dad picked me up so that we could drive 6 hours down south to the final interland selection race. In the previous race I came 2nd so I just...

Published: Sun 09 Nov 2014

October Squad Video

Hope you like this video from the most recent squad weekend held locally - click here!

Published: Sat 25 Oct 2014

Club Social - many thanks - and quiz results / answers

Many thanks to Lesley for organising another great social event for the club, and to Steve for the interesting talk and pictures about his amazing achievement in the summer. To see the all important results and answers from the quizzes,...

Published: Sat 25 Oct 2014

Norway 2014 report

Just flying over Norway on the way in I could see that Norway and the terrain in Norway is a lot different to what I am used to in the UK; it’s all forest!! Then this idea was reinforced as we drove from the airport to the lodge: it was just...

Published: Fri 24 Oct 2014

Newsletter - extra article

Thanks to Graham for another newsletter packed full of interesting reports. For an extra article about MTBO, click here.

Published: Sun 19 Oct 2014

Ideas for Grant Applications

Click here for some ideas about how and where to apply for grants to support your orienteering.

Published: Thu 02 Oct 2014