North West Orienteering Association

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The NWOA

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The NWOA is responsible for orienteering in the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

There is usually an orienteering event somewhere in the North West on most weekends and during the summer plenty of midweek evening events too. Details of all of these events can be found on club websites own fixtures pages or you can find details of events across the country by checking the BOF (British Orienteering Federation) website here.

This NW Orienteering site is aimed at providing regional information, both to regular club members, orienteers from other regions and interested people from outside the sport. It provides routine information on club activities and links through to club sites where more comprehensive details on events etc. can be obtained.

(Latest) News...

 

Battleaxe League

WARRIOR ORIENTEERING CLUB

BATTLEAXE LEAGUE MAY 2013

The usual 60 minute score events. Wednesday evenings. Starts 18.00-19.00. Suitable for all. £5/2. Sport Ident. Best three results to count overall. No dogs allowed. All walls and fences must be crossed at stiles or gates. Please be back by 20.00.

Check these details before each event for last minute changes.

  • 1/5/13 Bishop Woods, Hawkshead. Parking at GR369941 near Eel House.
  • 8/5/13 Black Fell. Parking at Silverthwaite CP GR340037 or on road near Skelwith Bridge Hotel. 5 min walk to start at 343030 – take care following / crossing main roads – riverbank path is an option.
  • 15/5/13 Brantwood. Parking at Machell Coppice CP GR310951. 10 min walk to start. Includes new forest terrain at High Man.
  • 22/5/13 Loughrigg Fell from Brathay Hall, Ambleside. DETAILS PROVISIONAL – check www.waroc.org.uk nearer the time. GR365034. BBQ provided by Brathay (there will be a small charge this year). Prizegiving.
 

NWNL Results

Here are the Provisional results of this year's North West Night League. The BrightBikeLights prize or perhaps prizes will be awarded to the people with the most points.
The top five points totals over 100 were

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NWUL Buxton Cancelled

Please note that the Buxton round of the NW Urban League has been cancelled. This now means that the league scores will be calculated based on the best 3 from 6 events. 

With no Buxton event now, the races at Carlise and Chorley will be more decisive so make sure you get your entries in.

 

NWOL Junior Results

2011 League Tables for M/W16's and younger are now available, thanks to some good work by Alex McCann of MDOC.

Results

They are calculated using a system of 100 points for the class winner on the designated course, 95 for second etc., in accordance with the 2011 League rules, since ranking points are not calculated by BOF for under 16's. It has not been possible to

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Lake District 5 Day Event 2014

I am very pleased to be able to inform you that Derek Allison & myself have signed a contract for Derek to be the Event Director for the Lake District 5 Day Event in 2014. In carrying out this professional role, Derek has been asked by the NWOA Exec Committee to gather together the people, terrain and organisation to deliver an event that provides:-
  • Good quality orienteering,
  • An enjoyable experience for competitors, and
  • A reasonable profit for NWOA.

Bob Roach

NWOA Chairman

 

Grade C Controllers Course

Saturday 24th November 2012 10am – 5pm.

Great Tower Wood Scout Camp near Windermere, Cumbria. Grid Ref SD 394914

Free to NWOA Members. £10 to others. Priority given to NWOA Members applying before Nov 1st. Maximum numbers approx 15.

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NWNL Results 2012

Final results for the NWNL, sponsored by Bright Bike Lights.

Results

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Lakes 5, 2014 - Event Director

At the Club Delegate Meeting on 13th October it was agreed that:-
  • in the first instance the Exec would seek a volunteer to act as Event Co-ordinator of the Lake District 5 Day Event in 2014,
  • if that was unsuccessful, the Exec would advertise a paid Event Director post.

Since then I have had communications with a sizable number of people who were suggested as possibilities but this failed to find anybody to take on the volunteer Event Co-ordinator role. Therefore, the Exec is now advertising the paid post of Event Director - see the attachment.

Event Director Job Description

I would be grateful if you would make this advert available as widely as possible, particularly to anyone who you think might be interested. As we need to be make speedy progress, applications need to be made to me before 2nd Dec.

Bob Roach
NWOA Chairman

 

2011 NWOL Junior Prizes List

The list below is contains the names of the junior prize winners of the NWOL for 2011.

First name Surname Club Class
Tessa Hill HOC W21
Rebecca Harding HH W20
Zoe Harding SROC W18
Natalie Beadle LOC W16
Hannah Cleary-Hughes LOC W14
Hannah Hateley DEE W12
Isabel Hill DEE W10
Alasdair McLeod EUOC M21
Kristian Jones SBOC M20
Michael Beasant DEE M18
Alex McCann MDOC M16
Chris Nash SROC M16
Adam Bartlett LOC M14
Alastair Thomas WCOC M12
Finlay Johnson SROC M10
 

BOC 2012 Entries Open

BOC 2012

5th - 6th Map 2012 - Enter Online now!

 

NW Fixtures booklet

The full colour printable NW Fixtures booklet can now be downloaded

HERE!

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