West Anglian Orienteering Club

JHI Weekend 2025A report from Erik

The Junior Home Internationals (JHIs for short) take place every year to provide a friendly competition between teams of the best young orienteers in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. This year's JHIs were held in Wales on the weekend of 11th-12th October.

WAOC's Hebe Darwin and Erik Biernacka-Jablonski both competed for England, and you can read about Erik's experience in his own words, in his report, here.

Lagganlia 2025

This July, one of our junior orienteers, Erik, was selected to take part in the Lagganlia training camp, held annually and based near Aviemore in Scotland.

You can read Erik's report of his experience at Lagganlia on the EAOA Junior Squad web page, here.

WAOC's Midland Champions 2025

The 2025 Midland Championships were held on 6 September on Chinley Churn (DVO). The weather was horrid with thunderstorms for late starters, but nice for everybody else. There are photos of the event, including some WAOC runners here

Congratulations to WAOC's Midland Champions:

• M14A Erik Biernacki-Jablonski
• M18E Chun Yan Alistair Fu
• W10A Hana Powell
• W12A Elysia Cowe
• W14A Alys Powell
• W18E Hebe Darwin
• W45L Emma Jarrett

WAOC at the British Mixed Sprint RelaysYoung Junior Team wins Silver

WAOC were able to field 9 teams (including a Junior Alliance team with SOS) on Saturday 30 August at the Sprint Relay Championships at RAF Honington.

Many congratulations to the Young Junior Relay (12-) (Etty, Hana, Edmund), for achieving second place in the M/W12- class. They were delighted with their Silver Medals.

Park-O returnsFirst event is on 13th September

Park-O returns for 2025-2026 on Saturday afternoons and all are welcome - especially newcomers.

For more experienced orienteers, we will be offering an odds/even score at each event with a small prize awarded to the person who gains the most points over the four Park-O events.

The events are:

• Lammas Land and Coe Fen - 13th September 2025
• Wandlebury Country Park - 10th Jan 2026
• Cherry Hinton Hall Park - 14th March 2026
• Coldhams Common - 16th May 2026

With these and other WAOC events, there is orienteering most months from September through to May so please come along and enjoy being out in the fresh air!

WAOC Juniors Win the Yvette Baker Trophy

Congratulations to our junior team of 23 who competed in the Yvette Baker Final 2025 and won the Trophy! This is the greatest result by WAOC’s Juniors in the club's 52-year history.

WAOC's Class winners at the East Anglian Champs

This year's East Anglian Championships were hosted by SOS at Writtle Forest on 22nd June. Congratulations to all the WAOC class winners:

W10 Esther Eaton

W12 Elysia Cowe

W16 Kate Jarrett

W40 Helen Bickle

W45 Emma Jarrett

W65 Sue Hartley

W70 Noreen Ives

M12 Joseph Blanchflower

M14 Erik Biernacki-Jablonski

M16 Chun Ho Andre Fu

M50 Stephen Borrill

Full results from the event can be found on the SOS website here, and a list of all the EA Champions can be viewed on the EAOA website.

JabberWAOC magazineThe Newsletter of WAOC

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!