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Welsh Orienteering Championships 2025

The 2025 Welsh Orienteering Championships were held on Sunday 2nd March near Dolgellau in North Wales, hosted by Eryri Orienteering Club.

Several SWOC members made the journey north to take part ...

Compass Sport Trophy Qualifier – Sun 23rd Feb

On 23rd February SWOC will be sending a team to take part in the Compass Sport Trophy qualifying event in the Quantock Hills in Somerset. Full details are available on ...

Meal and MapRun – 11th December

LAST CALL for entries with a food order. Food orders close at 21:00 Monday. The club will be holding a pre-Christmas meal on 11th December in The Horseshoe Inn in ...

Western Night League 2024/25

Orienteering in the dark! Fancy adding an extra layer of challenge to your orienteering?
The Western Night League is a series of night orienteering events put on by our neighbouring clubs ...

MapRun Winter Series 2024/25

Our popular Wednesday evening races are back! MapRun is a low key street race against the clock. In order to win, you'll need to be quick on your feet and ...

CROESO 2024

Croeso is a 6 day festival of orienteering held every 4 years in Wales. This year the event was held in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons National Park) and surrounding area ...

Welsh Championships 2024 Prize Winners

Congratulations to SWOC prize winners : Mark Ponsford - 2nd M35 Rhys Manning - 1st M40 Tom Foord - 1st M45 Anthony Raven - 3rd M50 James Clemence - 2nd ...

Welsh Championships 2023 Prize Winners

Congratulations to SWOC prize winners - Douglas Innes-Farr 2nd M12, Andrew Raven 3rd M18, Christopher Raven 2nd M18, Rhys Manning 1st M40, Tom Foord 1st M45, James Clemence 1st M60, ...

Get out & go orienteering How-to videos

‘Get Out & Go‘ is a series of short films to take beginners through all the basics to confidently try orienteering. All the skills and techniques shown in the films ...