LOC Events
Sun 12 Oct - Sat 18 Oct: Kendal Centre
Sun 19 Oct - Sat 25 Oct: Bowness
Sun 26 Oct - Sat 1 Nov: Grange
Sun 2 Nov: Wansfell & Skelghyll Wood
About Us
Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) has members living in the area from Barrow and Millom in the West to Kirkby Stephen in the East, and from Shap in the North to Carnforth in the South.
JIRCs & SHI Weekend
Two events in one, over two days, two organising teams, two planners, two controllers, two SI Teams and nearly 300 competitors in total made for a very busy weekend for several of the NWOA clubs over the weekend of the 27th/28th as we hosted these two events together for the first time ever !
LOC Family ProjectFinal reports.... Thanks Kath
This month we reach the end of the LOC Family Project. We have had an exciting three years developing new initiatives to raise the profile of orienteering and make our events more attractive to families.
It has been a real pleasure to lead the club in this project, but strong volunteer support from club members has been absolutely essential to the delivery all these activities and initiatives and to give families a warm welcome - it’s been a real team effort.
We have introduced orienteering to literally hundreds of local families! We’ve made great progress in attracting younger members to the club and hopefully this trend will continue into the future.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the LOC Family Project in any way and to all the families who have come along and taken part.
Kath more details
New LOC Publicity OfficerJo Haslett
I'm really looking forward to picking up the publicity reins from Kath who has done an amazing job over the last few years. In fact, it's thanks to her work on the Family Project that we first became aware of LOC. Our three girls are often to be seen on junior courses while I love the challenge of trying to stay a little bit ahead of them on the navigation (if not fitness!) I hope my experience as a primary teacher, lecturer and translator will all come in useful for this role. Please come and say hello if you see me out on a course somewhere!
Coaching DaySat Nov 1 Black Beck near Newby Bridge
On Saturday 1st November there is a coaching day supported by the Orienteering Foundation at Black Beck near Newby Bridge, right in our back garden in the South Lakes! It is open to club groups from around the country (as well as individuals whose club might not be taking a group, coached by Derek). Duncan will be leading a group for LOC, assisted in the coaching by Carol McNeil. The coaching is aimed at TD4/5 which means light green standard or higher. Both adults and juniors are welcome.
If you would like to join the LOC group, please fill in the form here: Sign up for the LOC group by Saturday 11th October.
Congratulations LOC Catstycam2nd in Ultravet British Sprint Relay
Congratulations to LOC Catstycam (Derek, Christine, Andy) who came 2nd in the Ultravet class at the British Sprint Relay Championship at the RAF base at Honington in Suffolk. It is their 4th consecutive podium It was an incredibly close class with all three teams on the podium finishing within the same minute!
Scottish 6 Days successPodium places for LOC members at Deeside
1st W45L Pippa Archer
1st W80 Carol McNeill
2nd M45L Duncan Archer
2nd M65L Paul Addison
News headlines
JEC 2025 Roundup
Programme for Major Events Conference 2025 released
Reminder that the deadline for direct debits is Friday 17 October 2025
The North, South and Scotland Talent Squads have been announced for 2026
GB Performance and Development Squads announced for 2026