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Jukola Relay 19th June 2010, Martin
Five teams from SYO and ShUOC (and friends) took part in the largest orienteering relay in the world this weekend, in Kytaja near Helsinki, Finland.  The women's Venla race took part on Saturday afternoon, with 1105 teams of four starting.  SYO's teams finished an excellent 125th (Grace Elson, Heather Gardener, Laura Daniel, Jenny Johnson) and 297th (Lizzie Ingham, Lesley Ward, Hilary Bloor, Clare Baker).

The men's race, which starts at 11pm as it gets dark and runs through the night, had about 1500 teams of seven starting.  SYO's teams finished a very creditable 46th (Jamie Stevenson, Matthew Crane, Oliver Johnson, Neil Northrop, Ralph Street, Robert Baker, Graham Gristwood) and 168th (John Rocke, Kris Jones, Chris Smithard, Tim Tett, Charlie Adams, Dave Abrams, Richard Guillaume).  Unfortunately the third SYO team (Alex Rothman, Martin Ward, Todd Oates, Dave Harrison, Ben Carter, Tom Beasant, Forrest Mann) was disqualified after one of Dave's punches didn't register.  The best ever result by a GBR team is 41st, so the team came very close to bettering this.

This year's event was one of the hardest ever races, according to the locals, with both the terrain and technical challenge being very tough.

Most of the weekend's events were filmed by Oli, so expect a new film release of this exciting event soon...!

Cliffhanger Ultrasprint weekend
The UK's premier Ultrasprint orienteering event will return to Cliffhanger on Saturday 3 July. A high intensity, high speed form of orienteering, the Ultrasprint starts and finishes into a specially constructed labyrinth. Competitors face a technical and physical challenge that includes complex map reading, multi-terrain racing, and a number of river crossings. A number of the UK's top elite orienteers will battle it out over a qualifying stage and final to become the Ultrasprint champion 2010. Qualifiers are open from 11am-1pm and the chasing start final begins at 2pm. EOD only, entries are FREE to all visitors to Cliffhanger.

Why not make a weekend of it and combine with the EPOC regional event at Holmfirth on Sunday 4 July, part of the YHOA urban league.



Visitors to Cliffhanger can experience the labyrinth for themselves Sunday 4 July after watching the experts racing around the park on Saturday. It is free of charge to take part and test yourself over a series of short courses of increasing difficulty. South Yorkshire Orienteers will have a number of experienced athletes on hand to offer tips and coaching, and you will be provided with a specially produced map that is yours to keep. All ages and abilities are welcome.

Cliffhanger is one of the UK’s largest outdoor outdoor-pursuits festivals, based in one of Sheffield’s biggest green spaces. The aim of the event is to Inspire & Involve. Featuring competitions or demonstrations in rock climbing, orienteering, kayaking, mountain biking, running, skiing & snowboarding, skateboarding, free running, adventure racing and more, visitors will be able to watch elite sports-people of all ages competing or demonstrating, and then take part in the sports they have just been inspired by. Pay to enter the festival and orienteer for free.

Watch this space for more info and see Cliffhanger.

Scottish Championships 30th May 2010, Adam
Just over 20 SYO members travelled up to Scotland this weekend to compete in the Scottish Orienteering Championships and Scottish Relay Championships. Zac Field had a great result, finishing 1st on the M16A course, 9 minutes ahead of second place. As did Adian Smith who ran up on the M18L course and beat all the M18's into 1st place, an M16 winning the M18 class. Martin Ward was 1st on the M40L course with a 5 minute lead over second place.

In the Scottish Relay Championships, SYO3 secured 1st place in the 6 points handicap, with a comfortable 9 minute lead. SYO hopeful, were right to be, but just missed out on a podium finish by 38 seconds to finish a respectable 4th in the 12 points handicap class. SYO Young Guns finished in a commendable 2nd place in the junior 48- class and missed out out on 1st by only 17 seconds. SYO1 finished in 6th place on the mens open, with SYO2 also finishing in 6th place on the womens open. SYO somehting were non-competitive on the 12 point handicap course, but would have finished in 9th place had they been competitive.

New SYO member is Open British MTBO Champion 15th May 2010, Peter
Last weekend Ben Plowman, who joined SYO in February and has been a regular at recent club nights, won the long distance MTBO (Mountain Bike Orienteering) British Championships at Mabie, near Dumfries.  Ben won by a comfortable margin, taking 69 minutes for the 15.8km course, with second-place Andrew Windrum taking 74 minutes.

Emily Benham, Killian Lomas and Ben Plowman - 2010 British Champions!
Ben has now been selected for the GB MTBO team and will be riding in the World Champs in Portugal in July.

Harvester Relays win for SYO Juniors  10th May 2010, Adam
SYO's junior team, SYO Kids running amok, won the Junior class and came second on the B course at the Harvester Relays last weekend. Team in running order: Simon Bradbury, Zachary Field, Jake Field, Adam Bradbury and Aidan Smith.

SYO International finished 5th out of 19 on the A course. Team in running order: Martin Ward, Nicholas Lightfoot, Mattias Movmoller, Johan Markstedt, Nick Barrable, Jesper Hansson and Richard Guillaume.

SYO Leftovers finished 13th out of 24 on the B course. Team in running order: Lesley Ward, Wendy Billing, Michael Adams, Paul Bradbury and Dean Field.

For those that don't know, the Harvester Relay starts in the early hours of the morning (this year the A course started at 00:30 and the B course at 02:00) and so the early runners run in the dark and the last runners end up running in the light/dawn.

www.cix.co.uk/~neper/harv2010/index.htm

British Orienteering Training Camp Selections 7th May 2010, Adam
Congratulations to Simon Bradbury, Zac Field and Aidan Smith for being selected for the British Orienteering Talent Coaching Camp this summer at Badaguish.

Also to Mairead Rocke for being selected for the British Orienteering International Racing Camp this summer in Poland.

Well done also to Katherine Hall, Michael Adams and Jake Field who have been selected for the Regional Squads Coaching Camp.

It is the 2nd year in a row that Zac and Aidan have been selected for a BO training camp and it is the 3rd year in a row that Simon has been selected.

British Orienteering Championships 2010 5th May 2010, Adam
Many SYO members travelled to the British Orienteering Championships and British Relay Championships 2010 last weekend at Abraham's Valley & Wolseley Park, part of Cannock Chase. The weekend was very successful for many SYO members. Congratulations to all the SYO members who competed at the BOC and BRC, especially those who managed a podium position.

Those who achieved a place in the top 3 are detailed below.

www.walton-chasers.co.uk/boc2010/

Barnsley Club Night 3rd May 2010, Peter
Barnsley Orienteers (a satellite of SYO) is starting up next week, coordinated by Tim Mullett.  Website is http://groupspaces.com/barnsleyorienteeringclub/

A weekly club night is starting on Tuesdays from 11th May.  Details in the fixtures section above.

SYO comfortably through first round of CompassSport Cup 26th April 2010, Peter
The first round was put on by HALO at Scardale and Knapton in North Yorkshire.  SYO won with 2377 points out of a maximum possible of 2462.  AIRE were 2nd with 2274 and also go through to the final at Burbage in October.

The event was enjoyable, the northern woodland has some good orienteering, though the event was slightly marred by the course lengths being wrongly calculated, so 50% longer than expected.  Congratulations to all scorers, particularly those counting for the first time for SYO, who I suspect are Jaimie Buckley, Tony Hall, Dean Field,  Zachary Field, Jake Field and Katherine Hall (let me know if I'm wrong).  The new rules splitting boys and girls on the two junior courses seem much fairer, giving the girls a better chance to score.

Aidan selected to represent GBR at EYOC 21st April 2010, Martin
Congratulations to Aidan Smith who has been selected to be a member of the Great Britain team at the European Youth Orienteering Champs to be held in Spain from 1st to 4th July.

http://www.eyoc2010.com/

Rach and Oli win Elite titles at British Middle Distance champs 17th April 2010, Martin
On a sunny spring day in the South Lake District, Rachael Elder and Oli Johnson made it an SYO double in the 21 elite classes.  The courses in Haverthwaite Heights were both technically and physically challenging, but Oli reckoned he had lost no more than 10 seconds on his course, putting him about a minute ahead of SYO Club Coach Graham Gristwood in 2nd place.

Lots of other SYO members achieved podium places in other age classes - more results to follow.

JK International Orienteering Weekend 6th April 2010, Martin
The UK's largest orienteering event of 2010, the Jan Kjellstrom (JK), was held in Devon over the Easter weekend.  Lots of SYO members headed down for the four days of competition, and it was very successful for many (perhaps our best set of results ever?).

Here's a quick summary of SYO members who achieved top-3 placings:

Scottish Weekend 8th March 2010, Adam
Last weekend a few devoted SYO members travelled up to Scotland for a series of orienteering events. First up on Saturday was a sprint around the Kings' Buildings at Edinburgh Univeristy. The British Night Championships was also on Saturday at Dreghorn Barracks. This was tough area at night, made even more so by several inches of ground snow, but nonetheless Simon Bradbury and Martin Ward won their classes to become British Night Champions in M16 and M40L respectively. This event was filmed by BBC Scotland. On Sunday there was an event at Gullane Dunes, a lovely Scottish area with detailed contours, the sea on one side and a golf course on the other.

Well done to SYO's new British Night Champions, Simon and Martin, and to all the other SYO members who competed at these events.

British Night Champs results, splits and Routegadget