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SYO is the local orienteering club for the Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley area. Orienteering is an adventure sport for all ages. Races and training sessions take place every week in forests and parks around South Yorkshire and are open to anyone.
For more information on orienteering visit the British Orienteering Federation.
Please feel free to come and try our events! |
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| April 6 | Sandall Beat, Doncaster |  | District event | results |
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April/May | Spring Cup | | Various locations - Wednesday evenings from 16 April. See Forum for details. |
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May 14 | Clifton Park, Rotherham
Google map |  | White, yellow, orange, light green courses, plus a score using all controls. Venue: Clifton Park, Rotherham. Starts 6-7pm. Suitable for beginners. | no details yet | Sunday
June 8 | Silkstone Fall, Barnsley
Google map | | Suitable for beginners, range of courses, starts from 1030am. | no details yet | Sat & Sun
July 12/13 | Millhouses Park, Sheffield
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The return of last year's successful event using Oli Johnson's 1:1000 map. Based on the Orient-Show concept developed in Russia and France the races are intricate, intense and very fast with a high number of controls packed very tightly together. There will also be a "come-and-try-it" opportunity throughout the weekend for those new to orienteering. Details
Report on last year | | For non-SYO fixtures, try the or the postcode search to the right => |
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 British Championships success
Congratulations to Oli Johnson for retaining his M21E British Champion title, and all the other SYO and ShUOC successes. Link to BOF article
Other SYO British Champions are Bill Edwards (M40L) and Peter Gorvett (M60L), while in the relays SYO won the M40 and W40 categories, with 2nd and 3rd places in several other classes. The Culbin sand-dune forest was great, and so too was the weather. An excellent weekend all round, and well worth the long trip north. |  | SYO News
The latest edition of SYO news can be downloaded in full colour here. | New forum
A new forum has been set up for discussion amongst members. Please sign up and help get it off to a good start - it will only be useful if it is well used. There is a link in the main menu bar (top left of page), or click the forum link here | | The Harvester night relays take place at Henley on 17th/18th May, and club captain Tim Tett will be looking to form several strong SYO teams for the event. Expect to see an email or message on the Forum from him soon, seeking volunteers for the teams. More details here | | The British Elite championships at Middle and Sprint distance took place on 5th/6th April. Excellent results for SYO, including a win for Matt Crane at Middle distance, and some other highly placed SYO runners, as reported on the BOF news pages. BOF report here | At the JK international orienteering weekend held in southern England over the Easterweekend, SYO members obtained  several podium places but only one overall winner, who was Kelly Candy on W21N. In the relays on Easter Monday the Junior (M/W40-) team achieved 3rd place, theWomen's Open team (Jo Stevenson, Grace Elson, Jenny Johnson) got 2nd place and the Senior Men (120 ) team (Martin Ward, Mark Chapman, Charlie Adams) won, retaining their trophy from last year. |  |  | British Orienteering Board of Directors.
Martin Ward was elected to be a BOF director at the AGM held at the JK. SYO now has two members on the board of ten people, with the other being Jenny Peel, BOF Treasurer. The first meeting of the new board is on 16th April. | Interland, 1st/2nd March.
SYO members Nick Barrable, Mike Sprot and Martin Ward were part of the England team that competed at the annual Interland competition, this time held in Holland. England were again victorious, with Nick Barrable winning the H21 class. More info here |  | | British Night champs were held in the Forest of Dean on 23rd February. SYO winners were Nick Barrable (M21L), Martin Ward (M40L), Jenny Peel (W40L) and Monika Cooper (W60L). | SYO Training Weekend
The event planned for the Yorkshire Dales is now not going ahead due to lack of coaching staff available, but may be replaced by an event on another weekend. Watch out for further news. |
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