More SYO success at the Welsh 6 Days
It was also successful week for SYO at the Welsh 6 Days, despite the wet weather.
Simon Bradbury finished 2nd overall in M14A, whilst Nick Barrable secured 2nd place on M21L by seconds. Peter Gorvett finished comfortably in 1st position in M60L with a 10 minute lead overall and Colin Best finished second in M60S. Brian Shaw was 1st overall in M65L and Lucy Wiegand managed 3rd in W35L. For full results see the website. |
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 SYO success at the French 6 Days
The 6 Days of Aveyron was a successful week for SYO. Full results on the website. Oli Johnson had top ten positions all week and finished 3rd overall in H21E. Tim Tett was 2nd in H45 and Robin Tett 5th in H16. Matt Crane finished 6th in H21E, and also third in the sprint event. Cari Littler, pictured here with World Champion and French 6 day winner Thierry Gueorgiou, finished 15th in D14. |
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Stage Win for Aidan Smith in O Ringen
Aidan Smith finished third place overall in the M13 category at the Swedish 5
Days in the mountainous terrain of Salen. His week of strong results included a stage win on Day 3 and a second place on Day 4. The junior classes at the O Ringen are tightly contested and Aidan fought off some tough competition to come in third overall after a chasing start on the final day.
Other good SYO results included a 2nd place for Pete Gorvett on Day 4, his training on the fells no doubt paying off on a challenging downhill course after taking a chair lift up to start above the tree line. |
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Gold medal in the WOC relay! 20 July 2008
The British men's team won gold in the World Orienteering Championships today. The team was Graham Gristwood, Jon Duncan and SYO's Jamie Stevenson. More info on the BOF website
Photo by Digisport |
Prime minister visited the Orienteering exhibition! 16 July
 No, not Gordon Brown at the Ultrasprint! It was the Czech Prime Minister at the World Championships. Catch up with the latest news on the progress of SYO members this week on the WOC website. Regular news of the British Team results are also on the British Orienteering website. |
SYO success at the World Champs 15 July
Well done to Oli Johnson and Jamie Stevenson for qualifying today (Tuesday) for the long course finals on at Saturday at the World Championships. Unfortunately Helen Winskill missed out by just 4 seconds. |
New events for beginners - try orienteering!
Did you try orienteering at the Cliffhanger? Why not try it again? South Yorkshire Orienteers is organising a series of events especially for beginners and novices.
- Saturday July 26th (morning) - at Weston Park
- Thursday August 7th (2pm to 5pm) - at Endcliffe Park
- Saturday September 27th (morning) - venue TBA
If you'd like to come along, or just to find out more, please send us an email at: website@southyorkshireorienteers.org.uk |
World Masters
Pete Gorvett took both Sprint and Long Silver medals at the World Masters Orienteering Champs in Portugal. Full results |
YHOA Schools Champs at Graves Park
Over 100 kids competed in the various age categories at Graves Park on Sunday 13th July. |
YHOA Schools Champs Results |
Garmin Ultrasprint at Cliffhanger
Another successful Ultrasprint race was held at the Cliffhanger outdoor festival in Millhouses Park on Saturday 12 July. Over the two rounds the eventual men's winner was Matt Crane, and women's winner was Alice Leake.
After the Ultrasprint members of the public were able to try novice courses in the labyrinth, and literally hundreds did! The team of SYO helpers were overwhelmed with demand from people, especially kids, to give it a go. Full report |
Ultrasprint Results
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Junior Inter-regional championships - Bronze medal for YHOA
SYO had 6 juniors selected for the Yorkshire and Humber team at the JIRC in Richmond this weekend (28-29 June). Well done to Simon and Adam Bradbury, Cari Littler, Robin Tett, Aiden Smith and Tim Martin for their selection and contributing to an excellent 3rd place result for both the girls and boys teams. Results. YHOA individual race results |
Photo: Robert Lines |
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SYO are having a Summer Social Event on Sunday 22nd June. The event will comprise some sort of Orienteering on the Walkley Street Map – could be individual, could be teams/relay to be made on the day, could be something else. It will be followed by a BBQ. The O’ing is likely to be held in the afternoon with the BBQ going on into the evening. Everyone is welcome. |
Triple trophy success for SYO at the Harvester Relays. SYO teams won 3 of the 7 classes at the Harvester Relays competition held near High Wycombe. The overnight relays, for teams of 7 in the A course and teams of 5 on the B course, were held in the Chilterns on an area that was technically quite challenging, with large patches of holly in the forest making accurate navigation difficult, especially at night.
SYO won the Harvester Trophy (Mens Open, on the A course), the Handicap Trophy (also on the A course) and the Womens' Handicap Trophy (on the B course). Team members enjoyed a champagne breakfast with bacon butties in the morning sunshine - thanks and well done Tim as Club Captain. Harvester Results page |
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. |
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