Events
View all events| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| CompassSport Cup Heat at Ilkley Moor | Sunday 23 February | |
| Night Sprint Event | Wednesday 26 February | The Edge Campus |
| Night Urban Event | Tuesday 11 March 18:30 - 19:30 | The Fat Cat |
| Saturday Series 6 | Saturday 22 March | Bolehill and Crookes |
Results
View all results| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday Series 5 | Saturday 1 February | Norfolk Park |
| Northern Night Champs and YHOA night league | Saturday 25 January | Scholes Coppice |
| Night Urban Event | Wednesday 15 January | Broomhill |
| Regional Event | Sunday 12 January | Ecclesall Woods |
About SYO
South Yorkshire Orienteers (SYO) have 300 members ranging in age from 5 to 85. There is a wide range of ability and experience within the club from beginners to elite orienteers, who represent Great Britain all over the world. We offer a friendly and informal welcome to the sport - supporting adult and junior beginners and more seasoned orienteers alike with coaching and a programme of regular events.
South Yorkshire Orienteers is member of the Yorkshire and Humberside Orienteering Association (YHOA) and British Orienteering.
What is Orienteering?
Orienteering is a challenging outdoor adventure sport. The aim is to navigate between control points marked on an orienteering map and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time.
It does not matter how young, old or fit you are as you can choose the course that's right for you and run, jog or walk it at your own pace. It is excellent for adults wanting to shape up, add some excitement and mental challenge to their running and meet new friends. It is also ideal for families as everyone can take part at the level that's right for them and it allows children to develop independence, confidence and decision making skills.
News
British Night Champs 2025
Well done to the small band of members who made it to Scotland at the weekend for the British Night Champs, hosted by FVO. Touch provided a fitting venue for a British Championships with excellent courses that tested even the very best orienteers. Congratulations to our medal winners:
M18 - 3rd Oscar Peel
M50 - 2nd Nick Barrable
W50 - 1st Jenny Peel
M55 - 1st Dave Peel
W55 - 1st Lucy Wiegand, 3rd Amanda Crawshaw
M60 - 3rd Charlie Adams
Interland 2025 Selections
Congratulations to the SYO athletes selected to represent England at the forthcoming Interland competition in Belgium on 2nd March.
W14 - Hannah Chapman
W16 - Lucy Walwyn & Charlotte Chapman
M16 - Lawrence Hodgson & Maxwell Groom
W40 - Lucy Wiegand
M50 - Nick Barrable
Well done also to the travelling reserves: Will & Stanley Preston & Sophie Howsam. The full English team can be seen here.
2024 Club Champs, Lunch and Awards
The 2024 annual club champs were held in the fabulous new area of Holmesfield Woods on Saturday 14th December. There was a mass start odds and evens score event for experienced orienteers and a yellow course for younger juniors. Oli Johnson was first back with maximum points, while Chloe Potter was highest scoring female. First male junior was Lawrence Hodgson, while highest scoring female junior was Ella Baxter. However, once Peter G's fiendish handicapping system had been applied to the results, the club champs prizes went to Alex Cadman (first male junior), Martha Preston (1st female junior), Sarah Tipple (1st senior woman), Dave Lovatt (1st senior man), Richard Morris (1st vet man) and Marcia Bradbury (1st vet woman).
On the yellow course, first male junior was Fred Garatt. Sadly there were no SYO junior females on yellow.
Post-race members adjourned to Abbeydale Sports Club to enjoy a delicious pie, chips and peas lunch. Lunch was followed by the very brief AGM before it was time for the annual awards ceremony, which honoured our members' best achievements. Proceedings began with presentations to our younger juniors with their British Orienteering Racing Awards.
Best junior performance at the CSC: Hannah Chapman
Best senior performance at the CSC: Kim Baxter
Best YBT performance: Ella Baxter
Best Junior Relay Team: Junior Mixed Sprint Relay Team - Robbie Lightfoot, Anna Todd & Caspar Reynolds & JK Junior Relay team - Stanley Preston, Nedd Hunt & Freddie Guy
Best Senior Relay Team: M40 British Relay Team - Andy Preston, Nick Barrable & Oli Johnson
Best Male Junior Performance: Oscar Peel. Runner up - Maxwell Groom
Best Female Junior Performance: Martha Preston. Runner up - Charlotte Chapman
Best Senior International Performance: Peter Gorvett
Best Junior International Performance: Freya Tryner
Best Senior Male Performances: Euan Tryner
Best Senior Female Performances: Imogen Pieters
Best Veteran Male Performances: Andy Preston
Best Veteran Female Performances: Jenny Peel
Most improved junior: Fred Garratt
Most improved senior: Bronwen Doyle
Wooden Spoon Award: Dave Todd
The final part of the day concentrated on thanking the club's volunteers for the hundreds of hours they dedicate to orienteering. All the major officials, mappers, SI managers and coaches received a small prize. Ian Cooper received a special thank you for his mapping work and framed maps of the new areas of Eckington and Scholes Coppice. Colin Smith also received a framed map for Holmesfield Woods. The Junior volunteer of the year award went to Lawrence Hodgson, while Susan Guy won 'Senior Volunteer of the year'.
Paul Bradbury was awarded the trophy for the 'outstanding contribution to orienteering’ for his proflific plannning of events over many years. Finally thanks were given to the planning and organising team of Colin Smith, Susan Guy, Peter Gorvett and the Johnson familyfor the fabulous job on this year’s club champs.