Last weekend 9 SYO juniors represented England at the Junior Home Internationals at Sheringham Park in Norfolk.

The weekend began with the individual race, where there were some fabulous results from our juniors:

M14 – 2^nd Maxwell, 5^th Nathan
M16 – 8^th Oscar, 11^th Caspar
W14 – 1^st Hannah
W16 – 3^rd Anna, 4^th Ella, 7^th Charlotte
W18 – 2^nd Freya

Despite England’s best efforts we finished 2^nd, 4 points behind Scotland after the individual.

Post race, the English team headed briefly to the beach in Cromer before returning to the accommodation at Overstrand Hall.  The evening’s entertainment was a fabulous ceilidh, which was well received by the athletes.

Sunday’s relays saw us return to the same arena. Courses were short and racing fast & furious. Maxwell’s team (along with Marcus and Tommy) were involved in an exciting sprint finish with Scotland to take the win; while Oscar’s team (along with Jamie & Dan) took a well earned bronze. Although Scotland won the girl’s relay; the English girls ran strongly to finish 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th! Well done to Anna (along with Bethan & Josie) whose team was 2^nd , Ella (along with Eden & Daisy)whose team was 3^rd and Hannah & Freya (along with Katie), whose team was 4^th. These excellent results meant a win in the relay competition for England and a draw overall on points. Sadly the tiebreak rules award the win to the team with the most first places so this meant Scotland took the overall win. Ireland was 3^rd and Wales 4^th.

A huge thank you to Norfolk and Suffolk Orienteering Clubs for putting on a fabulous competition and to England’s team managers Will and Katherine.