Published 20th October 2015

CompassSport Cup Final - SYO finish a credible 3rd place, just 4 points behind 2nd place. A great result considering we had 7 or 8 of our best runners unavailable on the day. Apart from our one course winner - well done Pippa Dakin on Junior Women - and a good 2nd from Pete Gorvett, notable performances, i.e. those who ran better than Tim had expected, were Michael Adams 3rd on Short Brown and Dominic Dakin 3rd on Orange Men.

Congratulations also to Louise Adams for winning the Golden Boot award for the fastest woman on the run-in.

It was great to see our new juniors making the trip all the way to the Lakes to compete in their first really big competition. Well done to Alex and Ryan Elliot, Callum Veitch, Imogen Pieters, Rachel Turner, Max and Seb Mobus.  Looking good for the future was the performance of those who were competing against much older children:  in particular Alex, Imogen and Ryan, who were all not far from being among the SYO counters.

And a big well done and thanks to those of you who made up our top 25 scorers - Pippa, Pete Gorvett, Michael, Charlie, Nick B, Mark C, Dom, Kim, Alastair, Euan, Nick L, Nic B, Hilary, Sheila, Colin, Brian, Louise, Martin, Jaimie, Pete T, John, Richard, Jim and Clive .

Tim Tett has a prize for all the scorers - control card holders. They are a little small so if you don't want yours let him know as our juniors can make good use of them.

Thanks to Wendy Carlyle for the excellent photos, more here.

Published 7th October 2015

More than 60 adults and children joined the SYO coaching session on Saturday afternoon and as the hordes descended on a rather misty and atmospheric Redmires, the mushroom pickers and wild campers must have been wondering what on earth was going on.

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Published 22nd September 2015

Over the weekend of the 19^th & 20^th of September AIRE hosted the Northern Championships, the Yorkshire Championships and the Senior Home Internationals up in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.

On Saturday it was the turn of the Northern Champs and the SHI individual day. Competitors were rewarded with glorious weather and stunning views across Malham Tarn. Courses were technically challenging amongst the limestone pavements, particularly for the younger juniors. Particular congratulations go to SYO’s 3 Northern Champions: Euan Tryner in M12, Peter Gorvett in M65 and Pippa Dakin in W18. Other results of note were M10A 3^rd Jamie Lightfoot, M14A 2^nd Dom Dakin, M16B 1^st Ryan Elliot, M40L 2^nd Pete Tryner, M45S 1^st Tony Udris, M50L 3^rd Charlie Adams, M60S 1^st Neil Sprot, W10A 2^nd Freya Tryner & W65S 1^st Pauline Rosser.

Representing SYO in the SHIs, Kim Baxter was 8^th on W21E and Aidan Smith 2^nd on M20E. Despite England’s best efforts, Scotland led at the end of the individuals by 8 points.

Sunday saw competitors venture across the Dales to Hawkswick Clowder; not a new area but part of Kilnsey under a new name. Courses were both physically and technically challenging, with some great route choice legs on the longer courses. Congratulations to SYO’s new Yorkshire Champions: W10 Freya Tryner, M14 Dominic Dakin, W18 Louise Adams, W21 Lucy Wiegand, M21 Nic Barber and M65 Peter Gorvett.

Fast and furious racing in the SHI relays led to a closely fought contest between England and Scotland, particularly in the Men’s race; but Scotland eventually emerged victorious. This meant an overall win for Scotland, with England in 2^nd, Ireland in 3^rd and Wales in 4^th.