Events
View all events| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Club champs and AGM | Saturday 14 December | Holmesfield Park Wood |
| Saturday Series 4 | Saturday 4 January | Whirlow Brook Hall & Limb Valley |
| Regional Event | Sunday 12 January | Greno Woods |
| Night Urban Event | Wednesday 15 January | Broomhill |
Results
View all results| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday Series 3 | Saturday 23 November | Shire Brook Valley |
| Night Event | Wednesday 20 November | Ladies Spring Woods & Beauchief Golf Course |
| Regional Event | Sunday 10 November | Blacka Moor |
| Saturday Series 2 | Saturday 19 October | EIS&Olympic Legacy Pk |
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
Loxley Common Middle Distance Race 16th March 2014
SYO held a successful event today on Loxley Common. A small but experienced team of helpers saw the event run smoothly and returning runners were full of praise for the courses planned by Ryan Wilson who was ably controlled by his Dad Clive. This was Ryan's first foray into planning a major event so well done!
Charles Hird had updated the map and fought a guerrilla war with Wadsley Commoners who seemed to wait until he had remapped a bit and then went to cut back the trees in that area. So well done to Charles as well!
Jenny Peel is British Night Champion
This year the British Night Championships were held in Ashdown Forest on the 22nd February. The Forest provides a number of venues for south east clubs, and many people consider Pippingford Park to be the jewel in the crown. It is more contoured than most areas in the region, has expanses of runnable heathland and woodland, both with plenty of ‘brown’ features, and in particular, has few paths. This Army Training Site has no public access.
265 competitors entered the 10 courses. Graham Gristwood (FVO) proved to be the Mens Champion (11.0km, 420m in 63.41), with Jegor Kostylev (INT) 5 minutes down and Richard Robinson (NOC) third. In the Ladies classes, an on-form W45 Jenny Peel (SYO) was the Ladies Champion (7.6km, 235m in 68.05), 3 minutes ahead of W21 Helen Gardner (SLOW).
Other SYO champions were Pippa Dakin who won the W16 class for the second year running, Zac Field in M20 and former British Night Champion Dave Peel who won M45.
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to Mole Valley for organising the event.
Photo (c) Robert Lines.
We're through to the Final!
Well done to all SYO members who came along and enabled SYO to triumph in the Compass Sport Cup First round – we are back in the Final again. It was close (2400 pts) but we just edged out LOC (2371 pts) and AIRE (2352 pts) (winners 2 years ago). Well done to all of the scorers and particularly the 6 of you who won your courses (out of 11). It wasn’t easy and we really did need everyone there - those who counted and those who didn’t. More details are in Pete's article below.
As some of you will be aware we got knocked out last year at this stage because we had a small team and with no runners outside the scorers to lower our competitors score, we got beaten. This year, everyone made a contribution – so don’t just assume that if you had a bad run this time we don’t need you – we do and WE WILL NEED EVERYONE FOR THE FINAL on Saturday Nov 8th.
Tim Tett, Club Captain.