Events
View all eventsEvent | Date | Venue |
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Urban evening event and club BBQ | Wednesday 14 August | Fulwood |
Orienteering Rotherham - Give it a go! | Thursday 15 August 11:00 - 14:30 | Clifton Park |
Orienteering Rotherham - Give it a go! | Friday 23 August 11:00 - 14:30 | Rosehill Victoria Park |
Orienteering Rotherham - Give it a go! | Monday 26 August 11:00 - 14:30 | Herringthorpe Valley Park |
Results
View all resultsEvent | Date | Venue |
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Evening event | Wednesday 3 July | Whitwell Woods |
Saturday Series prizegiving and score orienteering... | Saturday 29 June | Forge Dam |
Sheffield City Race | Sunday 16 June | Walkley |
Sheffield City Weekend Regional Sprint | Saturday 15 June | Stannington |
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
SYO juniors sail through to YBT Final
A huge team of SYO juniors travelled to Middleton Park in Leeds on Sunday to take part in Yvette Baker Trophy Heat. It was fantastic to see some new faces in the team and there were many excellent performances. SYO were victorious over AIRE in the trophy competition with a score of 899 points. Both teams qualify for the final though because SYO won last year. CLARO beat EBOR in the shield competition for smaller clubs. Congratulations to all that took part but a particular well done to those that counted for the team:
Conrad - Green Men 100
Imogen - Green Women100
Robbie - Light Green Men 100
Anna - Light Green Women 100
Maxwell - Orange Men 100
Charlotte - Orange Women 100
Pasco - Yellow Men 100
Hannah - Yellow Women 100
Will G - Green Men 99
Also on 99 points - Freya - Green Women, Ben T - Light Green Men , Alice - Light Green Women, Ella - Orange women, Lawrence - Orange men
The final is on Sunday 4th July is at the The National Areboretum, near Tetbury. Please put the date in your diaries.
2020 British Orienteering Awards...
Congratulations to Dom Dakin for receiving the British Orienteering Young Volunteer of the Year 2020 award for his outstanding contributions to the club and to orienteering. Read more about it here...
Also, a huge well done to Nick Lightfoot for being awarded the British Orienteering Coach of the Year 2020! Many congratulations Nick. See the full article here...
SYO Virtual AGM & Awards
The SYO virtual AGM and Awards were held on Saturday 12th December. There was a surprisingly good turn out with over 40 households joining proceedings at some point. Whilst the competition season was badly affected by Covid there were still some fantastic performances and volunteering efforts to recognise. Well done to the following recipients.
Best male performance at the CSC - Peter Gorvett
Best female performance at the CSC - Freya Tryner
Best Overseas performance - Dave Peel.
Best Junior International performance - Alex Crawshaw
Best Domestic Performances by a Junior Female - Imogen Pieters
Best Domestic Performances by a Junior Male - Euan Tryner
Best Domestic Performances by a Senior Female - Jenny Peel
Best Domestic Performances by a Senior Male - Ian Cooper
Outstanding Progress by a Junior - Max Mobus
Best E Orienteering Performance by a female - Anna Todd
Best E Orienteering Performance by a male - Robbie Lightfoot
Junior Volunteer of the year - Dom Dakin
Senior Volunteer of the year - Peter Gorvett
Outstanding Dedication Award - Ian Cooper
The awards ceremony was followed by a Kahoot quiz on a wide range of orienteering topics. The lead changed several times through the quiz and we failed to make a not of the podium places! Please let me know the results and I'll update the website.