Four intrepid SYO juniors travelled to Venice (via Australia) this weekend for the second in a series of international Minecraft orienteering competitions https://www.spurposting.com/minecraft.

The organisers had built a magnificent 'world' complete with St Mark's Square, canals, and bridges. Competitors kitted themselves out with compasses and dibbers and ran challenging courses against people from all round the world.

Robbie finished 3rd in the M/W14 class with Anna 6th and Sam 10th, but the standout performance was from Jack (with help from Ella and Richard) who finished in 18th despite being one of youngest competitors.

If you’re into Minecraft you can run the course and see if you can beat the experts by joining at IP address 104.254.239.29  (Minecraft Java only).

Despite the cancellation of this year's selection races, selections for JROS and British Talent Camps have been made on the basis of other results and recommendations from coaches. Congratulations to the following SYO juniors:

British Junior Squad Talent Camp Tier 1:

Euan, Jamie, Imogen & Alex C

Lagganlia:

Sam T, Conrad & Ciara 

Deeside:

Max, Will G, Sam C & Matthew 

Stockholm:

Euan & Alex E 

Gothenburg:

Dom & Isabelle H

Many of these camps are unlikely to go ahead this summer but it is hoped that virtual alternatives and also weekend camps in the Autumn will be arranged.

Get a feel for Night Orienteering with the new DARK MODE we've just added exclusively to the Junior Pages of the SYO website.

Simply tap on the Sun/Moon icon on the bottom-right to get a whole new perspective!

Been wanting to add this feature since we started the page way back in September 2018, and now has been the perfect opportunity to give it a bit of TLC. Give it a try now!

Congratulations to Max & Euan who have been selected to represent GB at the European Junior Orienteering Champs, which are being held in Salgótarján, Hungary from 24 –26 October 2020.

Well done also to Alex, Imogen, Jamie & Max who have been invited to the Talent Assessment Camp to be held on 2nd - 4th October in Edinburgh.

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Congratulations to Dom Dakin for receiving the British Orienteering Young Volunteer of the Year 2020 award for his outstanding contributions to the club and 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 qualify for the Yvette Baker final!

A big thankyou and well done to all the juniors that contributed in the Yvette Baker heats at Middleton Park last Saturday! SYO saw a fantastic turnout, with scoring performances by Conrad, Imogen, Robbie, Anna, Maxwell, Charlotte, Pasco, Hannah and Will G. Congratulations to all involved, as even if you did not score 100 points, you still help to push other teams down! A total of 899 points out of a possible 900 qualify us for the final, which is at Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury on the 4/7/21. See the full results here...

A huge turnout of SYO junior travelled across the Pennines to compete in the British Sprint Champs in Skelmersdale (near Lancaster) and brought home a record beating array of medals and trophies!

The Mixed Relay Champs were held on Day 1, with huge sucess for SYO juniors. In the U12 relay it was a clean sweep for SYO with SYO bumble bees in first (Pasco, Ella and Charlotte), SYO mini bees in 2^nd (Hannah, Louis & Freddie) and SYO Beetles (Oskar, Sophie & Jack) in 3^rd. In the U16 class SYO Bee Awesome (Jamie, Immy & Conrad) took gold, while SYO Bee Good (James, Freya & Olmo) took silver.

Sunday saw the individual champs in even tougher sprint terrain, however bringing just as much sucess SYO's way!

M10 – gold Jack, silver Louis
M12 – bronze Freddie
M14 – silver James
M18 – gold Euan, silver Max

W10 – gold Hannah, silver Sophie
W12 – gold Charlotte, silver Ella
W14 – silver Freya, bronze Anna
W16 – gold Immy

Congratulations to everyone running at this years British Sprint Champs, and thankyou to everyone involved in organising the event!

Two coachloads of SYO juniors and accompanying classmates travelled to Stowe Park to compete in the British Schools Championships on Sunday 23rd November. 

In the large secondary school category High Storrs retained the trophy they won in 2019. In the small scondary schools category new kids on the block Mercia came 3rd in their competition debut and in the primary schools category Hunters Bar took silver medal position. 

There were lots of wins for Sheffield schools in the year group competitions:

G8 - 1st High Storrs
G10 - 1st High Storrs
B5 - 1st Hunters Bar, 3rd Carterknowle
B6 - 1st Nether Green, 3rd Hallam
B8 - 1st Tapton
B10 - 1st High Storrs

There were also plenty of indvidual medals for SYO juniors. There were a whopping 11 championship titles for Sophie, Ella, Lotte, Alexandra, Naomi, Louis, Freddie G, Oscar P, Evan, Euan and Max. Seven silver medals were won by Charlotte, Anna, Rebecca, Lawrence, Wilson, Robbie and Matt; while Abigail, Olivia, Stanley, Will P, James and Will G finished in bronze medal position. 

Many thanks to Jacky for masterminding the trip. Next year the British Schools Champs will be in Sheffield on Sunday 20th November. Save the date!