Every year the 12 regional squads come together for the Junior Inter-Regional Championships. Teams consist of 24 runners from the M/W14, 16 & 18 age classes and are comprised of the best juniors from all over the UK.

This year the JIRCs were held in Derbyshire over the weekend of 29th / 30th September. Fifteen SYO juniors were selected to be part of the Yorkshire & Humberside team. The individual day was held in the stunning surroundings of Chatsworth.

Congratulations to:

W14 - Imogen 4th, Alex C 5th, Freya 11th.
W16 - Alex E 12th, Isabelle H 14th
M14 - Euan 3rd, Max 7th, Matthew 19th, Conrad 30th
M16 - Sam C 14th, Sam D 27th, Will 29th, Jamie 34th.
M18 - Dom 8th. 

Special mention must go to Jamie, Will, Sam C, Conrad & Freya who all ran up an age class and commiserations to Ryan who picked up the wrong map.

The relay day was held on Carsington Pastures where racing was fast & furious. While many of our juniors had good runs, it was Imogen that achieved the best result (running with Evie AIRE & Tara EBOR) to come 3rd in the girls' relay. Overall Yorkshire & Humberside finished 3rd behind Scotland and the North West.

In 2019 SYO will host the competition over the weekend of 28th / 29th September. The individual day will be held on a brand new area (Cowms Rocks) and the relay on Tankersley. 

Well done to all of the team!

More information about the Yorkshire and Humberside Junior Orienteering Squad can be found here - including info on how to get into the squad. Why not have a chat to some of these juniors to find out what they enjoy about being in the squad?