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Published 16th January 2024

The 2023 annual club champs were held in the gloriously Autumnal Ecclesall Woods on Saturday 16th December. There was a mass start score event for experienced orienteers and a yellow and orange course for younger juniors and newcomers. Oli Johnson was first back with maximum points, while Imogen Pieters was highest scoring female.  However, once Peter G's fiendish handicapping system had been applied to the results, the club champs prizes went to Alex J (first male junior), Hannah (1st female junior), Susan (1st senior woman), Joe Thomas (1^st senior man), Arun (1st vet man) and Jackie B (1st vet woman).

On the orange course, first male junior was Louis and first female junior Eliza Jones; while on the yellow first female was Martha and first male Jacob. 

Post-race members adjourned to Lees Hall to enjoy a delicious buffet. Lunch was followed by the very brief AGM before it was time for the annual awards ceremony, which honoured our members' best achievements:

Best male performance at the CSC: Brian Shaw
Best female performance at the CSC: Charlotte Chapman
Best YBT performance: Zak Garratt
Best Junior Relay Team: Junior Mixed Sprint Relay Team - Robbie Lightfoot, Freya Tryner & James Bryant & JK Junior Relay team - Sophie Howsam, Will Preston & Maxwell Groom
Best Senior Relay Team: W40 British Relay Team - Jenny Johnson, Lucy Wiegand & Louise Reynolds
Best Male Junior Performances: Oscar Peel & Lawrence Hodgson
Best Female Junior Performances: Ella Baxter & Hannah Chapman

 

Best Senior International Performance: Peter Gorvett
Best Junior International Performance: Imogen Pieters & Euan Tryner
Best Senior Male Performances: Oli Johnson
Best Senior Female Performances: Kim Baxter

 

Best Veteran Male Performances: Martin Ward
Best Veteran Female Performances: Jenny Peel
Most improved junior: Jack Walwyn

 

Most improved senior: Emily Pieters
Wooden Spoon Award: Julian Pieters
Special Spatula Award: Andy Preston

The final part of the day concentrated on thanking the club's volunteers for the hundreds of hours they dedicate to orienteering. All the major officials, mappers, SI managers and coaches received a small prize. Ian Cooper received a special thank you for his mapping work.  The Junior volunteer of the year award went to Caspar Reynolds, while Judith Cudden won 'Senior Volunteer of the year'.

 

Colin Drury was awarded the trophy for the 'outstanding contribution to orienteering’ for his proflific plannning of events over many years. Finally thanks were given to the planning, organising and controlling team of Todd Woods, Dave Todd, Rosie Walwyn, Ian Cooper and Peter Gorvett for the fabulous job on this year’s club champs.

Published 23rd November 2023

On Sunday scores of Sheffield pupils travelled to Temple Newsam in Leeds for the British Schools Orienteering Championships. Despite the damp conditions, there were many fabulous performances and whole host of silverware returned via the M1 to Sheffield. Particular congratulations to High Storrs, who retained the Large Secondary Schools winning trophy for the 4^th time; while in the primary school competition Nether Green scooped 2^nd place and Hunters Bar 3^rd. 

There was plenty of success in the year group competitions too. Well done to:

G6 – 1^st Westways
G9 – 1st High Storrs
G10 – 1^st High Storrs
G12 – 1^st Silverdale, 3^rd High Storrs
B5 – 1^st Nether Green, 3^rd Westways
B6 – 2^nd Hunters Bar
B7 – 1^st High Storrs
B8 – 1^st High Storrs, 2^nd Tapton
B10 – 1^st High Storrs
B12 – 1^st High Storrs

A number of SYO junior members also enjoyed individual medal success. Congratulations to:

G5 1. Martha, 2^nd Eliza Blue
G6 2^nd Lucy H
G7 1^st Beau
G8 1^st Sophie
G9 1^st Lucy, 2^nd Abi
G10 1^st Ella, 2^nd Beth, 3^rd Penny
G12 1^st Freya, 2^nd Anna, 3^rd Ciara
B7 1^st Jack W, 2^nd Louis
B8 2^nd Nathan, 3^rd Freddie G
B9 1^st Will
B10 1^st Oscar
B12 1^st James, 2^nd Robbie, 3^rd John

Thank you to Aire and the BSOA for hosting a fabulous event.