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Upcoming training events
Now that the evenings have drawn in, club training has moved to the weekend. Over the next month there will be two club trainings; Firstly, this weekend we will be training at Redmires resevoir and on the 7th of December we will be training on Burbage mines. These training events are for the whole club and will have training exercises tailored to all abilities. If you want to improve your orienteering then these events are for you.
Coaching will be provided by club coach and World Championships runner Kris Jones. For more information see the event pages here.
SYO Win the UK Orienteering League 2013
SYO have won the club competition in the UK Orienteering League for 2013. The League awarded points for the major championships plus a variety of other events around the country including our own British Nights and Middle Distance races at Tankersley. To win the league you need to be prepared to travel and also excel in a variety disciplines and different types of terrain.
The overall individual winner was our own Jenny Peel, and other class winners included Louise and Michael Adams, Martin Ward, Bill Hanley and Pete Gorvett.
The other team point scorers were Jill Gorvett, Lesley Ward, Tim Tett , Nick Lightfoot, Zachary Field, Ian Cooper, Mark Chapman , Marcia Bradbury and Janet Adams
See here for more details of the league.
Urban Nights back for another year
What better way to spend those cold miserable (sometimes) winter nights running on the roads than to do it with a sense of purpose – oh and something to look forward afterwards
SYO juniors win Peter Palmer Relays
On Saturday night and Sunday morning last weekend, SYO Juniors won the premier national junior orienteering relays.
The team of Aidan Smith, Zac Field, Michael Adams, Pippa Dakin, Louise Adams (running with new member Imogen Clowes) and Dane Blomquist won with a nine minute lead. Click on the "More" link below to read Junior Captain Charlie Adams’ full report.
Two World Masters bronze medals for SYO
At the World Masters Sprint finals today, in Sestriere, Italy, Nick Barrable (M35) and Bill Hanley (M60) both won bronze medals. Congratulations to them both. Nick is continuing with a run of successful results at World Masters events; for Bill I believe this is the first time he has had a medal at this level.
