Published 26th April 2010

The first round was put on by HALO at Scardale and Knapton in North Yorkshire.  SYO won with 2377 points out of a maximum possible of 2462.  AIRE were 2nd with 2274 and also go through to the final at Burbage in October.

The event was enjoyable, the northern woodland has some good orienteering, though the event was slightly marred by the course lengths being wrongly calculated, so 50% longer than expected.  Congratulations to all scorers, particularly those counting for the first time for SYO, who I suspect are Jaimie Buckley, Tony Hall, Dean Field,  Zachary Field, Jake Field and Katherine Hall (let me know if I'm wrong).  The new rules splitting boys and girls on the two junior courses seem much fairer, giving the girls a better chance to score.

Published 21st April 2010

Congratulations to Aidan Smith who has been selected to be a member of the Great Britain team at the European Youth Orienteering Champs to be held in Spain from 1st to 4th July.

http://www.eyoc2010.com/

Published 17th April 2010

On a sunny spring day in the South Lake District, Rachael Elder and Oli Johnson made it an SYO double in the 21 elite classes.  The courses in Haverthwaite Heights were both technically and physically challenging, but Oli reckoned he had lost no more than 10 seconds on his course, putting him about a minute ahead of SYO Club Coach Graham Gristwood in 2nd place.

Lots of other SYO members achieved podium places in other age classes - more results to follow.

Published 6th April 2010

The UK's largest orienteering event of 2010, the Jan Kjellstrom (JK), was held in Devon over the Easter weekend.  Lots of SYO members headed down for the four days of competition, and it was very successful for many (perhaps our best set of results ever?).

Here's a quick summary of SYO members who achieved top-3 placings:

www.jk2010.co.uk