Junior News
SO members win more medals at SE Middle Distance Champs 2024
Congratulations to everyone who took part at the SE Middle Championships which were held on 22 Dec 24 at Newlands Corner.
There was a festive feel to the event with lots of competitors wearing tinsel or festive outfits and the top three were awarded with medals. SO had another successful event with 12 medalists, including some first time medalists.
Check the list for the winners.
SO has 10 new South East Long Champions
Congratulations to all SO members who took part at the Black and White Hills National event, near Bagshot on 1st December.
Ten of our club members became South East Long Distance Champions in their age categories, three won silver medals and 3 won bronze medals. Read on for more info about the courses and the medalists.
Juniors compete in epic Peter Palmer Relay 2024
At the beginning of September eight of our juniors headed up to the Lake District to take part in the prestigious six leg Peter Palmer Relay.
They were treated to a beautiful sunset in a mountainous location, fish and chips, fast paced competition, atmospheric sunrise and early morning bacon buttys. Read on to find out how they got on.
Knock-out Sprint fun eventLane End Common, Chailey
The Knock-out Sprint is an exciting orienteering format originally designed for TV. It’s popular at international level and is included in World Championship and World Cup events. This summer, the format comes to Sussex.
It will be a fun evening event where everyone runs 4 short 1km races in the style of a knock-out sprint competition. Athletes run in groups of 4 or 6 to see if they can return first and get promoted to the group above. In each round, one athlete will be promoted from the group and one will be relegated.
SO Junior Squad Compete at YBT Final 2024
On 7th July our junior squad travelled to Northaw Great Wood in Hertfordshire to compete in the final of the Yvette Baker Trophy. This is the premier Junior Inter-Club competition for English and Welsh orienteering clubs. We had a team of fourteen juniors ranging from age 9 to 18.
The team braved torrential rain to get around their courses. The team did really well with some knockout performances. Full results here and courses here. After the event everyone got the now customary ice cream.
Next year's event is on 6th July and is being organised by SO at Capite Wood, so save the date now.
Success at JK International Festival of Orienteering
Congratulations to all those who took part in JK over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Our very own Roger won all his races and got the JK Performance Shield as well as gold medals for the sprint and the two day event in M85L. Darrell High achieved a silver medal in M55L, Heather High a bronze medal in W18E and Ruth Rhodes a bronze medal in W80L over the two-day event.