So, alongside dominating the football match against mountaineering on Saturday, what has ShUOC been up to this week??
On Wednesday, Tim Tett hosted the final Urban Nights race of the year alongside SYO. The Fat Cat Orienteering saw ShUOCers zooming around Kelham and Burngreave, praying they wouldn't get stuck amongst the maze of fences and walls. Long: 1st Adam Conway, 4th Dom Green, 5th Adrien Gallet, 6th Matthew Hall, 8th Chloe Potter, 18th Jack Baker, 20th Rebecca Ward, 23rd Abbie Walker, 24th Liam Overett, 29th Andrew Macdonald Medium: 26th Max Watson On the weekend, some members travelled to the English Champs Fell Race at Flowerscar. Despite the muddy conditions, some brilliant results were seen!! 6th Cynog Williams, 31st Alex Mason, 45th (1st Woman!!!) Eve Pannone, 56th Henry Webb, 62nd Tim Barry, 91st Harry Kneen, The same day, Andrew Macdonald competed at the Tandle Hill Orienteering hosted by SELOC, finishing the Green course in 5th place!!!! Amazing work from all our members this week!!!!! 📸 Grey May, Ben Steven Sheffield University has taken 2nd at BUCS 2024!!!! 🖤💛🤍
2nd Place Sheffield University 15th Place Sheffield Hallam Last weekend, ShUOC members, from both Sheffield University and Sheffield Hallam travelled to East Anglia to compete at BUCS! The individual race was hosted at the Sandringham Royal Park - a beautiful forest dotted with rhododendrons!! Some incredible running from all!! Women's A - 11th Rebecca Ward, 16th Maya Hampshire Wright, 36th Alice Gamble, 39th Eleanor Ellis, dnf Abbie Walker. Men's A - 12th Adam Conway, 21st Tom Perry, 26th Adrien Gallet, 32nd Matthew Hall, 34th Will Lake, 40th Joseph Goodwin, 56th Jack Baker, mp Ben Stevens, mp Dom Green Men's B - 1st Jonty Cope, 6th Max Watson. The Saturday evening was an experience to remember, walking through Cambridge decked out in the best Harry Potter outfits Cambridge City Centre has ever seen. Buffets were consumed, beer races were dominated (1st of course!), and the local nightclub made us all grateful for the comparative quality of night life in Sheffield. The relays were hosted at Trumpington Meadows in Cambridge, and although CUOC sent the rain to try and dampen the mood, ShUOC wasn't deterred, and some cracking runs were spectated! Men - 4th Men of Steel, 18th Cripples, mp I bet you look good on the forest floor, mp cRookies. Women's - 4th Cheffing it up, (Ad-hoc team, ShUOC-ish, placed 11th overall in Women's). Congratulations to all our members who competed this weekend, and a massive thank you to CUOC for organising the weekend, as well as NOR, WAOC and EAOA for supporting them. 📸Dik Ng & Most of ShUOC ShUOC has spent its weekend mostly stomping round the streets of Sheffield, dominating the English University Champs 2024!
Some excellent running from both the Sheffield Uni & Hallam members across the weekend! Congratulations to Sheffield University who took home the trophy this year!!!!! Most importantly a massive thank you to everyone who helped organise and plan the weekend, a lot of work was put in but an excellent outcome! Thank you too to those who volunteered at the events! Across the rest of the week, ShUOCers have been spending their time both out running on the hills, (well done to Henry Webb who placed 12th on the Ilkley Moor Fell Race!), or sharpening their brains in a Pub Quiz (well done to team 'Lost Causes' who placed 2nd!). ShUOC has had an eventful week, with both local runs and epic trips keeping us busy!!!
On Monday, ShUOC took part in a Salomon Shoe Trial around Rivelin & Stannington - many thanks to the team at Up & Running Sheffield and Salomon!!!! Then on Wednesday many members took part in the next Urban Nights race - The Tipsy Sportsman - with mixed results ranging from those who had an enjoyable run to those who left their dinner behind a bin. Some members also took part in the SYO Loxley Common weekend, racing both in the daylight and the night! But the grand finale of the week was the ShUOC trip to the depths of North Wales! Some made the ambitious trip up the icy heights of Tryfan on Saturday morning to watch the sun rise. Two groups stayed up on the hills, exploring the mountains in the snow, clouds and sun, while the rest went orienteering training! Newborough Forest proved a technical and enjoyable area for o training, and the sunny weather made the seaside setting even more beautiful! Then in the evening we took a trip round Llyn Ogwen, watching the full moon rise. Sunday was an early start, but the views on the runs made it worthwhile. One group ran up from Llanberis across the Glyders, while the other two took alternative routes up a snow topped Yr Wyddfa from Pen y Pass before converging again to race down the Llanberis path. Some incredible photos were taken and energy was sapped dramatically. Thank you to everyone who helped organise the trip and made it an amazing weekend!! ShUOC has been up to a lot this last week!!
ShUOCers have been out orienteering in a range of places! On Thursday we held our selection race for BUCS around the Sheffield General Cemetery and surrounding streets, and then over the weekend various members took part for the their local club in the Compass Sport Cup Qualifiers! Well to those whose clubs have made it through the selection process!!! ShUOC has also been busy running in the fells, with a successfully boggy social run across White Edge on Wednesday, and additionally Eve Pannone competed in the BB Kong Fell Race in the Lake District, placing 2nd Woman, and Toby Antcliff competed in the Eskdale Eureka race, placing 2nd overall! And finally, there has even been some XC this week, with Hannah Noble taking part in the Killamarsh Interclub XC and placing 2nd woman! Well done all on an epic week!! 📸 Toby's Dad As we successfully made it out of the Lake District terrain intact, it's time to review what ShUOC has been up to this week!
This weekend, a group from ShUOC travelled up to the Lake District to compete in the British Night Orienteering Champs, as well as the events in Keswick and Loughrigg! Some excellent running out there! Keswick: Long - 39th Joseph Goodwin, 42nd Rebecca Ward British Nights: M21 - 12th Adam Conway, 15th Dominic Green, 23rd Joseph Goodwin, 27th Benjamin Stevens W20 - 6th Maya Hampshire Wright W21 - 7th Rebecca Ward Loughrigg: Blue - 10th Benjamin Stevens, 14th Alex Mason, 45th Maya Hampshire Wright Brown - 23rd Adam Conway, 33rd Dominic Green, 42nd Joseph Goodwin, 67th Rebecca Ward While the orienteers were out trying not to get lost, Cynog, Alex and Tom spent their time exploring the fells of the Lakes, experiencing some cracking views! ShUOC also hosted two GIAG events this week - Orienteering at Burbage and a Fell Run out from Castleton!! And on Thursday, the sky blessed us (or cursed us, depending on who you ask) with snow, leading to a classic snowy Rivelin Valley run (and a snowball fight where we dominated over mountaineering). ShUOC has had a busy week, with members competing in a range of competitions!!
Orienteering of course was popular this week. Some members took part in the SYO Lees Hall & Coneygree night event on Wednesday: Blue: 3rd Adam Conway, 4th Joe Thomas, 5th Chloe Potter, 10th Dominic Green, 11th Rebecca Ward, 28th Eleanor Ellis, 29th Liam Overett, 34th Jack Baker, 42nd Alex Mason Green: 26th Edward Corden Orange: 7th Abbie Walker Then on Saturday more competed at the SYO Ecclesall Woods event! Blue: 1st Adam Conway, 2nd Chloe Potter, 3rd Adrien Gallet, 4th Dominic Green, 13th Maya Hampshire Wright, 14th Jonty Cope, 16th Abbie Walker, 20th Joe Thomas, 21st Edward Corden Green: 6th Ben Stevens And finally ShUOC also attended the PFO Event at Hardcastle Crags... Brown: 4th Harry Scott, 7th Dominic Green, 10th Joseph Goodwin, 18th Jack Baker Blue: 11th Eleanor Ellis Green: 23rd Max Watson And over in New Zeland, Thomas Entwistle has been competing in the Oceania Cup! There have been many members running parkruns this week, as well as volunteering too! All across Sheffield, from Endcliffe to Hillsborough, to Millhouses and Castle members took part in some way shape or form, will some brilliant results!! Fell Running and Cross Country have been popular this week too!! On Saturday Alica Gamble took part in the Jarrett's Jaunt Fell Race, whose race time placed her 1st Woman!! The same day, many members also competed in the BUCS XC Champs. Well done to Toby Antcliff, Ben O'Dowd, Tim Barry and Jason Hayman who all ran! Then on Sunday, Alex Mason competed in the Loughrigg Silverhow Fell Race, placing 1st overall!!!!!! And in XC, Hannah Noble ran in the Clowne Interclub XC! Well done all, amazing efforts from all this week!! 📸 Bill Williamson, Hillsborough Parkrun, Ben Stevens This week, ShUOC took part in the local Tigger Tor Fell Race up on Burbage Moor!
1st Cynog Williams, 2nd Alex Mason, 5th Toby Antcliff, 6th Andrew Macdonald, 7th Harry Kneen, 9th Tim Barry, 20th Joe Thomas, 31st Adam Conway, 39th Louis James, 47th Jonty Cope, 57th Jack Baker, Rebecca Ward (probably around the 70s somewhere if the timing chip worked...), 84th Alice Gamble, 93rd Abbie Walker, 120th Hannah Noble, 168th Liam Overett, 258th Charlotte Mosley. The same day, Eleanor Ellis and Dominic Green travelled down to the NOC Orienteering Robin Hood Trophy in Sherwood Forest. Well done to Dom who was 6th on the Black, and to Eleanor who was 35th on the Blue! The Saturday also saw lots of races! Over in the Lake District, Eve Pannone competed in the Loopy Latrigg Fell Race, placing 1st Female overall!!!!! And further north, some members also took part in the Northern XC Champs up in Sedgefield!! Well done to those who competed!!! During the weekend, EUOC hosted its Big Weekend in Edinburgh. Well done to William Lake who took part in the races across the weekend! And finally, ShUOC would like to welcome in our new joint social secretary - Max Watson - who will be joining Jason in planning all this semester's socials!! Well done to all who have run this week! Some smashing results across the board!!! 📸Henry Webb This week has been full of running for ShUOC!!!!
On Wednesday, some members braved the cold, and competed in the SYO Night O around Crookes! Long: 1st Adam Conway, 2nd Adrien Gallet, 4th Dominic Green, 5th Chloe Potter, 6th Mathew Hall, 7th Joe Thomas, 10th Rebecca Ward, 14th Jack Baker, 17th Jonty Cope, 23rd Liam Overett, Mp Ben Stevens More orienteering took place at the DVO event at Eyam Moor on Sunday! Green: 3rd Edward Corden, 28th Max Watson Blue: 21st Alex Mason, Brown: 1st William Lake, 4th Rebecca Ward Black: 5th Dominic Green, 6th Chloe Potter, 15th Jack Baker, 18th Adrien Gallet, dnf Ben Stevens. Kudos to Adrien for taking time to find first aid on his run, and fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for Ben's ankle! On Tuesday, many in ShUOC also took part in the 7 Hills Of Sheffield urban nights race (racing to 7 William Hill Betting shops). Well done to all!!!! Out in the fells, ShUOC has been out running for fun in the windy, frozen hills. But some members have been racing too! Congratulations to Harry Kneen who won the Ard Whallan fell race!!! Well done to all who competed or ran last week!!! 📸 DVO Event Brian Dennes This weekend, ShUOC took part in the SYO Millstone Edges weekend in the beautiful Peak District!
On Saturday, we competed at Froggatt, Curbar & Baslow Edge over steep wooded slopes and Moors. Green: 13th Alex Mason Blue: 39th Jonty Cope Brown: 9th Rebecca Ward, 16th Liam Overett Black: 1st Adam Conway, 2nd Joe Thomas, 6th Harry Scott, 7th Thomas Entwistle, 10th Dominic Green, 13th Chloe Potter, 15th Adrien Gallet, 19th Mathew Hall, 29th Jack Baker Then on Sunday the event was hosted on Hathersage Moor across a deep heather moorland. Brown: 6th Adam Conway, 9th Dominic Green, 10th Chloe Potter, 12th Benjamin Stevens, 13th Adrien Gallet, 17th Joe Thomas, 24th Thomas Entwistle, 41st Rebecca Ward, 42nd Jack Baker, mp Mathew Hall Blue: 16th Jonty Cope, 38th Liam Overett, 44th Alex Mason, 55th Andrew Macdonald Well done to those in ShUOC who also volunteered at the events - volunteers play such an important role in this sport, so thank you! |
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