t's been another busy week for ShUOC, with a diverse range of competitions keeping us all running!

On Wednesday, a large group competed in the local Tigers Trail race, with the evening sun creating some brilliant views! 
7th Andrew Macdonald, 14th Jonty Cope, 17th Louis James, 23rd Abbie Walker (3rd Female!), 27th Maya Hampshire Wright, 30th Anna Beever, 40th Ben Stevens, 71st Liam Overett. 

Then on Friday, Alex Mason and Jason Hayman travelled to compete in the Mid Cheshire 5km. Both achieved PBs in the incredible times of 15.04 for Alex and 15.48 for Jason!!!! 

It was a big weekend for orienteering! On Saturday the British Middle Champs were hosted at Danefield, with some excellent forest running!!! 
M20 - 6th William Lake, 9th Jonty Cope 
M21 - 7th Adam Conway, 18th Dom Green, 19th Joe Thomas, 20th Adrien Gallet, 35th Matt Hall, 37th Jack Baker, mp Ben Stevens, mp Harry Scott
W20 - 5th Maya Hampshire Wright 
W21 - 2nd Chloe Potter, 8th Rebecca Ward, 15th Eleanor Ellis. 

This was swiftly followed by the very serious Maze Orienteering ShUOC Champs, where Eleanor and Adrien claimed the joint fastet time across the three courses!!!! 

And then on Sunday, the Northern Champs were hosted at Kilnsey Moor!!! 
M20E - 3rd William Lake
M21E - 14th Adam Conway, 16th Joe Thomas, 17th Dom Green, 19th Ben Stevens, 24th Jack Baker, 25th Matt Hall, mp Adrien Gallet, mp Andrew Macdonald 
M21L - 3rd Jonty Cope
W20E - 1st Maya Hampshire Wright 
W21E - 1st Chloe Potter, 8th Rebecca Ward, 10th Eleanor Ellis 

On Saturday, the Yorkshire Three Peaks Race took place!!! Harry Kneen finished in 71st place, and Alice Gamble was 281st!!!! An incredible effort from both runners in a very tough race!!!!!!

And finally Charlotte Mosley competed in the Dronfield 10km, gaining herself a new PB of 43:23!!!!!! Absolutely amazing!!!!!

A reminder that our AGM takes place this Thursday, and that our club champs & leavers meal is taking place on Saturday! Details can be for all three of these on our Facebook!! 

📸 Wendy Carlyle, Andy Jackson

​It's was a busy week for ShUOC, with a huge number of races taking place across the country!!! 

Following the orienteering training at Loxley Common on Wednesday, some of ShUOC ran the SYO event at Parkwood Springs on Saturday!!!
Blue: 1st Adam Conway, 3rd Adrien Gallet, 4th Ben Stevens, 10th Rebecca Ward, 11th Jonty Cope, 13th Maya Hampshire Wright, 16th Abbie Walker, 18th Liam Overett, 32nd Max Watson
And then the following day, we travelled to Sandall Beat Woods for another SYO event!! Brown: 3rd Joe Thomas, 4th Adrien Gallet, 6th Ben Stevens, 8th Rebecca Ward, 15th Liam Overett.

Over in the Lake District, some major Fell Races were taking place!!! On Friday, there was the European Athletics Uphill-Only Trials, which produced some great runs!! And then on Sunday, the Inter-Counties Mountain Running Champs took place! Men's Race: 21st Alex Mason, 36th Henry Webb, 54th Tom Perry. Women's Race: 2nd Eve Pannone!!

On the roads, Lottie Mosley took part in the South Yorkshire Road League up by Lodge Moor!!! 

And then on Sunday, Cynog Williams completed in the London Marathon, achieving the absolutely incredible time of 2:25:15 🎉!!!!!!! 

Massive congratulations to everyone who has competed in their respective races this week, absolutely incredible!!!!!!!

​This week ShUOC travelled up to the British Long Distance and Relay Orienteering Champs near Whitby!! 

Saturday's Long Distance was a tough day of hills and undergrowth, but that didn't stop us powering through! 
M21E - 17th Adam Conway, 23rd Adrien Gallet, 26th Joe Thomas, 28th Dominic Green, 33rd Thomas Entwistle, 35th Jack Baker, rtd Ben Stevens 
M21L - 8th Liam Overett 
M20E - 8th William Lake 
W21E - 17th Rebecca Ward, rtd Eleanor Ellis 
W20E - 7th Maya Hampshire Wright 

Following an evening wandering round Whitby protecting out Fish & Chips from the ever watching gulls, ShUOC set off on Sunday to re-enter the woods for the relays! The Men of Steel took 10th in the Men's Premier, with CurBAR Goers claiming 18th, while in the Women's Premier Cheffing It Up claimed 9th place!! Massive well done too to our SPOOK teams, with some excellent results!!!!! 

Out on the roads Ben Sharrock deserves a massive shout out for his time in the Manchester Marathon: 2.35.35!!!! 

Well done to all of ShUOC for your runs this week!!!!!!! 

📸 Wendy Carlyle 

​The sun is shining, the gales are blowing, and it keeps trying to rain? 

Another busy week for ShUOC, with members participating in an array of races!!

Today, 5 members took part in the Sheffield Half Marathon, with some absolutely smashing times!!! Ben Stevens - 1:29:13, Rebecca Ward - 1:32:06, Charlotte Mosley - 1:35:13, Abbie Walker - 1:35:43, Hannah Noble - 1:37:42, Eleanor Ellis - 1:59:41. The hills may have been brutal but an epic result from all!!!! 

On Saturday, a group of ShUOCers took on the English Champs Lad's Leap Fell Race. In the Men's race: 12th Cynog Williams, 63rd Tim Barry, 94th Ed Corden. In the Women's race: 7th Eve Pannone!! 

ShUOCers have competed in some other races this week too!!! On Saturday, Alex Mason competed in the National Road Relays (for Hallamshire Harriers), Lottie Mosley competed in the South Yorkshire Road Leaugue race, and on Wednesday, Abbie Walker ran the Muddy Roads Pie and Peas Race (an epic name for a race personally!), and placed 1st Female!!!!!!

Amazing running from everyone who has raced this week!!!!!!!

Across Easter weekend, ShUOC travelled to the 2024 Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering!

Loughborough University was host to the Sprint, with a technical network of paths and buildings creating an exciting challenge!! M21E - 52nd Adrien Gallet, 54th Joe Thomas, 75th Thomas Entwistle, 85th Jack Baker, 88th Ben Stevens, mp Dom Green. M20E - 5th Tom Perry, 16th William Lake. Men Open - 22nd Liam Overett. W21E - 35th Rebecca Ward, 41st Eleanor Ellis. W20E - 12th Maya Hampshire Wright 

Saturday and Sunday were both set in Beaudesert - an area full of deep mud and brambles. Issues with misplaced controls at the Middle Distance meant W21 Elite was voided, much to the despair of Eleanor, who'd had an amazing run. And the M21E course was paused at control 13, leaving Dom overjoyed, as his mispuch was removed. 

Middle: M21E (altered) - 49th Joe Thomas, 67th Ben Stevens, 81st Thomas Entwistle, 86th Adrien Gallet, 88th Dom Green, 103rd Joseph Goodwin, 108th Jack Baker. M21 L - 14th Liam Overett. M20E - 12th William Lake. W21E (Void) - 32nd Eleanor Ellis, 34th Rebecca Ward. W20E - 13th Maya Hampshire Wright 

Long: M21E (1) - 50th Dom Green, 58th Adrien Gallet, 59th Ben Stevens, rtd Joe Thomas. M21E (2) - 6th Jack Baker. M21L - 14th Liam Overett. M20E - 7th William Lake. W20E - 11th Maya Hampshire Wright. W21E - 31st Rebecca Ward. W21L - 9th Eleanor Ellis 

The change from boggy wood to Peak District moors at Stanton Moor proved popular at the relays. Well done to all our teams! Men Of Steel was 16th on Men's Trophy, Cheffing it Up was 11th on Women's Trophy, and Lost Causes was 16th on Men's Short.

Apparently there were also some other races this week, but strava has been so full of JK runs that I may have missed some? Adam decided that Beaudesert wasn't up to his O standards and disappeared into Swedish Skog, and Andy competed in the Rivington Pike Fell Race where it seems he was more focused on a UFO in the sky than the run?  

Massive thank you to the clubs involved with planning and organising the JK this year! 

Extra challenge - spot Will in the group photo. 

📸 woodentops.org.uk & Wendy Carlyle

​It's been a busy week for ShUOC in the run up to Easter!! 

On Wednesday, we joined the hoards from Hallam and Uni of Sheff travelling to the Utilita Arena for the opening Ice Hockey match of Varsity 2024!!!!!! The results saw Hallam coming out victorious (much to the joy of the two ShUOC Hallam members covertly hidden in the Uni Of stands, and to the despair of the ShUOC Uni Of members)! A brilliant match to watch though for both sides, and well done to both teams!!!! 

While many members were either screaming or celebrating at the Ice Hockey, others were taking an evening out at the SYO Redmires Night O! Blue: 1st Adrien Gallet, 3rd Joe Thomas, 5th Chloe Potter, 12th Ben Stevens, 39th Liam Overett. 

Then on Saturday, many ShUOCers competed in the SYO Orienteering at Norfolk Park!! 
Blue: 2nd Adam Conway, 3rd Dom Green, 5th Chloe Potter, 9th Jack Baker, 18th Abbie Walker, 27th Max Watson, MP Adrian Gallet. 

And finally, a huge congratulations to all our members who took on the challenging Edale Skyline race across the Peaks!!! A hugely physical race, so massive well done to all!!!
6th Tim Barry, 7th Tom Perry, 84th Jack Baker, 113th Alice Gamble, rtd Henry Webb. 

Well done to all who competed this week!!!!! 

📸 Felix Watts

​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!!