British Orienteering is pleased to announce the plans in 2019 for the annual Yvette Baker junior inter-club competitions.
The regional heats start on Sunday January 20th in the West Midlands with an event at Boreatton Park. The full list of regional heats are as follows:
WMOA |
Boreatton Park, Shropshire | 20th January 2019 |
NEOA |
Errington Woods, Cleveland | 24th February 2019 |
SEOA | Worthlodge Forest, W. Sussex | 24th March 2019 |
EAOA | Hockley Woods, Essex | 31st March 2019 |
SWOA | Savernake Forest (tbc), Wiltshire | 7th April 2019 |
WOA | Cwm Lickey, Cwmbran | 14th April 2019 |
YHOA | Mausoleum Woods & Cottagers Dale, Lincolnshire | 28th April 2019 |
NWOA | Aitken Woods, Lancashire | 11th May 2019 |
EMOA | Calke Abbey, Derbyshire | 19th May 2019 |
The final will take place on Sunday 7th July 2019 at Sandringham Country Park near King’s Lynn in Norfolk.
The Yvette Baker junior competition now includes a new category for clubs with fewer juniors. The Yvette Baker Shield runs alongside the Trophy at the same event, allowing qualifying clubs to field a team of 5 or more juniors (the Trophy requires a team of 9 juniors).
To qualify for the Shield, a club must have 25 or fewer junior members in the club. The updated Rule L for the Yvette Baker Trophy and Shield and the list of clubs qualifying for both Trophy and Shield competitions in 2019 can be found below.
A further update on the Yvette Baker competitions in 2019 will follow in January.