Yvette Baker

By Luke Bennett

The Yvette Baker Trophy and Shield are the premier Junior Inter-Club competitions for English and Welsh orienteering clubs. They are named after Britain's first World Orienteering Champion Yvette Baker, who won Gold in the Short Distance event at the World Championships in Scotland in 1999. The Trophy is for larger clubs, with 9 runners to count, and the shield is for smaller clubs with 5 runners to count.

In 2021, DFOK Juniors made it to the Yvette Baker final for the first time! I really enjoyed the final as it was a massive day for our club’s juniors and there was a real sense of team spirit as we achieved an amazing 2nd place in the shield competition! I think I have really benefited from Yvette baker events as in my early days, they were some of the first events that I ran without being shadowed, and of course the final in 2021 was such a special occasion!

This year, the YBT heats are set to be at Balcombe on the 19th March so it would be great to get a team together again aim for the final again!

*Events sourced from seoa.org.uk. Correct as of 24.02.23

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