Sheffield University Orienteering Club

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Sheffield University Orienteering Club is a UK Orienteering Club. It is also known or abbreviated by the name ShUOC. Southampton University Orienteering Club use the obvious 4 letter abbreviation hence the use of ShUOC.

The club has been around around since 1968 and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2008. In that time it has been very successful, for instance in 2005 they won the BUCS Orienteering Championships, were British Relay Champions and also won the UK Relay League.

The club is only open to students of Sheffield University. Upon leaving university, graduates then become a member of the ex-ShUOC club known as SPOOK (Sheffield Postgraduates Occasional Orienteering Klub). Some people prefer "old" instead of "occasional" but the definitive abbreviation is lost in the mists of time. SPOOK will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2008.

The club is a member club of the British Orienteering Federation.

World Level Representation

The following is a (probably incomplete) list of members of ShUOC who have represented Great Britain at an international level i.e. World Cup races or World Championships.
* Kirsty Bryan-Jones
* Kim Buckley
* Mark Chapman
* Matt Crane
* Matthew Dickinson
* Rachel Elder
* Steven Hale (Silver in world championship men's relay team in 1993)
* Don Hill (World University Championships 1978)
* Oli Johnson
* Andy Kitchen
* Wendy Lightfoot
* Jenny Peel
* Jamie Stevenson (World Sprint Champion 2003)
* Helen Winskill (nee Hargreaves)
* Dickie Wren

External links

* [http://www.shef.ac.uk/~shuoc http://www.shef.ac.uk/~shuoc] - ShUOC official website.
* [http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/ http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/] - British Orienteering Federation