Author Archives: Will

The Jack Bloor Fund helped give me the amazing opportunity to attend a GB training camp in Poland to help prepare for the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC), which are being held there next summer. The competition is based in the Lower Silesia region, very near the Czech border! The camp gave us the opportunityContinue reading “2026, Freya Tryner, 2027 Junior World Orienteering Training Camp in Poland”

Lagganlia is a yearly orienteering training camp for M/W14, based at Lagganlia near Aviemore. I, along with 23 other athletes had been selected to go to Scotland and have a week full of orienteering training, competitions, activities and a whole load of fun. On Saturday morning, I woke up ready for a very long trainContinue reading “2026, Alethea Carr, Lagganlia JROS Orienteering Camp, Scotland “

Thanks to the Jack Bloor Fund which has helped fund my trip to the World University Triathlon championships in Switzerland The funding helped pay for flights and the entry costs. With this support I was able to compete with less financial stress and came 35th in the individual race and we came 3rd in theContinue reading “2026, Joshua Maxwell, World University Triathlon Championships, Switzerland “

I am so grateful to the Jack Bloor Fund for supporting me through this competition. The fund is deeply appreciated for providing the funding to help young athletes like myself continue to develop and compete at a high level! Thank you! The World University Championships 2026 were held in Vila Real, Portugal, at the endContinue reading “2026, Imogen Pieters, World University Orienteering Championships, Portugal”

Lilly and Evie would like to thank the Jack Bloor Fund for all their support in helping them get to the European championships in Madeira at the end of June. They had an amazing time and exceeded all expectations! Evie… Biathle… 2nd and team gold Biathle relay 1st Triathle 3rd and team gold Triathle relayContinue reading “2026, Lilly and Evie, Laser and Triathle European Championship, Pentathlon”

On the 23rd of April I was finally able to reach the summit of Ama Dablam on my 3rd attempt. I climbed the mountain solo without climbing partners or sherpas and i free climbed the route which included scaling technical sections such as the Yellow Tower and Grey Couloir. At 20 years old, I becameContinue reading “2026 Tom Halton, Solo ascent Ama Dablam, Mountaineering”

Once again, thank you to the Jack Bloor Fund for supporting me to attend my last Junior World Championships in Germany, Arber. I had some good improvements in my performance from previous years at the championships, especially in the shooting element of biathlon where I was a top 15 overall from the championships. Looking forwardContinue reading “2026, Ethan Clarke, Junior World Biathlon Championships, Arber, Germany”

I was fortunate the receive a very generous funding from the Jack Bloor fund which I used in my recent triathlon event. It was the senior European Cup in Monte Gordo, Portugal. It was my first race back after several years with injuries, university and getting back to training so I was very surprised andContinue reading “2026, Eve Whitaker, Monte Gordo Senior Triathlon European Cup”