Calum Sowden – Mountain Leader Assessment May 2022, Snowdonia, Wales In May 2022 I attended my Mountain Leader Assessment in Snowdonia. This is a qualification which I have been working towards for the last couple of years, and I am incredibly appreciative of the support from the Jack Blood Fund. The five-day assessment kicked offContinue reading “2022 Calum Sowden, Mountaineering, Leader Assessment”
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2022 Results
Race Organiser’s Report (Word, pdf) Jack Bloor Race 2022 Prize Winners Men 1st Joe Woodley Dark Peak Fell Runners 2nd Jack Wood Ilkley Harriers 3rd Harry Kingston North Leeds Fell Runners 1st U23 Arran Horne Leeds University 1st V40 Adam Osborne Leeds City AC 1st V50 Jeff Green Ilkley Harriers 1st V60 Steve Webb Valley StridersContinue reading “2022 Results”
2022 Jack Bloor Races – Sponsorship
Organisers of the Jack Bloor Races are delighted to announce continued support from three generous local businesses in Ilkley. Please give them your support. Thank you. Terry Lonergan of Complete Runner is a long-standing sponsor of the Jack Bloor Races and has been a generous donor to the Jack Bloor Fund. Complete Runner is aContinue reading “2022 Jack Bloor Races – Sponsorship”
2022 Jack Bloor Races – REMINDERS
Please register at the earliest opportunity Cash-only Correct change appreciated Junior age categories based on age on 31st December 2022 Senior age categories based on age on day of race (including for U23) Parental consent is required for all U18s including those in the Senior Race This is a navigational fell race consequently the useContinue reading “2022 Jack Bloor Races – REMINDERS”
2022 Small Trophy
12 lucky winners will receive one of these unique trophies at the 2022 Senior Race. This years trophy is called the Broken Pitchfork, which can be found east of the Badger Stone (which is checkpoint one, so keep your 👀 open in the race), grid reference 1150 4604 The Small Trophies haveContinue reading “2022 Small Trophy”
Dave Middlemas account of running the Jack Bloor virtual fell race
His account can be found here… Jack Bloor Maprun Challenge
2022 Ethan Clarke, Biathlon, British Championships, Germany
Thank you so much for the very generous Jack Bloor award towards my costs to attend the British Championships in Germany, I really appreciate it. That’s such a nice surprise to come home to. I am a member of the British Biathlon Development Squad, with ambitions of being part of the Junior Squad so l canContinue reading “2022 Ethan Clarke, Biathlon, British Championships, Germany”
2021 Joe Woodley, Orienteering, Euromeeting
Euromeeting Switzerland 2021 11 years of Jack Bloor Support After a mixed bag of results in 2021 I was pleased to be selected for Euromeeting. I think the lack of quality competition throughout 2020 and early 2021 affected everyone differently but I certainly lost some consistency in my performances. Euromeeting is a competition thatContinue reading “2021 Joe Woodley, Orienteering, Euromeeting”
2021 Eve Seymour, Mountaineering, High Atlas Expedition
Cambridge University High Atlas Expedition 2021 Expedition aims The main focus of our expedition was to explore the High Atlas regions, set new routes and develop our personal climbing skills. This included learning and practicing basic mountaineering techniques, such as moving together, rope skills and mountain safety. In the later part of the expedition, weContinue reading “2021 Eve Seymour, Mountaineering, High Atlas Expedition”
2021 Max Möbus, Orienteering, Junior Training Camp
Initially supposed to take place in Stockholm, the tour was a weeklong orienteering camp aimed to give MW17/18 year olds experience on quality terrain, with highly experienced coaches. The week started with the beautiful sand dune areas of Roseisle and Culbin. Both had complex contours (something I really enjoyed). The focus for these days wasContinue reading “2021 Max Möbus, Orienteering, Junior Training Camp”
Jack Bloor Race & Fund 