Expedition to Climb Mt. Elbrus, July 2013 Michael Mason Brief summary of project: A mountaineering expedition traversing Mt. Elbrus (5642m), in the Western Caucuses, from north to south. July 2013. Brief description of activities: We flew into Moscow and transferred to Kislovodsk by train. A two hour off road drive took us to base campContinue reading “2013 Mountaineering – Mt Elbrus – Michael Mason”
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Chris Smithard, 4th in the World Orienteering Cup, Oslo
Chris, the winner of the 2013 Jack Bloor Race placed 4th at the World Orienteering Cup sprint race in Oslo, Norway at the weekend. Representing Great Britain Chris was just pushed outside the medals into 4th position, ahead of two of the three World Orienteering Championship medalists from last year. This is a fantastic resultContinue reading “Chris Smithard, 4th in the World Orienteering Cup, Oslo”
2013 World Schools Orienteering Championships – Joe Woodley
The trip started with a 4am wakeup call and before I’d woken up fully the entire England team consisting of 40 athletes and 8 coaches were airborne and headed for Portugal. Two years ago I went to the World Schools in Trentino Italy; it was one of the best trips of my life, I couldn’tContinue reading “2013 World Schools Orienteering Championships – Joe Woodley”
World Schools Orienteering Championships-Portugal April 2013
World Schools Orienteering Championships-Portugal April 2013 After a qualifying event in November 2012 I was selected to run in the world schools orienteering championships along with 4 other girls my age, in a squad of 40 from England. There were 21 countries from all around the world, including New Zealand, China and Mozambique: with aContinue reading “World Schools Orienteering Championships-Portugal April 2013”
Smoooth Prizes
We are very grateful to Smoooth, sponsor of the Junior Jack Bloor Races, for again providing quality, hand-crafted prizes. In addition to certificates, the winner of each class received a piece of Bogdan’s famous chocolate brownie whilst medal cookies went to 2nd- and 3rd-placed runners. All juniors who ran the races received a voucher forContinue reading “Smoooth Prizes”
2013 Results
Race organiser’s report JB 2013 Prize Winners Men 1st Chris Smithard Deeside Orienteers 2nd Tom Adams Ilkley Harriers 3rd Matthew John Otley AC 1st U23 James Mountain Ilkley Harriers 1st V40 Tom Brunt Dark Peak FR 1st V50 Steve Webb Valley Striders AC 1st V60 Ben Grant Harrogate Harriers Women 1st Jo Waites Calder ValleyContinue reading “2013 Results”
Race Sponsorship 2013
Organisers of the Jack Bloor Races are very pleased to announce continued support from three local businesses. Terry Lonergan of Complete Runner is a long-standing sponsor of the Jack Bloor Races and a generous donor to the Jack Bloor Fund. Complete Runner is a specialist running shop with branches on Leeds Road in Ilkley andContinue reading “Race Sponsorship 2013”
Alex Hall – Plas y Brenin 2012
On 6-10 August 2012 I went on a performance climbing course partly funded by the Jack Bloor Fund. The course was held at the Plas y Brenin Centre in North Wales which is the national mountain centre. This centre is used by many people of all ages and abilities for numerous outside activities. On theContinue reading “Alex Hall – Plas y Brenin 2012”
Annie Roberts – Serious Adventure Course 2012
From the 28/07 to the 04/08 I went on a residential to Outward Bound Ullswater, I initially did it as my Duke of Edinburgh award scheme requires me to go on a residential. I first found an advert for the Jack Bloor fund in the Fellrunner, this encouraged me to apply for the money whilstContinue reading “Annie Roberts – Serious Adventure Course 2012”
Florence Haines – Junior World Orienteering Champs
Junior World Orienteering Champs Florence Haines On the 6th of July I flew out to Slovakia with the rest of the Great Britain team for a week in Košice. After a hot sleep we went to the long model training. I found this really useful because the terrain was so different toContinue reading “Florence Haines – Junior World Orienteering Champs”
Jack Bloor Race & Fund 