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2013 – Fell Running – Vertical KM Race – Brad Traviss

Click to read the article (pdf)   Fully Vertical KM Brad Traviss Unfortunately after my 6 th place finish at the world mountain running championships in Krynica-Zdorj Poland, my preparation and training for the vertical kilometre in Switzerland didn’t go quite to plan! After starting university, I first came down with the dreaded “Freshers Flu”Continue reading “2013 – Fell Running – Vertical KM Race – Brad Traviss”

2013 Orienteering – Scotland Training – Laura King

Lagganlia 2013    Laura King   Lagganlia is an annual, weeklong orienteering training camp for up to twenty-four 2nd year M/W14s. It is based in the Cairngorms National Park at Lagganlia Centre for Outdoor Learning in Glen Feshie near Aviemore. I first found out I had been selected for Lagganlia by a letter through the post. ToContinue reading “2013 Orienteering – Scotland Training – Laura King”

2013 Mountaineering – Mt Elbrus – Michael Mason

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”

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”

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”