Ok well…..after running up the JK relay run-in, I set off on a coach to London with the rest of the England team. We stayed over night in London and caught a plane mid afternoon to Madrid. We then travel to our hotel about 20mins outside of Madrid and rested. Over the next few daysContinue reading “World Schools Orienteering Championships – two GOLD medals for Florence”
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2009 Race Report
Jack Bloor Race Report 12th May 2009 The 24th running of the Jack Bloor memorial race sponsored by The Complete Runner of Leeds Road, Ilkley was run on a delightfully sunny spring evening following a week of dry weather, and a record field of 232 runners enjoyed Ilkley Moor at its best. Conditions were perfectContinue reading “2009 Race Report”
2009 Results
Race report Senior race Posn Name Club Time Category 1 G Pearce Pudsey & Bramley 41.33 2 M Roscoe Leeds City AC 42.20 V40 3 T Edwards Dark Peak 42.55 4 M Lockyer Pudsey & Bramley 43.14 5 D Birtwhistle Harrogate H 43.21 6 M Cox Otley AC 43.27 7 J Bradshaw Wharfedale 43.31 8Continue reading “2009 Results”
2009 Results
The race senior this year was won by Lizzie Adams and Graham Pearce, congratulations to them. The full results, including the junior races are here
Central Yorkshire Scouts Kenya Expedition 2008
Firstly we would like to express our thanks to you for the kind and charitable donation you made towards our fund raising effort to enable us to take part in the Central Yorkshire Scouts Kenya Expedition 2008. With your generous support, we managed to raise all the money we required, so again a big thankContinue reading “Central Yorkshire Scouts Kenya Expedition 2008”
Lesley Andrew – Girl Guides trip to Denmark 2007
Dear Hilary I am writing to you on behalf of Girl guiding Leeds for the grant of £100 towards the overall group cost of our trip to Denmark. I was fortunate enough to be one of three leaders who took 10 girls away to the Jamboree camp which celebrated the centenary of scouting. Our trip startedContinue reading “Lesley Andrew – Girl Guides trip to Denmark 2007”
Adam Grice – Altitude Training 2008
My altitude training trip to Colorado Springs began on Tuesday 19th August 2008. The journey was long to say the least being awake for a full 24 hours through, car, plane, coach and bus journeys. After standing under a freeway for half an hour in the dark on my first night ever in America, IContinue reading “Adam Grice – Altitude Training 2008”
Aidan Smith – Swedish O-Ringen 2008
Thank you so much to the Jack Bloor Fund for helping make my trip to the Swedish O-Ringen possible. I developed my Orienteering more in the 10 days we were there than I have in 13 years of running round grotty Yorkshire forests! My trip started in Sheffield, at 4am, on my birthday. Going toContinue reading “Aidan Smith – Swedish O-Ringen 2008”
Gemma King Memorial
On 6th June 2007 Gemma King suffered a fatal accident during innocent childplay whilst on a family holiday in the Picos de Europa mountains of northern Spain. She was just 11 years old. Gemma lived in Ilkley where she was an enthusiastic member of many local clubs including, Junior Ilkley Harriers, 2nd Ilkley Guides, SportshallContinue reading “Gemma King Memorial”
2008 results
Race report Senior Race Posn Name Club Time Category 1 Chris Birchall Leeds City AC 38.59 2 A Peace Bingley harriers 39.31 3 G Pearce Pudsey & Bramley 41.27 4 G Hull Leeds City AC 41.59 V40 5 Ian Nixon Pudsey & Bramley 42.01 6 T Adams Ilkley Harriers 42.02 7 P Stevenson Pudsey &Continue reading “2008 results”
Jack Bloor Race & Fund 