Category Archives: Grants

Introduction Summary On a previous expedition to Kyrgyzstan with the British Exploration Society Maisie had looked South in awe of the mountains that lay there, hoping to one day explore them. And so began the idea for this expedition. Our trip can be broadly split into 3 sections: 1 week backpacking, 2 weeks climbing, roundingContinue reading “2026, James Edmundson and Maisie Gough, Mountaineering expedition to Tajikistan”

I would like to say a massive thank you to the Jack Bloor Fund for the financial support that helped make my altitude training camp in Font Romeu possible. The camp was a really valuable opportunity to spend time training at altitude alongside a strong group of athletes, helping me build my fitness and prepareContinue reading “2026, Jack Stanton-Stock, Altitude Triathlon Training Camp, Font Romeu”

With it being the final race of the season, I didn’t want to put any pressure on myself and instead focused on enjoying the experience of racing in Tenerife. The start was a little scrappy. I got dragged back early on and made the decision to cut right towards the inside line. From there, IContinue reading “2026, Harry Maxwell, Elite European Triathlon Cup, Tenerife”

Supported by the Jack Bloor Fund, last weekend I travelled to Trieste, Italy to compete for England at the U23 International Road Running Championship. It was an amazing opportunity to compete against the top athletes in Europe and test my fitness as I start my winter season. The 10km race followed the seafront as weContinue reading “2026, Rebecca Flaherty, European Road Running 10km, Trieste, Italy”

From the 15th to the 25th August, I had the amazing opportunity to go to Czechia with other athletes of my age to train and practice our orienteering. We arrived very late on Saturday night, before having tea and getting to know the coaches. We then had training for 4 days, consisting of some exercisesContinue reading “2026, Bethan Buckley, Junior Regional Orienteering Squad Training, Czechia”

Thank you to the Jack Bloor Fund, giving me this award it is really appreciated. l competed yesterday at the European Triathlon Cup in Coimbra. I had a solid swim with a very close first buoy to contend. Coming out roughly 10 seconds down from the lead swimmer meant I had to work very hardContinue reading “2026, Lizzy Edge, Elite European Triathlon Cup, Portugal”

At the end of July, I travelled to Portugal to compete at the World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC), representing Great Britain and Durham University, with the support of the Jack Bloor Fund. The competition was based around an hour inland from Porto, in the town of Vila Real, and consisted of three races: the KnockoutContinue reading “2026 Emily Gibbins, World University Orienteering Championships, Portugal”

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 “