Category Archives: Grants

Grace Black has Olympic ambitions, she races Canoe Slalom. At aged 15 she has been promoted to the Premier division following a weekend of racing at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham. This means she now competes in the same division as Olympic and World Cup athletes. The Jack Bloor Fund helped her to compete in twoContinue reading “2019, Canoeing, Grace Black, Junior European Cup”

2019 European Mountain Running Championships Held in Zermatt, Switzerland, the 2019 European Mountain Running Championships excelled in all aspects. After nine months of injury and rehab, including a broken foot only two months before the race, I was extremely grateful to have been selected by British Athletics after proving my fitness. The course was a Continue reading “2019 Mountain Running, Lauren Dickson and Euan Brennan, European Championships”

At the end of April, 12 Juniors from SYO jetted off to Estonia to compete as part of the 40-strong England Team at the World Schools Orienteering Championships 2019. The week-long event was based at the Tehvandi Sports Centre close to Otepää in the South-East of the country, with the arena for all days atContinue reading “2019 Orienteering, SYO Juniors, World Schools Orienteering Championships”

Thanks to the Jack Bloor Fund which helped me compete in the 2018/19 U23 World Cup series where l finished 8thoverall including a 3rdplace at Hoogerheide and 4that Koksijde. My big goal for the season was the World Championships which was held on the coast in Bogense, Denmark. I gained selection with a 2ndplace inContinue reading “2018/19 Cyclocross, Ben Turner, World Cups”

The Jack Bloor fund supported me to complete my Mountain Leader Summer Assessment. I spent much of my childhood walking in the Yorkshire Dales with my family. Then I found myself working in the outdoor guiding industry and it became clear that to progress my guiding opportunities I needed the relevant qualifications. Hiking guiding wasContinue reading “2018 Mountaineering, Jennifer Morrison, Mountain Leader Qualification”

Alicante Training week report After completing my final year of my degree at the University of Leeds I was looking forward to the opportunity to have a week to focus on my training with fellow athletes before returning home and starting full time work in July. The training began before I even left British soil.Continue reading “2018 Athletics, Sophie Lee, Warm Weather Training”

World University Orienteering Championships – Kuortane Finland 2018. In 2018 my major orienteering goal was selection for the World University Championships which was being held in Finland. As this was my second year as a senior the World championships still seemed far out of reach and as such World Uni’s provided a perfect opportunity toContinue reading “2018 Orienteering, Joe Woodley, World University Championships”

Pre-JWOC Camp Report- Lucy Haines This August, I headed to Silkeborg in Denmark with the British orienteering team, to run in the Junior World Orienteering Championship 2019 terrain ahead of next year.  It was an invaluable experience as I learnt the different skills needed to tackle this terrain. We spent the week in a hostelContinue reading “2018 Orienteering, Lucy Haines, Junior World Champs Training Camp”

Running the length of the Pyrenees – attempt Rosie Watson The plan was to run the length of the Pyrenees, following the Haute Route, which was the highest and toughest of the trails which follow the Spanish/French border from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. It would involve navigation of 800km+ of rough trail and 42,000mContinue reading “2018 Rosie Watson, Fell Running, Pyrenees Haute Route”