Category Archives: Grants

EYOC 2016 – Jaroslaw, Poland The European Youth Orienteering Championships is the highest level of competition that I can compete in at my age. Selection for EYOC had been my main goal for the past 2 years after being the reserve in 2014. On 29th June I joined the rest of the team at StansteadContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Laura King”

After months of training and three sets of selection races in the spring I was fortunate enough to be selected to represent Great Britain at the Junior World Orienteering Championships to be held in the Swiss Alps.  I was selected to race the middle and long distance forest races as well as the anchor legContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Alice Rigby, Junior World Championships debut”

Warm weather training Alfamar Although running is one of my favourite things to do and has been my main past time since primary school I have always tried to opt out of the track season. The fells and mountains in the Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes can be described as no less than beautiful andContinue reading “2016 Warm Weather Track Training – Caroline Lambert”

Thanks to the Jack Bloor Fund which made this trip possible. Alpine kayaking is very different to that which we enjoy in the UK. Here, we brave the elements as precipitation fills the rivers and holds our boats. In the Alps, we hope for sunshine to create glacial meltwater, but despite the sun, we stillContinue reading “Alpine Kayaking – Matt Cullen”

In October I represented Great Britain at the Junior European Cup (JEC) in orienteering. I was only able to do so with support from the Jack Bloor Fund whose generous donation helped me to fund the trip. The competition was based in the Harz Mountains in central Germany with a sprint, long distance and relayContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Joe Woodley, Junior European Cup”

Ben Turner, cyclocross summary of the season as a first year Junior. Ben’s cyclocross season started in September with Regional wins in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, followed by the National Trophy series which earnt him place in the GB Squad to race the World Cup in Valkenburg where he finished a respectful 19th. A couple ofContinue reading “2016 Cyclocross, Ben Turner, World Championships debut”

In early August I went to Wales as a volunteer instructor at RLSS UK Camp Survive and Save and then competed in the European Interclub Lifesaving Championships. The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is the Drowning Prevention Charity and the UK’s leading provider of water safety and drowning prevention education. Camp Survive and Save is a residential international exchangeContinue reading “2015 European Lifesaving Championships and Camp Survive, Ben Witz”

On the 1st of July the GB team flew out to Norway for the Junior World Orienteering Championships, it was a strange feeling knowing that 9 months of preparation, training and racing had  led to this single week at the start of July. The first race up was the sprint; I wasn’t expecting much inContinue reading “2015 Orienteering, Matthew Elkington, Junior World Championships”

GB team, left to right Lizzy Apsley, me (Georgia Malir), Heidi Davies and Catriona Graves. Photo by Heidi Davies. After winning the European Mountain Running Championships in Gap last year over an up and down course I flew out to Madeira with the GB mountain running team determined not to give up my title easily.Continue reading “2015 Fell Running, Georgia Malir, European Championships”

Conquering the Dragon  Approximately 8pm, Friday 26th June 2015, I entered Carreg Cennen castle and conquered the dragon. For those not in the know, the Dragons Back race is a 300km race, over 5 days, with 16000m of ascent along the spine of Wales. I was one of the lucky ones- out of 300 entries, 140Continue reading “2015 Fell Running, Matt Harmon, Dragons Back Race”