Category Archives: Grants

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”

WSOC Turkey Thank you to the Jack Bloor Fund for supporting my trip to the World Schools Orienteering Championships. As you will see from my report below, the opportunity enabled me to experience running in new types of terrain and develop my orienteering skills in a warmer climate which should be very useful for theContinue reading “2015 Orienteering, Laura King, World Schools Orienteering Champs”

Thank you very much to the Jack Bloor fund for helping towards the cost of the World Schools Orienteering Competition. I thoroughly enjoyed it and feel my orienteering has really benefited from the exposure to new terrains. Pippa World Schools 2015 Report, Pippa Dakin 18-24 April, Antalya, Turkey After spending Sunday morning training, getting usedContinue reading “2015 – Orienteering – World Schools Champs – Pippa Dakin”

The Jack Bloor fund has allowed me to take this award alongside my studies, and I will now be able to offer others the opportunity I had when I first came to University, to explore the mountain areas of the UK safely and confidently. We had fairly miserable weather for the first two days ofContinue reading “2015 Mountaineering, Mountain Leader Assessment, Sam Lee”