Category Archives: Grants

James Nicholson – Jack Bloor Fund Report I am very grateful to the Jack Bloor Fund for supporting my RYA Senior Instructor course which took place at Rockley Point Watersports, Poole in April 2017. Growing up by the sea in Devon, I volunteered as an Assistant Instructor at my local sailing club from the ageContinue reading “2017 Sailing, James Nicholson, Senior Instructor Course”

IronTour Race report – Sarah Hodgson Five days after my first triathlon in three years, I quietly wondered if I was going mad. Armed with an Italian phrasebook and a cumbersome bike box, I travelled to Elba, a small island off the coast of Tuscany, known only as Napoleons’ place of exile. The place boastsContinue reading “2017 Triathlon, Sarah Hodgson, IronTour”

The WSO Championships takes place every 2 years and more than 800 athletes competed this year. There is a large focus on fair play, competition and developing friendships between different countries. The whole event started with a huge opening ceremony and each team paraded through the streets of Palermo chanting and waving their flags. AfterContinue reading “2017 Orienteering, Tara Schwarze-Chintapatla, World Schools Orienteering Championships”

Hi, I am Joseph Parker, in September I received monetary assistance from this fund to pay for my Level 2 cycle coaching course, and in December I became a fully qualified Level 2 coach. At the beginning of March I took my Level 2 mountain bike specific coaching qualification. This fund has enabled me toContinue reading “2017 Cycling, Joe Parker, Cycle Coaching”

Elbrus Expedition 2016 Sponsors Log Elbrus Expedition Diary (8-21st July) Day 1: Late on a Friday night I set off to Heathrow airport from my home in Rotherham. Our team was allotted one of the last flights to Moscow airport. I settled in with the members of my team which I had just met forContinue reading “2017 Mountaineering, Joe Stickland, Mount Elbrus”

JEC 2016   This year the Junior European Cup was being held in Scotland in the areas surrounding Aberfoyle and Stirling. It was sandwiched on the weekend between the Junior Inter Regional Championships where I ran for Yorkshire and the Junior home Internationals Where I ran for England. This meant I had to manage myContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Laura King, Junior European Cup”

World Lifesaving Championships My journey to the World Lifesaving Championships started after the National UK Championships were held in February this year. From this event, myself along with 3 other women and a team of 4 men were selected to represent our club and head out to Holland in September. After the initial selection ofContinue reading “2016 Lifesaving, Jennie Lockwood, World Championships”

Junior European Cup-Lucy Haines JEC 2016 took place in Scotland in October. We arrived on the Thursday, and went straight from the train station to the training area where we practiced a few legs in terrain that was similar to our races. SPRINT On Friday we travelled to Stirling University to run the sprint. IContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Lucy Haines, Junior European Cup”

Last July I attended a ‘Conville’ course in Chamonix. The Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust organises these three-day courses to give young people the opportunity to develop the skills needed to climb safely in the Alps. Day One: The guides split us into groups according to ability and experience. Having already done a Scottish winter skillsContinue reading “2016 Mountaineering, Sarah Roscoe, Skills Course”

The Jack Bloor fund helped me to complete the Summer Mountain Leader award by contributing costs towards both the training and assessments part of the course. The Mountain Leader award is designed for people who lead groups in the mountains, moorland and hills in the UK and Ireland. My parents have taken me walking inContinue reading “2016 Mountaineering, Matt Harmon, Mountain Leader Assessment”