Category Archives: Grants

Thank you for the £100 to help towards Ben’s cyclocross racing costs. We used the money for his entry fees at the National Championships, held in January at Abergavenny. Ben has had a good cross season which has just finished, with quite a few highlights he won numerous Yorkshire races including the Rapha Supercross  atContinue reading “2015 Cyclocross, Ben Turner, 2014 National Series and Championships”

British Exploring Society-Himalayas 2014   On the 22nd of July this year I finally stepped foot on the plane bound for Delhi, the first step of an adventure I had been planning for a long time. Way back in the previous summer I applied for and was accepted on to an expedition headed for Ladakh,Continue reading “2014 Mountaineering – Himalayas – Kim Stephens”

Junior European Cup 2014 My last race for GB as a junior inthe Lommel region of Belgium started with travelling very early on Thursday the 1st with a 3.45am alarm for a 6am flight. The morning was spent relaxing and sleeping and eating in Brussels airport before meeting the rest of the team coming inContinue reading “2014 Orienteering – Junior European Cup – Florence Haines”

I have returned from my expedition to Morocco which was a great success and a wonderful experience. We managed to reach the summit of Mount Toubkal, (at 4167m) after a two day trek across the spectacular Atlas mountains. It was a great achievement and something I would consider doing again. During the expedition, we alsoContinue reading “2014 Mountaineering, Mt Toubkal, Morocco – Emma Brook”

Lagganlia is a training camp for second year M/W14s who were born in 2000 and for some M/W16s who were born in 1999 for this year. Lagganlia Centre for Outdoor Education is 9 miles from Aviemore. There were 6 junior coaches and a lot of senior coaches. Each training group of 3 or 4 juniorsContinue reading “2014 Orienteering – Lagganlia Junior training – Megan Harrison”

Thanks to the money from the Jack Bloor fund, which I used to buy a membership card so that I could use the facilities at Leeds Met Carnegie, I had a good solid block of training before heading out to the 2014 European Mountain Running Championships (up and down race) which were held in Gap,Continue reading “Jack Bloor funded Georgia Malir is the 2014 European Junior Mtn Running Champion!”

Please find below some pictures from my Mountain Leader Training programme in Llanberis in North Wales. I am very grateful for your contribution, and this qualification will allow me to take young people from all over the country into the mountains. The Mountain Leader Summer Qualification takes place over 6 days, and covers all aspectContinue reading “2014 Mountaineering – Mountain Leader Training – Sam Lee”

Click to read the article (pdf)   Fully Vertical KM Brad Traviss Unfortunately after my 6 th place finish at the world mountain running championships in Krynica-Zdorj Poland, my preparation and training for the vertical kilometre in Switzerland didn’t go quite to plan! After starting university, I first came down with the dreaded “Freshers Flu”Continue reading “2013 – Fell Running – Vertical KM Race – Brad Traviss”

Lagganlia 2013    Laura King   Lagganlia is an annual, weeklong orienteering training camp for up to twenty-four 2nd year M/W14s. It is based in the Cairngorms National Park at Lagganlia Centre for Outdoor Learning in Glen Feshie near Aviemore. I first found out I had been selected for Lagganlia by a letter through the post. ToContinue reading “2013 Orienteering – Scotland Training – Laura King”

Expedition to Climb Mt. Elbrus, July 2013 Michael Mason Brief summary of project: A mountaineering expedition traversing Mt. Elbrus (5642m), in the Western Caucuses, from north to south. July 2013. Brief description of activities: We flew into Moscow and transferred to Kislovodsk by train. A two hour off road drive took us to base campContinue reading “2013 Mountaineering – Mt Elbrus – Michael Mason”