Category Archives: Grants

On the 5th and 6th March I travelled to Germany as a reserve for the England orienteering team to compete in Interland. The weekend was a great experience as it allowed me to orienteer in new terrain that was physically and technically challenging, which I feel has helped to develop my orienteering skills further andContinue reading “Cerys Jones – Orienteering – 2011”

Lagganlia 2010            This year I was very happy to be selected to be a participant on the Lagganlia orienteering training week in Scotland. To be chosen for this I had to perform well in various events including the British and JK. We trained every day in different areas focusing on different skills including compasswork,Continue reading “Helen Wood – Orienteering – 2010”

EYOC 2010 and Cairngorm Camp   EYOC is the European Youth Orienteering Championships, for M/W16s and 18s. It comprises of a Long, Relay and Sprint race. I was selected to represent Great Britain in the M16 team. EYOC 2010 was in Spain, in Soria, a city in the mountains about 200km north east of Madrid.Continue reading “Aidan Smith – Orienteering – 2010”

Lagganlia 2010 By Michael Adams Leading up to Lagganlia were a series of selection races. These were all the major events like the British Champs, JK, Northern, Midland and Southern Champs. After all of these results were taken into account each region got to pick two of their 2nd year M/W14’s to go to Lagganlia.Continue reading “Michael Adams – Orienteering – 2010”

Lagganlia Training Camp 31st July to The 7th of August 2010 This summer I spent a week doing technical and physical training in Scotland. The training camp was situated at the Lagganlia outdoor centre in the Cairngorms. I was part of a group of twenty four juniors who had been selected. Saturday I arrived onContinue reading “Joe Woodley – Orienteering – 2010”

Water sports trip in France                                                                                                      By Beth Woodley My trip started on July 29th with a 24 hr journey to France via coach and ferry. We arrived at the PGL centre in Mimosa on the Mediterranean in time for breakfast. We were greeted by our lively and enthusiastic leaders and they took us straight toContinue reading “Beth Woodley – Watersports – 2010”

Badaguish 2010 This summer I was selected for the BOF Talent Camp in the Cairngorms (basically the new tour for 15-20 year olds), which was held at the Badaguish outdoor centre near Aviemore. It was a fantastic week of training, with the main focus of the week being on how to plan your own training.Continue reading “Chloe Haines – Orienteering – 2010”

I would like to thank the Jack Bloor fund for contributing to my recent Adventureworks expedition to Borneo. After two days travelling we reached Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, and in order to acclimatize to the heat and humidity we camped at an outdoor activities centre situated outside the city near the beach. ThatContinue reading “Adam Bennett – expedition to Borneo”

Firstly, I have to give a big thank you to the Jack Bloor fund for making this trip a reality. But it all started with a bit of last minute packing, I set off out of York train station, on a train to Edinburgh. Then about half of us met up, at the station, someContinue reading “Lova Chechik – Orienteering training camp to Scotland”

After our efforts of fund raising and tedious inoculations the 19th of July and much-awaited day arrived when a group of twenty fifteen to twenty-five year-olds set off on their five week adventure in India. We started our five week adventure with a flight to Mumbai and stayed in the world guiding centre in PuneContinue reading “Sangam 2009”