Category Archives: Grants

In the first week of July, the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) took place in the stunning region of Trento, Italy, with the event centre based in the lakeside town of Baselga di Piné. It was amazing to see the town leaning into the sport with the JWOC mascot visible on every roundabout and manyContinue reading “2025 Freya Tryner, Junior World Orienteering Championships”

After 3 years of competing for GB at various contential races, at the beginning of July I travelled to Tiszaujvaros in Hungary for what would be my first race at World Cup level. Tiszy is an iconic race on the world triathlon circuit, the small town coming together to host a festival including two daysContinue reading “2025, Dominic Coy, Triathlon World Cup”

In late June, I headed out to the Junior World Orienteering Championships with the kind support of the Jack Bloor Memorial Fund. The championships were held in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of the Dolomites in northern Italy, specifically in the town of Baselga di Pinè. The event consisted of five races – three individual andContinue reading “2025, Emily Gibbins, Junior World Orienteering Championships”

The Junior World Orienteering Championships this year was held in the mountainous, beautiful, and very hot region of Trentino in Italy. The week consisted of a few days of training and getting ready for the terrain beforehand, alongside an opening ceremony and then 5 races, Mixed Sprint Relay, Sprint Distance, Long Distance, Middle Distance, ForestContinue reading “2025, Imogen Pieters, Junior World Orienteering Championships”

Tom Halton, member of @BMC had a dream to climb mountains. He had climbed many mountains but his big dream was Ama Dablam, Nepal He signed up for a one to one training course with a very experienced mountaineer, to learn about alternative methods of abseiling if the usual gear is lost. Tom travelled toContinue reading “2025, Tom Halton, Technical rope and crevasse skills, Mountaineering”

I was fortunate enough to receive £200 funding to contribute towards the Mountain Leader Training at Plas Y Brenin, an outdoor education centre in North Wales. I made new friends – both human and non-humans – found a new mentor, affirmed my passion for the outdoors and my pursuing of the mountain leader qualification, andContinue reading “2025, Brad Barrass, Mountain Leader Training, Mountaineering”

Over the February half term, I travelled to Fuerteventura for a triathlon training camp with the Yorkshire triathlon academy. The training camp involved around 25 hours of training including 270km of cycling, 23km of swimming, 35km of running and 3 strength and conditioning sessions. This camp was a great opportunity to complete a full weekContinue reading “2025, Megan Wilkinson, Yorkshire Triathlon Training, Fuerteventura”

Ethan Clarke, member of Yorkshire Dales Cross Country Ski Club, was selected to represent GB at the FISU Winter World University Games in Torino, Italy. I was the flag bearer for GB at the opening ceremony, I had some good races on the skis, but not so good on the shooting side. However it wasContinue reading “2025, Ethan Clarke, FISU Winter World University Games, Biathlon”

This January I flew to Molveno, Italy to represent Great Britain in the Ice Swimming World Championships. Ice swimming is defined as swimming in under 5 degrees water in only a swimming costume (no neoprene!), 1 hat and goggles. The water temperature in Italy ranged between 1.5 and 2 degrees through-out the week. On theContinue reading “2025, Millie Bell, Ice Swimming, World Championships “

An Adventure in the Alps: My Jonathon Conville Alpine Course Experience This July, thanks to the support of the Jack Bloor fund, I went on the Jonathon Conville Alpine Course in Chamonix. Over the course of three days,  it is designed to take you from a competent UK climber to a confident alpine mountaineer. DuringContinue reading “2024, Libby Orton, Alpine Course, Mountaineering”