Category Archives: Grants

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”

With the help of the Jack Bloor fund, I was able to go to the age group triathlon world championships in Torremolinos, Spain in October. I was selected to represent Great Britain in a qualifying race last year in Bournemouth which allowed me to race at the World Championships. The World Championships was a greatContinue reading “2024, Megan Wilkinson, World Age Group Championships, Triathlon”

New PB at the Copenhagen Half Marathon! It wasn’t long ago that I was crying at the athletics track in Arzignano, Italy because I couldn’t walk, let alone run. So I enjoyed the experience today and smiled for nearly all of the 21km… Thank you so much to everybody who has helped me to getContinue reading “2024, Che Wigfield-Turner, Copenhagen Half Marathon, Road Running”

I am incredibly grateful to the Jack Bloor Fund for their continued support that contributed to my travel expenses for a training camp to ensure I did not have to miss out on a crucial opportunity to prepare in the Italian mountains for the upcoming season! Gaining experience in technical descents has not only improved myContinue reading “2024, Emily Field, Training Camp, Fell Running”

In September I had the great pleasure of competing at the FISU University Climbing World Champions in Koper, Slovenia; a competition I had been selected for after coming second at the BUCS climbing championships in February. As a youth climber I had previously spent a large amount of my time between the ages of 10-18Continue reading “2024, Robert Cook, FISU University Climbing World Championships”

 Near to the end of this summer I attended a 10 day training camp hosted by JROS in Czechia. 22 Orienteers from the M/W16 category (born in 2008) had been selected from all across the UK and I was lucky enough to be one of the last selected for the camp.  The trip started withContinue reading “2024, Ewen Wilkinson, Junior Orienteering Training Camp, Czechia”

The Orienteering Junior European Cup took place in Vienna at the end of September and offered me an amazing experience of racing against the best competition in beautiful forests, whilst exploring Venice and it’s culture. There were three races a sprint distance on the Friday, middle on the Saturday and a relay on the Sunday.Continue reading “2024, Freya Tryner, Junior European Cup, Orienteering”

The World University Orienteering Championships was held in Bulgaria this year. As my last year eligible, I had been aiming to compete at this competition since the last time it was held in Switzerland two years ago. I had successfully been selected for the team in Spring but shortly after picked up a stress responseContinue reading “2024, Laura King, World University Orienteering Championships, Bulgaria “

Thanks to the Jack Bloor Fund and money l earned as a climbing coach and route setter I was able to fund this trip. Earlier this month I was selected to represent GB students at the FISU sport climbing university world championships in Koper, Slovenia, after qualifying 2nd in the British University Championships in Boulder.Continue reading “2024, Flo Brailsford, FISU World University Championships, Sport Climbing”