After racing in a British Triathlon national series race, I qualified for, and was selected to compete for Great Britain at the Senior European Triathlon Cup in Kitzbuhel, Austria. I was so happy to be selected to compete, and I am incredibly grateful to the Jack Bloor Fund for their support contributed to my travelContinue reading “2024, Martha Carlton-Sel, Senior European Triathlon Cup, Triathlon”
Category Archives: Grants
2024, Evie Wilkinson, European Biathle Championships, Pentathlon
I thought you’d like to know Evie raced yesterday… she had an amazing race! She finished 4th and was the 3rd Brit home (meaning she moved up her ranking from the qualifier!!). This also meant she was part of the team that got gold! Thanks again for the support you gave Evie
2024, Jacob Butterfield, European Biathle Championships, Pentathlon
Throughout my first season competing in Biathle, I’ve had a brilliant time especially representing Great Britain at the European Championships that were held in Funchal, Madeira this year. The week started off with 3 training days to acclimatise to the conditions and get used to the course that we would be racing in. Race dayContinue reading “2024, Jacob Butterfield, European Biathle Championships, Pentathlon”
2024, Tyler Lewis Wells, European Biathle Championships, Pentathlon
Thank you again for your support for Tyler, he really enjoyed the experience of competing at the European Biathle Championships in Madeira. With over 40 competitors in his age category U13 he managed to finish 13th and only 25 seconds off 1st place so we were all really pleased. Tyler competed in the U13 class,Continue reading “2024, Tyler Lewis Wells, European Biathle Championships, Pentathlon”
2024, Sam Bentham, European Off Road Running Championships, Fell Running
Thank you to the Jack Bloor Fund for helping me pay for my flights to the recent European Off-Road Running Championships. On Thursday 30th May I flew out to Annecy, France, for the European Off-Road Championships and my Great Britain debut. I had a great experience watching the other races and the seniors before myContinue reading “2024, Sam Bentham, European Off Road Running Championships, Fell Running”
2024, Imogen Pieters, Junior World Championships, Orienteering
The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2024 were held in Pilsen, Czechia, and were such an incredible week of international racing experience against the fastest girls in the world, with an amazing supportive team and coaches. I was selected to compete for Great Britain in a team of 6 girls in the W20 category, after setsContinue reading “2024, Imogen Pieters, Junior World Championships, Orienteering”
2024, Eve Whitaker, European Mountain Running Championships, Fell Running
The Jack Bloor Fund has supported me in attending and competing in the European Mountain Running Championships in Annecy where I was able to represent the Great Britain team. I ran in both the Uphill Only championships and the Classic Up and Down championships where I placed second, third and lead both teams to teamContinue reading “2024, Eve Whitaker, European Mountain Running Championships, Fell Running”
2024, Alana Invernon, Mountain Leader Training, Mountaineering
Alana Invernon, a member of Ben Lairig Mountaineering mountaineering club was awarded a Jack Bloor grant towards her mountain leader award. I’ve just come back from my mountain training course with Bryn Williams which was absolutely fantastic so thanks so much for helping me get towards that – with an eye on booking my assessmentContinue reading “2024, Alana Invernon, Mountain Leader Training, Mountaineering”
2023, Euan Tryner, Junior World Championships, Orienteering
Thanks to a grant from the Jack Bloor Fund l was able to compete in my first Junior World Orienteering Championships in Romania. The highs and low of JWOC 2023. All in all, a pretty good debut JWOC, 44th in the Sprint, 34th in the middle, and 20th in the long. Sprint was never theContinue reading “2023, Euan Tryner, Junior World Championships, Orienteering”
2024 Helena Coy, Warm Weather Training Camp, Triathlon
Thank you so much for the support towards my warm weather training week in Fuerteventura, it was great fun! Over the week we completed around 25 hours of training, 8 hours of swimming, 10 and half hours of cycling, 3 hours of running and 2 hours of s&c. The weather was really great throughout theContinue reading “2024 Helena Coy, Warm Weather Training Camp, Triathlon”