Category Archives: Grants

I was recently given the opportunity to race at the U23 Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships in Folgaria, Italy.  Having just finished my U23 road race season, it was certainly a new way of racing, having to balance both MTB and map reading.  After 2 model events to refresh everyone’s map reading skills, the championshipsContinue reading “2023 Ben Houlihan, World MTBO Championships, Orienteering”

With support from the Jack Bloor Memorial Fund I was able to enjoy a fantastic week long orienteering training camp in Gothenburg, Sweden. We trained twice every day exploring numerous Swedish forests. The Swedish terrain is known for its difficulty and complexity and thus makes for an excellent place to develop your navigation. In additionContinue reading “2023 Emily Gibbins, Swedish Training Camp, Orienteering”

This has been a fantastic first season competing on the international circuit with GB Youth Climbing, topping it off by qualifying for the Youth Worlds Championship in South Korea. At the Youth Words coming 23rd overall in my age category, was a huge achievement. This first season has allowed me to learn so much andContinue reading “2023 Max Dalton, Youth World Championships, Bouldering/Rock Climbing”

I’ve recently returned from France where I enjoyed a challenging but brilliant two weeks of racing. Challenge Mayennais consisted of three races in the Normandy region with day 3 being an Elite National where I was pleased to finish 7th out of 100 riders. After a days rest we drove to Brittany for the Ronde FinisterienneContinue reading “2023 Dexter Leeming-Sykes, Challenge Mayennais & Ronde Finisterienne, Road Cycling”

Deeside is one of the summer orienteering training camps run by JROS (Junior Regional Orienteering Squads) every year. Once we had all managed to arrive despite train cancellations and strikes, it was a fantastic week where I learnt so much, as well as seeing lots of orienteers from around the country. We camped at TemplarsContinue reading “2023 Katie Buckley, Regional Squad Training, Orienteering”

The Jack Bloor award supported me to join the FRA for a navigation weekend in the fells, Kettlewell. Over the weekend we combined theory and practice of navigation, including a night navigation. I gained skills for navigating solo in a range of weather conditions, and thanks to the award I have confidence to take onContinue reading “2023 Rose Hagan, FRA Navigational Course, Fell Running “

The Jack Bloor Fund has helped me to attend the Biathlon Youth/Junior World Championships in Kazakhstan, this was my first World Championships and being able to go was amazing.  Whilst out in Kazakhstan I did 3 races, the first being a 15km individual race where I hit 16/20 and this was my best performance ofContinue reading “2023 Ethan Clarke, Biathlon, Youth/Junior World Championships”

Thank you so much for supporting me whilst competing internationally in the Spanish Duathlon Championships for Clubs. Both the individual sprint and supersprint relays were a great experience – competing in the Elite Category on a technical circuit circuit is perfect preparation for individual nationals at the end of the month. I finished 10th individual andContinue reading “2023 Lauren Dickson, Duathlon, Spanish Championships”

This year’s Junior World Orienteering Championship (JWOC) took an unexpected turn when the Portuguese government announced a total ban on forest access due to extreme risk of forest fire. This obviously had a huge impact on the event with the forest relay, middle and long discipline being postponed to a later date in November. TheContinue reading “2022 Pippa Carcas, Orienteering, Junior World Orienteering Championships”

With support from the Jack Bloor fund, I have been able to race my 1st year as an U23 cyclist in Spain. My team, based in Durango (Basque Country), makes an ideal location for training. The region is also home to some of the top level elite/u23 racing in Spain. The main races being theContinue reading “2022 Ben Houlihan, Road Cycling, Racing with Team Eiser-Hirumet”