Category Archives: Grants

I was very grateful to be selected for the European Orienteering Championships in Verona after struggling with injury for much of this year. The championship, for me, consisted of an individual sprint qualifier and a knockout sprint. Unfortunately I mispunched in the first race after the spectator run through. The knockout qualifier went a bitContinue reading “2023 Pippa Carcas, European Orienteering Championships, Orienteering”

Youth World Skyrunning 2023 Race Report- Betty Bergstrand This year’s Youth World Skyrunning Championship was located in a small village, Fonte Cerreto, just north of L’aquila, Italy. It is an event spread over a weekend, with a vertical kilometre race (VK) on the Friday and the skyrace on the Sunday. The VK was a toughContinue reading “2023 Betty Bergstrand, World Youth Sky Running, Fell Running”

Thanks to the support of the Jack Bloor Memorial Fund, I was able to travel to L’Aquila, Italy this August (2023), to represent Team United Kingdom in the Youth World Sky Running Championships. I raced in two events in the U23 category, the uphill only (3.8 km long with 1,033m vertical climb) on the FridayContinue reading “2023 Emily Field, World Youth Sky Running, Fell Running”

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”