Category Archives: Grants

Orienteering World Cup 2, Sweden This year I felt incredibly lucky to be selected to run at the World Cup round 2 in Sweden. Not only was this going to be my senior debut for GB, it also gave me the opportunity to travel abroad, something I haven’t been able to do for a longContinue reading “2021 Orienteering, Laura King, World Cup Sweden”

World Orienteering Championships – Doksy, Czechia Since missing out on selection in 2019, my main goal has been the 2021 World Orienteering Championships. I had been training well and was feeling fit, and covid restrictions were gradually lifting across Europe in the spring, so things were looking positive. But disaster struck when I picked upContinue reading “2021, Orienteering, Paul Pruzina, World Orienteering Championships”

Last week I flew to Bilbao to compete in the Junior Tour of the Basque Country. A five stage road race through the hilly region of the Basque Country (Spain). The team I was riding for (Team Gaursa) was based in Durango, just East of Bilbao. Arriving two days before the race started to adjustContinue reading “2021, Road Cycling, Ben Houlihan, Junior Tour of the Basque Country”

First Aid in a time of Covid It’s currently quite difficult to imagine why in December, the start of another period of nationwide interminable boredom, we choose to book a climbing trip to Malawi for June under the assumption that It would go ahead. But we did and we’re still hoping that the border situationContinue reading “2021 Rock Climbing, Dan Bottomley and Harry Lewis, Outdoor First Aid Course”

 The road to a Personal Trainer A small bit about myself and my background My name is Jack Cummings and I am a newly qualified Personal Trainer with the ambition to shortly be a specialized coach in all variants of running as well as cycling. I have been a runner with Ilkley Harriers for asContinue reading “2021 Athletics, Jack Cummings, Personal Training Diploma”

Thanks to the Jack Bloor Fund for helping me attend this course. I have been attending navigation courses over the last few years with Lee from SMT Outdoors in Ramsbottom.  Over time we have discussed a range of activities, awards and volunteering of which I would love to take part in.  One of which wasContinue reading “2020, Navigation Training, Bradley Brennard, Bronze award”

2019 had been a good year for me, some would see it as a natural progression which I had shown year upon year since I started racing. For me it was a massive leap, I was a lot more consistent and I finally was beginning to understand what I wanted out of the sport andContinue reading “2020, Road Cycling, Kieran Savage, Calpe Training Camp”

With the support of the Jack Bloor fund myself (Sophie Thackray), Ben Houlihan, and Dexter Leeming Sykes were able to make the trip over to Belgium to race at both DVV Trophy Kortrijk, and Zilvermeer Cross in Mol, Belgium. After making the trip to Belgium on Friday, Saturday’s race was a new course for theContinue reading “2019, Cyclocross, Sophie Thackray, Ben Houlihan and Dexter Leeming-Sykes, Belgium National Races”

It was a goal that had been 2 years in the making. We had decided that we wanted to do our gold Duke of Edinburgh’s expedition in Iceland and had spent the previous 2 years fundraising to achieve this.  At last we were underway, unfortunately Iceland air had cancelled our flights and the only wayContinue reading “2019 Explorer Scouts, Lewis Hodgson, Iceland Expedition”

Llanberis, North Wales, late September 2019: Junior Home International, incorporating the British Mountain Running Championships and World Trials.  With the un-characteristically warm weather attracting flocks of tourists and road-works putting a spanner in our timing schedule, we arrived at the course on Saturday morning without having seen the route. Nevertheless, the course was well markedContinue reading “2019 Fell Running, Lauren Dickson, World Mountain Running trials”