Category Archives: Grants

Katherine Whyte – Climbing Wall Instructor Assessment, June 2022, Leeds, England. In June 2022 I attended my Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) assessment, following a two day training earlier this year. Achieving the CWI qualification personally feels very fulfilling, the qualification represents my many years of teaching friends, and then coaching within my role on theContinue reading “2022, Katherine Whyte, Climbing, Climbing Wall Instructor Award”

Kitzbuhel European Cup Write-Up for Jack Bloor I travelled to Kitzbuhel on June 15th to compete in a European Cup Triathlon event, representing Great Britain and support from the Jack Bloor fund allowed me to fund my travel to the event. The race format was an eliminator- something that I hadn’t done before. Heats tookContinue reading “2022, Dominic Coy, Triathlon, European Cup”

Calum Sowden – Mountain Leader Assessment May 2022, Snowdonia, Wales In May 2022 I attended my Mountain Leader Assessment in Snowdonia. This is a qualification which I have been working towards for the last couple of years, and I am incredibly appreciative of the support from the Jack Blood Fund. The five-day assessment kicked offContinue reading “2022 Calum Sowden, Mountaineering, Leader Assessment”

Thank you so much for the very generous Jack Bloor award towards my costs to attend the British Championships in Germany, I really appreciate it. That’s such a nice surprise to come home to. I am a member of the British Biathlon Development Squad, with ambitions of being part of the Junior Squad so l canContinue reading “2022 Ethan Clarke, Biathlon, British Championships, Germany”

  Euromeeting Switzerland 2021  11 years of Jack Bloor Support After a mixed bag of results in 2021 I was pleased to be selected for Euromeeting. I think the lack of quality competition throughout 2020 and early 2021 affected everyone differently but I certainly lost some consistency in my performances. Euromeeting is a competition thatContinue reading “2021 Joe Woodley, Orienteering, Euromeeting”

Cambridge University High Atlas Expedition 2021 Expedition aims The main focus of our expedition was to explore the High Atlas regions, set new routes and develop our personal climbing skills. This included learning and practicing basic mountaineering techniques, such as moving together, rope skills and mountain safety. In the later part of the expedition, weContinue reading “2021 Eve Seymour, Mountaineering, High Atlas Expedition”

Initially supposed to take place in Stockholm, the tour was a weeklong orienteering camp aimed to give MW17/18 year olds experience on quality terrain, with highly experienced coaches. The week started with the beautiful sand dune areas of Roseisle and Culbin. Both had complex contours (something I really enjoyed). The focus for these days wasContinue reading “2021 Max Möbus, Orienteering, Junior Training Camp”

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”