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JEC 2016   This year the Junior European Cup was being held in Scotland in the areas surrounding Aberfoyle and Stirling. It was sandwiched on the weekend between the Junior Inter Regional Championships where I ran for Yorkshire and the Junior home Internationals Where I ran for England. This meant I had to manage myContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Laura King, Junior European Cup”

World Lifesaving Championships My journey to the World Lifesaving Championships started after the National UK Championships were held in February this year. From this event, myself along with 3 other women and a team of 4 men were selected to represent our club and head out to Holland in September. After the initial selection ofContinue reading “2016 Lifesaving, Jennie Lockwood, World Championships”

Junior European Cup-Lucy Haines JEC 2016 took place in Scotland in October. We arrived on the Thursday, and went straight from the train station to the training area where we practiced a few legs in terrain that was similar to our races. SPRINT On Friday we travelled to Stirling University to run the sprint. IContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Lucy Haines, Junior European Cup”

Last July I attended a ‘Conville’ course in Chamonix. The Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust organises these three-day courses to give young people the opportunity to develop the skills needed to climb safely in the Alps. Day One: The guides split us into groups according to ability and experience. Having already done a Scottish winter skillsContinue reading “2016 Mountaineering, Sarah Roscoe, Skills Course”

The Jack Bloor fund helped me to complete the Summer Mountain Leader award by contributing costs towards both the training and assessments part of the course. The Mountain Leader award is designed for people who lead groups in the mountains, moorland and hills in the UK and Ireland. My parents have taken me walking inContinue reading “2016 Mountaineering, Matt Harmon, Mountain Leader Assessment”

World Interclub Lifesaving Championships 2016 Report Lifesaving is a sport which tests your fitness in speed events and teaches you potentially life-saving skills allowing you to help people on land and in water. In September I had the opportunity to go and race with Heanor Swimming and Lifesaving Club at the World Interclub Lifesaving ChampionshipsContinue reading “2016 Lifesaving, Ben Witz, World Championships”

EYOC 2016 took place on the 1st-3rd July in Jaroslaw Poland. We arrived late on Wednesday and spent the next day training on a model area. This allowed us to see how they’ve mapped the features and whether they’ve mapped all the detail or not. Unusually the first day of competitions was the long raceContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Lucy Haines, European Youth Championships”

Lagganlia is a week-long orienteering training camp near Aviemore in Scotland for top year M/W14s and some M/W16s. It has been a goal of mine for a very long time, and I was really pleased when I found out that I was selected. The train journey to Aviemore was a long and tiring one, butContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Evie Conway, Junior Training Camp”

Lagganlia 2016 Report I was very happy when I realised I had been selected for this year’s Lagganlia tour which is an orienteering training camp in Scotland for M/W14 and some 16’s. The train journey was long and tiring but a lot of us were on the same train from Edinburgh and I began toContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Laura Harrison, Junior Training Camp”

Lagganlia 2016 My time at Lagganlia was great. I learned more about what I needed to improve, such as relocating. The tips I was given were great and I later tried them out when I got lost on a training course. This would help me in a major event because I could relocate quickly soContinue reading “2016 Orienteering, Adam Thorpe, Junior Training Camp”