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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”

I am so grateful for receiving the Jack Bloor funding this year. It helped fund an International training trip to Europe (Lake Bled, Slovenia). We spend a week running through the hills, getting some good exposure to surfaces I would be racing on later in the year. Having a lake at our disposal was greatContinue reading “2022 Emily Field, Athletics, Cross Country Training”

Having spent most of the previous year living in Switzerland, I was really looking forward to racing at the World University Orienteering Championships in the Swiss Jura. Not the typical alpine terrain that first comes to mind when picturing Switzerland, but a challenge nonetheless.  I had been selected to run three out of five racesContinue reading “2022, Laura King, Orienteering, World University Championships”

Thank you for your support for my Great Britain orienteering trip. I was having so much fun I didn’t want to come home!!! I thoroughly enjoyed two weeks of training with lots of different exercises and activities. Having never been to Scandinavia before the beautiful but complicated Forest’s were difficult to get used to andContinue reading “2022, Emily Gibbins, Orienteering, Sweden Training Camp”

The World University Orienteering Championships took place in Biel/Bienne in Switzerland. The programme consisted of 3 races: sprint; middle distance; and relay. I was slightly apprehensive as this was my first senior competition and my GB forest debut after the Junior World Orienteering Championships forest races were postponed due to risk of forest fire earlierContinue reading “2022, Pippa Carcas, Orienteering, World University Championships”

Andrew Stemp, Fay Walsh, Paul Pružina – 2-day outdoor first aid training course. A while ago the Airienteers suggested that we do an outdoor first aid course so that we could help out at their orienteering events and the Jack Bloor Fund kindly agreed to cover part of the costs. We thought this was aContinue reading “2022, Fay, Paul and Andrew, Orienteering, Outdoor First Aid Course”

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”