Please note that to comply with FRA requirements, the Jack Bloor Junior Age Categories were renamed and redefined last year. These are now determined by: Age on 31st December in the year of the race The minimum age remains as 6yrs (on day of race) Age Category Years of birth for 2018 race Possible agesContinue reading “Reminder: Junior Age Categories at Jack Bloor Races”
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2018 Race Sponsorship
Organisers of the Jack Bloor Races are delighted to announce continued support from three generous local businesses in Ilkley. Please give them your support. Thank you. Terry Lonergan of Complete Runner is a long-standing sponsor of the Jack Bloor Races and has been a generous donor to the Jack Bloor Fund. Complete Runner is a specialistContinue reading “2018 Race Sponsorship”
2018 Small Trophies
6 days to go to the 33rd Jack Bloor Races Tuesday 8th May. The countdown begins, the lucky winners will receive one of these very special small trophies. The 2018 small trophy is based on the Potato Head Rock, GR 12994632, near path north of Haystack James Fonquernie has been making the Jack Bloor smallContinue reading “2018 Small Trophies”
2018 Cyclocross, Sophie Thackray, National Championships
With the money that was kindly given to me by the Jack Bloor fund I was able to attend the national cyclocross championships in Hetton in January. It was a tough event meaning I had to change my bike every lap, but thanks to the funding given I was able to make sure that lContinue reading “2018 Cyclocross, Sophie Thackray, National Championships”
2018 Cyclocross, Amira Mellor, Belgium race training
My 2017/18 season was filled with a mixture of results but a lot of lessons learnt and some more international experiences. Being 20 years old and racing in the elite women’s race is tough, it takes a rider a few years to find there feet and to start seeing the results they want. I amContinue reading “2018 Cyclocross, Amira Mellor, Belgium race training”
2018 Ben Turner, Cyclocross, World Championships
My last part of the season was geared to selection to the World Championships, so l needed to perform well at the National Championships. I had a strong start leading the first laps then Tom Pidcock attacked and gained around 10 seconds, the gaped stayed around this for most of the race, l came secondContinue reading “2018 Ben Turner, Cyclocross, World Championships”
2017 Athletics, Nathan Marsh, XC training
Nathan Marsh – Running onto the elite stage and the role of a training camp After seeing my running improve significantly over the 2016/17 season I was very grateful to receive support from the Jack Bloor Fund to start the summer off on a high with a training camp to Vilamoura, Portugal. This is myContinue reading “2017 Athletics, Nathan Marsh, XC training”
2017 Triathlon, Robbie Lightowler, World Duathlon and Aquathon Championships
“10,9,8”… Why am I doing this?… “7,6,5”… Have I done enough training?… “4,3,2”… Is this actually about to begin?… “1”… GO. Those are my usual thoughts before I start any race, and the World Duathlon Championships were not any different. Well, apart from the fact it was obviously the World Champs. AND it was situatedContinue reading “2017 Triathlon, Robbie Lightowler, World Duathlon and Aquathon Championships”
2017 Triathlon, Emma Beckwith, Morzine Training Camp
Morzine training camp – July 2017 On the first day we arrived at the chalet and built our bikes. Since I had never built my bike before I learnt a lot. We did an 11mile hill climb upto Avoriaz, 3,759ft of climbing, a total of 22miles and 2hrs and 15mins of riding. The average gradient wasContinue reading “2017 Triathlon, Emma Beckwith, Morzine Training Camp”
2017 Triathlon, Emma Beckwith, European Duathlon Championships
European Standard Distance Championships – Soria, Spain 30th April 2017 I trained extremely hard over winter for a sporting journey that began in March 2016 at the Clumber Park, the qualification race. Apart from an injury the month before my preparation had gone very well. I was amazed to discover that I had the motivationContinue reading “2017 Triathlon, Emma Beckwith, European Duathlon Championships”