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… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »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,… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »2019 Fell Running, Lauren Dickson, World Mountain Running trials