News of people who have been awarded a grant
UCPA Intro to Alpine Mountaineering – Chamonix, France Sophie Walker Sport climbing in the Chamonix valley Challenging, inspiring and breathtaking… these words can be used… Read More »2018 Mountaineering, Sophie Walker, Intro to Alpine Mountaineering
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… Read More »2018 Cyclocross, Sophie Thackray, National Championships
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… Read More »2018 Cyclocross, Amira Mellor, Belgium race training
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… Read More »2018 Ben Turner, Cyclocross, World Championships
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… Read More »2017 Athletics, Nathan Marsh, XC training
“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… Read More »2017 Triathlon, Robbie Lightowler, World Duathlon and Aquathon Championships
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… Read More »2017 Triathlon, Emma Beckwith, Morzine Training Camp
European Standard Distance Championships – Soria, Spain 30th April 2017 I trained extremely hard over winter for a sporting journey that began in March 2016… Read More »2017 Triathlon, Emma Beckwith, European Duathlon Championships
It was to be my first ever age-group event, but in the 6 weeks prior to the race I managed little to no training as… Read More »2017 Triathlon, Rebecca Lodge, World Championships
European Youth Orienteering Championships Report- Lucy Haines EYOC 2017 took place in July in Slovakia. It consisted of a sprint race, a long race and… Read More »2017 Orienteering, Lucy Haines, European Youth Championships