Introducing our New Club Development Officer
We are very pleased to have appointed Mary Fleming as our new CDO. Her remit is to expand the reach of the club with a particular focus on diversity by accessing hard to reach communities. She comes with an impressive background having been a member of the Australian Junior and Senior World Championships teams and is also the CDO for CLOK so has some experience of the role already. She is currently doing an MSC in Biodiversity and Conservation in Leeds and has volunteered in various positions including Assistant Coach and Manager for the Australian Orienteering Team and as volunteers coordinator here in Yorkshire for SYO. Look out for her at our future events.
AIRE Autumn Night Score League 2022
The Wednesday night series for Autumn 2022 is over.
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Dave Murgatroyd
- Steve Webb
- Alice Leake
- Liz Carter
Results:
Final League Standings:
Yorrkshire Champions at Ogden on 30 October
Congratulations to all the Aire winners at Ogden.
M14 Henry Stitson
M18 Jake Powell
W21 Alice Leake
M21 Andrew Stemp
M35 John Blatherwick
M40 Robert Gatenby
M45 David Alcock
W65 Sue Stevens
Airienteers score equal third in Compass Sport Cup final
Thanks to everyone who made the trip up to Scotland and ran so well representing AIRE in the Compass Sport Cup final. While the huge teams of defending champions SYO and hosts FVO were fighting it out for the overall win (which went narrowly to SYO) we had a very close tussle with Lakeland for third place. In the end we were tied on points from our top 25 scoring runners and the equivalent of a photo finish or penalty shoot out was awarded to Lakeland as their 26th counter was ahead of ours.
But overall it was our best performance for many years and encouraging for the future as we had several runners who were unable to make the trip on this occasion. It was great to be part of a well organised final in the challenging terrain of Devilla and Tulliallan. Full reports to follow in the forthcoming edition of Aire Affairs.
| 1st | 25 | 2425 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 25 | 2419 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 25 | 2223 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | 25 | 2223 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 25 | 2165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 20 | 1495 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 7 | 591 |
Thanks Steve
AIRE Coaching
Saturday 19th November
AIRE is offering a coaching session for adults and experienced juniors (orange to green standard) on Saturday 19th November 2022 at Esholt Woods between Shipley & Guiseley. Meet at 12.45pm, start 1pm & finish 3.30pm.
Location: Grid Ref: SE181404 Postcode: BD17 7QT Lat,Lng: 53.8599,-1.7254.
Kit needed: orienteering kit with full leg cover, whistle, warm & waterproof clothing, water and a snack in a small rucksack.
Cost will either offer the session for free or make a small charge for map printing.
The session is intended for AIRE members though any spare places may be made available to members of other local clubs.
To book a place email secretaryATaire.org.uk before 10th November with your name, age class and details of your current orienteering standard/experience. Once booked we confirm final details and ask you to complete a medical form.
Aire Summer Sprint League 2022
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Dave Murgatroyd
- Steve Webb
- Nicola Parkinson
- Arabella Woodrow
Results:
Final League Standings:
Summer Sprint League 2022 - Final Standings
Thank you to all helpers and competitors for taking part in this year's sprint series.
Alice Leake wins Bronze at WOC2022!
Successful World Champs for GB
A massive congratulations to Alice Leake who has won the Bronze Medal in the World Championships Individual Sprint today in Vejle, Denmark. A very well deserved result!
Megan Carter-Davies (recent British Sprints Champion at Leeds University) won the race to become the first British world individual champion since 2003.
This capped a successful end for GB at WOC2022, with Megan also winning a silver medal in the Knock-out sprint and being part of a silver medal winning sprint relay team with Charlotte Ward (HALO), Kris Jones and Ralph Street, amongst a number of other impressive performances from the whole GB team - well done to them all from AIRE.