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.
Fast and Glorious Airienteers!
Saturday dawned for the relays. Yours truly headed out with some trepidation. I wouldn’t say I was press-ganged into entering but let’s say I didn’t volunteer and the two other people the club captain asked to complete the team were unavailable! AIRE had a good complement of teams – 11 altogether. Our club captain Steve Webb did a sterling job filling up gaps in some and on the day rallying as many of us round for a team photo (a bit like herding cats I think) but he managed to get most of us.
Our results were:
Young Junior (12-): 5th was Paddington BeAIRE – Charlie Alcock, Kate Parkinson, Charlotte Beavers
Junior (16-): 9th was bAIRE necessities – Katie Buckley, Henry Stitson, Megan Robinson
10th was Rupert bAIRE – James Woodham, Annie Faulkner, Joseph Dawson
Vets (40+) 5th was Commission AIRE – Rob Gatenby, Jo Buckley, Dave Alcock
10th was VoltAIRE – David Bowman, Natasha Conway, Richard Foster
Supervets (55+) 13TH was BelAIRE – Greg Hull, Lindsey King, Chris Penny
Ultravets (65+) 5th was LassezfAIRE – Tony Carlyle, Liz Carter, Peter Jones.
Liz Carter
AIRE chAIRE
British Sprints walking on Aire!
A big thank you to all involved in the British Sprints on Sunday. A good day was had by all, the weather was kind and we had a good turnout. Special thanks go to the planners, Richard Foster, David Bowman and David Williams. The organisers Chris Burden and Graham Stuart supported by Tony Thornley, not forgetting the controllers, Ranald Macdonald and Ian Marshall and the Start leaders Tony Carlyle and Martyn Broadest. Thanks also to EBOR who lent us additional SI kit for the event. Also a big shout out to all the volunteers who gave their time to make the event a success. Some of whom also helped out on the Saturday Relays as well. Without the support of all of you we would not be able to put on quality events – or any events for that matter.
Again - many thanks to all
Liz Carter (Chair)
Special congratulations to the following Airienteers...
M10 Joby Pinker-Hull 5th, Charlie Alcock 6th
M14 Henry Stitson 7th; W14 Katie Buckley 10th
MOpen Andrew Stemp 17th; WOpen Alice Leake 2nd
M45 David Alcock 5th; W45 Faye Pinker 9th
M50 Chris Gibbins 14th; W50 Natasha Conway 5th
M60 Steve Webb 2nd; W60 Gills Adams 9th
M65 Maurice Calvert 5th
Aire Spring Sprint League 2022
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Nathan Lawson
- Ben Adams
- Fay Walsh
- Sarah Rowell
Results:
Final League Standings:
Spring Sprint League 2022 - Final Standings
Thank you to all helpers and competitors for taking part in this year's sprint series.