AIRE Summer Sprint League 2021

The Wednesday night sprint series for Spring.

6 evenings, 3 courses: Sprint, Orange, and Yellow.

All courses have SI punching at the Start & Finish. The Sprint course should have an additional 3 controls to punch on the way round.

See the flyer here:

Spring Sprint League 2021

Results:

Potternewton Park Results

League (so far):

Summer Sprint League 2021

Next event: Weds 16th June - Ilkley Riverside Gardens

Promising Junior performances at major competitions

Congratulations to the 5 Aire Juniors who competed over the weekend of 5/6 June in the Lake District. The areas of Summerhouse Knott and High Dam are physically and navigationally tough. Most of you will not have run in such hard areas or read such a complex map before. The events also attracted the best orienteers from GB as the races were selection races for international events. You should all be proud of your performance!

Alice Leake and Hector Haines selected for World Champs Team

Laura King to make debut in World Cup

Many congratulations to Alice Leake on being selected for the forthcoming World Championships team. The event is taking place in July in Czech Republic and Alice has been selected for the Sprint and Mixed Sprint relay events. Long time Aire member (currently resident in Stockholm) Hector Haines has been selected for the Long and Forest Relay.

Selections have also been made for the Swedish World Cup event to be held in August. Laura King has been selected for what will be a senior team World Cup debut.

Peter Haines wins at British Middle Championships

Then takes Northern Champs

Many Aire members travelled over the weekend to the British Middle Distance Championships and Northern Championships held on highly technical adjacent areas near Newby Bridge. The first major events to be staged since lockdown.

Peter Haines won both races in M65.

Judith Powell took 2nd place in W80 in the British Middle.

In the Northern Champs also a win for James Woodham in M14B, congratulations on podium places to Evie Conway 3rd in W20E, , Andy Hobson 2nd in M35S and Mark Villiers 3rd in M40S.

AIRE Spring Sprint League 2021

Congratulations to the following winners:

- Andrew Stemp

- Quentin Harding

- Alice Leake

- Joyce Marshall

Results:

Dawson Wood Results

League:

Spring Sprint League - Final Standings

Thank you to all helpers and competitors for taking part in this year's sprint series. We hope that you all enjoyed yourselves and will see you back for the first event of the next series: Weds 9th June - Potternewton Park

Aire Affairs May 2021

The latest issue of Aire Affairs is now available with articles on Gender Equality in Orienteering and Scottish Turfzones. There are reports from the Yvette Baker Round and World Orienteering Day, and more memories from Yorkshire Squaddies.

Aire Affairs May 2021