Tom confirmed as full member of the YHOA regional junior squad

AIRE juniors are proud to announce that Tom M16 is now a full member of the YHOA regional junior squad along with Emily and Jake.

He has shown excellent progress in his recent races at the Northern Championships and British Middle distance championships as well as the Yvette Baker Trophy heat and final.

Tom is really enjoying his orienteering at the moment and so I asked him to tell us a bit about himself... (click Read more)

Yvette Baker Trophy

AIRE’s junior team travelled to deepest Gloucestershire for the Yvette Baker trophy this month. The race was held at the beautiful Westonbirt National Arboreteum... (click Read more to find out what happened)

AIRE Summer Sprint League 2021

Congratulations to the following winners:

- Andrew Stemp

- Andrew Kelly

- Fay Walsh

- Arabella Woodrow

Results:

Bramley Fall Results

League:

Summer 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.

Alice Leake 4th in World Champs Sprint Final

Huge congratulations to Alice on taking a superb 4th place in the Sprint Final at the World Champs in the Czech Republic. Serial world champion Tove Alexandersson from Sweden took her 11th title in 14:03 with Russian Natalia Gemperle taking Silver in 14:12 and Dane Maja Alm (4 time previous sprint World Champion) Bronze in 14:20 just 4 seconds ahead of Alice in a very tight race.

Paul Pruzina is representing Ireland this week in all 3 disciplines and narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Sprint Final placing 20th in his heat with 15 qualifying.

The races took place in the historic town of Terezín, which is dominated by several-storey defensive ramparts and moats. The organisers prepared courses with a tricky network of route choices making the most of the towns unusual features and layout. Have a look at the map courses routes and results on the WOC 21 Website

Alice ran first leg in the Mixed Sprint relay where the GB team finished 6th in a very close race just 1:30 behind winners Sweden.

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.