Christmas Junior & Family Social - Sat 6th December
🎄Christmas Junior & Family Social - Sat 6th December 3.00pm - 5.30pm🎄
Nell Bank Centre, Denton Road, Ilkley
Invited: Junior members & families and Members with future juniors
1.00pm –3.00pm:
- toddler to 10yrs Ilkley Riverside Park intro event inc v. short courses & playground. https://www.aire.org.uk/events/riverside-2025-12-06 £1 -just turn up
- 10yrs - teens Middleton Woods coaching Nell Bank Centre - Book a free place - final details later
3pm to 5.30-6.00pm:
- EVERYONE welcome to Nell Bank Centre for a fun outdoor orienteering game in the grounds
- bring headtorches
- festive dress optional.
Followed by food & hot/cold drinks indoors. Venue and food funded by AIRE junior cake stall funds.
Book your places NOW: lindseyking49AThotmail.co.uk - please indicate coaching &/or social, and any dietary needs
We will need some parents or/& teenagers to volunteer to help with serving food/tidying up /collecting controls, please.
AIRE Junior Coaching - Oct 2025
Hirst Wood, Saltaire
Here is an article from our latest junior coaching session in Hirst Wood, Saltaire on 12th October 2025.
Junior Coaching Activities - Autumn 2025
Airienteers Junior Coaching activities - Autumn 2025
- Sunday 12th October 2pm-4pm. Hirst Wood, Saltaire, Shipley - junior coaching - yellow to green standard
- Sunday 9th November 9am-3pm. Junior trip by minibus to the EBOR event at Skipwith between Selby & York (Remembrance Sunday so check if you are needed on parade first!). Picking up Ilkley/Otley/Guiseley/Leeds. Useful training if you are attending the British Schools Event in Edinburgh the following weekend.
Training opportunities for members
Wednesday 30th April 8pm - 9pm online session - British Championships preparation.
Would you like to qualify as an orienteering coach?
Please follow the 'Read more' link for more details and how to sign up.
Junior Coaching
Middleton Woods Ilkley
Mud and rain didn’t stop 7 juniors and parents having fun orienteering in Middleton Woods Ilkley this month! In the coaching session we practised planning routes from one control to another, matching map symbols to names and finished with the popular peg relay race and biscuits...... cont.