Plumpton Rocks, Juniors Rock!
There were great results for girls at Plumpton Rocks near Knaresborough this weekend. Emily W16 - 2nd on Green, Megan W14 - 5th on Light green and Kate - 7th on yellow. AIRE club coaches ran pretty well too David Alcock 4th on Mens Blue and Lindsey King 10th on Womens Blue. Well done all!
Looking forward to seeing lots of AIRE juniors at Tankersley Barnsley next weekend for the final of Compass Sport Cup.
Lindsey King
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)
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!
| AIRE JUNIORS | British Middle Distance Summerhouse Knott
| Northern Champs High Dam – long distance
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| James Woodham | M14 - 7th | M14B 1st Silver |
| Tom Threlfall | M16 -25th | M16A 20th Bronze |
| Emily Gibbins | W16 – 7th Gold | W16A 15th Silver |
| Jack Villiers | M18 - 26th | M18S 3rd |
| Jake Powell | M18 19th Bronze | M18E 20th Bronze |
Yvette Baker Trophy – great results!
A huge, big thank you to 13 Aire juniors who ran for the club at the Yvette Baker heat at Middleton Park. TEAM AIRE was:
Jack, Jake, Tom, Annie, Megan, Katie, James, Harry, Henry, Jack, Bethan, Charlie & Kate.
Although SYO (South Yorkshire) scored more points - 899, we had enough runners to score on each course meaning that we were only a few points behind- 861 despite their large turn out. That is a brilliant achievement when many of you have done so little orienteering for a year.
Highlights were Katie who finished smiling though dripping wet with rain and our youngest competitor Kate who persevered on a tricky yellow course in her smart new Aire top.
Lindsey King – Coach
Alternative orienteering activities
Whilst all orienteering fixtures have been suspended for the foreseeable future (see separate news item), you may want to try these ideas... (click read more)
Juniors Compass Sport Cup report
We may not be able to go to any orienteering events at the moment 🙁 However, I thought you would like to see some of our juniors sporting their new AIRE tops to cheer you up.....
Saturday Introductory Series
First 3 Events Cancelled due to Coronavirus
The club are organising a series of 6 events this year specifically designed for newcomers of any age. The events will take place in a regular slot of the last Saturday of each month (except July & August) Start times 1:00-2:30. Club members and coaches will be on hand to help beginners get started and relative newcomers improve. We will generally offer 4 courses and you can do more than one course on the day.
Entry is free for all. Further details will appear closer to the event date on our events page. In the meantime our flier outlines the dates and venues.
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.
Junior Local Events
A series of 4 Events for Juniors/Families and Beginners.
Aire is hosting a series of 4 events designed specifically by JDO Simon Martland for Juniors on Saturday afternoons. Each event will have a series of easy courses for the Juniors/Families and a Challenge course for more experienced orienteers. The events are being held between 1:00 and 3:30 on 11th May at Hudson Park, Wetherby:18th May at Nunroyd Park, Guiseley: 8th June at Bowling Park, Bradford and 22nd June at Riverside Gardens Ilkley.
Flyer Saturday Junior Events
More details are on the Events page.