British Champions 2023
British Champions!! - huge well done to Anne, Tamsin & Jo (women’s short),
Roger, Sue & Tony (M/W 70) and Bethan, Henry & Katie (Junior adhoc) on your British Championships Relay medals
We also had two individual British Champs medalists this weekend
Jo Buckley (W45) Susan Stevens (W70)
Plus some fantastic top 10s:
Dave 2nd M21S
Steve 4th M60
Anne 4th W40 (just 4s from bronze!)
Emily 5th W18
Katie 6th W16
Joyce 6th W60
Many congratulations
AIRE Winter Night Score League 2023
The Wednesday night series for Winter 2023 is over.
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Jonathan Coney
- Robert Gatenby
- Alice Leake
- Nicola Parkinson
Results:
Hirst Woods & Roberts Park Results
Final League Standings:
AIRE's Northern Champions
Peter and Tony triumph through boulders and over heather
Peter Haines (M65) and Tony Thornley (M75) both became Northern Champions at Burbage. Overcoming very physical courses, they both posted excellent results.
Introducing our New Club Development Officer
We are very pleased to have appointed Mary Fleming as our new CDO. Her remit is to expand the reach of the club with a particular focus on diversity by accessing hard to reach communities. She comes with an impressive background having been a member of the Australian Junior and Senior World Championships teams and is also the CDO for CLOK so has some experience of the role already. She is currently doing an MSC in Biodiversity and Conservation in Leeds and has volunteered in various positions including Assistant Coach and Manager for the Australian Orienteering Team and as volunteers coordinator here in Yorkshire for SYO. Look out for her at our future events.
AIRE Autumn Night Score League 2022
The Wednesday night series for Autumn 2022 is over.
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Dave Murgatroyd
- Steve Webb
- Alice Leake
- Liz Carter
Results:
Final League Standings:
Magnetic north, true north and grid north to align over Great Britain for the first time in history
Ordnance Survey article
Yorrkshire Champions at Ogden on 30 October
Congratulations to all the Aire winners at Ogden.
M14 Henry Stitson
M18 Jake Powell
W21 Alice Leake
M21 Andrew Stemp
M35 John Blatherwick
M40 Robert Gatenby
M45 David Alcock
W65 Sue Stevens
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