Couch To Green
Couch 2 Green program offers a unique opportunity in the Darlington area to improve health and wellbeing. The course is an 8 week adults beginners orienteering introduction, which runs throughout October and November 2021.
British Sprint Championships 2021
Skelmersdale, Lancashire
WOpen - Alice Leake British Champion! B - Fay Walsh 1st
MOpen - Andrew Stemp 9th, Leon Foster 10th, Ben Stevens 16th
M40 - Robert Gatenby 6th, Mark Villers 8th
M45 - David Alcock British Champion!
M55 - B - Steve Webb 1st , Ian Marshall 14th
W60 - Joyce Marshall 4th
M65 - Peter Haines 6th
W65 - Sue Stevens - 12th
Congratulations to our new AIRE British Champions!!!
James Bond 007 also had Time to Dib for Airienteers, but his Licence to Dib was not enough, oh well Dib Another Day....
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:
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!
| AIRE JUNIORS | British Middle Distance Summerhouse Knott
| Northern Champs High Dam – long distance
|
| 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 |
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.