I am feeling happy
again after winning the BMC Youth Lead Open at Leads this weekend. Although on
both qualifiers I managed the comedy move of missing the final hold! I really
enjoyed the final route, making sure when I got to the top I got hold of that
jug!
It was great to be winning again after I had a disappointing
result at the European Youth Championship in Imst, the week before. Which I will just put down to experience and
very hot weather for a Lancashire lad. I
did enjoy catching up with friends on other international teams After the qualifiers some of the GB and Irish
team played ‘beach throw and catch’, where I joined the Irish team to balance
numbers – my Irish granddad would have been proud of me. Obviously being a
competitive bunch the result was important. I am pleased to say the Anglo-Irish
team were the victors.
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| Competition wall at Imst |
Shortly before Imst, I received two grants! SportsAid, and
Lancashire Rising Star!
Money has been pretty tight in our household the last year
or so, and I have been applying for funding from various sources, quite often
with no success. A couple of weeks ago I was delighted to find out I had been
successful with a SportsAid nomination made about 6 months ago. In the same week I find I had been selected
for the Lancashire Rising Star Fund! What a great week. It is the most enormous
relief to be able to help contribute towards the costs of trips abroad, fuel
for getting to training and some coaching.
I hope this roll of feel good keeps going for AS results day
in a weeks.
By Connor Byrne
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