Meet the brand new members
Two new members of the Nice Britain Age Group Crew have been chosen to affix the present Yellow Jersey Ambassadors for 2025. Following a aggressive choice course of, Tej Thaker and Sarah Myford had been chosen by British Triathlon and Yellow Jersey to affix the 5 present Ambassadors who’re persevering with of their roles from 2024.
To kick begin their yr working with British Triathlon and Yellow Jersey, Tej and Sarah attended a coaching day at British Triathlon’s Loughborough Efficiency Centre. Within the morning, they had been put by way of their paces on the bike within the lab with assessments to find out their VO2 max and lactate thresholds, the outcomes of which is able to assist them in planning their bike coaching extra successfully.
Over lunch, they’d the chance to talk with Paralympians Dave Ellis and Claire Cashmore in addition to fellow World Class Programme athlete Sophie Alden. Within the afternoon, they hit the Powerbase Health club for power and conditioning assessments, this time, below the watchful eye of Loughborough College’s Head of Efficiency Providers, Cormac Ryan
Speaking on the finish of the day, Tej stated:
“Being an Age-Group Ambassador is superb, my purpose as an Ambassador is to encourage extra folks to get into triathlon. The imaginative and prescient I would love for triathlon is that it turns into much less intimidating and a bit extra inclusive. Personally I’d prefer to see extra folks from ethnic minorities get into triathlon and hopefully seeing somebody like myself, somebody relatable, on the beginning line, can encourage extra folks, to have entry to the game and be impressed to really feel like they actually can do nicely in it.”
Sarah added:
“I used to be 44 after I took up triathlon and as an Ambassador I’d prefer to encourage extra older girls to take up the game. I’ve had seven kids, and I wish to persuade extra girls that they’ll take up triathlon. Moreover, I wish to attempt to assist preserve younger women in sport. As I work in a college, I really feel I’m in a superb place – with teenage women particularly – to encourage them to remain in sport and I’d like to make use of this place to have the ability to try this.
“Triathlon modified my life. It gave me the boldness to do a level, retrain as a trainer fairly late in life and arise in entrance of a gaggle of 30 youngsters to show them. I wouldn’t have had the boldness to do any of that with out triathlon.”
Ruth Daniels, British Triathlon CEO stated:
“I’d prefer to congratulate Tej and Sarah and welcome them to the Yellow Jersey Age-Group Ambassadors workforce. We had an enormous variety of candidates as soon as once more, so it’s a unbelievable achievement to be chosen and I do know they’ll have an enormous optimistic influence on the triathlon neighborhood over the yr forward.
“Hundreds of individuals take immense satisfaction in carrying the GB Age-Group Crew trisuit yearly, and supporting a workforce of this measurement merely wouldn’t be potential with out help from unimaginable companions equivalent to Yellow Jersey.”
Ryan Georgiades, Yellow Jersey Managing Director, added:
“We’re thrilled to welcome Tej and Sarah to the Yellow Jersey Age-Group Ambassador workforce. Their ardour for the game and dedication to the age-group neighborhood completely align with our mission to help and encourage triathletes at each degree. We stay up for sharing their journey and celebrating their achievements all through the season.”
Now in its third yr, the Yellow Jersey Age Group Ambassador workforce goals to encourage, encourage and encourage others to set their very own swim, bike, run objectives; from attempting the game for the primary time, to qualifying to signify the GB Age Group Crew. Tej and Sarah be a part of present Yellow Jersey Ambassadors Nina Wareham, Katie Wright, Hayley Wells, Andi Britt, and Hussain Al-Zubaidi who will probably be persevering with their function in 2025. They’ll all be sharing their journeys within the sport on their social media channels as they signify the Age Group Crew internationally in 2025.
To help them on their journey, Tej and Sarah have acquired an unique Yellow Jersey and British Triathlon bundle, together with a yr’s free bike insurance coverage from Yellow Jersey, a Yellow Jersey sponsored British Triathlon Age Group Crew trisuit and an annual British Triathlon Final Membership.
The Ambassador programme is a continuation of Yellow Jersey’s dedication to the Nice Britain Age Group Crew which kinds a part of a wider partnership introduced in 2022. Yellow Jersey are additionally the nationwide governing physique’s Official Cycle and Journey Insurance coverage Associate.
All British Triathlon Dwelling Nation members can get pleasure from a variety of Yellow Jersey reductions, together with as much as £75 off annual bicycle insurance coverage insurance policies, as much as 20% off short-term bicycle insurance policies and as much as 15% off journey insurance coverage, with GB Age-Group Crew members receiving the best presents out there.
To search out out extra in regards to the presents out there to British Triathlon Dwelling Nation members, from Yellow Jersey and all our different companions, please go to the British Triathlon accomplice web page right here.
The Nice Britain Age-Group Crew offers British Triathlon members with the chance to signify Nice Britain internationally at World and European Championships in a wide range of swim, bike, run disciplines and distances.
Discover out extra about representing the GB Age-Group Crew right here.
