Meet the brand new members
Two new members of the Nice Britain Age Group Workforce have been chosen to hitch the prevailing Yellow Jersey Ambassadors for 2025. Following a aggressive choice course of, Tej Thaker and Sarah Myford have been chosen by British Triathlon and Yellow Jersey to hitch the 5 present Ambassadors who’re persevering with of their roles from 2024.
To kick begin their 12 months 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 have 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 can assist them in planning their bike coaching extra successfully.
Over lunch, that they had 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 Fitness center for power and conditioning assessments, this time, underneath the watchful eye of Loughborough College’s Head of Efficiency Companies, Cormac Ryan
Speaking on the finish of the day, Tej mentioned:
“Being an Age-Group Ambassador is wonderful, my aim as an Ambassador is to encourage extra individuals to get into triathlon. The imaginative and prescient I would really like for triathlon is that it turns into much less intimidating and a bit extra inclusive. Personally I’d prefer to see extra individuals from ethnic minorities get into triathlon and hopefully seeing somebody like myself, somebody relatable, on the beginning line, can encourage extra individuals, 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 ladies to take up the game. I’ve had seven youngsters, and I wish to persuade extra ladies that they’ll take up triathlon. Moreover, I wish to try to assist maintain younger ladies in sport. As I work in a faculty, I really feel I’m in a superb place – with teenage ladies 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 bunch 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 mentioned:
“I’d prefer to congratulate Tej and Sarah and welcome them to the Yellow Jersey Age-Group Ambassadors crew. We had an enormous variety of candidates as soon as once more, so it’s a improbable achievement to be chosen and I do know they’ll have an enormous optimistic impression on the triathlon neighborhood over the 12 months forward.
“Hundreds of individuals take immense pleasure in carrying the GB Age-Group Workforce trisuit yearly, and supporting a crew of this dimension merely wouldn’t be attainable with out help from unimaginable companions resembling Yellow Jersey.”
Ryan Georgiades, Yellow Jersey Managing Director, added:
“We’re thrilled to welcome Tej and Sarah to the Yellow Jersey Age-Group Ambassador crew. 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 look ahead to sharing their journey and celebrating their achievements all through the season.”
Now in its third 12 months, the Yellow Jersey Age Group Ambassador crew 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 characterize the GB Age Group Workforce. Tej and Sarah be part of present Yellow Jersey Ambassadors Nina Wareham, Katie Wright, Hayley Wells, Andi Britt, and Hussain Al-Zubaidi who might be persevering with their function in 2025. They’ll all be sharing their journeys within the sport on their social media channels as they characterize the Age Group Workforce internationally in 2025.
To help them on their journey, Tej and Sarah have obtained an unique Yellow Jersey and British Triathlon package deal, together with a 12 months’s free bike insurance coverage from Yellow Jersey, a Yellow Jersey sponsored British Triathlon Age Group Workforce 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 Workforce which varieties 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 Residence Nation members can take pleasure in 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 Workforce members receiving the very best affords obtainable.
To seek out out extra in regards to the affords obtainable to British Triathlon Residence 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 Workforce offers British Triathlon members with the chance to characterize Nice Britain internationally at World and European Championships in quite a lot of swim, bike, run disciplines and distances.
Discover out extra about representing the GB Age-Group Workforce right here.
