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As a relative late-comer into triathlon, 29 year old Tash Jackson has spent the past two years on a self-coached journey, and she has now qualified for the European Middle Distance Age-Group Championships which she will be competing at in September.

Emily started 2016 ranked 243 in the ITF World Junior tennis ranking list and 964 in the Women’s WTA rankings. However, in the space of only 3 months she has managed to rise to an impressive 45 in the World Juniors and 920 in the Women.

Benjamin Pritchard is a GLL Sport Foundation supported triathlete who has had a great start to the season. Benjamin uses the GLL facilities regularly which is essential to his training programme.

Aimee Willmott is one of the GLL Sport Foundation Ambassadors who has her sights set on competing at Rio. The London 2012 Olympic legacy has really helped many athletes stay motivated until 2016, and Aimee is no exception.

An accomplished able-bodied basketball player, Tillman started playing wheelchair basketball in 2011 after she was injured in a road accident and has since gone from strength to strength.

The membership to the Better Gyms through the GLL Sport Foundation meant I could focus on this part of my training without worrying about being on the road.

September 2015, the first time ‘professional’ would be put along side a female rugby player. I am extremely happy to say I am one of the lucky 20 in the squad.

GLL Sport Foundation supported athlete Ben Goodall flew out to Portugal, with the GB Tumbling Gymnastics squad last week for the 2015 Trampoline and Tumbling Loulé Cup.

This is an amazing feat which marks the culmination of a year in which both girls were assessed by the Head Olympic Coach to have 95+% perfect technique and tipped as stars of the future.

The GLL Sport Foundation suppport athletes’ injury rehabilitation to reach peak performance – Lucy Newman received essential physiotherapy to get back to full fitness.