Pentathlon GB

🗣 "Why should I get involved in competitions?"

The European Championships in Madeira last month saw hundreds of Team GB athletes of all ages compete - and it sounds like they had a great time!

Want to get involved in or any of our family of sports?

📲 www.pentathlongb.org

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 💪

Wishing our Team GB Olympians the best of luck over the next few weeks.

We're with you all the way, team.

𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

Charlie Brown won the Mixed Relay at the World Junior Championships alongside Emma Whitaker in 2022.

In two weeks' time he'll represent Team GB in Paris.

A dream come true 💪

GB

📸 UIPM - World Pentathlon / Filip Komorous

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 📸

Samantha Murray set a new world record in a 25m pool with a time of 𝟎𝟐.𝟎𝟑.𝟖𝟒𝟎 in 2014!

Today we’re celebrating the athletes heading to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, who are proudly supported by players! Team GB, we’re behind you all the way 💪



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Good luck to Gareth, the lads and all of the England football team this evening from everyone at Pentathlon GB ⚽

Bring football 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 please.

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭!

Team GB secured more glory at the European Championships as Kay Bryson (🥇) and Emma Whitaker (🥉) claimed individual success, whilst also taking a Silver in the Team competitions with Alex Bousfield 🙌

Congratulations team 🌟

We are looking for a new 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 to join our board.

With Paris 2024, LA 2028 and the many opportunities to grow the sport via Penta+ on the horizon, this is a really exciting time for the sport.

Interested? Take a look at the job advert to see if you might be a good fit!

📲 https://ow.ly/Q5By50SAme4

⚡ 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 - 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 ⚡

As we will be announcing a new kit supplier over the coming weeks, Scimitar Sports are currently running a flash sale on all Pentathlon GB Official Merchandise! Customers can get up to 75% off whilst stocks last.

All you need to do is head to their website here: https://pentathlongb.shop/collections/sale/

Details on the new supplier will be announced soon!

𝓖𝓸𝓵𝓭 for Emma & Alex 🥇🥇

An amazing start to the European Championships in Budapest as Emma Whitaker & Alex Bousfield secure the win in the Women's Relay Competition!

Individual competitions starting today - with Ross Charlton & Kay Bryson also taking part 💪

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 📸

Each week, we're going to bring the memories flooding back with a photo or video from yesteryear!

First up, this classic Team GB squad announcement from 2012!

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 🏆

In sweltering conditions in Egypt, our athletes gave a fantastic account of themselves.

The future is looking 🔝

More ➡️ https://www.pentathlongb.org/news/1249



📸 UIPM - World Pentathlon

Our Penta+ rebrand by Household has been nominated under the 'Branding' category in the Creativepool Awards!

You can vote here: https://creativepool.com/annual/2024/shortlist

Fingers crossed 🤞

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📣New policy

We have today published a new 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲.

READ ➡️ https://www.pentathlongb.org/p/safeguarding-resources

This will be supported by guidance and procedures, coming soon. There will be webinar at 7.30pm on July 18th - more to follow!

✉️ [email protected]

This four 😍

Introducing our team for Paris 🇫🇷

Let’s go Team!

📢 𝐔𝟏𝟕 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝

Delighted to confirm our squad which will head to Turkey next week!

Good luck all 👊

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 wanted ✍

T️he School Games National Finals will include pentathlon & OCR - and we need volunteers to help support our young athletes!

Find out more ➡️ www.pentathlongb.org/news/1247

45 days to go 🥇

The Paris 2024 Modern Pentathlon competition begins on Thursday 8th August!

Who's excited? 🙋‍♂️

Team GB announcement coming 🔜

📢 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Seven of our young stars will be heading to Egypt next week aiming for glory!

➡ Poppy Clark
➡ Natalie Hatfield
➡ Gabrielle Holland
➡ Gina Speakman
➡ Sam Cobb
➡ Sebastian Forrest
➡ James Hulme

Best of luck to all our athletes 🙌

World Championships ☑️

Well done to all our athletes who competed last week in China!

The men's team came 6th, with Myles Pillage finishing 10th whilst Kate French secured 9th for the Women, who came 5th in the team standings.

𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 ➡ https://www.uipmworld.org/event/uipm-2024-pentathlon-world-championships

📸 UIPM - World Pentathlon

🚨World Laser Run Results Round-Up🚨

Congratulations to all athletes who competed at the World Laser Run over the weekend! Well done to the GB Team who had some fantastic performances! 👏🏻✨

Medal highlights:

🥇 - Jilly Wallace (M60+W)
🥈 - Henry Green + Jessica Davidson (U11 Mixed Relay)
🥉 - Jessica Davidson (U11 G)

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📣🇬🇧Pentathlon World Championships Team Announcement🇬🇧📣

🇨🇳Zhengzhou, China
🗓️8th - 16th June

Women’s Team🌟
Kate French
Olivia Green
Emma Whitaker
Jessica Varley

Men’s Team🌟
Charlie Brown
Joe Choong
Sam Curry
Myles Pillage

Good Luck to all our athletes!✨🍀