Seen in the press

Andy Lewis, 57, a PE teacher from Hither Green, is an unusually talented athlete. Not satisfied with excelling at one sport, he has won awards as a pentathlete, decathlete, long-jumper, and bobsleigh champion, and more recently has moved on to indoor rowing which earned him a silver medal in the 2024 British Championships. (Thames Gazette, 10 February 2026)

England’s juniors hauled in the medals at the French Borders tournament in January as Saicharan Kannan led the way with two golds and a silver. (Badminton England, 5 February 2026)

The GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) launched in Richmond this month, where it now runs Pools on the Park and Teddington Pool and Fitness Centre. (South West Londoner, 29 January 2026)

Bedford Borough Council’s Sports Development team has celebrated the 30th Bedford Sports and Physical Activity Awards, recognising the outstanding achievements of local athletes, clubs, volunteers and schools at a special anniversary ceremony attended by more than 550 guests at the Bedford Corn Exchange. (Bedford Borough News, 9 December 2025)

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have written a brand-new chapter in British skating history, claiming their eighth British senior ice dance title and becoming the most decorated ice dance team Great Britain has ever produced. (Brisitsh Ice Skating, 29 November 2025)

British skaters Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won gold at the NHK trophy figure skating event in Osaka - their 10th Grand Prix medal. (BBC News,10 November 2025)

Charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op GLL has announced 29 athletes from Cambridgeshire will benefit from the 2025 intake of its GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) – the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK. (Peterborough Today, 15 September 2025)

Great Britain's Kimberley Woods sealed a gold double at the Canoe Slalom World Cup final in Augsburg, Germany. (BBC Sport. 5 September 2025)

Seventeen Year Old Ayden Rennalls became the first medallist for Jamaica at the Youth Pan American Karate Championships. (The Jamaica Gleaner, 3 September 2025)

Police constable Maria Moss balances ten-hour shifts as a response officer in south London with training as one of the UK’s top judo athletes. At 22, she is ranked fourth in her category and aiming for Olympic qualification. (Emergency Services Times, 1 September 2025)

Eugene Amo-Dadzie moved to joint fifth on the all-time European men’s 100m list with a blistering personal best of 9.87 (+2.0m/s) at Lee Valley, London on Saturday (30). (European Athletics, 1 September 2025)

Bedford’s Maggie Cotter is celebrating this week after winning a silver medal and a bronze medal as part of Team GB at the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany that concluded on 24 August. (Bedford Independent, 29 August 2025)

Seventeen talented athletes from Welwyn and Hatfield are set to benefit from a £12,250 funding boost. (Welwyn and Hatfield Times, 18 July 2025)

At a GSF Awards Event held at York Leisure Stadium Complex on 17th June, athletes ranging from 10 to 66-years and partners gathered to hear how this year's award fund of £18,000 will help support talented athletes on their sporting journey. (Yorkshire Times, 19 June 2025)

Justin Levene, a local resident and champion wheelchair athlete, was among 80 guests that attended last night’s awards evening for GLL’s Sport Foundation at Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre. (MSN UK 19 June 2025)

63 athletes from Waltham Forest will benefit from £41,600 of support from the GLL Sport Foundation. (Waltham Forest Echo, 18 June 2025)

Sixty-three athletes from Waltham Forest are set to receive support through a national athlete programme. (Your Local Guardian, 17 June 2025)

Twenty-eight athletes from across Bedford have been awarded a share of £18,900 in the latest awarding of GLL’s Sport Foundation grants, including 62-year old swimmer, Maggie Cotter who has returned to the water after receiving a kidney and liver transplant. (Bedford Independant, 13 June 2025)

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won Great Britain's first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston.
(BBC Sport, 30 March 2025)

Seren Wills won bronze in the Under-17 category of the British Lead Climbing Championships
(Cornish Times, 12th February 2025)

Two brothers from Truro, Isaac Murray and Logan Murray, are making waves in the world of sport after being selected for the next stage of the national Find Your Greatness campaign, which aims to identify future Olympic athletes.
(Cornish Stuff, 29 January 2025)

As GLL’s Sports Foundation opens its doors for 2025, new research shows that Londoners recognise the importance of giving talented athletes a ‘leg up’.
(London Daily News, 12 January 2025)

Erin Kennedy MBE was recently awarded an OBE in the King's New Years Honours List and worries lack of funding could lead to a less diverse Team GB.
(Rayo, 3 January 2025)

Lewisham’s Olympic hero Alex Yee has been given the ultimate honour by his home borough – the running track where he started out has been named after him.
(Greenwich Wire, 22 November 2024)

The teenager clocks 15:25 and takes seven seconds off the previous mark by Innes FitzGerald
(Athletics Weekly, 10 November 2024)

Olympic champion Alex Yee secured his first world title after finishing third in the World Triathlon Championship Finals in Andalusia, Spain.
(BBC, 20 October 2024)

Tony Wallace, Regional Director of GLL, looks at the company’s legacy from Paris 2024 through to grassroots sports.
(The MJ, 17 October 2024)

Athletes from across Bedford’s sporting spectrum were the centre of attention last week as Bedford International Athletics Stadium hosted the town’s first ever GLL Sports Foundation Awards.
(Bedford Independent, 26 Sept 2024)

Athletes of all ages from across Bedford gathered at Bedford International Athletics Stadium in Bedford to receive this year’s awards from the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF).
(Bedford Today, 25 Spetember 2024)

Athletes of all ages from across Cambridgeshire gathered at Cherry Hinton village Leisure Centre in Cambridge to receive this year’s awards from the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF).
(Peterborough Telegraph, 24th Sep 2024)

Chris Hunt Skelley MBE has achieved a momentous moment by winning the bronze medal in judo at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
(Swindon Link, 9 September 2024)

Laviai and Lina Nielsen both won bronze in the 4x400m Women’s Relay, while Laviai bagged a second bronze in the 4x400m Mixed Relay
(Waltham Forest Echo, 21 August, 2024)

ATHLETES of all ages from across Cornwall gathered at Callywith College in Bodmin to receive this year’s awards from the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF).
(Cornish Times, 8 July 2024)

Team GB sprinter and Olympic bronze medallist Darryll Neita hosted a sports day for schoolchildren yesterday at the athletics track where she first began her training.
(South London News, 14 May 2024)

A charitable social enterprise has announced that 82 athletes from Lewisham will benefit from its Sport Foundation this year.
(South London News, 10 May 2024)