Fitness/Athletic Teams Needed All 'Types'

Hi everyone

My names Andy and I'm a Noobe here.

I am looking to see if there there are any insane amateur athletes here who would be interested in joining me in starting a Team Type 1 here in the UK. I know that there is one in the USA which was set up to promote awareness and understanding that Diabetics are perfectly able to achieve anything.

The basic idea is that we all train together and enter gruelling sporting events not nessesarly to raise money (but this could happen) but to show the world that we are not limited in what what we can do.

Any Takers

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Yeah I agree training regular would be tricky but regular wouldn't be necessary. I'd be more than happy to draw up training schedules for everyone and meet up fir team training once a month to go through specifics for up coming events. I already have loads of events lined up and if I can get say a team of ten together will be in a position to contact sponsors to cover costs for entry and equip. Usa team is sponsored by novo.
Just to give a little peace of mind to people I have alot of experience in event training and prior to diabetes was an army physical training instructor and competed in national comps in x country ski-ing and running.

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Will do thanks phoenix. Have email t1 in usa already and waiting on response but I think they are at an event at moment from what I saw on twitter. Think there sponsorship deal is so good they are paid full time.

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Mo I'm hoping 1905 isn't the year you were born!

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Hi Every one

Well I have to say I'm quite pleased with the response. I have already set the ball rolling and will update you all as things happen.
Should have a website up and running in the next week or too which I will send a link to so people can register their interest.
I have designed it so that any one can get involved and will have three different ways people can join the group.
1. Team T1 Ultimate (or something along those lines) which will be for the super keen people with a very high fitness level who can compete as pro or semi pro athletes at events.
2. Team T1 which any one can join and compete at events as a team very much like the thing that all the charities do such as Diabetes UK, british heart foundation and so on.
3. Spectators and supporters, who due to age, injury or ability can join the group and provide logistic support and good cheer to everyone taking part.

Funding. I haven't done all the maths yet but expect there will be a small one off joining fee to cover the cost of kits, and so on but I will be approaching potential sponsors once the admin side is set up looking for them to cover the cost of event entries and logistics. Initially I know two businesses that will be happy to cover this in the short term but a larger funder will be needed long term.

Obviously there is scope to raise funding through individual sponsorship but this is not the way forward as I see it as It puts a lot of pressure on people and the aim is more to create awareness of our abilities and not fund raising. Plus it would be better to give any individual funds raised direct to research than to fund our activities.

Will be in touch soon but feel free to PM me your contact details or register interest in the mean time.

Andy :thumbup: :thumbup:

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oh yeah sorry, sheppie84 I'm sure type 1.5 would be Okay, the more the merrier!