Lincolnshire Elite Athlete Programme
A programme designed to provide support for Lincolnshire’s talented sportspeople
LEAP has been helping talented athletes in Lincolnshire for 9 years now! Famous names such as Ashton Turner, Shona McCallin, Sophie Wells, Jack Harvey and Jade Etherington have all been a part of the LEAP programme from relatively unknown athletes, to the household names that they are today. Firstaid4sport join LEAP as the programme’s first headline sponsor. Firstaid4sport is a Lincolnshire based company working alongside local sports clubs and teams from a grassroots level, right through to national level clubs and teams, ensuring that no matter how big or small, every club has access to excellent quality and activity specific first aid equipment. The ethos of Firstaid4sport is focused around providing quality products, through excellent product knowledge and one-to-one personalised advice to customers to ensure this happens. This philosophy begins at home in Lincolnshire, looking after as many of the local athletes and sports participants as possible. Firstaid4sport’s passion for athletes to receive a high standard or care right through from the grassroots level upwards, to ensure that they progress their careers to the highest possible level complements the core objectives of LEAP, and this partnership will contribute to the further success of the Lincolnshire athletes involved with the programme. LEAP 2017 is made up of two categories to which athletes can apply. Athletes who are competing on the national & international stage for either England or Team GB may receive up to a £1000 bursary. Athletes who are competing at Lincolnshire County level for their sport may receive up to a £250 bursary. 2016 Athletes included:
- Zachary Pywell – Triathlon
- Jordan Skelly – Duathlon/Triathlon
- Ellie Brown – Sailing, Laser Radial
- Elizabeth Gray – Flat Water Sprint Kayak
- Karl Baillie – Road Cycling
- Simon George – Triathlon
- Ashton Turner – Golf
- Robert Hazelwood – Water Skiing and World Championships
Apply Here to become a LEAP 2017 athlete.
LEAP Supporters' Club
The LEAP Supporters Club has been developed for businesses to make a donation of £250 and in return they will receive the LEAP logo to place on their website and email footer for a calendar year. Many businesses want to give something back into the community and the county and this is an excellent opportunity to see their donation make a difference to a young athlete.
