Pentathlon GB - World Cup 2010 - News
Local, regional, national and international media will all be welcome at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup
Journalists, photographers and film crews wishing to cover the Modern Pentathlon World Cup will need to officially accredited by Pentathlon GB.
To request an accreditation form, please contact Skip Peacey at Pentathlon GB, email admin@pentathlongb.org or tel 01225 386808.
Any media enquirues relating to the GB squad (including interviews with the athletes) should be directed to Steve Ballinger in the Pentathlon GB press office at Matchtight Ltd on 07765 071683, email steve@matchtight.co.uk
For all other media enquiries about Medway, Medway Park and the World Cup event contact Helen Cockersole on 01634 338255 or email helen.cockersole@medway.gov.uk.
LIVE internet broadcasting of the World Cup will be available - more details nearer to the event.
Most of the world’s top modern pentathletes will be in action at the Medway World Cup.
Further news items about the Medway World Cup will be posted on this page in the build-up to the competition and during the World Cup itself.
World Cup News Updates
Teenager Cooke set for World Cup debut posted by Steve Ballinger on23-02-2010
Eighteen-year-old Jamie Cooke will make his World Cup debut in Mexico next month.
Cooke, winner of the British Olympic Association’s modern pentathlon One to Watch Awards in 2008 and 2009, is a member of the six-strong British team competing at the first World Cup event of the season.
The Cheltenham pentathlete, which trains at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre at the University of Bath, joins Beijing 2008 Olympians Sam Weale and Nick Woodbridge in the men’s team.
Cooke, who is still classed as a junior athlete, earned his place on the team after finishing second to Weale in the overall ranking list following national selection competitions.
Heather Fell, Britain’s Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist, is joined by Samantha Murray and Louise Helyer in the women’s competition. Murray, who at 20 is also still a junior athlete, finished second in the national selection competitions.
The first World Cup of the season takes place in Playa Del Carmen from 4 to 7 March.
Woodbridge will return to action at the second World Cup of the year, which is in Cairo, Egypt, from 18 to 21 March. He is joined in the men’s team by David Atkinson, Russell North and Steven Mason.
Mhairi Spence, who topped the national women’s rankings, is joined by Beijing 2008 Olympian Katy Livingston, as well as Katy Burke and Freyja Prentice in the women’s team for Cairo.