Tara Robertson, has been a listening volunteer for five years and is
also Deputy Director for caller support at Samaritans of Taunton & Somerset. She is off to Toronto for the Invictus Games in September.
There are just 90 members in the UK team and Tara has been selected to
take part in the cycling events. She is a keen athlete and competes
regularly in triathlons and has also cycled the 1,004 miles, John O’Groats to
Land’s End route in a fundraising effort for Samaritans, raising
nearly £1,800. She has also raised money in several half-marathons.
More hopefuls than ever before, 306
wounded, injured and sick military personnel and veterans, trialled 11 sports
for one of the 90 places available on the UK team. The rigorous selection
process was based on the benefit the Invictus Games will give an individual as
part of their recovery, combined with performance and commitment to training.
Invalided out of the army after being wounded in a bomb blast in Northern
Ireland, Tara is thrilled to be representing the UK in Toronto. “It is
all a great experience, said Tara, “the training and selection was somewhat
brutal but they have to take the best they can. I feel very honoured and
privileged to be a small part of the team. Now all I have to do is
perform to my utmost.”
The UK delegation to the Invictus Games
Toronto 2017 is being delivered by a partnership comprising The Ministry of
Defence, Help for Heroes, and The Royal British Legion. Jaguar Land Rover
is proud to support the UK Team, and are presenting partners of the Invictus
Games Toronto 2017.
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