41 Team UK athletes to compete in indoor rowing at Invictus Games
The 2025 Invictus Games take place from 8-16 February in Vancouver Whistler, Canada
Photo: Tim Hammond
The indoor rowers, aged 27-57, represent well over half of the total team of 60 wounded, injured, and sick military personnel and veterans from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, who will compete at the Games to harness the power of sport to supercharge their recovery and rehabilitation.
Established by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, in 2014, previous Invictus Games have been held in London (2014), Orlando (2016), Toronto (2017), Sydney (2018), The Hague (2022), and Düsseldorf (2023).
Altogether, the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 will bring together up to 550 competitors from up to 25 nations to compete in adaptive sports, including the new winter sports: Alpine Skiing and Snowboard, Nordic Skiing, Biathlon, Skeleton and Wheelchair Curling, in addition to the core Invictus Games sports of Indoor Rowing, Sitting Volleyball, Swimming, Wheelchair Rugby and Wheelchair Basketball.
Several GB Rowing Team medallists from Paris 2024 supported the Team UK Indoor rowers at a training day at Loughborough University recently.
The athletes who will be competing in Indoor Rowing are:
Mark Abel, 57, Army Veteran, Worcestershire
Andy Allen, 35, Army Veteran, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Juliet ‘Jules’ Bale, 54, Territorial Army/RAF Reserves Veteran, Kent
Start Ball, 39, British Army Veteran, Royal Logistic Corps, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Iain Bareham, 50, British Army Veteran, Hampshire
Gemma Barnes – Team Vice Captain, 40, Army Reserves/RAF Veteran, Oxfordshire
Dan Bennett, 42, Royal Navy Veteran, Plymouth
Elizabeth Brown, 37, RAF Veteran, Moray, Scotland
Shaun Collins, 43, Army Veteran, Ripon, Yorkshire (originally from Wales)
Adam Davies, 26, Royal Navy Veteran, Glasgow, Scotland
Carl Ellis, 46, RAF Veteran, Rotherham
Mina Endeley, 44, RAF (serving), Warwickshire
Michael Evans, 47, RAF (serving), Sleaford
Richard ‘Rich’ Galpin, 48, Royal Navy (serving), Fareham
David Gee, 39, Royal Navy Veteran, St Helens
Tony Glancy, 37, Army Veteran, Dorset, (originally from London)
Angela Holland, 46, Combat Medical Technician (serving reservist), Ilkeston
Stephen Hooper – Team Captain, 39, RAF Veteran, Plymouth
Sara Howarth, 50, RAF Veteran, Essex
Terry Jones, 35, British Army Veteran, Flint
Peter ‘Pete’ Lauder, 45, RAF Veteran, King’s Lynn
Elisabeth ‘Liz’ Lee, 37, RAF Veteran, Leicester
Natalie Lewis, 42, RAF (serving), Oxfordshire (originally from Glasgow)
Ben Lukowski, 41, Royal Marines Veteran, Nottingham
Joanne Lynch, 46, RAF (serving), Shropshire (originally from NI)
Andy McEvoy, 55, Army Veteran, Bournemouth
Stacey Mitchell, 31, RAF Veteran, Hull
Kayleigh Pierce, 39, RAF (serving), Croydon
Mark Pilbeam, 57, Army Veteran, Hampshire
Chris Platts, 39, RAF Veteran, Barnsley
Rebecca ‘Bex’ Preece, 41, RAF Veteran, Hampshire
Scott Robertson, 36, Army Veteran, Wolverhampton
James Saltmarsh, 30, Royal Navy (serving), Cornwall
Rob Shenton, 52, Army Veteran, Eastleigh
Mike Tate, 34, RAF (serving), Hampshire
Neil Thomas, 52, Army (serving), High Wycombe
Nisar Utmanzai, 27, Royal Navy (serving), Bedford
John Whiteman, 44, Royal Marines (serving), Somerset
Kemsley ‘Kemz’ Whittlesea, 37, Army Veteran, Maidstone
Matt Wickens, 34, RAF (serving), Lossiemouth
James ‘Jenny’ Wren, 28, Royal Navy Veteran, Cornwall
Good luck to the indoor rowers and the whole of Team UK at the Invictus Games 2025!
Team UK is organised and delivered by the Royal British Legion in support of the Ministry of Defence, which is responsible for veterans’ recovery and rehabilitation. The MOD also leads the United Kingdom’s delegation to the Invictus Games.
