The first ever Superhero Tri, powered by npower, celebrated over 1,500 Everyday Superheroes at the atmospheric event

More than 20 teams took part in the Celebrity Superhero Tri alone,
each with their own Celebrity Team Captain

* Celebrity Team Captains included MBE and double Paralympic
champion Jonnie Peacock, who led team npower through the Superhero Tri

* The Superhero Series is the UK’s only disabled athletic series

SATURDAY 19TH AUGUST: After an epic summer of elite sport, it was the
turn of the Paralympic champions, including JONNIE PEACOCK (TEAM
NPOWER), KADEENA COX (TEAM KADEENA), DAVID WEIR (TEAM BARCLAYS) AND
GEORGINA HERMINTAGE (TEAM STONEAGE) to be blown away by the Everyday
Superheroes who unleashed their inner superpowers, trailblazing around
unique solo and team Superhero Tri.

One of the highlights was the Celebrity Superhero Tri, where more
than 20 Celebrity Team Captains, including npower’s Jonnie Peacock,
got to take part alongside their inspiring and determined competition
winning teammates from around the UK The teams fought strong winds,
ice cold open waters and chilly temperatures on the day.to show off
their passion and strength.

The series, with lead partner npower, is on its own mission to find
Britain’s Superpowers – and they were spoilt for choice! npower
super-charged the series by recruiting Paralympic gold medallist
Jonnie Peacock as their Team Captain. Discussing his team’s success in
the Superhero Series, Jonnie said, “I’m so honoured to be a part of
the Superhero Series, it was such great fun and really inspiring to
see so many people who had never even considered taking part in a
sporting event like this before. I’m especially proud of my team. Amy
and Matt were brilliant – definitely budding Paralympians! They both
showed real heart and teamwork, and most importantly they had fun,
which is the main purpose of the Superhero Series.”

Amy, who suffers with Dystonia, started the race for team npower
alongside 20 other brave swimmers and was cheered on from the
sidelines by her teammates and family. Although struggling with the
second half of her 150m swim, the crowds were quick to spur her on and
help her reach firm ground. Matt, who lives with Erbs Palsy, was ready
and waiting to take over and speed through his 3km cycle. He said: “It
was one of my fastest times so my training has paid off! I’m so proud
to have worked with Jonnie and Amy as part of team npower. It was such
an awesome and inspiring experience.” Amy described her swim as
“gruelling but amazing”, and said: “I’ll be wearing this wetsuit
whenever I train – I think it brings me luck!” Jonnie completed his
first ever 1km race and said “I was pleased to do the distance. Seeing
everyone else competing spurred me on and the crowds were fantastic.
It’s been such a great day and my team mates on team npower were a
real inspiration.”

Paralympian and Superhero Series founder Sophia Warner said: “This
event was a much needed chance for Everyday Superheroes all across the
UK to unleash their superpowers and see what’s possible when given the
opportunity. The highlight for me was to see so many people who had
never done anything like this before having great fun and of course
masks, capes and pants over tights were positively encouraged. Thanks
to all the super partners and everyone else for making it a reality.
Here’s to the next one!”

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SUPERHERO SERIES OR TO REGISTER VISIT
WWW.SUPERHEROSERIES.COUK [4] AND @SUPERHEROTRI ON TWITTER.

For further information, please contact Sophia Mead at Golin on
02078610830 or email smead@golin.co