A member of RAF Brize Norton’s Whole Force community has led Team UK to success at the United States Air Force Warrior Games Trials.
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The Royal British Legion (RBL) sent representatives of Team UK out to the USA to compete in the US Air Force Trials as part of the Wounded Warrior programme. This gave the USA teams the ability to compete in their process for selection for the Warrior Games.
The Air Force Trials are a Paralympic-style series of competitive events featuring sports adapted to the individual capabilities of the wounded warrior athletes. Each athlete is competing to earn one of 40 Primary slots on the United States Air Force Team in hopes of competing at the Warrior Games Challenge. Team UK helped to provide the competitive element to the trails, for the US Air Force to pick their team at the end of the event.
Charlie Dye, an RAF Veteran now Civil Servant who is part of the Whole Force at RAF Brize Norton took a team of 29 competitors 2 carers and 10 Royal British Legion staff, including the Head of Sports Recovery for the RBL to the games. The team were hosted near Las Vegas at the Vegas Lakes with the competitions taking place at Nellis Airforce Base. The sports that were available were indoor rowing, powerlifting, cycling, swimming, athletics, archery, shooting, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball and seated volleyball.
Charlie Dye, Team UK Captain for the Air Force Warrior Games Trials said:
“For me, it was a great honour to be selected, not only to be a competitor, but also to lead the whole team and be Team UK captain. I was competing in indoor rowing where I achieved a personal best in the 1 min row and placed 4th in powerlifting where I got another personal best and came home with 7 medals in total. It was a fantastic opportunity to help give the trials that competitive nature needed for the US Air Force to select their own team to go on to represent the US at the Department of Defence Warrior Games 2023.”
Charlie Dye
UK Team Captain
US Air Force Warrior Games Trials
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