Get on Track
Welcome to Get on Track!
This is your guide to the Get on Track programme in Reading, including when and where you need to be
and details of the Athlete Mentors who will be working with you.
What is Get on Track
Get on Track provides stepping stones into community sport, volunteering, training and employment for
young people aged between 16 and 25 years. Participants are mentored through a three-stage sport
and personal development programme, which is delivered by our team of Olympians, Paralympians,
World and Commonwealth Champions.
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Stage 1 – ‘On Your Marks’ takes place over three consecutive days and covers a range of
motivational, team building and personal development activities.
Stage 2 – ‘Get Set’ is made up of a variety of voluntary, community and sports based
challenges.
Stage 3 – ‘GO!’ is a celebration, putting to the test some of the skills learnt and presenting
your experiences to the rest of the team.
Where are the Get on Track sessions?
Get on Track
Stage
On Your Marks
Date
Time
Location
Further Information
1st October
2nd October
3rd October
10am –
4pm
Get Set
8th October
9th October
10th October
15th October
16th October
17th October
22nd October
23rd October
24th October
29th October
30th October
31st October
10am –
4pm
Academy Sport,
Northumberland Avenue,
Whitley, Reading, RG2
8DF
Academy Sport,
Northumberland Avenue,
Whitley, Reading, RG2
8DF
PLUS other Reading sites.
When you arrive at Academy Sport you will
be greeted by one the Get on Track Team.
Please come prepared for a variety of
activities (e.g. trackies, jeans, trainers).
A number of the Get Set sessions will
involve sports activities so please come
prepared to be able to take part (changing
facilities are available at Academy Sport).
Go!
7th October
7 - 9pm
Penta Hotel, Oxford
Road, Reading, RG1 7RH
If you have not already handed in your Registration Form please bring along to the first On Your
Marks session. Please also bring along your completed consent form.
Contact Information
If you have any questions please contact Justine Mosley at Get Berkshire Active at
Justine.mosley@getberkshireactive.org or 07912 178655
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Get on Track
Meet your Mentor
Our athlete team have experienced the highs and lows of world class competition, who knows what it
takes to face adversity and still overcome the odds to succeed: not only in sport, but in life too.
Rion Pierre was born in Jamaica and moved to England with his family when he was five years old.
At first he did not enjoy school and also had problems with his weight, but when he discovered
sport he started to enjoy school much more as he particularly enjoyed P.E., as well as gaining more
confidence and motivation and getting in shape. He discovered that he was talented at many sports,
amongst them football; he was signed to Chelsea FC’s youth team, but was dropped from the squad
at age 14, as they did not consider him to be tall or strong enough to keep competing for the team
at that level.
Rion Pierre
Undeterred, Rion became even more determined to succeed, and joined an athletics club. Here it
was noticed that he had an especial talent for sprinting, and his running career began to take off.
Within a couple of years he had become the Under-17 100 metre record holder for Middlesex, and
also became the English School’s Gold Medallist. He went on to become the AAA’s National Junior
200-metre champion and then the Under-23 AAA’s 100-metre champion.
As well as attending the Harefield Academy, a sports-specialist college, Rion also completed a
degree in Biomechanics at Brunel University, achieving First Class Honours. Throughout his time at
Brunel he continued to train for his athletics, but unfortunately missed out on competing in the
European Championships and the Commonwealth Games because of injury. However, he was not
deterred and got back on track with training hard for the London 2012 Olympic Games in the 100m,
200m and 4x100m relay events. Unfortunately he was unable to compete in the end, due to injury.
Rion has benefitted from the coaching and mentorship of the legendary Linford Christie, who invited
Rion to be part of his sprint squad alongside Commonwealth Champion Mark-Lewis Francis and
World Bronze medallist Laura Turner.
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