Blue Spark Foundation

BlueSpark provided support for Alyssa Oates to represent Great Britain in the Underwater Hockey World Championship in Turkey. Underwater hockey is a fast-paced team sport played on the bottom of a swimming pool. Athletes must hold their breath and work together to score goals at a depth of 3 metres. They train for up to 15 hours a week but as a minority sport, underwater hockey is all funded by the participating athletes. Alyssa said that BlueSpark’s funding had “helped to reduce the financial burden of competing internationally and allowed her to concentrate all her time on her training”. At the end of the World Championships, the GB team led the league table. Alyssa told BlueSpark that the success of the GB team has increased female participation in underwater hockey in Great Britain.