Red funnel Island Ambassadors 2026

Since 2019, Island based 'Coach Party' have released 5 records with independent label Chess Club Records, toured extensively across the UK, Europe & USA, and gained success with major radio & publications such as BBC Radio1 & NME. Their 2025 album 'Caramel' charted at 6 in the UK Official Independent Albums Chart. With new music and their biggest ever headline tour coming in 2026, the band are making it their most ambitious year to date.

Abs and her Border Collie, Dash compete across the country at Dog Agility competitions. Their biggest achievement to date has been winning the Starters Cup final at the London International Horse Show. Competing against over 200 dogs, Dash won both rounds and the final too! The duo has climbed up two more Grades in 2025, and hope  to compete in the Crufts Novice Cup qualifiers in 2026!

Joe Ramskill is a Taekwondo Athlete representing the Isle of Wight Club as well as the Vice-Captain of the UK Taekwondo National Squad. His biggest achievement to date is winning the double gold at the VERVE Championships and double Bronze at the PUMA British Championships. In 2026, Joe hopes to continue to represent the Club in the National Squad and compete in Europe and World Championships.

Corey Kent, is a proudly autistic Brown Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor training at Brotherhood MMA. He has previously won ADCC British Open Pro, and is the five-time English champion, and hold multiple IBJJF titles. His 2026 goal is to recover from a 2025 injury and return to competition, pursuing more opportunities paused during recovery.

Isabel and Jasmine are championship freestyle dancers who compete across the country. Their biggest achievement to date is placing at the British Championships and reaching World Championship finals in solo and duet categories. In 2026, their goal is to continue improving, gaining experience, and representing their sponsors with commitment and pride.

Summer Chambers is a recurve archer shooting for West Wight Archery Club, Hampshire County and part of the Archery GB Academy. She is currently ranked second in her age group in Great Britain and is the Under 15 Recurve Indoor National Champion, Southern Counties Champion, Junior Series 5 Champion and Hampshire Champion. Summer's goal for 2026 is to achieve selection scores in readiness for the GB team.
 

Keegan Brown is the former 2014 Professional Darts Corporation World Youth Champion and winner of multiple PDC titles. Darts has always been his focus in life and Keegan has been lucky enough to travel the world playing the game he loves! This year he plans to continue competing at the highest level.

Thirteen year old competitive dancer Jess Burfitt has been dancing since the age of two. She competes nationally and dances in solos in ballet, contemporary, lyrical, jazz and commercial categories. She thrives in a competitive environment and hopes to share success from 2026 as a Red Funnel Ambassador. Jess' biggest achievement to date is competing in the Dance World Cup World Finals 2025 and coming fifth overall in her commercial solo.

Ross competes in Strongman in the Under 80kg category and has won several competitions to date. One of his proudest achievements is qualifying for and competing at UK and Ireland's Strongest Man competition, which he plans to qualify for in 2026 and improve on his previous performance.

Table Tennis player, Ryan Cates is the current IOW Men’s Singles and IOW and Southampton Junior Champion. Ryan's main goal for 2026 is to rise up in the national rankings, protect his titles and to achieve his ultimate goal of becoming a professional player.

Competitive junior gymnasts Daisy, Holly, Eden-Rose and Emma train with Legacy Elite Gymnastics Academy. Aged between seven and nine years old, the gymnasts have collected a series of medals between them already - including Independent Gymnastics Association Overall National Champion, National Champion in beam and bars and National Champion in the floor routine. The group's focus for 2026 is to become overall National Champions at the IGA.

International Scooter Rider Joe has competed all over the world in his sport. His biggest achievement to date is finishing fourth in the world in the Under 16s division in 2022, and his goal for 2026 is to take his sport to the next level and become one of the top 10 scooter riders in the UK.
 

Ollie has been skateboarding since June 2024. Currently training six days a week on the Island, he is excited to travel to the mainland and further his skill at mainland competitions. Ollie's goal for 2026 is to enhance his skating abilities with the dream of being a part of the Skateboard GB team in the future.

After learning to windsurf at an early age, Tom was introduced to Kitesurfing at the beginning of the sport.  Ever since that day he has been an enthusiastic kiter and quickly made his mark on the PKRA Kiteboarding world tour after winning the British Juniors and then Pro championship in his first years of competition. He then spend 10 years on the world tour coming top 10 in the world. In 2024 he claimed a first place at the Aruba Hi-Winds for kite hydrofoiling and third place in Dubai for the Efoil World Championships. His goals for 2025 are to continue with the development of these unique water sports, set himself some endurance challenges as well as place highly in events and competitions.