I’m going to the World Championships!

Honestly, that still feels slightly ridiculous to write.

This year has been my first year competing individually in Functional Fitness. That somehow led to qualifying for the British Championships, then representing England at the European Championships in August… and now I’m officially registered to represent Great Britain at the 2026 iF3 Masters World Championships in Aruba this October.

Euros was one of the most humbling sporting experiences I’ve ever had.

I finished last. I had one DNF, in the handstand event. There were moments when I seriously questioned whether I belonged there and, at one point, whether I even wanted to carry on.

But I did.

I kept turning up. I kept trying. I did things I genuinely didn’t think I could do and came home having learnt an enormous amount about myself as both an athlete and a person.

And somewhere amongst all of that, I realised that perhaps success doesn’t always have to mean where you finish.

When I found out I’d qualified for Worlds, my first reaction was that I probably wouldn’t go.

I don’t have every skill. I know the odds are stacked against me. There’s every possibility I’ll find myself at the bottom of the leaderboard again.

But I kept coming back to the same thought:

How many times in life do you get the opportunity to represent your country at a World Championship?

Maybe I’ll never get this opportunity again.

So I’ve taken the opportunity. I’m registered, and I’m going.

The 2026 iF3 Masters World Championships take place in Aruba from 22–25 October and, as an amateur athlete, competing is entirely self-funded.

Between competition entry, flights, accommodation and the essential costs of travelling to compete, getting there will cost several thousand pounds. My husband will also be travelling with me so that I have someone there supporting me throughout the competition.

I’ve set a fundraising target of £2,000 to help make competing at Worlds financially possible. We’ll be contributing towards the costs ourselves, but reaching this target would make an enormous difference.

There is absolutely no expectation to donate. But if you’d like to be part of getting me onto that competition floor in Aruba, any contribution, however small, would mean more than you probably realise.

And if donating isn’t possible, sharing this page would help enormously too. ❤️

I can’t promise where I’ll finish.

I can promise I’ll give everything I’ve got when I get there.

Thank you ❤️

Emma