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Jamie has jojned forces with ex-international 800m runner Danny Harmann and Gladiators champ Simon Wray who each know just what it takes to reach the top.

The old schoolmates now plan to pool their wealth of talents and have started a team-building business venture together.

Best pals Jamie and Danny have teamed up with fellow former Priesthorpe School pupil Simon to set up their own company which provides tailor-made courses aimed at improving the performance of local business and other groups.

The Great Britain and Leeds forward told the YEP: "We each bring in our own experiences to help our clients.

"I am lucky enough to have been at one of the best rugby league clubs in the world and have been around some great people who know how to get results.

"Danny was involved in making it in an individual sport and how to get work with the right coaches to get to where he wanted to be. Simon has just won Gladiators so he knows a thing or two about having the proper winning attitude as well as having the ability to motivate people from his time as a member of the forces."

Jamie and Danny, both from Stanningley, Leeds have been best pals ever since they had a school yard scrap with each other at Priesthorpe.
Danny, 28, who had to end his Great Britain middle distance hopes due to injury in 2002, has also been close friends with Simon, from Farsley, for many years and helped him train to become the 2008 champion of Gladiators.

Together they have set up their new company called Podwork.
Danny explained: "We are a team building business – but not as people know. It's not a case of just putting some excercises on for a group of work colleagues and then sending them off to the bar.

"We try to find out what specific needs and goals each group wants to achieve and put together a programme to help them.

"It could be a case of arranging archery lessons, sorting out a visit to a climbing wall or getting guest speakers in to talk to groups."
Simon, 24, a physical training instructor with the RAF, last month became the first men's winner of Sky's revamped version of Gladiators.

He beat 32 other contenders after being selected from 20,000 applicants.

He said: "My job involves keeping people in the RAF fit. When we go out on operations in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, we need to be in tip top shape to deal with the physical challenges this presents, often in very high temperatures."