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Transitioning From Cricket
Ashes WInner Tremlett
opening doors in new career
Being an Ashes winner has opened doors for
Chris Tremlett since he retired from playing
last season.
The 34 year old former Surrey and
Hampshire paceman, a key member of
England’s 2010/11 Ashes winning squad in
Australia, announced his retirement in August
and has since gone into business with his
former Surrey team-mate Tom Jewell.
Tremlett initially worked for The Home
Cloud estate agency, which Jewell launched
last year, but he is now heading up Source
Investments, a Reading-based property
investment company.
Tremlett works in a very different
environment to that he was used to during 15
years of professional cricket, but the profile
he gained from playing cricket is helping to
establish him in his new chosen career.
“Having a profile from playing cricket has
helped a little bit. Hopefully we will build a bit
of reputation within cricket. That’s our goal to
try and offer our services to some of the cricket
guys and those surrounding cricket who have
got interests in property,” Tremlett said.
“Hopefully we can use our reputations a
bit to build our business. I’ve met a couple of
clients who have asked me what I am doing in
this job because they are used to watching me
bowling cricket balls.
“It’s early days and I still find it a little bit
strange doing something completely different.
People still associate me with playing cricket
but it can only be a positive rather than a
negative having a profile.
“At the same time it’s equally difficulty to
prove that I am not a cricketer anymore and I
am trying to prove myself in a different field.”
Tremlett’s international commitments and
a series of injuries which required winter
operations meant that he did not start thinking
about life after cricket until late in his career
but conversations with Nick Denning, one
of the PCA’s six-strong team of Personal
Development and Welfare Managers, focussed
his thoughts.
“For me, it was about getting the brain
ticking about what I wanted to do after cricket.
Before 2013 I hadn’t really thought about it. I
thought I would play cricket until I was 36 or
37 if I could stay fit,” he said.
“My mind just suddenly changed in the
middle of last year. I felt as fit as I had ever
been but I had a couple of injuries and I
couldn’t stay on the park. I thought enough is
enough and it’s time to do something else.”
Tom JeweLL and Chris Tremlett
were team mates at Surrey now
they work alongside each other
in the property world
For more details about the business
email Chris at chris@source.investments
www.source.investments
thepca.co.uk / BtB issue 18 51