How I started I started at the age of nine and started boxing alongside my brothers who also boxed. I followed my elder brother’s example and began boxing. It was great fighting alongside family, as we were able to uplift each other and empathise with each other’s situations. Joe Gallagher trained myself and my …
How I Started I got into sports as a way to feel valued. I struggled at school and I was bullied. Due to my disability I was ridiculed a lot and as a result felt lonely, but sport gave me an opportunity to be myself and prove that I was capable of big things along …
How I Started I started at the age of five! My parents recall me constantly being jumpy and hyper! I began at a club after school having found an interest in the sport through any normal PE lesson. This was where I fell in love with the sport. I continued to train throughout school and …
How I Started I started playing Football in my local school team at the age of four. I played with the boys and was a standout in the family as nobody was a footballer or had pushed me to play football. I was six when I was scouted to join Birmingham academy. I went through …
How I Started I was in reception when I started playing football because the local football team posted a letter through the door looking to recruit new players. I started in year 1 as they originally told me I was too small to play, and I stayed with the team until I was nine years …
How I Started I started in a pre-school class before moving forward to a gymnastic club at the age of 4. At the age of 7 I began Tumbling after being spotted by one of the coaches who thought I would be better suited to the Tumbling discipline. My Greatest Achievement My greatest achievement is …
How I Started For me, I was always really sporty when I was younger, and I participated in a handful of sports like swimming, cricket, football etc. I stopped attending these and returned to athletics, at my first session back I spotted the vault and decided I wanted to have a go myself. I spoke …
How I Started I started playing when Rugby when I was six at Cullompton Rugby Club, I began after my brother started playing and I wanted to join in! After joining I played with the boys for six years and then switched to playing for the women’s team at the age of 13 as per …
How I Started I started at Bradford Park Avenue at the age of 4, I was inspired by my mum and brother as My brother played for the same team, and from there I joined the club and began training. At the age of 8 I attended a sports camp with Leeds United called Leeds …
How I started I have been swimming since I was an infant and continued swimming through school as it was part of my curriculum, but through the lessons in school I began club swimming and competing at the age of 9 and ended up winning the Derbyshire County Championships and ended up seeing through my …
