How I Started: I started Gymnastics at the age of four. My mum and dad wanted me to use up some of my energy from a young age and decided to take me to a Gymnastics gym. I was then spotted and invited to a development group. I stayed at the club until I moved …
How I started: I started playing football when I was five, I joined Saint Cadocs Football Club which was an all boys team at the time. I joined alongside my best friend from school, and we played with the all-boys team for around six years. I then moved to Rangers at the age of 11, …
How I started: I started playing Netball at the age of ten. I was introduced to Netball through my primary school who advised my mum to take me to my local Netball club because I was very tall for my age. My first experience was super positive and I felt like a blended in as …
How I started: I used to play team sports while in school but I broke my leg playing Rugby. I decided to stop playing Rugby and realised I was was one of the fastest children of the team so the transition to cross-country was easy. I began training and was picked for Scotland at the …
How I Started I started in primary school around the age of 10, but I was told I was too small to play and that I also wouldn’t be able to as it was a boys’ football team. I waited patiently and one day the headteacher at the time broke his leg which meant a …
How I Started I used to swim competitively, but when my friend switched to canoeing and shared a talent post with me that mentioned the canoeing team were looking for new team members. It seemed like the perfect time to switch as I was getting tired of training indoors so I made the switch and …
How I started I began my journey in athletics in Primary school. I used to be faster than everyone on the playground, and I took note of this. In PE, I used to love athletics, and that would shine through on sports days! I begged my parents to take me to a local athletics club …
How I Started I started Para-Nordic skiing, Cross Country and Biathlon after a motorcycle accident left me with life-changing injuries. I broke both of my legs but also broke a femur which is the largest bone in the body. After the accident, I was placed in a coma at the roadside and rushed into the …
How I Started I started Skiing on family holidays around the age of three, but I began racing on the dry ski slope in Glasgow, we then transitioned to racing on slopes abroad in the English Championships in Italy, which is England, Wales and Scotland competing against each other for the British title. My Greatest …
How I Started At the age of 14, my dad took me to the local athletics track where the coaches discovered my talent for sprinting. After struggling for a few years with illnesses, I finally had a breakthrough year when I won a silver medal in the English Schools Athletics Championships over 200m. It felt …
