Age: 39
Home town: Rutherglen
Sport: Wheelchair Basketball
Classification: 1.0
Club: Loughborough Lightning
Coach/es: George Bates
When and how did you get involved in sport?
I have loved playing and watching team sports my whole life. I was happiest as a youngster with a football at my feet or a hockey stick in my hands. After my spinal cord injury I lost sport for a while and didn’t find wheelchair basketball until I was well into my thirties!
Attending my local wheelchair basketball club (now Glasgow Rollin’ Rocks) for a taster session is what made me fall in love with the sport. Since the introduction of wheelchair basketball into my life I have benefited in so many ways, including meeting the most incredible people and finding my way into the Loughborough Lightning squad, a PhD opportunity at the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, and of course the Team Scotland squad.
Sport really has been life changing for me.
Career highlights to date:
Getting the opportunity to represent Scotland at the 3X3 Europe Commonwealth Games Qualifying tournament is an experience I will never forget.
What are your ambitions for the Commonwealth Games?
I am so excited and proud to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games and I intend to give it everything I’ve got to bring home a medal
Do you have one piece of advice for an aspiring athlete?
Enjoy the journey where ever your sport is taking you. The rewards are along the way, not just at the finish line.
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