Since returning home from the Paralympics I have been delighted to see the positive press around boccia. Plus, to read with interest the various social media posts from my teammates.  I arrived home nearly 4 weeks ago and have spent much of my time reflecting and recovering.  Tokyo was the...

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Thea from the University of York Alumni Voices recently. This was for an online article about my time at the University of York and my Paralympic boccia selection.  Those of you who know me well will recall two of my dreams were...

The bags and cases have been packed, unpacked, repacked, weighed, and weighed again, and still need some tweaking.  Packing for a boccia camp or a holiday is always a military operation. Packing for the Paralympics takes on a whole new meaning. Normally if we overlook something there is always a...

Every now and then I have a niggle of self-doubt, asking myself “am I good enough?”  Growing up in mainstream school I was the only disabled pupil with a power chair and communication device. Then at special school in my cohort I was the only one with a speech impairment. ...

This has been on my mind for several months now. Back in February, I found something wrong with my mouth, I had a lump in my cheek and it was producing a lot more saliva, like a fountain, thick and not pleasant tasting. It was so thick it was difficult...

I am absolutely thrilled to have been selected for Tokyo 2020 to represent GB Paralympics at Boccia.  For me, this is living the dream. Several people have asked how I got into sport in general. Inspired by Paralympics Sydney 2000 In the summer of 2000 as a six-year-old living in...

I’ve been having adventures every day of my life for as long as I can remember.  Sometimes they have been exciting and exhilarating or occasionally they’ve been scary.  Some we plan and others come out of nowhere. Even other people’s mundane can be an adventure for me.  Adventures are often...