Physiotherapy Sponsorship Programme from Wellington Sports Med and Willis Street Physiotherapy
They say you’re not a real trail runner until you’ve had a DNF (a ‘Did Not Finish’) in an event. It’s taken me 20 months since I stood on the start line of my first trail race to finally be faced with those three letters after my name at the end of a race day,…
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Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that can be the root of many injuries. Although it is a non-contact sport, it fairly easy to overwork yourself or overcommit and land straight on your face. I have witnessed team members overcome sprains, strains, ACL surgeries, and broken bones for this sport. It’s always great though to see…
Read MoreThe definition of resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, or in other words, to be tough. Athletes are constantly bombarded with challenges as a result of their training, injuries, and competitions. The difference between quitting and trying again can sometimes boil down to having a bit of resilience to these adversities. The…
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You could be forgiven for thinking that no one is ‘in charge’ here [WSM], in the conventional sense. Of all the things I expected to encounter, a free reign was not top of the list. Yet it is this freedom which makes working here so unique and allows for tremendous growth. This top-down humility, patience…
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I got into fencing in a way most people normally pick up a sport; I saw it, loved it, and wanted to learn more. One day I was at the ASB sports centre playing netball, and across one of the courts and there was a small group doing fencing. I knew roughly what fencing was,…
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My training schedule varies enormously depending on the time of year and my goals for the short and medium term. For example, I’ve spent the last three months living in Japan learning to alpine ski. This shift in focus has meant less time for yoga and climbing, and no surfing to speak of. Things are…
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I’ve played sport ever since I was a kid – cricket, competitive swimming, and lifesaving. I started playing hockey as a field player at college partly to get out of the hostel (I went to boarding school). I wasn’t an amazing field player but enjoyed it all the same. In my fourth year, our coach…
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In my final year of primary school, year 6, I made it into the Wellington team to compete at the primary and intermediate schools interprovincial cross country championships, versing runners from all over New Zealand. A requirement for competing at inter-provincials was that we had to join a running club, so I joined the Wellington…
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Ultimate Frisbee, being a ‘newer’ sport to the country, meant that I only started playing when I was 17 and in my final year at high school. Before that, I grew up playing every sport available to me including Tennis, Swimming, Football, Futsal, Netball, Basketball, Touch, and Cricket. In my PE classes, I was one…
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I got into Judo at the age of seven because our family friend’s Grandma was a black belt. I was such a hyperactive kid so I really needed something to put out all my energy as well as teach me some discipline. One of our family friends suggested to my mum that she brings me…
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