Physiotherapy Sponsorship Programme from Wellington Sports Med and Willis Street Physiotherapy
Wellington Sports Med and Willis Street Physiotherapy are proud to present our next athlete, Kate Sawford. At age 11 Kate had her leg amputated as part of her treatment for bone cancer. Fifteen years later, Kate discovered the joys of climbing and there was no holding her back. She started climbing competitively in 2014 and has won…
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The next athlete to join the Support 4 Support team is a Touch superstar, Coral Winiata. Coral has recently has been selected to represent NZ in the Women’s27 Touch Team and will be traveling to Kuala Lumpur in April 2019 for the Touch World Cup. Coral is the wife to an amazing husband, Paris, and a…
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The next sports-star to join the team is Claire Jaycock. But in the Roller Derby world, she is known as Claire the Decks (#412). Claire used to roller skate as a kid and first learned about Roller Derby after seeing the movie Whip It. When she came back to Wellington she saw posters for a local derby game…
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The newest addition to the Support 4 Sport team is a Hockey star and self-proclaimed ‘older’ athlete, Rachel Lilley. Rachel competes as a goalkeeper for the Victoria University Women’s P1 hockey team. As an ‘older’ (37) athlete Rachel doesn’t believe in slowing down. She has been 100% dedicated to her sport and wants to compete…
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Our next athlete has been called a Judo prodigy and she certainly has the record to prove it (eight gold medals in 2018 alone). Her name is Qona Christie and she represents New Zealand Judo on the world stage. Qona started Judo when she was only seven years old and has never looked back. Since her…
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Cate is a self-employed mum-of-two, who has discovered the joys of trail and ultramarathon running late in life. Having gone from the couch to ultra marathons, Cate started her journey being unable to walk 2km without some discomfort, to competing in three marathons, four ultramarathons and many other shorter events in just under two years.…
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