I am a 28 year old Para-Badminton player born with Spina Bifida and have been playing Badminton since I was 15 and continued my development whilst at Nottingham Trent University where I graduated with a degree in Sports Science.

I've had the privilege of representing England in many tournaments over the years (Such as South Korea for the 2017 World Championships and various countries across Europe)

My career high world ranking was 16th in singles and 20th in doubles back in 2015.

But with injuries, health issues and changes in doubles partnerships over the last few years my rankings have suffered a bit.

In 2020 Para-Badminton will be included in the Paralympic games for the very first time and like many other disabled athletes, my dream is to compete in the Paralympics.

Qualification begins this year and every point will matter in order to qualify but unfortunately, however, I am completely self-funded and struggle to fund the costs needed to be able to travel to these tournaments which also includes the entry fee to represent my country to gain ranking points.

Last year I spent in the region of £4,000 to take part in 5 tournaments which came out of my own disability living allowance benefit, in addition to small donations Nott’s Badminton Association family and friends.

My midterm for this year is qualifying for the World Championships in Switzerland where a top 32 ranking is needed to be eligible to be selected and with the World Championships offering the most points of any tournament it is important to participate in.

Ultimately my goal is to qualify for the Paralympic games and it will be extremely tough as entries are very restricted but I wish to try my utmost best to try and achieve this dream.

The tournaments I hope to attend this year are:

Turkish Para-Badminton International 25 - 30 March

Canada Para-Badminton International 6 - 12 May

Irish Para-Badminton International 17 - 23 June

World Championships (Switzerland) (Must qualify) 20 - 25 August

China Para-Badminton International 23 - 29 September

Denmark Para-Badminton International 15- 20 October

To help achieve my goals and continue my journey, any donation/sponsorship will be ever so appreciated.