Phoebe

Name/nickname: Phoebs anything but Phoebe

Pronouns: She/her

Year started playing/involved in wheelchair rugby? 2013/2014

Role/discipline played? Fours and 3v3

How you got into wheelchair rugby? I fell in love with it when I was at secondary school with a after school club and through the school games

Favourite thing about wheelchair rugby? The sound of the chairs bashing and crashing into each other. Being part of a community.

Best moment playing wheelchair rugby? Learning how to improve my speed and learning how to best push myself with one hand

 

And less about Wheelchair Rugby…

Sporting hero? Eleanor Simmons, Joe Marler, Hannah Cockroft and Ade Adepitan. Also my fellow players like Paddy Asher-Relf just to name a few

Three words to describe me? Determined, adaptable and stubborn

One thing people don’t know about me? I have completed in the Parallel London 2016 and in the superhero tri 2018

Favorite pre game song? I don’t have one yet but my favourite artist and bands are Harry Styles, Cat Burns, Ed Sheeran, Rag ‘n’ Bone man

Other sports played? Basketball, cycling, swimming, trampolining and surfing