In today’s episode we will be speaking to Robyn Love. Robyn is a 3.5 wheelchair basketball player who has represented GB at a Paralympic level. After discovering the sport through a friend at university Robyn started her journey of discovery and success. We’ll be discussing everything from Robyn’s time growing up in a main stream school, how a post pandemic recovery could help the sports popularity moving forward and everything in between ..read more

In today’s episode we will be continuing where we left off with Stephen Clegg. We’ll be discussing everything post break from Stephens journey as he returned to the sport and the difficulties of getting back to his peak performances, to how he views his future in the sport and its upcoming competitions. From breaking back into the pool to breaking world records we will be covering all that and more ..read more

In today’s episode we will be speaking to Stephen Clegg. Stephen is a S12 Swimmer who performs in Freestyle, Backstroke and most notably Butterfly events. Stephen has had a visual impairment from a young age which resulted in him discovering his passion of swimming through after class events at the Edinburgh Royal Blind School. This pared with his families past successes in disabled sports through his brother James and Sister Libby lined him up for success of his own ..read more

In today’s episode we will be continuing where we left off with Hope Gordon as we highlight her life after her amputation. We will be discussing everything from the rehabilitation process that preceded her operation and how her life changed for the better, to her switch in sports from swimming to kayaking and her ambitions in the future ..read more

In today’s episode we will be speaking to Hope Gordon. Hope is a KL3 200m Kayaker who had a selective above knee amputation in 2016. Hope grew up in Rogart in a remote area of the highlands and after being diagnosed with CRPS at the age of 12 she has undergone an incredible journey which included her crowd funded amputation, learning how to live with her new lease of life after the operation and her switch from swimming to kayaking in the more recent years ..read more

In today’s episode we will be continuing where we left off with Maria Lyle as we talk about her success in competitions in more recent years and how she struggled with her mental health as she competed at home and abroad, how moving down to England to progress as an athlete impacted her and how the recent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her progress and training ..read more

On todays episode we will be speaking to Maria Lyle. Maria is a parasport athlete who competes in T35 sprint events. Since the age of 14 when she got classified and was able to compete she has been right at the forefront of Scottish parasports and over the years she has swooped medals at every event she's attended. We talk about her experiences with travelling abroad at young ages, breaking world records at 14 and her struggle with mental health. All that and more on this episode of PARACAST ..read more

We’ll be discussing the trails and tribulations of being a top performing athlete, how to turn obstacles and major set backs into motivation to achieve greatness and how Stephen will be following in the footsteps of the ones who inspired him when he was young, to continue on achieving Scottish success on and off the court. From Bellshill to Tokyo we will be covering all that and more in today’s episode of PARACAST ..read more

Stephen is a BC4 boccia player with a collection of accolades to match. After discovering the sport Stephen was thrown right in the deep end and attended competitions to represent his country from the get go. The excitement was also enough to attract attention from his brother Peter who would go on to join Stephen in doubles, a partnership that would later bring success for them both ..read more

In today’s episode we will be continuing where we left off with Robyn Love. We’ll be discussing the future of wheelchair basketball and how a post pandemic return could help the sport reach all time highs. We’ll also be discussing how Robyn’s time in the sport has helped to shape her view, motivate her and more recently find love ..read more