Lucy Wilde

Jan 23, 2025 | msn.com | Lucy Wilde

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Jan 23, 2025 | chroniclelive.co.uk | Lucy Wilde

Brooke Henderson had never picked up a rugby ball before Project Rugby came to her school in Wallsend to deliver a series of taster sessions. But it took just a handful of visits before she was completely hooked and the rest, as they say, is history. Five years later, the teen has represented her county, completed the North East Centre of Excellence programme and now plays for Leeds Rhinos U19s - achievements even she can’t quite believe.

Dec 3, 2024 | msn.com | Lucy Wilde

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Dec 3, 2024 | sussexlive.co.uk | Lucy Wilde

Fabienne André has never needed anyone to tell her exactly what she is capable of, but she did need someone to give her the opportunity to be included. The two-time Paralympian, also a Commonwealth medallist and double European champion, has asserted herself as a dominant force within British para-athletics and finished fourth in both the 100m and 800m in Paris in the summer. Yet it wasn’t until the Brighton-born athlete started swimming as a teenager that her life was knocked onto a new path.

Dec 3, 2024 | devonlive.com | Lucy Wilde

Exeter Otters Wheelchair Basketball Club has changed the game for the disabled community in the West Country and Jack Davey remembers the moment when it all hit home. “We did a motability event recently and one of the coaches from Otters’ first team came along to help out,” he remembers. “There was another kid who had the same disability as him and you could see straight away from their interaction that the kid saw someone like him and thought ‘I could be like that one day if I work hard’.