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Paralympian Judith Hamer pictured at Commonweal School
Paralympian helps nurture talent

GREAT Britain wheelchair “Satellite clubs are a fantastic
basketball star Judith Hamer way of helping to get more young
recently made her third visit to people playing sport so I fully
Commonweal School in Swindon support them.
in a bid to help inspire the next “I believe that as a Sport England
generation of young players in the Sporting Champion, I can inspire
town. everyone in attendance to raise
Hamer, a key part of the GB team their own aspirations of what they
which finished seventh at the can achieve and motivate them
London Paralympics in 2012, has to be the very best versions of Featured home of the month
been working with a satellite club themselves that they can be.”
jointly set-up between the school Ben Humphrey, who organises
and local club Swindon Shock, with the satellite club link between
the aim of ensuring more young Shock and the local schools, said: 12 North Drive £189,000
people have the opportunity to “We initially aimed the sessions
take part in sport and can make at 17-19 year olds but found that A new Tingdene Barnwell with stunning
the transition between school and their fundamental movement and views across the abbey and park grounds.
community sport. basic motor skills were surprisingly
Wiltshire and Swindon County low, so we decided to start working Two bedrooms (bedroom 1 with en-suite),
Sports Partnership (WASP) help with younger children from primary
fund a number of satellite clubs, school age so as to develop their study and contemporary luxury fitted kitchen
paying expenses for coaches and fundamentals skills earlier. with integrated appliances.
equipment, which Hamer believes “We have seen big improvements
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Tilly surprised by three gold medals

FORMER Commonweal School 50m fly final to come home first in www.parkhomelife.com
student Tilly Gray was surprised each race, and clocked 2:01.53 as
and delighted to collect three she finished third in the 200m free.
lifetime bests and three gold She also took gold in the 100m fly Blunsdon Abbey Park
medals at the recent Welsh Short in a time of 59.32.
Course Nationals. “I managed to get three lifetime
Gray recorded PBs in the 200m bests and three golds and one Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon SN25 2DU
fly, 50m fly and 200m freestyle at bronze, and it was a really
the event in Swansea just before respectable meet as well. It was
Christmas, despite juggling her really nice to see how my mental
studies at Bath University with state can help me race,” Gray told
rigorous training for several Link Sport. “If you’re mentally ready
months and having her schedule and believe you can do it and don’t
disrupted by the temporary closure put any pressure on yourself it’s
of the pool in Bath for major amazing how well you can do.
refurbishment. “A number of times I’ve been
The ex-Swindon Dolphin in the best shape of my life but
registered times of 2:08.06 in the might have doubted myself and not
200m fly final and 26.86 in the performed as well as I could.”
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