‘I’m playing for England at 50’ - The inspirational cricketer representing Manchester at the World Blind Games
A 50-year-old cricketer from Rochdale says representing England Women at this month’s World Blind Games will continue to open doors for those who live with sight loss.
“I had a go at tennis, goal-ball and then from that I did ten-pin bowling in Rochdale, shooting in Blackburn, water sports, climbing but cricket number one all the way through due to team element,” Helen tells the Manchester Evening News. “For instance I had to go down to London and when I lost my sight there was no way in a million years I would have done that. But since doing cricket, other players give you confidence to start doing stuff like that. It’s opened so many doors.”
“We’ve got a really good team so the aim is to get to the final. We found out the final is live-streamed so we were all like ‘we better get to the final then’!” said Helen, who said she was slightly “nervous” but mostly excited. Helen hopes the cricket and the Games as a whole will give blind athletes a bigger platform in the sporting landscape. Furthermore, she is hoping to set up more activities closer to home.
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