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Olympic dreams
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The closing ceremony has been held, but SE9’s
Olympics dreams are just about to begin...
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devastating injury, there would no reason why not”, said Andy,
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Our
hopes rest on the
not inconsiderable have been little chance of him who is reaching his peak at 28.
shoulders of a Paralympian, touring the world in a sporting Andy was a pupil of Chislehurst
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Andy Barrow. capacity. and Sidcup Grammar School’s rug-
He will carry the torch for New Although not a professional, by team, run by the, now late, Noel
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Eltham in Beijing as captain of the much of Andy’s life is taken up with Horrobin.
GB Paralympic wheelchair rugby wheelchair rugby in either training The responsibility Andy feels 21
team whose burning ambition for, or taking part in, an annual cal- towards his medal ambitions re-
will be to fi nish at least one po- endar of tournaments. lates not only to team glory. He is
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sition better than in Athens four Training is at least fi ve days a very aware of the investment that
years ago. week and the countdown for Bei- the sporting governing bodies put
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They came just outside the jing’s Paralympics started in mid- into the squad and the need to re-
medal positions in 2004, ending summer. pay that faith with a single-minded
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up just behind the world’s top Andy fl ew out with the squad concentrated eff ort.
three performers in the game, the in late August to Macao, following Each wheelchair used for the
US, New Zealand and Canada. in the footsteps of his able-bodied sport costs upwards of £4,000 and
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Andy’s route to international Olympic colleagues to, fi rstly, a typically he goes through one eve-
captaincy came in 1997 at the age ‘holding’ camp and then to Beijing ry 18 months with coaching and
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of 17. Playing for Charlton Park for the games which are over fi ve transport costs on top. During the
Rugby Club at the start of what days between September 12 – 16. course of his career, Andy has vis- 33
would probably have been a rou- The honour of captaining the ited many overseas countries play-
tine amateur career, he broke his 12-strong squad (one member ing his chosen sport.
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neck. The injury left him tetraple- is female) is borne of his man- “Let’s face it, I almost certainly
gic - no use in his legs and a weak- agement and motivational skills, would never have had the chance
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ening to his arms. conceding that technically others to play sport at international level
He freely acknowl- might be stronger players. had it not been for the accident.
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edges that, without the But at the top level of this As it is, I’ve already been to one
sport, motivation is a key fac- Olympics and hope I will still be in
tor, a sports psychologist be- the squad for London in 2012. I’ve
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ing among the entourage. been able to see all sorts of coun-
Complete belief will be re- tries and meet so many people,
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quired if Team GB is to break including the Queen.”
into one of the top three po- Andy will be doing an
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dium places. Olympic diary for SEnine for the
“I believe we can go all October edition. 47
the way this time, there’s
Rules
The squads are of 12 people, four of which are A game has four eight-minute quarters and a goal
in play at any one time. The players are ‘rated’ is scored when a player carries the ball across the
in degrees of handicap, therefore, each side opposing team’s goal line. The ball may be held in
competing, overall, on equal terms. the hands, on the lap, or against the player’s chair.
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