I helped out my ASDA Store at a fun day by playing volleyball. I set up a court and had loads of people come to play from little kids and some men who thought they could take me and my mates on haha. It was a really fun day and it helped to get more people into the sport.

Throughout June i attented a few weekend sessions for trials with the south team. I was very optimistic and confident i would get in as i had already been in the 2 previous years, being one of the youngest there. My injury was still playing me up but i gave it my all and i was selected.

I am now looking forward to the UK School Games in september. It is over my 18th Birthday (3rd September) so if anyone wants to get me a present… haha. 2 years ago we got silver and this is my last chance to finally get that Gold, so we shall see how it goes…

My club team wessex had both the under 18s and under 16s in the final for the second year running. last year we had lost both the finals so we were looking to make up for it this year. The under 16s played very well and won in straight sets, and with half of them in our team we thought we could have both of the finals. We were playing the same team that beat us last year and was a very tight fought final, it went to 5 sets and we unfortunately lost 3-2.

We went there as South West England the returning champions and probably favourites to take it again, with near enough the same team. Me and Joe Lambe (another sporting chance athlete) were both carrying injuries and the team just didn’t play well at all. We finished an Embarrasing 5th. The weekend after we had to look forward to the National finals (with my club team wessex).