The Boccia Brothers

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0:00:05 > 0:00:09In our classification there is only two spaces...

0:00:10 > 0:00:13..but potentially three athletes that can go.

0:00:21 > 0:00:24So it's gonna be harsh for one of us,

0:00:24 > 0:00:26one of us won't get to go and we are good pals, good friends.

0:00:26 > 0:00:30A good squad, a good team.

0:00:30 > 0:00:33Selection's made, I think, next week.

0:00:33 > 0:00:37We don't find out until the 10th April,

0:00:37 > 0:00:40which I think we get a phone call or whatever we get.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43I'm sure you'll be all right being second in the world.

0:00:43 > 0:00:48It's me that has to fight for my place - so we will see.

0:00:48 > 0:00:50- We're all fighting. - We're all fighting.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53No so much him , I don't think. Cannae be -

0:00:53 > 0:00:56second in the world, you're no going?

0:01:05 > 0:01:11Peter and Stephen McGuire are brothers in their late 20s from Hamilton, in Scotland.

0:01:12 > 0:01:16They play a sport called boccia -

0:01:16 > 0:01:20a game like French boules only played from a wheelchair.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23Each player has six leather balls.

0:01:23 > 0:01:26A white jack ball is thrown.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28The players then throw one ball each.

0:01:28 > 0:01:31The player with the ball furthest from the jack

0:01:31 > 0:01:33then keeps throwing till he is closest.

0:01:33 > 0:01:36When he is, the other player throws.

0:01:39 > 0:01:43In the final days and weeks before the Paralympic selection,

0:01:43 > 0:01:46the three friends fight for the two places.

0:01:46 > 0:01:48..forcing him into the lob.

0:01:48 > 0:01:52Seven years of hard work have brought Stephen and Peter to this point.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55- See that back red?- I can see it.

0:01:56 > 0:01:58An athlete's drink, eh?

0:02:03 > 0:02:05HE BELCHES Pardon me.

0:02:07 > 0:02:09So Stephen's ball's alright, then?

0:02:12 > 0:02:15Head coach, Jim Thomson, watches the boys' every move.

0:02:15 > 0:02:19He has to decide who goes to compete in London.

0:02:19 > 0:02:2317-year-old Jamie is the boys' biggest rival for a place.

0:02:24 > 0:02:27Jamie's a great wee player.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29And he's pushed me well

0:02:29 > 0:02:32but I don't want him to take my place, either.

0:02:32 > 0:02:36We're all close and we're all good team-mates

0:02:36 > 0:02:39but we're all here for ourselves and we try to go over each other.

0:02:39 > 0:02:41It was an incredibly difficult decision because

0:02:41 > 0:02:47of the condition that both the boys have, you know that London could be

0:02:47 > 0:02:49the only chance they get

0:02:49 > 0:02:53irrespective of which way round it ended up going.

0:02:53 > 0:02:55I knew that it was potentially

0:02:55 > 0:02:58robbing one or the other of them

0:02:58 > 0:03:01of the chance to perform at a Paralympics Games.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04The brothers have muscular dystrophy -

0:03:04 > 0:03:08an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste and weaken.

0:03:09 > 0:03:13It's a degenerative condition with a limited life expectancy,

0:03:13 > 0:03:15and no known cure.

0:03:17 > 0:03:18As soon as he was born

0:03:18 > 0:03:22I knew there was something wrong with Peter because he was floppy.

0:03:23 > 0:03:25He had some sort of muscle condition

0:03:25 > 0:03:28but they couldn't say what it was or anything like that.

0:03:29 > 0:03:33Then Stephen was born a year and 10 month after that, Stephen was

0:03:33 > 0:03:38lot stronger than Peter, but he did have the same type of condition.

0:03:38 > 0:03:41When I started realising I must have been about three -

0:03:41 > 0:03:44as soon as I can remember things, I knew I was different,

0:03:44 > 0:03:46I used to walk a lot different from others.

0:03:48 > 0:03:49I wouldn't change it.

0:03:49 > 0:03:52I had a great childhood we were always out playing,

0:03:52 > 0:03:53there was nothing we didn't do.

0:03:53 > 0:03:58We weren't kept back or cotton wool kids.

0:03:58 > 0:04:00We were chucked out - "On you go, go and play."

0:04:00 > 0:04:05I remember jumping about in the snow and the snow being up to my knees

0:04:05 > 0:04:07and I couldn't walk good at the best of times!

0:04:07 > 0:04:11Always if you're going somewhere, Dad would say, "Tough love," you know.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14Keep you legs moving, you're walking.

0:04:14 > 0:04:15It made us more outgoing as well.

0:04:15 > 0:04:19I think a lot of people with muscular dystrophy

0:04:19 > 0:04:22it's very family orientated and they're quite shy.

0:04:22 > 0:04:26But we were just thrown out there - there was millions of us as kids.

0:04:26 > 0:04:28Running down the park. There was hundreds of kids - it was great.

0:04:30 > 0:04:32Everybody says, "You're pushing them."

0:04:32 > 0:04:35I said, "Not really, they're not in a chair yet, they're doing alright."

0:04:35 > 0:04:38It's good to push people. You push yourself for your best.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51It's nearly ten o'clock.

0:04:51 > 0:04:55The boys are about to find out if they've been chosen for the team.

0:04:55 > 0:04:58Everybody is in the same boat, waiting.

0:05:06 > 0:05:09Are you checking or am I?

0:05:09 > 0:05:12You can check it - I know what you're like!

0:05:12 > 0:05:14It's a minute fast.

0:05:14 > 0:05:17You got me checking now!

0:05:17 > 0:05:20If I've no got it, you've no got it. There you go.

0:05:21 > 0:05:26"Dear Stephen, please find a letter from Matt Hammond regarding selection."

0:05:26 > 0:05:29Is it the top or the bottom one?

0:05:29 > 0:05:32You pick one, I'll pick the other.

0:05:32 > 0:05:37"I'd like to congratulate you on being selected for London 2012."

0:05:37 > 0:05:39- There you go. - Did you?

0:05:39 > 0:05:42Did they no make it big enough for you to read? No.

0:05:42 > 0:05:43Get your specs on!

0:05:46 > 0:05:48I got the same.

0:05:48 > 0:05:52"On behalf of GB Boccia Federation, I would like to congratulate you

0:05:52 > 0:05:54"on selection for the 2012 Paralympic Games."

0:05:58 > 0:06:00We both got in!

0:06:00 > 0:06:02CHEERING FROM PHONE SPEAKER

0:06:06 > 0:06:09- 'I'm confused.'- How?

0:06:09 > 0:06:12'Cos he just texted saying, "I got it."'

0:06:12 > 0:06:15'I said, "Got what? "Got the e-mail, got what?"'

0:06:15 > 0:06:17Exactly. Just got it.

0:06:17 > 0:06:19I've got the individuals and the pairs.

0:06:19 > 0:06:22'Why didn't you ring me?!'

0:06:22 > 0:06:24'You don't even sound excited.'

0:06:24 > 0:06:26Cos I'm in the gym.

0:06:30 > 0:06:32Keep your arm straight.

0:06:35 > 0:06:40"Well, that's us, we're going." I knew that. That's fine, that's great.

0:06:40 > 0:06:43But can I pay for my milk? Cos I was out for milk at the time!

0:06:44 > 0:06:47It was just in a wee shop.

0:06:47 > 0:06:51But as soon as put the phone down, I said, "That's my two boys picked for the Paralympics."

0:06:51 > 0:06:52The guy went, "What?"

0:06:52 > 0:06:56because I was out in Uddingston, it wasn't as if I was about here.

0:06:56 > 0:06:58Well, I'm delighted we both made it.

0:06:58 > 0:07:03I am gutted for Jamie. I got on with Jamie we all do.

0:07:03 > 0:07:06Probably one of the worst days of my life.

0:07:06 > 0:07:09You know I'm slightly a bit more over it now,

0:07:09 > 0:07:13you never quite forget it but I've got to aim for other things.

0:07:14 > 0:07:16It was a mixed day, it was crazy.

0:07:19 > 0:07:22We used to go on family holidays all the time.

0:07:22 > 0:07:24I stuck to my mum like glue.

0:07:24 > 0:07:26Everywhere she went I was holding on to her.

0:07:26 > 0:07:29We'd be all together as a family then.

0:07:29 > 0:07:34It wouldnae be like my dad's at work, my mam's watching us.

0:07:34 > 0:07:38Or other way about. My dad's watching us, my mother's out shopping.

0:07:38 > 0:07:41So the best times we were all together - it was a good laugh.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46She was quite loud. She would wear all these colourful things.

0:07:46 > 0:07:49I think I have a picture of her in a bright yellow tracksuit.

0:07:49 > 0:07:53She used to have the same haircut as my dad. I found it hilarious!

0:07:53 > 0:07:57The two of them had the curly mops. So funny!

0:08:00 > 0:08:05It was sudden. It was in the middle of the night, she passed.

0:08:07 > 0:08:09Well, she had a bowel problem, colitis.

0:08:09 > 0:08:13She had an operation to remove part of it.

0:08:13 > 0:08:14She came back out.

0:08:14 > 0:08:16Then she went in for another operation.

0:08:16 > 0:08:19Then she came back out, she was fine.

0:08:19 > 0:08:23Then she just went to bed one night and she died in her sleep.

0:08:33 > 0:08:37I just remember a lot of people in the house and when I woke up - it was night.

0:08:37 > 0:08:40"What's happening?" and no-one would tell me.

0:08:40 > 0:08:45By that time we had to tell him. They never said anything.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47Quiet.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50It went right to the heart, you know.

0:08:52 > 0:08:56To have someone so close, she was there all the time, then...

0:08:56 > 0:08:57Boompf!

0:08:57 > 0:09:05I remember Peter sobbing so much but they took it well.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08But if ever a mum was needed, that lady was.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19I'm glad I wasn't too young to forget.

0:09:19 > 0:09:23I'm glad I know. Got some great memories.

0:09:25 > 0:09:29You still had the boys to look after

0:09:29 > 0:09:34and then once we got everything settled out it was just fine then.

0:09:34 > 0:09:38We just got on with our lives. But it's taken a wee while.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40Taken a wee while.

0:10:01 > 0:10:04There's the two dear children, dear, dear children.

0:10:05 > 0:10:08I'd know Alison since we were small.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11Alison's actually Mary's cousin.

0:10:11 > 0:10:15She's my godmother, my auntie, my stepmother so...

0:10:16 > 0:10:18It was a little bit weird to begin with.

0:10:18 > 0:10:25Not weird in the sense that I didn't like it, or anything like that.

0:10:25 > 0:10:30It was strange having another mother figure, so to speak,

0:10:30 > 0:10:32so near after what had just happened.

0:10:32 > 0:10:35That's life. I knew exactly at that age...

0:10:35 > 0:10:37He wasn't going to be....

0:10:37 > 0:10:42My Dad's going to be celibate for another 30-40 years so...

0:10:44 > 0:10:46I knew something would happen.

0:10:47 > 0:10:50I knew and Peter knew what we were doing was right at the time

0:10:50 > 0:10:51and I knew Mary would have supported us

0:10:51 > 0:10:53plus my mum and dad.

0:10:55 > 0:10:59I love the bones of Peter and Stephen, I always have done,

0:10:59 > 0:11:01even before they were born, as I say.

0:11:03 > 0:11:06I think everything happens for a reason

0:11:06 > 0:11:10but if you can take it all back and reverse the tape...

0:11:10 > 0:11:13I wish that Mary had never died.

0:11:15 > 0:11:20I'd still be part of their lives but it wouldn't be this life.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22You just got to get on with it.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31- Want another one?- No, thanks, son.

0:11:31 > 0:11:33Let me see what they are.

0:11:36 > 0:11:39Monster Munch.

0:11:39 > 0:11:42I've got me auntie hooked on these crisps now.

0:11:42 > 0:11:45I don't think you'd get me hooked on them.

0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Dead spicy.- Aye, they are that. I've never seen these before.

0:11:52 > 0:11:55If I'd known you were coming,

0:11:55 > 0:11:58if you hadn't said to be yesterday...

0:11:58 > 0:12:01Peter and Stephen went to a mainstream primary,

0:12:01 > 0:12:05but when they were 11 and 12, they moved to Ashcraig School,

0:12:05 > 0:12:07in Royston, Glasgow.

0:12:09 > 0:12:12Stephen now teaches the children here boccia once a week.

0:12:13 > 0:12:16Although me and Pete grew up with disability all our lives

0:12:16 > 0:12:18we were in a mainstream school.

0:12:19 > 0:12:22Me and Pete and maybe one or two others, so you don't really see

0:12:22 > 0:12:26that many disabled kids and then when you go there

0:12:26 > 0:12:28you see multiple kids.

0:12:28 > 0:12:32It was a bit like any kids like that, you are looking.

0:12:32 > 0:12:36It's natural. Look at that chair, you know.

0:12:36 > 0:12:38He's not got a leg.

0:12:38 > 0:12:41You're like that when you're 12 years old.

0:12:41 > 0:12:49I had a couple of good big pals, you know, big 7 footers, 18 stones.

0:12:49 > 0:12:52at high school, they were the body guards!

0:12:54 > 0:12:56"You talking to me, pal?

0:12:56 > 0:12:58"Him, an' all."

0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Where's the chair? - He's away in with it.

0:13:01 > 0:13:04Stephen and Peter share a house and live independent lives.

0:13:04 > 0:13:09Their parents and younger brother, Ciaran, stay round the corner.

0:13:09 > 0:13:15Go, swing it, swing it. Right down. There it goes.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17I don't know what I'm doing!

0:13:24 > 0:13:26They've been waiting for this day for weeks.

0:13:26 > 0:13:29The kit has finally arrived!

0:13:38 > 0:13:43- The arms are mesh there. When you sweat.- That is brilliant!

0:13:43 > 0:13:46You're no laying them out on the washing line.

0:13:46 > 0:13:48No, they'll be stolen.

0:13:48 > 0:13:50I think they're woman's!

0:13:50 > 0:13:52When in doubt give it to Stephen!

0:13:52 > 0:13:55Want a polo shirt?

0:13:55 > 0:13:58She must have been hard at work - Stella McCartney - designing all this!

0:13:58 > 0:14:01Who's Stella McCartney?

0:14:01 > 0:14:05She's a fashion designer.

0:14:05 > 0:14:09Only the best for the athletes.

0:14:09 > 0:14:10You must have trainers.

0:14:13 > 0:14:18No trainers! Zoom right in. Look at that lug!

0:14:18 > 0:14:23The Paralympic Squad is on its way to Portugal to take part in the Boccia Masters.

0:14:23 > 0:14:25They must look at the boarding bard and go, "Oh, disabled.

0:14:25 > 0:14:28- "Back of the plane." Say hello the Scottish public.- Hello.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38I need business class, definitely.

0:14:40 > 0:14:41With free drinks.

0:14:42 > 0:14:44Thank you.

0:14:48 > 0:14:51What time are we hitting these lifts here?

0:14:51 > 0:14:52Give it five minutes.

0:14:54 > 0:14:56You've got everything you need?

0:14:56 > 0:14:58Just got to get his chair folded.

0:15:00 > 0:15:04You've got wipes and cream in your bag.

0:15:04 > 0:15:07Feel like I'm three months old!

0:15:07 > 0:15:12This is the last major international tournament before the Paralympic Games.

0:15:16 > 0:15:20Many of the teams they will be competing against in London are here, as well as some old rivals.

0:15:22 > 0:15:25It's important that they establish a psychological advantage

0:15:25 > 0:15:29that they can carry through to the Games.

0:15:36 > 0:15:38Yes, come on.

0:15:45 > 0:15:48In disability sport each athlete is examined

0:15:48 > 0:15:51and assigned a classification to ensure fairness.

0:15:52 > 0:15:56In 2009 Stephen's disability was called into question.

0:15:57 > 0:16:01The problem was that Stephen looked stronger than

0:16:01 > 0:16:04he actually was at the European Championship.

0:16:04 > 0:16:10And the classifiers pulled him in and decided that he was physically too able to play.

0:16:10 > 0:16:14When you start winning they take notice

0:16:14 > 0:16:17and they decided there is something not right there.

0:16:17 > 0:16:21I got ECGs, videoed, strip-searched looking for muscle tone.

0:16:23 > 0:16:25And there nothing - they can't find anything.

0:16:25 > 0:16:29And for the next year, it was the toughest because I training...

0:16:31 > 0:16:34I didn't want to at times because I was thinking, "Am I too able?"

0:16:34 > 0:16:38"Will they chuck me out?" I don't want to do strengthening conditioning stuff,

0:16:38 > 0:16:42hydrotherapy, whatever, in case I get more able.

0:16:42 > 0:16:46It's always something which is hanging over him and really now

0:16:46 > 0:16:52it shouldn't be an issue because his muscle strength has deteriorated

0:16:52 > 0:16:55in the last three years to a point where we are fairly comfortable.

0:16:55 > 0:16:58that he should get through classification,

0:16:58 > 0:17:01if he is called for classification, in London.

0:17:01 > 0:17:06Stephen is one of the best players in the world, but he isn't playing well.

0:17:07 > 0:17:10He's frustrated and tired.

0:17:10 > 0:17:12I want you to play with flair not fear.

0:17:12 > 0:17:17He must do everything he can to beat the Canadian, to scrape through to the next round.

0:17:20 > 0:17:22Stephen, that's nice.

0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Too- BLEEP- right it is.

0:17:25 > 0:17:27That'll do, wee man, that'll do.

0:17:49 > 0:17:51That's how you do it, Josh.

0:17:51 > 0:17:55He tries to use every advantage that he can get, I guess.

0:17:55 > 0:17:58And that is what every good competitor does.

0:18:00 > 0:18:04He was playing mind games with me a bit, refusing to move back, maybe.

0:18:04 > 0:18:09On court it's about anywhere where you can get that edge,

0:18:09 > 0:18:13anywhere where you can unnerve your opposition you are going to try and do that.

0:18:13 > 0:18:15Stephen and Peter are really good at it.

0:18:15 > 0:18:16HE BELCHES

0:18:16 > 0:18:20You can only get psyched out if you let yourself get psyched out.

0:18:21 > 0:18:24Maybe the c-word.

0:18:24 > 0:18:28I don't know if it's so controversial in Britain,

0:18:28 > 0:18:29the c-word.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32- It might be a compliment! - Maybe(!)

0:18:45 > 0:18:47Move back, please.

0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Hmm? - Please move back.

0:18:52 > 0:18:54Yes, come on.

0:19:02 > 0:19:03Out! >

0:19:03 > 0:19:05Out.

0:19:08 > 0:19:12Out. >

0:19:12 > 0:19:14Ooh, running out of balls, Josh!

0:19:17 > 0:19:18Running out of balls.

0:19:23 > 0:19:26You've been battered the last couple of weeks, haven't you?

0:19:26 > 0:19:30- What's that?- You've been battered the last couple of weeks.- Battered?

0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Destroyed?- Destroyed, yeah, demolished.

0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Both fine, yeah?- Yeah. What's happened?

0:19:37 > 0:19:41- You used to be better than that? - I don't have hands!

0:19:41 > 0:19:43Well, that's one way of looking at it, Josh.

0:19:45 > 0:19:47I was born without them.

0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Unlucky.- Yeah! For boccia!

0:19:55 > 0:19:58Ah, well.

0:19:58 > 0:20:02I knew beforehand that I had to be up for that match.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05That I was more confident than him.

0:20:05 > 0:20:12I was the presence on court than Josh but do I regret it?

0:20:12 > 0:20:17Yeah, I do. I do regret things like that. It's not me.

0:20:20 > 0:20:25Stephen, in particular, is in constant pain going through his hip.

0:20:25 > 0:20:32And he was taking a lot of fairly strong painkillers just to get him through the day.

0:20:32 > 0:20:36And to try to manage the pain levels.

0:20:36 > 0:20:42He was at a point where we were seriously considering

0:20:42 > 0:20:46whether he would play the next game because of the amount of pain he was in.

0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's hard, you know.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56You look at them from when they were able to walk to finishing

0:20:56 > 0:20:58up in a wheelchair it's hard.

0:20:58 > 0:21:02It's something you don't think about every day -

0:21:02 > 0:21:08there's no use going on about that - it's about what you can do.

0:21:08 > 0:21:14So you try... You cannae block it out but you try to get on with life.

0:21:14 > 0:21:16You don't think down that road.

0:21:16 > 0:21:20I don't think about the future much.

0:21:20 > 0:21:24Of course, you know it's a deteriorating condition

0:21:24 > 0:21:27but, to be honest, since playing boccia, it's sort of stabilised

0:21:27 > 0:21:32and that's been seven years, which is phenomenal.

0:21:32 > 0:21:34And I think we are really benefiting from the sport.

0:21:34 > 0:21:38Can you take that hair out of there, please?

0:21:38 > 0:21:41Hair. Hair.

0:21:41 > 0:21:43There's hair down there. Take it out.

0:21:43 > 0:21:47There we go. Thank you very much.

0:21:50 > 0:21:54It was a couple of days after I won the Scottish Open.

0:21:54 > 0:21:59My first time, because Stephen won it four years in a row.

0:21:59 > 0:22:02In 2009 I got it.

0:22:02 > 0:22:07And I went to bed, woke up and, "Oh, I feel kind of funny".

0:22:07 > 0:22:14My arm felt really heavy and I had not been lying on it as I sleep on this side.

0:22:14 > 0:22:17It's no moving right. "Oh, it feels weird."

0:22:18 > 0:22:21I started shouting, "Stephen!"

0:22:21 > 0:22:28but I was just making these funny noises - just trying to talk.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31And all I heard was this shouting and I just knew straight away

0:22:31 > 0:22:35that something was wrong, Pete doesn't shout, "Stephen!"

0:22:35 > 0:22:37I just thought, "Shit,"

0:22:37 > 0:22:40I got out of bed quick as I could, went straight through.

0:22:40 > 0:22:44"You'll need to come here. There's something wrong with Peter.

0:22:44 > 0:22:46"He's not talking right."

0:22:46 > 0:22:47I'm no talking right?

0:22:47 > 0:22:51Get me an ambulance! An ambulance.

0:22:51 > 0:22:53All he was saying was "ahbababubbab."

0:22:53 > 0:22:56And was like, "What?!" "What's wrong with you?"

0:22:56 > 0:22:58Then the paramedics came

0:22:58 > 0:23:03and I just kind of like...

0:23:03 > 0:23:06"What's going on here?"

0:23:06 > 0:23:10Peter suffered a stroke at the age of 26.

0:23:12 > 0:23:15The realisation of Pete's vulnerability rocked a family.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20Shit, you know, am I going to be all right?

0:23:20 > 0:23:23Am I gonna be able to play again?

0:23:23 > 0:23:28Your memory, can you pass me that thing, that thing there.

0:23:28 > 0:23:31It's right in front of you. "What do you want, Peter?" That green thing.

0:23:31 > 0:23:32"It's a bottle."

0:23:32 > 0:23:35I know it's a bottle! Just give me it.

0:23:35 > 0:23:38He fights through boch and he fights through life.

0:23:38 > 0:23:43And I sort of look up to him a wee bit that way - I do.

0:23:44 > 0:23:48I wish I had that sort of courage not courage but fight.

0:23:49 > 0:23:52This is the part of the tournament where the boys play together as a pair.

0:23:52 > 0:23:57They are ranked number two in the world, second only to Brazil.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02Their first match is against Russia.

0:24:02 > 0:24:07- I'm gieing up, I'm- BLEEP- gieing up.

0:24:07 > 0:24:10I carry you here, you carry me later.

0:24:10 > 0:24:15Peter and Stephen win 12-0.

0:24:15 > 0:24:17Now they play hosts, Portugal.

0:24:17 > 0:24:19Yes, come on!

0:24:21 > 0:24:23The brothers win again, 9-0.

0:24:25 > 0:24:28Next in their group is the Czech Republic -

0:24:31 > 0:24:33They get beaten 5-3.

0:24:33 > 0:24:37Now they meet Brazil in the semi-final.

0:24:38 > 0:24:40Look here. Stop the timer.

0:24:42 > 0:24:46Red touching blue to play. Give her your glasses!

0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Oh for- BLEEP- sake!

0:24:59 > 0:25:00It's game over.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03They get beaten by the champions by five points.

0:25:03 > 0:25:06HE BLOWS

0:25:08 > 0:25:12In order to salvage a medal, they must beat the Slovaks.

0:25:12 > 0:25:16Yes, come on!

0:25:16 > 0:25:19He's a bottler. Keep annoying them.

0:25:27 > 0:25:33- There we go, Stephen. Yes, come on. - BLEEP- brilliant. Game over.

0:25:35 > 0:25:37They do. 8-1.

0:25:39 > 0:25:41Cheers. Well done.

0:25:44 > 0:25:46APPLAUSE

0:25:50 > 0:25:53They take home a bronze medal but this is just a dress rehearsal.

0:25:53 > 0:25:56The real contest is still to come.

0:25:57 > 0:25:59We're going down, yes.

0:25:59 > 0:26:03I don't know where we are staying yet.

0:26:03 > 0:26:06I do know where we are staying, we are taking a camper.

0:26:06 > 0:26:10We were going to go to a hotel but they ripped me off at the prices, as usual.

0:26:10 > 0:26:13London is dear at the best of times.

0:26:13 > 0:26:15They're really hiking it for the Olympics.

0:26:15 > 0:26:20No, I am not going down. It is one of these things...

0:26:20 > 0:26:25I would like to be there but I would get too emotional.

0:26:25 > 0:26:28I'd be kicking the ball the way it should be!

0:26:28 > 0:26:31We got a nice letter from Sport Scotland the other day.

0:26:31 > 0:26:33I've no seen yet.

0:26:33 > 0:26:35It's a congratulations on your first Paralympics.

0:26:37 > 0:26:40But it wasn't standard congratulations letter.

0:26:40 > 0:26:44It was like, you are competing with your brother. It was personalised.

0:26:44 > 0:26:47Which makes it quite good, it was really nice.

0:26:49 > 0:26:52Although they did say we would be competing against each other,

0:26:52 > 0:26:54I hope they don't know something we don't.

0:26:55 > 0:26:58Did Jim tell you about the time at the world champions where

0:26:58 > 0:27:00I played Peter in the last 16?

0:27:00 > 0:27:04I win the group, Pete came second.

0:27:04 > 0:27:07There's always a risk where I can play Pete

0:27:07 > 0:27:12and it so happened I played Pete in the last 16 in the world champs.

0:27:12 > 0:27:16Shit, someone's going out. It came down to the last ball

0:27:16 > 0:27:19and Pete had a shot that he probably does nine times out of ten.

0:27:19 > 0:27:21It just nudges in.

0:27:21 > 0:27:25For some reason, which we don't even speak about now,

0:27:25 > 0:27:30people have their opinions, he nudged mine in which meant I went through.

0:27:30 > 0:27:34The final ball, he won it.

0:27:36 > 0:27:41I would think there was slightly, let's help your brother through,

0:27:41 > 0:27:45maybe he is technically better and more chance of getting a medal.

0:27:45 > 0:27:47He may have been thinking that way, I don't know.

0:27:47 > 0:27:51I think he deserved it because of what happened before.

0:27:51 > 0:27:55With the Europeans and getting declassified.

0:27:55 > 0:27:57So, it was good.

0:27:57 > 0:28:00A good way to come back and show them what you can do.

0:28:00 > 0:28:07Deliberate? We don't throw games, but then Jim was going well, he might have.

0:28:07 > 0:28:09They do say that.

0:28:11 > 0:28:12Jim thinks the same.

0:28:17 > 0:28:20The sun is getting nicer, isn't it?

0:28:20 > 0:28:24Aye, shame we're indoors all day.

0:28:24 > 0:28:29- Come outside for lunch. - We only get half an hour, 20 minutes.

0:28:31 > 0:28:34By the time you get out...

0:28:34 > 0:28:38# Now that you know it's nowhere

0:28:40 > 0:28:43# What's to stop you coming home?

0:28:48 > 0:28:52# All you've got to do is go there

0:28:55 > 0:28:57# Then you really realise what's going down. #

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