Pennod 4 Chwaraeon y Dyn Bach

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-My name is James Lusted

-and I'm 3'7".

-I don't believe in the word

-disabled.

-Oh my gosh.

-I do believe that everyone can

-take part in some type of sport.

-I'm no Usain Bolt in these!

-I used to be a badminton champion.

-I travelled all over the world

-to compete.

-It's a really good feeling.

-In this series, I will meet

-people with disabilities...

-..who take part

-in all kinds of sports.

-I will see how that

-can change their lives.

-Today, I've come to a rather special

-event in Caernarfon.

-We want to try and challenge people

-to join local clubs.

-Make a difference to their lives and

-improve their health and wellbeing.

-If you're interested in sports

-for people with disabilities...

-..the Insport event in Caernarfon

-is the place to come.

-As you can see,

-it's already really busy here.

-This is the biggest event

-of this kind...

-..ever to have taken place

-in North Wales.

-I'm looking forward

-to wandering around...

-..meeting people

-and seeing what they're up to.

-Marcus Politis works for

-Gwynedd County Council.

-He's the Disability Sport Wales

-Development Officer for Gwynedd.

-He's the main organizer

-of today's event.

-We're trying to transform the lives

-of people with disabilities...

-..through the power of sport.

-So many people have said that

-today has been a fantastic day.

-To be honest, it is pioneering.

-We're trying hard

-to change attitudes...

-..and change the pattern of people's

-lives so that they can come...

-..to events like this.

-We want to change the culture.

-We need to work with many partners

-to achieve this.

-It's quite important

-to offer a balanced programme...

-..to offer something to everyone.

-Everyone who comes today

-is more likely to join a club...

-..and make it part of their lives.

-Nick Thomas from Talysarn has

-attended events like this before.

-He feels they're extremely valuable.

-I tried many things

-just to have a go.

-After one archery session,

-I was immediately hooked.

-It's a challenge - more of

-a mental one than a physical one.

-It just keeps making me

-want to come back for more.

-It's a very popular sport

-and is an event at the Paralympics.

-Plenty of people with various

-disabilities take part.

-Events like this are great to

-promote not just archery...

-..but all kinds of sports

-for all kinds of disabilities.

-The message is, if there's something

-you want to do, do it.

-Don't let anyone tell you

-that's not possible.

-Try your very best,

-do it and enjoy it.

-Hannah Morris uses the day as an

-opportunity to try a new sport...

-..even though

-she's a regular at the centre.

-I come here three days a week.

-You've been playing boccia today.

-Do you normally play boccia?

-I just tried it out

-and I won the game!

-You won the game? Well done.

-She was also looking forward

-to trying judo.

-I was delighted to meet up

-with friends, old and new...

-..such as

-Steffan Williams from Pwllheli.

-What are you hoping to do today?

-What are you hoping to do today?

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-Play basketball and tennis.

-Why are you hoping to do that?

-Because I've seen Fran Smith

-playing.

-And you already play basketball

-every week.

-Yes.

-Where do you do that?

-Where do you do that?

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-Here in Caernarfon.

-And off he went to play his game.

-But how happy was Marcus

-with how the day went?

-We've had 160 people

-through the doors here today.

-It's fantastic.

-I don't think we expected

-so many people.

-We're so excited,

-we want to do another next year.

-I hope that the people here

-have been inspired...

-..to take part in sports

-and join community clubs.

-Sport can really

-change people's lives.

-I met Nick Thomas from Talysarn

-at the event in Caernarfon.

-I'm on my way to meet him

-and hear more about him.

-I want you all to stand behind

-either a yellow cone or a blue cone.

-Nick works in the village school.

-Sport has opened

-all sorts of doors for him...

-..despite him having a condition

-which severely affects his vision.

-What happens with your eyes?

-I have a condition called Stargardt.

-It's a type of macular dystrophy.

-The condition

-affects my central vision.

-My vision is deteriorating

-over time.

-All the specialists say that

-I'll lose about 80% of my vision.

-Unfortunately, I have now started to

-carry a stick around with me...

-..just in case.

-I've lived in Talysarn

-for so long...

-..I'm quite confident

-walking around on my own.

-Nick was 20 years old

-when he was diagnosed.

-He had to give up driving

-and change his job.

-Was it quite hard to accept?

-Yes, it was quite difficult

-to take it in at first.

-But there's a process you have to go

-through with things like this.

-For me, part of that process...

-..was taking responsibility

-for the condition.

-I've gone as far as having a tattoo

-on my arm...

-..which refers to the condition.

-I just wanted to show

-that I don't hide behind it at all.

-Here it is.

-It's a picture of an eye on my arm.

-It's a large eye with a saying

-underneath written in Braille...

-..as well as some DNA because

-the condition is in my DNA.

-I also have the name of

-the condition tattooed on my arm.

-I carry it around with me

-to show that I'm not scared of it.

-I just carry on.

-Nick has done considerably more

-than just carrying on.

-He's had a very successful

-sporting career.

-Come in for a cuppa

-and I'll tell you all about it.

-I've been an international

-football player for years.

-I have quite a few things

-to show you in the house.

-After being diagnosed

-with this condition...

-..I decided to go back

-to university.

-I was lucky enough to get a place

-at Loughborough.

-It's a big sports college

-in Leicestershire.

-They had a futsal team that played

-in the British blind league.

-Futsal is a five-a-side game

-but it's a little bit different.

-It's played on a specific hard court

-and the goals are a bit different.

-They're similar to hockey goals.

-They're high.

-I was very lucky

-to make it into the team.

-The England captain

-was on the same team as me.

-He gave a favourable report

-about me to the coach.

-I spent nearly ten years playing

-international football...

-..for the England team

-for those with vision impairment.

-I was lucky to travel

-all over the world with them.

-As a Welshman, how did it feel

-to play for England?

-It was a bit hard -

-being a Welshman...

-..and having to pull on

-the three lions shirt!

-But the FAW made it clear

-they had no football team...

-..for those with vision impairment.

-Looking back

-at the time I spent in the team...

-..I have no doubt

-that I made the right decision.

-How many caps

-did you win for England?

-I have six caps.

-We only got a cap

-for playing in a big tournament.

-It was a bit of a running joke

-for us in the squad.

-I would probably have about 300 caps

-if I'd had one for every game!

-300? Wow!

-As you would expect, the caps are

-on display in a prominent position.

-Which is the most important?

-The most important one for me

-was this one...

-..which I got in Argentina

-in 2008.

-We finished third.

-In the third-fourth place play-off,

-we beat Spain on penalties.

-It was a very exciting game.

-Did you score?

-Did you score?

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-No!

-The torch for the London Olympics

-2012 is familiar.

-I was a torch bearer in Rhos-on-sea.

-Where did you carry it?

-I was lucky enough

-to be a bearer in Caernarfon.

-I picked up the torch

-in front of the castle.

-There was a huge crowd of people

-cheering and clapping.

-It was an unforgettable day.

-The unique thing about the torch

-was that every single hole...

-..represented a person

-who had carried it...

-..on its journey around Britain.

-Who wants one game of sausage and

-chips? Chips have to find a sausage.

-Nick is now back home in Talysarn.

-He's happy to share his enthusiasm

-for sport with the local children.

-I work as a classroom assistant

-at Ysgol Gynradd Talysarn.

-It's the school I went to

-as a young boy.

-It was a strange experience

-going back there to work!

-But it's a great job for me.

-I'm part of developing the village's

-next generation of children.

-Is it difficult? Have they made

-adaptations to make the job easier?

-No, I'm quite lucky really.

-It might sound strange

-that I work in a school...

-..where there's a lot

-of writing and reading work.

-I have some tools

-to make the writing bigger.

-I also have software on all the

-computers to magnify the screen.

-It makes everything quite big

-for me at the click of a button.

-What kind of response

-do you get from the children?

-Young children don't see

-a disability in a person.

-They just see the person sitting

-next to them trying to help them.

-It's something nice to be part of.

-In Part Two, Nick will give me

-an archery lesson.

-He's quite a good teacher!

-I'll take a photo of that.

-And I'll meet Steffan from Pwllheli

-again...

-..and his friend, Rosie the horse.

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-Steffan Williams

-was too busy to talk to me much...

-..at the event in Caernarfon.

-But I wanted to chat to him.

-I knew that he took part

-in all sorts of sports.

-So I went over to Pwllheli

-to see him.

-What are your interests?

-Football and basketball.

-I go skiing once a month.

-I sometimes go swimming on a Sunday.

-Why do you enjoy basketball?

-It's just good...

-..and because everyone smiles.

-It's great.

-What kind of chair do you have?

-With my name and The Hammers on it

-in the West Ham colour.

-Why do you support West Ham?

-Why do you support West Ham?

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-Because my dad does.

-Have you ever been to see a game?

-Have you ever been to see a game?

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-Yes, at Old Trafford.

-We sat right in the front

-so we could see everything.

-Did they beat United?

-No, it was a 1-1 draw.

-It's a good score against United.

-It's a good score against United.

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-It was in the FA Cup.

-You've also been a mascot

-for a team.

-Yes, Porthmadog.

-I went out on the pitch with them.

-Then I had food with them

-after the game.

-How was that?

-How was that?

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-Oh, great.

-Are you looking forward to riding?

-Nicola, Steffan's mum, explains more

-about the condition he has.

-He has cerebral palsy. The muscles

-don't grow the same as the bones.

-So he needs help

-to stretch the muscles.

-That's why we have to do

-so much physio, stretches and so on.

-When did you find out about it?

-When he was a year old.

-I knew there was something

-but I didn't expect to hear...

-..it was cerebral palsy.

-It was a big shock.

-What kind of person is he?

-Happy, lovely, mischievous.

-Cheeky!

-Steffan is a pupil

-at Ysgol Cymerau, Pwllheli.

-He joins in with everything.

-Do you have any adaptations

-to help you out at school?

-Yes.

-I have a frame, one for indoors

-and one to help me outside.

-Do you enjoy school?

-Do you enjoy school?

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-Yes.

-What's your favourite subject?

-Art.

-Why art?

-Why art?

-

-It's just cool.

-Steffan also likes horses.

-He's been having weekly lessons

-at this riding school in Treborth...

-..near Bangor.

-He started when he was three.

-When you have a lesson,

-which horse do you ride?

-Lucky.

-I used to ride Elsa.

-I used to ride Elsa.

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-Ready to ride. You ready?

-Do you think that riding helps you?

-Do you think that riding helps you?

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-Yes.

-In what way?

-It helps with my feet and legs

-and with my balance.

-I read a lot about cerebral palsy

-after Steffan was diagnosed.

-One thing I found was that riding

-was good for posture and balance.

-It has been a great help to Steffan.

-At first, he was like a sack of

-potatoes. Now, he sits really well.

-He has brilliant posture.

-Sarah Owen, who teaches Steffan...

-..is an occupational therapist

-from day to day.

-She explains more about what exactly

-Steffan does in the lessons.

-We're looking at his ability

-to control Lucky...

-..independently, off lead.

-It's a challenge for him to just be

-able to stretch over the horse.

-He will give everything a go.

-He's fairly confident.

-Nothing really phases him.

-So we've just now started to build

-up on where he is in the arena...

-..starting to bring in circles

-and changing the rein.

-Just steadily progressing.

-But keeping it fun.

-Steffan's big thing

-is keeping it fun.

-What's your favourite thing

-about horse riding?

-Going off lead and just enjoying it.

-You sometimes compete as well,

-don't you?

-Yes. I compete in Wrexham.

-If you get first, second or third

-there you then go on to Gloucester.

-How many times

-have you been to Gloucester?

-Twice.

-How did you get on there?

-How did you get on there?

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-Erm, not bad!

-Do you have your own horse?

-Yes, Rosie.

-I wanted to meet Rosie

-so we all went to see her...

-..on the farm near Porthmadog.

-Hello, Rosie.

-Hello, hello.

-I used to ride horses years ago.

-We'll see how much I remember.

-You can show me what to do

-and I'll help you on the other side.

-Do you ride her sometimes?

-Not very often.

-Does Mam ride her sometimes?

-Does Mam ride her sometimes?

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-No. I'd love to. I'm a bit too big.

-What needs doing after this?

-Under there.

-We've done well.

-That one there.

-Well done. Good shot.

-We heard earlier about Nick Thomas

-from Talysarn.

-He has played football for England,

-believe it or not!

-But what does someone who's competed

-internationally for ten years...

-..do after retiring?

-I've been looking

-for the next challenge...

-..something to keep me

-in the world of sport.

-Something to encourage me

-to carry on and work hard.

-I've been looking for a sport

-which has a pathway...

-..to take me back

-to the international stage.

-The Red Dragon Archers

-practise twice a week...

-..at an indoor karting track

-in Caernarfon.

-Everyone is welcome.

-It's a great club. They've been

-fantastic with me from the start.

-I think I'm the only one

-with a disability at the moment.

-Everyone in the club

-is so willing to help.

-Every member is responsible for

-preparing their own equipment.

-It seems to me

-that it's quite a complex job.

-What's happening, Nick?

-What's happening, Nick?

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-I'm just putting the bow together.

-So that it's ready for me to shoot.

-It's a bit of a project!

-Especially with a visual impairment.

-I'm used to it now

-so I can do it from touch.

-Oh, right, OK.

-Oh, right, OK.

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-I don't really use my eyes.

-Is there anything special about

-this equipment to help you out?

-No, nothing at all.

-Not on the bow.

-The special equipment is all set up

-by Matthew, my spotter.

-The tripod and the tactile sight.

-This is the tactile sight,

-which is where I rest my hand.

-We know how far away from the bow

-the target is.

-We know how high

-the tactile sight should be.

-We know how far from the

-shooting line my feet should be.

-Everything is set up

-with measurements.

-If one thing is out of place,

-the arrows can go anywhere.

-Matthew uses

-this sophisticated equipment...

-..to make sure everything

-stays in its place.

-Nick stands in the same place

-every time.

-He places the side of his hand

-against the tactile sight...

-..in order to be led to the target.

-Nine o'clock.

-We've hit the target

-so that's a good start.

-Even in a competition, the first

-six arrows are used to warm up...

-..and make sure

-everything is set up correctly.

-We won't change anything

-on the tactile sight for now.

-We'll shoot the next three arrows

-and see where they go.

-Then we'll start adapting

-to get them closer to the middle.

-Nick is clearly doing very well

-with the archery.

-Seeing him shooting

-makes me want to have a go.

-But because of the length

-of my arms...

-..I can't shoot in the usual way.

-This little piece of equipment gives

-me a chance to take part as well.

-Quite close there.

-Oh, yes. Good grouping.

-That's one of the first things we

-learn. How to shoot a good grouping.

-Once we learn that,

-it's easy to adapt things...

-..to move the arrows

-to where we want them to be.

-I'm not leaving this place

-until I hit the jackpot!

-Well, I've just hit the bullseye.

-Yes.

-It was a good feeling.

-A really good feeling.

-Well done you.

-So you hit gold.

-So you hit gold.

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-Bang in the middle.

-What was that? 30 points?

-Yes. Two in the middle which counts

-as X and the other is a ten.

-I'm going to take a photo of that!

-Wow! Look at that.

-Three in the middle together.

-Brilliant.

-It's a good feeling.

-You could pass

-as a member of the club.

-Straight away? After six arrows?

-Nick is a brilliant example

-of a successful athlete...

-..who happens to have a disability.

-That's what I've seen time and again

-during this series.

-If you fancy having a go

-at any type of sport...

-..go for it.

-There are adaptations out there

-for everybody.

-If I can get three bullseyes

-on my first attempt...

-..anything is possible!

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