Steph

    Gender: Female
    Location: UK
    Relationship: Married
    Children: Proud Parent
    # of Kids: 1
    Body Type: Some extra baggage
    Height: 5'6"
    Ethnicity: Undead
    Skype: sportsmaname
    MSN: stephmcallister@msn.com
    About Me:
    thewheellife.com/teamcoloursuk I am 34yrs old and a full time mum and wheelchair user. I have got two cats and a puppy Bichon Frise who is getting trained to become a disability assistance dog. She's great and really playful. I set up and run a sports team for people with disabilities in the UK and have recently acquired my level 2 Athletics coaching licence, which is great as it means that I can officially coach athletics without the assistance of another coach. I love having fun and can't stand being around negative people. I firmly believe that life brings enough **** to your front door, but you have to go out and find your happiness; so why anybody gets off on being miserable is beyond me; so go elsewhere thank you!! I love working with kids and thoroughly enjoy managing the team, watching them all grow more and more confident each time we compete. www.teamcoloursuk.org.uk
    Music: I love loads of different types of music so this is just a few: Slightly Stoopid,Eagles,U2,The Fray,Bon Jovi,Robie Williams,Queen,Mika,Pussycat dolls etc.....
    Movies: Action movies for definite e.g Die Hard(all of them), Lethal weapon,also, Coach Carter, Ringer(hilarious), Step Up,Bring it on,Blue Streak etc....
    TV: Dog Whisperer,MTV, True life stuff, medical programmes and documentaries, some SciFi stuff
    Books: Not really a reader.
    Likes: Having fun, competitive sports, Kids, Animals,people,My laptop lol, Singing, playing my keyboard(not good though), playing the violin at times,making DVD productions, My family
    Dislikes: Orthopedic surgeons (they put me in a chair!!) In fact the difference between a surgeon and God, is that God knows he's not a surgeon hahahahahahaha!! Negative people, unnecessary stress, the joint condition my son has, being fat
    Hobbies: Sports,music,films,kids,films,surfing the net,meeting new friends(true friends, not sex partners!!!!),drawing, designing furniture www.teamcoloursuk.org.uk
    Vices: food,sport he he
    Virtues: Be true to yourself. Just because it can't be seen, it doesn't mean it isn't there. Many medical professionals could do with remembering this.
    Heroes: My son

    An insight to how we began

    Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 12:38 AM GMT [General]

     

    My name is Stephanie McAllister and I set up the team for several reasons.... I wanted to provide a team environment for anybody who wishes to compete in a team, but not necessarily take on the commitment of joining and attending an actual club. Some of the athletes come from areas where this would not be possible anyway, as there are not any sports clubs in their area for them to join. So rather than them having to attend events as an individual entry, they can come and enter under our team and always have people supporting them. This has meant that we have made friends from all over the UK, which has turned out to be great, as we would not necessarily have gotten to know them other wise. At present we have athletes with disabilities such as Dwarfism, Albinism, Cerebral Palsy, Paraplegia, Ehlers- Danlos Syndrome Type 3 and Downs Syndrome. 3 of our athletes have both a physical and learning disability, so this has been great for me, as I have welcomed the challenge of finding different methods for each individual athlete to flourish. This in turn, I feel, has made me a better team manager and coach. People with disabilities are always told that we do not fit into the same box; so my challenges have been to think out side of the box and together the team has benefited from this as well as me personally. There is not one member of the team who can not be of help to others and it is great to watch people grow in confidence with each competition we attend.

    In the season of 2007 we had 8 athletes who competed on a regular basis and we managed to win a tally of well over 200 medals and 9 trophies; 2 of which were team trophies for overall winning team. We did not place lower than 3rd place overall at any of the comps, which is brilliant for a newly formed team. I hope Team Colours UK goes on for many years and continues to grow and I look forward to being a part of that.

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    Team Colours UK

    Saturday, March 15, 2008, 04:47 PM GMT [General]

    We are a sports team for people with disabilities in the UK. If you like sport and having a laff, check us out:

    www.teamcoloursuk.org.uk

     

     

    As we are a non profit organisation we are always open to sponsorship or donations, and at the same time, we are willing to help out anybody else who needs help fundraising.

     

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