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.