Freya from England's Wheelchair Rugby 7s

It’s incredibly inclusive, and just like running rugby, there’s a position for everyone! There’s a huge family feel to playing in the teams and being a part of the clubs.

Just give it a go - it might just change your life!

It's always important to have more females playing sport, especially putting pressure on the boys for spots in the squad! But more importantly, raising the profile of the sport and its inclusive nature; having more females playing will encourage even more. In the future, even have a women's international side which would be incredible for the sport. However, I think it's really positive to have mixed squads.

Home is my favourite place to be, somewhere I can close the door and be in my safe space, with my favourite person and 4-legged best friend. So when the government announced “stay home, stay safe”, I was a big fan!

I’ve not left my house since 15th March and spent the pre-lockdown weekend how I know best, with a Basketball game, Rugby training and a venture to Hull for a Rugby away game.

With all sport now on hold, this will be my first summer without an international tournament in 7 years and I’d be lying if I said it was easy to continue training at home. Part of me has enjoyed the break for the first time in a long time, however there’s a much bigger part of me that is so ready to hear my coach yell “baseline” and be back with my teammates. Sport is so, so much more than just training to keep fit!

As schools closed, the decision was made by the charity I work for to temporarily close too. Like the rest of the country, I’m trying to keep busy, with those niggling DIY jobs I’ve never had time for, soaking in the sunshine in the garden, playing with the dog and learning sign language, awkward zoom quiz nights and just trying to embrace this time as much as possible.

I’ve tried to maintain exercising at home and a neighbour sourced some bricks for me so we could fashion some ‘rollers’. By placing my sports chair on top, I can still get some sort of cardio training. One of my friends released a whole series of home wheelchair workouts, so big shoutout to Ella for adding some strength training into my routine!

An old friend phoned during the first week of lockdown for help with a plan to get shopping and essential items to our community. With some supermarket delivery times being lengthy, he’d teamed up with a local greengrocer and could offer next day delivery of essentials to our community. We are in our 14th week and have reached over 140 homes! It’s kept me busy through lockdown. The feedback we’ve had, from some of the people we are helping has been overwhelming and it definitely helps power through some of those harder days.

Above all, I think I share the same two views as many others during this time - I cannot wait to hug my family again, and want to say a huge thank you to the NHS and keyworkers for keeping us safe!