Craig’s Custom Rugby Wheelchair
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My name is Craig W Styles, I would really appreciate your help and support in the furthering of my Wheelchair Rugby Career!
I am a British Army Veteran, I lost my right leg below the knee due to a devastating accident with a scimitar tank in 2000 whilst being based in Germany serving with the British Armed Forces.
I played first team-rugby for my regiment and absolutely loved it. After my accident I could no longer play rugby, I was absolutely devastated.
I contacted the RFU about my situation and they allowed me to play rugby wearing a prosthesis. I played 4 matches as number 6, flanker, for Kettering Rugby Club.
Unfortunately I sustained another injured to my knee so badly, that an amputation of the knee was inevitable, so in 2010 my knee was amputated and that ended my rugby career.
“ I was not going to give up”
All the time I was working on my recovery, all I wanted to do is play sports. Sport has always played a vital role in my life and I could not imagine being without it. Sport gave me a reason to get up in the morning, it has always given me a purpose in life, both physically and mentally.
Since my only choice was to play sport in a wheelchair I tried wheelchair basketball. Unfortunately I did not enjoy the sport, it wasn’t aggressive enough . I enjoyed playing rugby and decided not to take it any further.
In 2012 my life changed. Paralympics London 2012, I watched wheelchair rugby. I was convinced that I found my new sport, It gave me the same buzz, the same excitement as when I was playing rugby as an able bodied rugby player.
I joined the wheelchair rugby team at the Northampton Saints back in the summer of last year. It has really given me a purpose and new meaning of sport again, which I really missed over the past few years since losing my knee in 2010.
The past few months, I have attended the Invictus Games Training Camps for Team UK, working hard and hopefully I will get selected for the Wheelchair Rugby Team and represent my country again in Sydney, Australia, in October of this year.
At the moment I am trying to raise money for a custom built rugby wheelchair that I need to use in the training and, if selected, take with me to Sydney. At the moment I am using a wheelchair from the Northampton Saints, which unfortunately does not fit me properly and causes me grief whilst playing.
I would like to ask you kindly, please help me fund my Custom Built Rugby Wheelchair.
This would mean the world to me.
I am a British Army Veteran, I lost my right leg below the knee due to a devastating accident with a scimitar tank in 2000 whilst being based in Germany serving with the British Armed Forces.
I played first team-rugby for my regiment and absolutely loved it. After my accident I could no longer play rugby, I was absolutely devastated.
I contacted the RFU about my situation and they allowed me to play rugby wearing a prosthesis. I played 4 matches as number 6, flanker, for Kettering Rugby Club.
Unfortunately I sustained another injured to my knee so badly, that an amputation of the knee was inevitable, so in 2010 my knee was amputated and that ended my rugby career.
“ I was not going to give up”
All the time I was working on my recovery, all I wanted to do is play sports. Sport has always played a vital role in my life and I could not imagine being without it. Sport gave me a reason to get up in the morning, it has always given me a purpose in life, both physically and mentally.
Since my only choice was to play sport in a wheelchair I tried wheelchair basketball. Unfortunately I did not enjoy the sport, it wasn’t aggressive enough . I enjoyed playing rugby and decided not to take it any further.
In 2012 my life changed. Paralympics London 2012, I watched wheelchair rugby. I was convinced that I found my new sport, It gave me the same buzz, the same excitement as when I was playing rugby as an able bodied rugby player.
I joined the wheelchair rugby team at the Northampton Saints back in the summer of last year. It has really given me a purpose and new meaning of sport again, which I really missed over the past few years since losing my knee in 2010.
The past few months, I have attended the Invictus Games Training Camps for Team UK, working hard and hopefully I will get selected for the Wheelchair Rugby Team and represent my country again in Sydney, Australia, in October of this year.
At the moment I am trying to raise money for a custom built rugby wheelchair that I need to use in the training and, if selected, take with me to Sydney. At the moment I am using a wheelchair from the Northampton Saints, which unfortunately does not fit me properly and causes me grief whilst playing.
I would like to ask you kindly, please help me fund my Custom Built Rugby Wheelchair.
This would mean the world to me.
Organizer and beneficiary
Craig Styles
Organizer
Amy Jayne Styles
Beneficiary
