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Netball is my passion and my aim is to raise enough funds to allow me to travel to compete. Netball is the number 1 women’s sport in the UK and has helped me with the ability to be focused and disciplined.
At 17 I have been selected to represent Northern Ireland’s national under 21 team in the European championships in October 2019. This event is followed by the Junior World Cup in Fiji in 2021.
My journey hasn’t been easy to make it to where I am today. Two years ago I appeared at the Nationals tournament for Surrey Storm which I thoroughly enjoyed. Directly after the tournament I was diagnosed with glandular fever which halted any progress on the netball front. It took around one year for me to become anywhere near normal on the fitness front at which point I had to decide did I want to rejoin my elite friends in the netball world. Fitness is key as in any sport, so I independently started my gym work to regain my fitness to be a mid court player. During this time I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma which with the help of the medics is now under control.
For the past year I have worked tirelessly on my own to keep to a programme of fitness and ball work. If I’m not playing or training I’m watching videos back of myself to understand my weaknesses as well as watch the pros at work for England, Australia and New Zealand.
I chose Northern Ireland due to my dads’ roots. He represented Northern Ireland as a teenager in karate and has been an encouragement to me particularly explaining what sport can bring to your life at an elite level so young. Mum is an avid netball player and follower. She is my biggest fan and luckily both my parents support whatever my next goal is!!!
This page is to kindly ask you to contribute towards my journey as a national athlete. As we all know sport is under funded in many areas to allow us to reach our potential. My ambition is to maintain my status as a national athlete but to do this requires a lot of travel around the UK. As a student I will be contributing to my funding as best I can but need to focus on training and gaining experience at match play. This is where you come in. Please could I ask you to consider donating to my fund however big or small so my journey over the next 2 years to get to the junior World Cup can become a reality.
At 17 I have been selected to represent Northern Ireland’s national under 21 team in the European championships in October 2019. This event is followed by the Junior World Cup in Fiji in 2021.
My journey hasn’t been easy to make it to where I am today. Two years ago I appeared at the Nationals tournament for Surrey Storm which I thoroughly enjoyed. Directly after the tournament I was diagnosed with glandular fever which halted any progress on the netball front. It took around one year for me to become anywhere near normal on the fitness front at which point I had to decide did I want to rejoin my elite friends in the netball world. Fitness is key as in any sport, so I independently started my gym work to regain my fitness to be a mid court player. During this time I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma which with the help of the medics is now under control.
For the past year I have worked tirelessly on my own to keep to a programme of fitness and ball work. If I’m not playing or training I’m watching videos back of myself to understand my weaknesses as well as watch the pros at work for England, Australia and New Zealand.
I chose Northern Ireland due to my dads’ roots. He represented Northern Ireland as a teenager in karate and has been an encouragement to me particularly explaining what sport can bring to your life at an elite level so young. Mum is an avid netball player and follower. She is my biggest fan and luckily both my parents support whatever my next goal is!!!
This page is to kindly ask you to contribute towards my journey as a national athlete. As we all know sport is under funded in many areas to allow us to reach our potential. My ambition is to maintain my status as a national athlete but to do this requires a lot of travel around the UK. As a student I will be contributing to my funding as best I can but need to focus on training and gaining experience at match play. This is where you come in. Please could I ask you to consider donating to my fund however big or small so my journey over the next 2 years to get to the junior World Cup can become a reality.
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Orla Mulligan
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England