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from SBT issue 456
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The following year, she was contacted by the Great Britain para-rowing team and became one of the first athletes to represent them, where she succeeded in winning Gold in 2004 and 2005. However, multiple rib injuries kept her out of the boat for a number of years which only served to affect her confidence and motivation. Then, in 2010, after realising she was eligible to play for Ireland, because her father is from County Donegal, she ended up training for the Olympics but unfortunately missed out on selection.
However, things took a turn for the better when the Irish para-cycling coach gave her a trial in August 2011, and she never looked back. She took to tandem cycling very quickly however the London Olympics proved to early for a medal, but Dunlevy reflects that it was really an event to gain exposure and experience.
In 2014, Katie teamed up with Eve McCrystal and, in their first road race, the pair instantly hit it off and won their first World Championship Silver medal. The following year the pair won Bronze in the 3k pursuit at the UCI ParaCycling Track World Championships in the Netherlands.
At Rio in 2016, Dunlevy won a gold medal at the time trial B event and silver in the road race at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with pilot Eve McCrystal. However, the time trial remains her proudest moment and she recalls: “I was so happy and elated but I was in so much pain as well having given everything…we fell to the floor completely exhausted and, when I realised we’d won Gold, I just screamed”
Katie became double World Champion at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in September 2017 and the following year she retained both titles becoming double World Champion again with McCrystal. In the same year, she won Bronze in the 3k pursuit at the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships. In 2019 she won Gold in the time trial at the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships to become world champion for the third time and won Silver in the road race.
In January 2020 Dunlevy and McCrystal won Silver at the UCI ParaCycling track World Championships in both the time trial and road race, and then last year the pair won a silver medal at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo in the individual pursuit event.
A few days later, they retained their title from Rio in the time trial, winning Gold whilst also winning Gold in the road race to become the most successful Irish female Paralympian.
In 2021, Katie was named the Active Sussex Sports Personality of the Year having been selected for ‘displaying and outstanding level of achievement competing at the highest level’.
Ben Stokes OBE
What makes England’s new test captain a winner?
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Whilst England’s new Test cricket captain hit the ground running by winning his first two matches against New Zealand, Ben Stokes certainly appears to be a born winner and the correct choice to lead his nation forward after replacing Joe Root as skipper. Leading by example is clearly the key to being respected by your own team mates – respect brings support and players who want to help can only serve to bring success. Add into the mix a high level of controlled aggression and bravery to an already complete all-rounder, Stokes has undoubted ability to win matches either with the bat or the ball. Not only is Stokes captain of the England Test team, but he also plays for the England One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) teams. In domestic cricket, he represents Durham and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including the Indian Premier League, playing for Rising Pune Supergiant and the Rajasthan Royals. As a left-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he holds the world record for most runs in an innings
at number six, scoring 258 against South Africa during England’s 2015-16 tour. Sport In the same Test, both he and Jonny Bairstow set the world record for highest sixth-wicket stand in Tests, at 399. He made his ODI and T20I debuts in 2011, and his Test debut in 2013, and was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2019 and 2020 and won the ICC Award for Best Men’s Cricketer. Stokes made his one-day debut for Durham in 2009 and his first class debut
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a year later before being part of the 2013 Championship winning team.
But what about the character of Ben Stokes then? Success always comes from realising the taste of defeat and making mistakes, ensuring the lessons learned enable yourself to become a better person as a consequence.
Stokes’s list of previous infractions includes being dismissed from the England Lions tour of Australia in 2013 because of some disciplinary action. He was also suspended from the Ashes tour 2017 because of an incident outside a Bristol Nightclub.
However, the four consecutive sixes that West Indian Carlos Brathwaite smashed off his bowling in the last over of the T20 World Cup in 2016 would have ordinarily demolished a lesser man’s mental strength.
Not Ben Stokes. How he’s bounced back to become a leader on the pitch has been truly remarkable. The way he has transformed those negatives into positives is incredibly inspiring because he has become integral for England and a shining example for the whole cricketing world.
On 13 February 2017, Stokes was appointed vice-captain of England’s test team and in the same year, Stokes was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants to play in the Indian Premier League. He made his maiden Twenty20 century against Gujarat Lions, hitting 103 not out from 63 balls, including seven fours and six sixes. He was named as the Most Valuable Player for that season.
Then came his heroics of 2019, performances which will last long in the memory for those lucky enough to witness them. First came the World Cup. In the opening match of the tournament against South Africa, he scored 89 runs from 79 balls, claimed two wickets, and took two catches to be declared “Man of the Match” in a comprehensive 104-run win for England. His catch to dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo has been described as “one of the greatest catches of all time” stretching backwards and catching the ball one-handed just in from the boundary…a moment which has been regularly replayed on Sky this summer.
After producing multiple standout performances with the bat later throughout the group stages, Stokes played a hugely important innings in the final against New Zealand, where he scored 84 not out, including 2 sixes in the final over to tie the game. He then batted in the super over with Jos Buttler, which again was a tie, but England won the match on the boundary countback rule and he was named man of the match for the second time in the tournament.
During the Ashes in the same year, England were seemingly heading for defeat in the third Test at Headingly after they were bowled out for 67 in their first innings. Stokes managed to overturn an overnight Australian lead, hitting 11 fours and 8 sixes to win with an unbeaten 135 not out with his innings described as “one of the greatest innings of all time”.
Stokes’s incredible twelve months culminated in being named BBC Sports Personality of the Year and he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to cricket.
England have produced true legends of the game with the names of Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff springing to mind. Ben Stokes OBE can without doubt be thought of in the same way. With the character to bounce back in the way he has, he is unquestionably a winner. The question will be: can he continue to produce at the highest level with the added responsibility and pressure of captaincy? The signs for the future are good and long may this continue.
James Ross Jewellers charity golf day
After a two-year absence, Friday 27 May saw the return of the very popular James Ross Jewellers Charity Golf Day at West Hove Golf Club.
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A massive thank you from James to everyone who took part. The event was deemed a huge success and, thanks to everyone’s generosity, managed to raise just over an incredible £11,000 for the three nominated charities: Adur Special Needs Project, Turning Tides Homeless Charity and St Barnabas House. An amazing effort by everyone involved and a figure that smashed the previous record. The day itself provided perfect weather conditions with bright blue sky and sunshine, and the players couldn’t have asked for a better course to play on. A
perfect opportunity then for photographer Nick Ford to whizz around on his buggy Sport and take some great snaps of the day. With the expected array of additional challenges over the day, the winners were:
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Nearest the pin: Tim Bloxham Ladies longest drive: Ruth Priestly Men’s longest drive: Mark Judges Team runners up: ‘Downlanders’ featuring Alan, Roy and Jack Pook and Jeff Medhurst Team winners: ‘Fore Brothers’ featuring Leigh Karadzas, Paul Zmack, Dave Sayers and Paul Nash.
A special mention for Noel Preston from Preston Insurance Brokers for continuing his sponsorship of this event, while hole sponsors that should also be recognised include HR Smart, GC Fire & Security, LK Carpentry, Silver Star Cleaning, Brighton Penny Farthing Tours and TICA Hove. Additionally Wear Your Logo in Lancing supplied the golf towels for all the participants.
Also, special thanks go to Ryan Fenwick Golf Academy and Absolute Golf for their support and, of course, to West Hove Golf Club for allowing James to stage this event for the 11th year. If you want to be involved in 2023, you can contact James at info@
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