Bernie is a junior Comets player and although she has not won a competition yet, she loves the experience and will not give up. Bernie’s greatest achievement so far was to win a basketball wheelchair at the Classics last June.
Bernadette ‘Bernie’, is an enthusiastic player, born with Spina Bifida, tries her best and one day hopes to become a Paralympian.
Bernie’s dad took her to a regular basketball and she asked him if she could try out wheelchair basketball and since that day she has never looked back.
Bernie is a junior Comets player and although she has not won a competition yet, she loves the experience and will not give up.
Her sporting goal is to continue in wheelchair basketball and to give it her best at all times.
Bernie’s greatest achievement so far was to win a basketball wheelchair at the Classics last June.
She believes sport is always fun and claims this as her motto.
Her advice to other athletes is to never give up.
