My Halberg Games 2021 Experience

 HALBERG GAMES 2021

Hello fellow bloggers. Today I want to share something that I am very proud of and something that is very special to me. We have been talking a lot about the olympics games but something I have been looking forward to was the Paralympic games. My teacher Mrs Eagleson was talking about it at our google meet and I was really excited to talk about it so I emailed her. My blog post today will be about my special experience at the 2021 Halberg Games. Many of you may not know what the Halberg games is so I am here to tell you.

Halberg games is a special 3 day event held in Auckland and it is for kids in NZ with all different kinds of disabilities. I went to the Halberg games with my family and my team members from Parafed Auckland. It was the BEST 3 DAYS EVER OF MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! The first day I got there I walked in the big hall and I met so many famous people like Dan Carter, Richie Macaw, Hayden Barton Cootes, Terry Faleva'ai, Barney Koneferenisi and so much more!! And heaps of Paralympic people that is in Tokyo right now!! 

I played lots of different sports it was so cool I played Wheelchair basketball, karate, golf, archery, shot put, discus, long jump, 50m race, crossfit, cricket but the most important one that was my ALL TIME FAVOURITE WAS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY!! It was the best game ever and it was so much fun I even got some really good tips from Wheel blacks star Hayden and I made heaps of new friends as well. One of the ex paralympian was a really good friend to me and my family and he was a really good mentor and gave me good life advice that I will always remember. His name is Terry Faleva'ai! He is so funny man he made us all laugh and helped me because I was really nervous because it was my first time at the Halberg games and also he knows heaps of cool tricks! He even won heaps of medals when he went to the Paralympics and that really inspired me to keep playing sports. I watched a interview about him on Attitude channel on youtube he is a big inspiration to me. Terry even gave me cool tips about how to get the ball from the ground by using the wheels on my wheelchair. So first when the ball is on the ground I wheel my wheelchair and grab the ball and make it go on my wheel and the wheel spins the ball back up to me and thats how I get the ball. 

I enterd a 50 meter race and I came second place and after my race I felt so happy I posed at the end of the race and made everyone laugh,when I was running during my 50 metere run I saw my mum, dad, brother cheering me on. So after that race my friend Terry recomened I play rugby wheelchair so I followed him over to play rugby wheelchair when I tried it out I was so good at it. While I was holding the ball there was two people trying to get the ball off me so I wheeled over to the right side then quickly wheeled to the left side and I scored for my whole team. After that score the two people rolled into eachothers wheelchair and banged eachother. At my prizegiving I ended up getting a certificate for MVP wheelchair rugby and alsoa gold medal. 

It was so much fun trying all sorts of different sports and it made me feel really good about myself and confident too. My advice for others is to stay positive and if you fail just keep trying and trying again and dont give up. Don't listen to the haters too because they will be laughing now but one day they will be cheering you on at the Olympics or Paralympics. Hope you all enjoy reading about my games.