Guest Speaker
Jeremy Tyndall
- Grew up in Waaia racing motorbikes, playing footy
- When 16 yrs old had a crash and run over by another rider and broke his back
- Laid back character has made the most of his situation
- lucky enough to be doing rehab in Melbourne and had to learn to live again and get use to being in a wheelchair
- a basketball player visited the rehab centre and encouraged him to play basketball
- Over time it became enjoyable and an outlet whilst in rehab
- Outside of the city there was no disability sports
- Down the track he was contacted that wheelchair basketball was started in Shepparton
- The coach put Jeremy's name forward for the under 23 yr Victorian team
- The national league wheelchair association - tried out and made the team
- Was invited to join the Australian team - flew around the world playing basketball
- Moved to Melbourne to study and train for the Australian squad
- The training was brutal - but it was a good professional environment
- There were blocks of ten days of training at the AIS
- The team got a bronze medal in Toronto
- Was invited to train with the Rollers - the seniors team
- Was then invited to join the team in 2019 - paid position
- Jeremy was approached by a French team and lived in France for 8 months - played a season
- It was really good for his development
- During Covid professional athletes were given exemptions to train
- In 2021 training at AIS and was picked to be in the team to play in Tokyo in the Olympics
- Mum and dad were 'pretty happy'!
- One of the most incredible experiences of Jeremy's life - to represent Australia was awesome
- Came 5th at the Olympics
- You've got to live life as normal and not let anything get you down
- Currently teaching at St Joseph's and planning to move back to Melbourne and start playing basketball again
- Coaching 2nd's footy at Waaia