Brenda Duffy

Hi I’m Brenda, at just under two years I contracted poliomyelitis from the waist down – both legs being impacted. Being the 5th child in a family of 7 children my parents brought me up encouraging me to believe I could achieve anything! As a result I just ignored the fact that I was disabled and went on to qualify as a teacher of IT and subsequently into management at the Belfast Institute of further and higher education. In my early late teens I developed scoliosis of the spine and had a Harrington rod inserted. I married Francis in 1988 and we subsequently had two children who continually make us proud. I have been involved in a number of sporting activities over the years which include swimming, gym work, sit skiing in Sierra Nevada and France and more recently horse riding. I read about Handigolf in the motability magazine and decided to follow it up. Terry Kirby (Chairman) was most helpful in getting me organised and arranged for my visit to meet a local man Mark Gibson who is a very successful Handigolf member. I was inspired by this meeting and very impressed with Mark. As a result my husband and I travelled to Manchester to pick up the buggy and I now can’t wait to get started.