If you’ve been involved with SportAbility, then you must know boccia player Alison Kabush. Here’s what she had to say to our questions. Thanks for answering them Alison!
- How long have you been playing? What made you decide to start playing?
- I played Boccia for 22 years and have been coaching for the last eight years. I started when I was nine years old and it was a worker at the treatment centre who started me out in Boccia. It was a great experience for me because I was competitive and it was something that I was really good at.
- Do you have any favorite sports team(s)? Favorite athlete?
- My favorite two sports teams are the Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Blue Jays and currently my favorite athlete is Luongo. I also love love love watching curling.
- Do you have a favorite SportAbility moment?
- It’s hard to pick one moment. I really enjoyed being on the Provincial team and going to Nationals as part of team BC. I would have to say that the first time I beat Paul Gauthier at Nationals is a really big highlight.
- Do you have a favorite travel moment?
- I have to say that walking into the Opening Ceremonies of my first Paralympics in Sydney is on the top of the list. It was so amazing that I couldn’t even drive my chair-I just stopped where I was. Someone had to tell me to keep going.
- What do you like to do in your spare time?
- I like to take pictures, play games on my computer and I volunteer with kids twice a week.
- Do you have an embarrassing story to share?
- It’s more funny then embarrassing, but when I was in Beijing for the 2008 Paralympics, I went to visit the Great Wall. There was a windy ramp to get up onto the Wall and my support person was going up the stairs and so I went up the ramp really fast. What I didn’t realize was that there was a volunteer who thought they had to push me up the ramp and they ended up running behind because I didn’t see them.
- If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be and why?
- I would say competitive, loyal, and easy to approach. I am definitely competitive in almost everything that I do. I want to do the best that I can do. I always have people coming up to talk to me and when there is a new person in one of my activities I can easily get them involved.
- What was the last movie you saw? Was it a good one?
- The last movie that I saw was “The Heat” and it was so funny!
