“Are the sterotypes and misconceptions of sporting ability across racial and cultural backgrounds still ever present? Should the achievements of a sportsperson with a disability be recognized outside the parameters of their disability? How is sport defined? Is darts a sport, is chess a sport is cake baking a sport, what about car racing? What makes a sport a sport? What makes art art? Does a woman have to be masculinized to be acceptable as a sportswoman? Are being feminine and a sportswoman a contradiction of terms? What about sport for fun and recreation, not competition? Does it mean that someone is of less value because they don’t complete? Are they no longer a sportsperson? Most sporting careers are over when the person reaches 30, Ruth is 103 this year and still going. Is there an age when people have to stop playing sport? Is ageism silently at play in the area of sport too? Parents and their determination to support of their children’s dreams and the fine lines that they walk as parents as to whose dream it is? Is darts a sport, is chess a sport is cake baking a sport, what about car racing? What makes a sport a sport? What makes art art?”
