The defining moment in my hockey career was being one of the youngest players selected to represent my country in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where we came third after a tense bronze medal match involving penalty flicks (see PE REVIEW, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 12–16). The following year, I won gold at the Junior Olympics as a member of the Great Britain youth team. Unfortunately, not long after the Junior Olympics, I developed an eating disorder that would end my international hockey career.
I returned home from the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games on top of the world. I had been one of the youngest players there, had performed quite well and achieved a bronze medal to prove my efforts and commitment to training had been worth it.
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