by Gary Lemke | Sep 23, 2023 | From The Archives
The door to her room is wide open and the kettle on the table in the middle of it still warm. She picks up her mask and puts it on and checks to see that she has her room key with her. She has a purple piece of paper in her hand, having written seven lines of...
by Gary Lemke | Sep 21, 2023 | From The Archives
As much as Theo Cogill has moved on with his life since that fateful night 10 years ago when he tried to break up a fight and was stabbed in the neck, spine and lower arms, the reminders are there on a daily basis. Cogill is now 34, the only table-tennis player on...
by Gary Lemke | Dec 1, 2021 | Columns
On the third day of staying in the Paralympic village bubble “it” finally dawned on me. “It” wasn’t the sheer visual aspect of the 4 000-plus Paralympians with disabilities all in the same environment of towering 17-storey apartments and surrounded by a 4km perimeter...
