Two of our Tall Poppies (Taylor and Georgia) were talented enough to take part in the recent Aspiring Athletes programme run by Sport BOP. In this article, Taylor is sharing about his experience.

On Friday the 5th of April, Georgia and I both went to Aspiring Athletes. To be able to take part in Aspiring Athletes, you had to send an application form in to Sports Bay of Plenty and they selected the top athletes to take part.

When the first Aspiring Athletes session started, we had a guest called Kiki. She told us about how she made the Black Ferns when she was only 17. Her story really inspired me with how determined she was to make the Black Ferns.

After Kiki shared her story we were talk to about healthy food choices. The food choices were really interesting and now I have started having them on my game days to boost my energy for when I'm playing.

Aspiring Athletes was really interesting and fun for me. I'm glad I was picked to go.