Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata ia i tana mahi hākinakina i mua i te whakatūnga o te Northern Territory Institute of Sport, nō reira i whai mana ia ki te whakarite i ana whakangungu katoa me te waka. I te tau 1982 ka uru atu ia ki te Northern Territory Blind Sports Association hou, a ka wikitoria i nga mētara maha me te wawahi i nga rekoata o Ahitereiria i nga whakataetae hakinakina matapo a motu. I te &lt;a href="1984%20Summer%20Paralympics"&gt;1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics&lt;/a&gt;, i wini ia i nga mētara koura i te Pentathlon B2 a nga Tane, i reira i pakaru ai ia i te rekoata o te ao, me te 100 m B2 a nga Tane. I whakataetae hoki ia i nga whakataetae hakinakina kaore i wini i tetahi tohu i te 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta
, me te 2000 Sydney Games. I mahi ia hei kaiako hakinakina, me te awhina i etahi atu kaitakaro matapo i te Northern Territory. I te tau 2000, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Tohu Hakinakina o Ahitereiria.