Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Parker aiva nhengo yekirabhu yeEssex Ladies Athletics (yava kunzi Woodford Green neEssex Ladies). Muna 1983, akahwina mukombe weAAA National Under 17 mu400 m hurdles, achimhanya 62.37. Kubudirira kwake kukuru kwakauya muna 1990 paakapedza wechipiri paAAA Championships mu57.43, kumashure kwaGowry Retchakan's 57.14. Kuita uku kwakamuita kuti asarudzirwe kuenda kuEuropean Championships
muSplit, uko akamhanyira 56.84 mukuda kwake kusvika kumasemi-fainari. Mumutambo wake wokupedzisira akamhanyisa 57.06, akakundikana kusvika kumagumo.