00:00It's vital we recognise people like Steve, so it's brilliant that he has been recognised.
00:07And he's doing it, I guess, for everyone else that does what Steve does in all these other
00:11sports.
00:12Well, as you know, I was named one of the seven game changers for sports with the National
00:18Lottery's 30th birthday.
00:20Still trying to work out why I was chosen, but as you can see behind us, it's the final
00:25installation of the poem by Rob Montgomery, and it's a great poem to read when you read
00:31it in its entirety.
00:33But so far they've floated it in Stirling, it's on a floor in Wembley, it's in a boxing
00:39ring in Northern Ireland, and finally it's outside the Principality.
00:43It's important to recognise the efforts of people like Stephen up and down the country,
00:48and Brian Davis from Sports Wales says that without Lottery funding, they wouldn't be
00:51able to do the incredible work they do.
00:54Yeah, the Lottery has been such an important part of the development of sport in Wales.
00:59It's great for us, Sport Wales, that one of the iconic venues that has received Lottery
01:05support is featuring one of our grassroots champions, like Steve here, and what he does
01:12for Wheelchair Rugby League and Rugby League in general, and especially in North Wales.
01:16So it's a fusion of a few things here.
01:19An iconic elite venue, together with grassroots involvement and the difference Lottery funding
01:25can make to sport and communities in Wales.
01:28If it wasn't for the likes of the Lottery, Sports Wales and all the other organisations,
01:33we couldn't do what we do.
01:35There is a need out there for disability sports, not necessarily at the Paralympic and elite
01:41levels, but at grassroots, and that's what we try and do.
01:45We're at a venue that is regarded as an elite venue, shows to the public, really, that there
01:54is a connectivity between all the grassroots stuff that happens and elite sport.
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