After the Beast from the East had forced the round four fixtures in March 2018 to be postponed, we're pleased to see the MDUK Premiership back in action this weekend. This week will see those postponed fixtures being played ahead of next weeks finals weekend. Lots at stake, and we're delighted to have Lewis Hammans from Brighton & Hove Albion PFC to tell us a bit about himself and what he's looking forward to this weekend. Over to Lewis...
Name: Lewis Hammans
Age: 19
Team: Brighton & Hove Albion PFC (BHAPFC)
Position: Winger
Being able to play powerchair football gives me excitement and allows me to be on the same level as others similar to me. It allows me to feel the pressure and challenges that any athlete my age would feel. As a Brighton fan to be able to play in the colours of my team, gives me such a good feeling.
It's been a great season so far and my moment of the season would have to be when I scored against Northern Thunder. It was a set-peice move which we had practiced in training and the feeling you get when you have scored a goal which you have practiced is just amazing. This enabled us to win the game and get three points to help us with the total at the end of the season.
As a team our ambitions for the rest of the season are to move up that one place and to win the league. As a team we know this is a tough ask because we would have to get maximum points to not rely on other team results. However, we need to just focus on one game at a time. For me personally it would be nice to finish as the top goalscorer at the end of the season, although this is not as important as the team goals are what it is all about.
For the next weekend we are hoping to get maximum points, to help us with a late push for the title. Although we know this will be a challenge as we have some difficult games, which if we don't perform to our best we could struggle.
The key game for BHAPFC would have to be against Northern Thunder, they are a really good side who can pass the ball well and are defensively very strong. We know from earlier in the season that we have the ability to beat them, which gives us confidence for this match. It should be a very good battle as both teams have a good free-flowing game which can make a game very entertaining to watch.
Good luck to Lewis and all the teams this weekend. To find out more about Powerchair Football and get involved check out our Powerchair Football page.