John Robertson
John had an accident with a motorbike,
Which left him paralysed from the waist,
So since then Sonar’s have been his like,
Three to five sailor boats which haste.
He’s from Sunderland and he trains hard,
At Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy,
Born in February 1972 on the 11th card,
He sails with mates Stodal, Thomas manly.
In the fine Disabled World Championships,
In the mixed sonar, 2003 Athens, Greece,
The team of three won bronze for their lips,
‘Cos their team work paid off with grease.
2005 and Sonderborg in southern Denmark,
The trio took the gold, so 2006 and Australia,
Perth, the three took another gold quark:
2010 in Medembilk, Holland, silver weather.
In 2011 in Weymouth, Dorset in England,
The three of them made the silver position,
And in 2012 at Charlotte Harbour’s sand,
They gave a fine bronze medal exposition.
In the London 2012 games they came in 5th
So 9th in Rio, and John also plays tennis,
No phobias, his hero’s Valentino Rossi, pith,
And his favourite venue is Perth, simply bliss.
Copyright © Dominique Webb | Year Posted 2016
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