Nishi Varma was not going to take it lying down when she was told she was too old to get better at badminton.
Keen to disprove the doubters, she made it her mission to demonstrate that it is never too late to hone your skills on the court – a message she has spread through coaching.
Empowering others to reach the top of their game regardless of age, gender or ability, Varma, 63, stresses that badminton really is a sport for everyone.
“I remember playing one day and I was a bit frustrated with my shot, and the person I was playing with actually turned around and said ‘don’t worry about it because at your age you’re never going to improve’, which really got my goat,” she said.
“I decided that I was going to go on a coaching course to learn the basics of badminton, and that’s how I got into it.
“It was just to say that you know you can play at a level at any age and I wasn’t going to be sidelined or allow comments…
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