Like a lot of people I have always enjoyed exercise and every sporting activity. Not only is it good for the body it is essential for the mind.  

I have played competitive team sports since school, in particular netball and this continued through to my adult life where I played in the NI Netball League as centre for Craigavon City Ladies. During this time I also participated in many half marathons and completed the Dublin marathon in 2018.

The gym and, in particular, strength sports have always been a love of mine so much so that I qualified as a personal trainer and eventually bought a gym in Dec 2020. Resurgence Training Facility aka RTF. In 2021, I took to the stage to compete in PCA in the trained bikini category and competed in the RTF in house powerlifting competition in 2024. I was also honoured in the same year to be asked to referee at Stone Monsters Competition in Armagh as a representative of RTF.

We are delighted to say we have all the strength disciplines in RTF, bodybuilding, powerlifting, Olympic lifting, strongman/woman and arm wrestling and have some accomplished athletes in these fields training in the gym so this has not only given me a huge insight but also a wealth of knowledge into all these sports.

I was delighted to be asked to join the irish stone monsters - lifting stones is an art on its own. Brute strength, determination and technique helps too plus the history behind it all is really interesting as well.....

"Stone Love Is For Life Not Just For The Garden"