Ten-year-old Taylor Lewis is dreaming of competing in table tennis at the Paralympics – and is already showing he has the skills to succeed.

Taylor contracted meningococcal septicaemia when he was just eight months old and lost both his legs, and his fingers and thumbs.

He has had more than 90 operations in his short life but has battled through everything and is making great progress in table tennis since first joining the Draycott & Long Eaton club around 18 months ago.

He has been working with para athlete Simon Heaps, who himself is a double leg amputee as a result of diabetes, and Simon’s brother Nick.

And he’s even had Rolls Royce engineers working on designing prosthetics to help him hold a bat and to pick up the ball to serve.

We caught up with Taylor, his mum Terri and Simon at the Mark Bates Ltd National Championships. Watch the film below.

Simon said: “I think Taylor is an absolute inspiration to anybody of any age. I think that word is said very, very lightly, especially about people with disabilities. But this young man really is. He’s not only a lovely lad, but he’s a true inspiration to everybody.”

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