GRONYA SOMERVILLE
“Badminton brought the skills I had from tennis and added tactics, agility and fast pace”
EFORE WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED the turning point of her young life, Gronya Somerville had played badminton once or twice at primary school using volleyball nets. Then, one day when she was 12, her PE teacher handed her a flyer inviting girls to attend a “fitness day” on which they could try out for the privilege of being put on a path that might lead to their representing Australia in badminton
