Norwich tennis star Ruby Bishop launches RB Inclusive Sports

At two years old, Sprowston's Ruby Bishop was diagnosed with hemiplegia - a type of cerebral palsy - in her right side.

But 17 years later and Ruby recently hit a career high, reaching number 39 in the woman's world wheelchair senior rankings, while maintaining fourth in the GB rankings.

Ruby Bishop is currently looking to qualify for the Paris Paralympics (Image: Ruby Bishop)

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Now the 19-year-old has set up RB Inclusive Sports, a company which aims to provide sporting activities to children and adults with disabilities.

The company officially launched on July 1 and has signed up Jordanne Whiley, Chris Skelley and Louis Hunt as ambassadors, who have all competed at the Paralympics.

Ruby, who is currently aiming to qualify for the Paris 2024 Paralympics, said: "There's definitely a need for the company, as not many clubs or sports hubs are open to everyone.

Ruby said that she has the opportunity to provide people with a service she didn't get herself as a child (Image: Getty Images)

"It's being able to offer a service that I didn't get myself when I was a child.

"We'll cover multiple sports such as tennis, basketball, football and table tennis and cover the various disabilities within the sport to really help open it up to as many people as possible."

The company, which has a number of ambassadors from the disabled sporting scene on the team with Ruby, is looking to hold its first open day later in the year.

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A previous event held at Easton College Tennis Centre (Image: Newsquest)

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Ruby added: "Over the next couple of months the team will be working hard to organise and host our first taster sessions for September - with a specific date to come.

"We're looking at holding it at the University of East Anglia (UEA) but it's not officially confirmed yet.

The company officially launched on July 1 and hope to set up taster sessions for September (Image: Ruby Bishop)

"Hopefully if things go well we'll be able to grow and open it up to more of Norfolk but right now everything will be based in Norwich."

For more information, follow @RubyBishop_ on Twitter.