Hope Brought Me This Far, Your Support Takes Me the Rest of the Way.

My name is Jodie Wikeepa, and I’m a proud disability snooker athlete and advocate working to make cue sports more inclusive for women, juniors, and athletes with disabilities.

But my journey to the table hasn’t been easy.

I train without a local club, without a home table, and without the resources many athletes take for granted. Despite the barriers, the exclusion, and the moments that would have stopped many people, I keep showing up.

Because this isn’t just about snooker.

Every time I step up to the table, I carry something bigger than a cue. I carry the hopes of women in sport, the future of disability cue sports in Australia, and the belief that representation matters.

In 2025, I competed at the World Disability Snooker Championships, where I was the only female competitor in the inaugural event. Standing there showed me just how important it is for women and athletes with disabilities to be seen and supported in sport.

Now I have the opportunity to go even further.

In 2026 and 2027, I hope to represent Australia nationally and internationally in disability and women's snooker competitions, including:

• The World Disability Snooker Championships in Thailand

• The World Abilitysport Guttmann Games in Finland

These events are more than competitions. They are global stages where athletes with disabilities can stand proud, compete at the highest level, and inspire the next generation.

But I cannot get there alone.

Why I’m Raising Funds

I’m raising funds for two powerful goals:

1. Represent Australia internationally

Travel, accommodation, equipment, and tournament costs create significant barriers for athletes with disabilities. Your support will help me travel, compete, and represent Australia while advocating for greater inclusion in cue sports. I have raised 3 kids on my own and always put them first pouring from my cup into theirs over the years and now that there all grown up I’m following my passion and finally have something of my own to pouring my heart and time into.

2. Create an inclusive training space

I’m also working toward creating a local training facility that will become a home base for athletes like me.

A place where:

• women feel welcome in cue sports
• athletes with disabilities can train without barriers
• juniors can learn and grow
• everyone is treated with respect, equality, and opportunity.

This space will help ensure that future athletes never have to face the isolation, discrimination, or lack of support that many of us have experienced.

The Impact of Your Support

Your donation doesn’t just help one athlete.

It helps build a pathway for many.

With your support:

✔ A female disability athlete can represent Australia on the world stage

✔ Women and juniors can see that cue sports are for them too

✔ Athletes with disabilities can train in a supportive environment

✔ Our community can create a space built on inclusion, respect, and opportunity

Without support, opportunities like these become out of reach.

But together we can change that future.

How You Can Help

Every donation helps move this vision forward.

Examples of how your support helps:

• $25 helps cover training and equipment costs
• $50 contributes toward competition entry fees
• $100 helps fund travel to national competitions
• $250+ supports international competition travel

Most importantly, your donation helps create a future where every athlete has the chance to compete and belong.

Be Part of the Journey

This journey began with hope.

Now it continues with the support of people who believe in fairness, opportunity, and the power of sport.

If you believe that women and athletes with disabilities deserve equal opportunities in sport, I invite you to support this mission.

Together we can open doors, inspire future athletes, and change the game.

Thank you for helping turn hope into reality.

Kind regards,

Jodie Wikeepa