Career
She is the first female to skip a wheelchair curling team in either the Paralympic Games (2010) or World Championships (2011). Although she comes from a family of curlers Neilson only took up the sport in 2004 at the age of 33. She subsequently made her international debut in 2006.
She was part of the Great Britain wheelchair curling team at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.
She has a bronze medal from the 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship and a silver from the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.