A vandal who scrawled on a postbox painted gold in honour of a 15-year-old Paralympic hero has been spared jail. Nathan Geary daubed his tag ‘nopom’ on the postbox which was painted after Josef Craig won the gold in the Men’s S7 400m freestyle at the London Games. Craig, 15, twice broke the world record during the Paralympic Games to win gold in the 400 metres S7 freestyle. He swam four minutes 42.81 seconds to beat the mark of 4mins 45.79 secs he set in the morning’s heat, winning by 3.41 seconds from China’s Pan Shiyun. [Read more...]
Man who sprayed graffiti onto postbox painted gold for Paralympic hero is spared jail
October 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Paralympic Games Legacy: Sainsbury’s Invests £1million to Inspire Next Generation
September 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
At an event hosted at Chiswick School today, Sainsbury’s, the first ever Paralympic Games-only sponsor announced its legacy plans.
The Sainsbury’s Active Kids For All scheme was launched by Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King and is a ground-breaking inclusive PE training programme for teachers. [Read more...]
Diamond League: Jonnie Peacock wants more Paralympic events
September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Paralympics 100m champion Jonnie Peacock has called on athletics chiefs to include more Paralympic events in Diamond League meetings.
Peacock, T44 title-winner in London, said the Paralympics proved there is an appetite for disability sport. [Read more...]
Wells Wins Second Silver
September 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Equestrian competitor Sophie Wells performed the ride of her life in the grade IV Freestyle test this morning (Tuesday) but was beaten for gold by a brilliant Belgian for the second time in two days at Greenwich Park.
Wells won ParalympicsGB’s first medal of day six with a routine on Pinocchio which scored [Read more...]
