The British Paralympic Association today urged the British public to help ‘Supercharge ParalympicsGB’ and show their support for our athletes over the course of 2016 and beyond. Supercharge ParalympicsGB is the first time that the British Paralympic Association (BPA) has launched such a major public facing campaign to generate support and raise funds for ParalympicsGB. The ParalympicsGB team will face ... Read More »
The December/January issue is out now of PosAbility Magazine. Read on to find out what’s inside the latest issue. Guest Columnist: Holly Bea, fashion and beauty blogger, shares her thoughts on the representation of disability in the fashion and beauty industry. Columnist: Our very own Mik Scarlet discusses society’s idea of disabled people, sex lives and relationships. His provides insight ... Read More »
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has signed Allianz UK as an official partner. The new sponsorship agreement will start in January 2016, as the BPA’s preparations for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games step up another gear. Allianz will be supporting the BPA as it prepares to send the ParalympicsGB team to compete in Brazil, where they will be looking to ... Read More »
It is exactly one year to go before Stoke Mandeville once again celebrates its position as the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement with a celebration event to mark the lighting of a unique ‘Heritage Flame’ for Rio 2016. The flame will be created as part of a spectacular ceremony at Stoke Mandeville Stadium held on 2 September 2016 – just ... Read More »
IT’s already been a busy day at Day Four of the IPC Swimming World Championships. Straight away we had Belarusian Ihar Boki off to a great start in the heats for Men’s 400m Freestyle S13 after setting his second World Record of the Championships last night in the men’s 100m backstroke S13, grabbing Gold in the process. It was also ... Read More »
With a great start at the heats this morning it was even hotter at the finals this evening. Team GB saw 6 medals in total throughout the evening, in all events they competed in. The evening saw a Silver from Scott Quin in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB14, Andy Mullen scooping another silver in the Men’s 50m Backstroke S5, narrowly ... Read More »
Last week, after successfully raising the £35k needed for the trip, the GB Women’s team traveled to Seoul, Korea for 2015 IBSA World Games. The tournament featured some of the best Goalball teams in the world and served as a qualifying event for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Andrea Logan (Glasgow), Anna Tipton (Cambridge), Georgie Bullen (Leicester), Laura Perry (RNC Hereford) and Sarah ... Read More »
Organisers say that more than three million tickets will be made available for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. It is hoped that the total will pass the record 2.8m sold for the 2012 London Games. Tickets will go on sale on 7 September 2015 – a year to the start date – with Rio marking the event by hosting a National ... Read More »
BT today demonstrated its commitment to disability sport and the development of the next generation of Paralympic talent with the appointment of two new athletes to its ambassador team, Julie Rogers and Ben Rowlings. Julie and Ben were unveiled as the latest BT Ambassadors at a mentoring session at Loughborough’s High Performance Athletics Centre with Paralympic Gold medallists ... Read More »
Approximately 200 leading specialists and practitioners from across the UK have come together for a two day Paralympic, Sport Science and Sport Medicine Conference (starting yesterday and continuing today, Friday March 13) to share knowledge and experience from the fields of sport science and sport medicine, in order to support the preparations of ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016. On the agenda ... Read More »
The mascots for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed and are inspired by the animals and plants of hosts Brazil. The yellow Olympics mascot represents the animals of Brazil, while the blue Paralympics mascot “is a fusion of plants found in Brazilian forests”. A poll will decide their names with the results to be announced on 14 December. ... Read More »
Aspiring Paralympians took another important step on their quest to represent their country at Rio 2016 this weekend as 60 Paralympic hopefuls and support staff attended the ParalympicsGB Potentials Camp at the University of Bath. The first camp of the Rio cycle, hosted at the University in January 2014, set a strong precedent for the athletes in attendance this weekend. ... Read More »
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