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04/10/2012

Olympic & Paralympic values will continue to inspire school children across the UK

BOA and BPA to partner to take official London 2012 education programme ‘Get Set’ forward.

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21/09/2012

Frontline to Startline t-shirt still available

The Battle Back Phoenix t-shirt, launched by adidas to support the BPA and Help for Heroe's 'Front Line to Start Line' campaign, is still available to purchase in shops and online until October 3. Buy your t-shirt today to help injured servicemen and women progress in elite sport.

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17/09/2012

ParalympicsGB Festival of Paralympic Sport

Have you been inspired to get into sport by the London 2012 Paralympic Games? Maybe you have ambitions of becoming the next Ellie Simmonds or David Weir? Or maybe you just want to have fun and try out something new? Then come along to a Paralympic Festival, a major new event using the momentum from the incredible success of our athletes in London where we’ll  give you the opportunity to try out loads of different sports as well as a chance to meet, chat and even play with some of the Paralympic medal winners!

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14/09/2012

BPA sign Sainsbury’s as sponsor through to Rio 2016 as momentum builds after London

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) today announced that they have signed Sainsbury’s as a commercial partner through to the end of 2016. The announcement comes just five days after the closing of the London 2012 Paralympic Games where the ParalympicsGB team’s performance captivated the nation. 

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13/09/2012

Deloitte Ride Across Britain raises magic £1m for the British Paralympic Association

Deloitte Ride Across Britain (Deloitte RAB), the annual Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle challenge, has smashed its target of raising £1m for the British Paralympic Association (BPA), a year earlier than expected. Riders will celebrate hitting the fundraising milestone at an event in Glasgow this evening, before entering the final stages of this year’s 2012 Ride.

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11/09/2012

Parade celebrates ‘a golden summer of sport’

A crowd estimated at over a million lined the streets as the 300-strong ParalympicsGB team joined over 500 of their Olympic counterparts to parade through the centre of London today (Monday) at the end of what Prime Minister David Cameron called “a golden summer of sport”.

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09/09/2012

Joyous, spectacular ceremony closes ‘the greatest Games ever’

A joyous, spectacular Closing Ceremony brought the curtain down on a Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium tonight (Sunday), a Games declared “the greatest Paralympic Games ever” by Sir Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee.

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09/09/2012

Mission complete at GB’s “exceptional Games”

“The mission was to win four golds from four events. Yesterday was mission accomplished.”

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09/09/2012

Weir and Storey to carry British flag together at Closing Ceremony

David Weir and Sarah Storey, who each won four gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics, will carry the British flag together in the  Closing Ceremony tonight (Sunday).

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09/09/2012

Weir completes remarkable gold haul as Woods takes silver

David Weir completed a remarkable London 2012 Paralympic Games by winning his fourth gold medal from four events as he stormed to victory in the Marathon today (Sunday).
 

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