Drane claims bronze at IBSA Judo World Championships
03/09/2014
National Paralympic Day hailed as great success as thousands come together in celebration
An estimated 30,000 visitors celebrated National Paralympic Day 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London on Saturday (August 30) to enjoy the very best of the UK’s disability sport and arts, resulting in the event being hailed a great success by supporters, athletes and organisers alike.
08/09/2014
The GB Para Table Tennis Team made a great start to the 2014 ITT
PTT World Championships in Beijing today with world number one Rob Davies, Paralympic silver medalist Will Bayley and former Commonwealth champion Sue Gilroy all progressing through to the knockout stages of the singles tournament as group winners.
08/09/2014
Drane claims bronze at IBSA Judo World Championships
Jonathan Drane won a bronze medal for Great Britain in the -81kg category at the International Blind Sports Association Judo World Championships in Colorado, USA, writes Aaron Fowler.
08/09/2014
Medals galore for the final day of the Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games
Olympic gold medallist Darren Campbell helped bring the curtains down on a thrilling Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games, as more than 1,600 athletes waved goodbye to Manchester.
07/09/2014
Lapthorne lifts US Open quad singles title
Andy Lapthorne completed a memorable two days for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis Performance Programme today (Sunday) when he won the US Open quad singles final to lift his first Grand Slam singles title.
07/09/2014
Whiley makes Grand Slam history at US Open
Jordanne Whiley made tennis history on Saturday, becoming the first British player to win a calendar year Grand Slam after partnering Japan’s Yui Kamiji to win the women’s doubles wheelchair tennis title at the US Open in New York.
06/09/2014
Lapthorne, Whiley and Reid into US Open finals
Andy Lapthorne, Jordanne Whiley and Gordon Reid will play for up to four US Open titles this weekend after a fine second day for the three Brits on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis Performance Programme in New York on Friday.
05/09/2014
Fundraisers go the extra mile in support of the BPA on the road to Rio
Four employees from Mondelēz International are doing their bit to help British Paralympians to deliver performances of a lifetime in Rio as they fundraise for the British Paralympic Association (BPA) by taking part in an epic challenge: cycling a tandem bike in relay from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
05/09/2014
Stunning opening ceremony kicks off Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games
An opening ceremony with stunning singing and dancing performances, a parade of athletes, a pyrotechnic display and the official oaths, has got the Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games underway in Manchester.
05/09/2014
GB ready for challenge in China
With three days to go before the start of the 2014 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships the GB players are looking forward to the challenge of taking on the best players in the world in the home of table tennis. The team arrived in Beijing on Tuesday morning and has settled in well at the Chinese Centre for Disability Sport, the impressive purpose-built venue on the edge of the city that is hosting the championships.