GB Wheelchair Rugby at Naidex National 2013
Wheelchair Rugby demonstrations from some of the stars of London 2012 – at Naidex over the course of a fun-packed three days 30 April to…
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IPC backs Glasgow 2014 to stage best ever Commonwealth Games for Para-Sport
Glasgow 2014 has today (Wednesday, 17 April) been backed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to stage the most successful Para-Sport programme in Commonwealth Games…
British Polio Fellowship Indoor Games ‘probably the best yet’
Despite inclement weather rendering much of the weekend’s sporting calendar ‘abandoned’, hundreds of British Polio Fellowship Members still managed to descend on Leicester, braving the…
Sophie’s Choice
In May 2012, when aged just 15, Bath’s Sophie Kamlish sprung onto the international Paralympic scene as she won a bronze medal in her first…
BPA congratulate Swansea on successful 2014 IPC European Athletics Championships bid
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) sends congratulations to the successful Swansea bid to host the IPC European Athletics Championships in 2014. Tim Hollingsworth, Chief Executive…
Gold medallists among junior swimmers in Sheffield
This weekend Paralympic gold medallists Josef Craig MBE and Jessica-Jane Applegate MBE will join 180 disabled swimmers at the Nationwide Junior and Youth Swimming Championships…
Children’s perceptions of disabled athletes improved by Paralympics
Research by Nottingham Trent University has suggested that there has been a positive change in children’s attitudes towards and perceptions of disabled athletes since the…