Well – it’s over for this year.
The BT Paralympic World Cup, held over the Bank Holiday Weekend, was clearly a fantastic event. Records strived for and some amazing sporting feats, exciting events and personal achievements on the way whether ultimately broken or not.
I’d be delighted to hear from anyone who has stories or reports from [...]
Hello,
I hope you all like the new look Website. It has been a steep learning curve and sometimes a voyage of discovery – often accidental -Â to get here but we are pleased with it.
Unfortunately the Discussion Forum was an unforseen casualty of the changeover as it was linked to the system which operated the [...]
[ July 4, 2009; July 5, 2009; ] A message from David Rijvers:
Hello Everyone
KENT INTERNATIONAL SITTING VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
Sat 4th & Sun 5th July 2009
We have been invited to the Kent International Sitting tournament and
I’m seeking seven players to represent Richmond Volleyball. It will be
a 10 team tournament with teams from China, Saudi, Holland, Slovenia
and six others from the UK.
It’s a fantastic [...]
The Paralympic World Cup, sponsored by BT until 2012, takes place over the next six days in Manchester, with more than 400 athletes from 40 countries competing in their first elite international test since the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
By Gareth A Davies
Sunny outlook: [...]
Amputee, 5, is already a world beater on her bionic blades
By Tamara Cohen
Last updated at 7:29 AM on 19th May 2009
He has been called the fastest man on no legs. But Oscar ‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius got a run for his money when five-year-old Ellie Challis challenged him to a race on their bionic feet. [...]
14 May 09
By Nigel Praities
Plans to give patients cash payments to purchase NHS services will go ahead next year, in the face of fierce opposition from GP leaders.
The controversial direct payments will start as a pilot of 5,000 patients in up 75 PCTs with the aim of leading to a much wider rollout.
The [...]
Published Date:
16 May 2009
By Joe Robinson
Amputee footballer, Martin Heald
A FYLDE footballer’s dreams of World Cup glory lie in tatters today after a “disgusting” snub by English soccer chiefs.
Amputee Martin Heald,17, has been left devastated after the FA ruled it will not pay the cash needed to fly the national team to [...]
I’ve been contacted by Jan Harrell about the above invention. We have featured it before as a News item but feel that it is such a wonderful mobility device that it deserved more coverage. Here is an introduction and some background information about it after which you can click on the Website link if you’d [...]
Would you like to take part in Wheelchair Dance Sport?
The BBC is looking for Wheelchairs users to participate in a competitive sporting documentary exploring this exciting new sport.
The series will consist of 6 x 1 hour programmes for broadcast on BBC3 early next year and will be a televised, non-live competition to find Britain’s best [...]
To all previous subscribers to the Discussion Forum.
The “refreshing” and updating of the Website is now completed. We hope you’ll agree that the new-look Website is a great improvement and should be easier to use. Unfortunately the new Website runs on a different system and I’m deeply sorry to say that, at the current time, [...]
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19 year old Evan Reynolds lost his left hand in a road traffic accident in 2006 when his arm became trapped between the side of a car and a gatepost. LEIGH DAY & CO. solicitors were able to secure Evan substantial damages which will cover the future costs of his Touch Bionics i-LIMBâ„¢ prosthetic which [...]
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