World Wheelchair Curling Championship Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets are now on sale for the World Wheelchair Curling Championships 2019. The championship is being held at Stirling’s PEAK Sport’s Village from th…
Tag: Disability Sport Events
A ‘Stirling’ Performance at Special Olympics GB’s National Games this summer
This embrace from Special Olympics GB athlete, Richard Daykin (pictured), who was competing at Special Olympics GB’s National Games in Stirling this su…
Superhero series powered by npower
Set up by Paralympian, Sophia Warner, the Superhero Series powered by npower is the UK’s one and only disability sports series for the Everyday Superhe…
Highlights from Special Olympics, Anniversary Games 2018, supported by Able Magazine
Able Magazine have worked with Special Olympics GB for a long time, so it was a privilege to have again been selected as media partner for their latest…
Gerald Simonds Helps Paralympic Champion In Her Quest For Glory
Gerald Simonds is delighted to be assisting Paralympic gold medallist Karen Darke as she prepares for Tokyo 2020 and her latest Quest79 challenges. …
Scots Teen Sportstar Kayleigh Champions Racerunning On Global Platform
Scottish teenage para athlete Kayleigh Haggo is going all out to put RaceRunning in the world spotlight when she competes in the sport in the WPA Europ…
GB One-Two closes Europeans day four
A British one-two brought the curtain down on the fourth day of competition in Dublin in a night that saw a total of eight medals for British Para-Swim…
Smith crowned boccia world champion in Liverpool
It’s onwards to Tokyo for David Smith MBE after a magnificent performance in Liverpool saw the Paralympic gold medallist crowned BC1 world boccia champ…
Special Olympics 2018: Highlights from the Anniversary Games – by media partner, Able Magazine.
Able Magazine have worked with Special Olympics GB for a long time, so it was a privilege to have again been selected as media partner for their latest…
Making Japan Accessible For All
With the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics just around the corner, accessible travel in and around Japan is taking off. Increasingly, changes in attitude and t…
Special Olympics GB – Anniversary Games 2021
Able Magazine is the official media partner of the Special Olympics GB’s 2021, the largest registered charity providing year-round sports training and …
Star-studded line up for Special Olympics GB Anniversary Games in Stirling – Reader Offer
The opening ceremony of the Special Olympics GB 40th Anniversary Games, hosted by Special Olympics Scotland at Forthbank Stadium, Stirling, on 9 August…
Professor Greg Whyte Teams Up With NPOWER To Support Superhero Tri
Following the success of last year’s Superhero Series, the only sports series dedicated to the UK’s 13.3 million people with disabilities and long-term…
Path to Tokyo 2020: Path to Success Announces Sponsorship of Twelve Female Para-Athletes
Leading disability charity Path to Success has announced the sponsorship of twelve female para-athletes who are seeking to realise their dream of winni…
GB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Squad Announced Ahead of World Championships
British Wheelchair Basketball has announced the GB women’s squad for the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, which take place in Hamburg, G…
Para-champions set to take on European test
Twenty-four of Britain’s best para-swimmers will be making the short trip to Dublin in August to take on European competition. The squad includes Ri…
London youngsters going for gold in ‘mini Paralympics’
More than 200 disabled school children from 24 schools in eight London boroughs will get a rare opportunity to compete in an Olympic and Paralympic ven…
Boccia England athlete receives London Mayor Sports Aid Award At City Hall
Harrow Borough resident and Paralympic sport athlete; Reshad Saraj was selected to receive an award from SportsAid, and was invited to a special recept…
World Class Preparation Camp Secured For ParalympicsGB At Tokyo 2020
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has today signed an agreement to secure state of the art preparation facilities for ParalympicsGB for the Toky…
Parallel London Scoops Awards at the BT Sport Industry Awards 2018
Parallel London, a fully inclusive fun run and accessible family festival, has won two awards – Participation Event of the Year and the Diversity and I…
Another jam-packed week of fun at Leeds Learning Disability Week
It’s set to be another week of fun at the annual Leeds Learning Disability Week, as local organisations come together to host a variety of activities w…
Able gets the latest from Silverback Cycling Ambassador Glenn Johnstone
We recently came across this amazing story regarding Silverback ambassador, Glenn Johnstone. Glenn lost his leg 23 years ago due to a giant cell tumor,…
Greenbank Sports Academy works with LCR 4.0 to develop UK’s first dual-sports wheelchair
Greenbank Sports Academy (GSA), part of Liverpool-based charity, Greenbank, has developed a first-of-its-kind dual-use sports wheelchair that allows us…
Jones doubles up as England seal three wheelchair marathon medals
Two races, two different sports, two medals – Jade Jones has certainly made sure to enjoy herself on the Gold Coast at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. …
Sophie Hahn completes the set with Commonwealth sprint gold
Sophie Hahn completed a golden quartet after adding the Commonwealth title to her Paralympic, World and European honours on the Gold Coast. The 21-y…