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 …

Disability sport heroes recognised at Active Essex Sports Awards 2018

Disability sport heroes were crowned at an inspirational Active Essex Sports Awards 2018 which celebrated sporting achievements from grassroots t…

Able Magazine speaks to Club Secretary, Sue Coombs from Wheelchair Rugby team The Dorset Destroyers

Having just won the Wheelchair Rugby 5s league and been promoted to the Premiership, we spoke with Sue Coombs at the club, to find out about how they g…

Dumfries student comes second out of thousands of disabled people in star-studded sporting challenge

Dumfries’s Jonny Brown joined celebrities, Paralympians and military heroes for a unique triathlon challenge that binned all the usual barriers to spor…

Trio of Gold for GBR on day three

British athletes collected eight more medals on the third day of the European Para-Swimming Championships 2018 including three golds, plus a World reco…

Great Britain Names Men’s Squad For 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships

British Wheelchair Basketball has announced the GB men’s squad for the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, which will take place in Hamburg…

Inspirational Paralympic Champion Receives Honorary Doctorate From UWS

Paralympian Aileen Neilson received an Honorary Doctorate from UWS at its graduation ceremony on 26 June 2018 at the Town House, Hamilton. Aileen is…

Team BRIT demonstrates British grit and determination as it makes history at Le Mans

Team BRIT is proudly celebrating after its first race on the Le Mans circuit in the Aston Martin Le Mans Festival at the weekend. The all-British te…

Louise Fiddes tops standings in World Para SwimmingWorld Series for best performing female swimmer

The 17-year-old from Hatfield took the title with 4,041 points across the series that incorporated legs in Italy, Sheffield and Berlin. Canadian thr…

UK’s largest all-inclusive mass participation event comes to Scotland for the first time

The UK’s largest all-inclusive mass participation fun run will take place in Scotland for the first time on 2 September 2018 as Glasgow’s George Square…

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…

Louise Sugden becomes European Para Powerlifting Champion

Just ten months after taking up Para Powerlifting, Louise Sugden has been crowned European Champion after a stunning gold medal win in France. Louis…

Special Olympics GB Announces Team for World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi

Special Olympics GB has announced its team for the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi. The World Summer Games is the biggest global event f…

University Partners with World Academy of Sport to Launch Global Teacher Training Centre

The University of Worcester is a renowned centre for teacher education and has long championed inclusive education. In recent years, their work has won…

Double Amputees to Cycle 1500 kms Across New Zealand

Severely injured soldiers and veterans making up three international teams from the; UK, Canada, and New Zealand, are to cycle, using specialist recumb…

Summer Surf Challenge 2018 Launched!

The annual Summer Surf Challenge for 2018 will be taking place on the 7th and 8th of July this year at Watergate Bay. The Surf Challenge takes place…

Wilson leads home nations table tennis success

Ross Wilson conceded he was pushed all the way by close friend and teammate Kim Daybell before eventually sealing the Commonwealth Games para table ten…

James Arnott celebrates his maiden Commonwealth Games with a silver medal on the Gold Coast

James Arnott has done his country proud after celebrating his maiden Commonwealth Games with a silver medal on the Gold Coast. The sprinter took sec…

Meet the Paralympians: We catch up this year’s Winter Paralympic Team

ParalympicsGB stormed Pyeongchang this season to compete in the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games. Able Magazine caught up with the athletes and asked them …

Lyle adds Commonwealth silver to medal collection

Paralympic, world, European and now a Commonwealth medal – Maria Lyle has already completed the set when it comes to sprinting. Add in the fact that…

Powerlifting trio secure Commonwealth medals on the Gold Coast

Ali Jawad completed a remarkable return to the sport of para-powerlifting after scooping Commonwealth Games bronze on the Gold Coast. But if they we…

Dorset Destroyers play new Wheelchair Rugby – ‘Wheelchair Rugby 5’s’

We go behind-the-scenes of Aviva Premiership Rugby & grassroots clubs to find out more about The Dorset Destroyers in a tripleheader clash as The D…

Ellie Robinson Storms to S7 50m Butterfly Gold on the Gold Coast

Ellie Robinson has struck Paralympic gold, taking the podium top spot at the Commonwealth Games. Robinson stormed to S7 50m butterfly gold on the Gold …