Published on Monday 14 November 2011 09:51 A DISABLED rider who trains out of stables in Papplewick has become a world and European equestrian champion — after overcoming an allergy to horses! Sophie Wells (21), who rides from the Angela Weiss Stables on Mansfield Road, now has her sights set on the Paralympic Games. In [...]
Larne borough has been chosen to host the Olympic Flame in the run-up to the 2012 Games in London. The flame will pass through Glynn, Larne town, Drains Bay, Ballygally, Glenarm and Carnlough on Sunday, June 3 and the Games organisers are encouraging local people to plan ahead to become involved in the UK-wide event. [...]
A PARALYMPIC hero has launched an Olympic inspired programme to encourage youngsters to fulfil their potential. Be the Best you can Be! was kick started at Galleywood Youth Centre by former Paralympic champion, Danny Crates. The initiative has been developed to inspire young people to recognise and fulfil their potential and supports the London 2012 [...]
Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete and amputee who uses carbon-fibre blades for feet, has qualified for the Olympics, but other runners accuse him of an unfair advantage Oscar Pistorius rose slowly from the starting blocks, like a middle-aged man with a dodgy back getting out of an armchair. As the athletes rounded the first [...]
As track and field’s Diamond League crosses into the United States, the focus shifts from Usain Bolt to a pair of intriguing South African runners. Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee Paralympic champion, and Caster Semenya, scrutinized in a gender-testing controversy in 2009 and 2010, headline the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday (2:30-4 p.m., NBC). [...]
SMALL grants of up to £300 are available to groups of people aged 50 plus to run Olympic-themed events to promote physical activity in Lincolnshire. Silver Spirit is a community project run by Lincolnshire Sports Partnership to encourage people across the county to get involved with the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The project offers small [...]
The South African ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius is hoping to sprint his way closer to achieving his Olympic dream when he competes in Manchester today. The double leg amputee is taking part in the BT Paralympic World Cup, an event in which he is unbeaten since it began in 2005. But it is the Olympic [...]
FORMER Olympic Athlete David Moorcroft believes Coventry can continue its tradition of producing world class Olympic and Paralympic athletes. The former 5,000 metre world record holder competed in three Olympic games for Great Britain in 1976, 1980 and 1984 and the city has produced some of the country’s finest athletes since. Hopefuls including runner Rowena [...]
Paralympic gold medallist and world-record holder Oscar Pistorius today visited the Olympic Stadium to see for himself where he may be competing in under 500 days time. Oscar Pistorius, a BT Ambassador, was given a tour of the Olympic Stadium ahead of his appearance at the BT Paralympic World Cup which starts today. Oscar Pistorius, [...]
By Kevin McCallum 12:08PM BST 22 May 2011 Oscar Pistorius opens the sliding doors of a room in his house in the east of Pretoria, whistles and all hell breaks loose. Pistorius has shown that while two legs may be good, no legs are better for him. Yet in his house, four legs rule the [...]
Olympic games - London 2012 Middle distance runner Paul Blake is biding to prove his IPC World Championships success story was no flash in the pan at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester later this month. The 20-year-old readily admits he exceeded all expectations to collect one gold medal and two silvers – over 400m, 800m [...]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Swimmer Natalie du Toit is the first female amputee to ever compete at the Olympics She’s won gold medals at the Paralympics and the Commonwealth Games South African du Toit plans to retire after the London 2012 Olympic Games Every week CNN International’s African Voices highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives [...]
London 2012 Media Release 8/27/2009 Saturday 29th August represents exactly three years to go to the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) marked the milestone date by announcing the appointment of Chris Holmes MBE as its new Director of Paralympic Integration. [...]
HEYBRIDGE-based former Paralympic champion Danny Crates failed in his bid to win his last ever 800m race coming in third at the London Grand Prix on Friday. But it was still a fitting farewell to a remarkable athlete who in recent months has been struggling with a hamstring problem. Crates, who won the T46 800m [...]
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THE BADER CUP was started in 1987, and is now widely recognised as the largest National Mixed Greensome Stableford Golf Tournament in Europe.
John Southwick founded the Tournament to raise funds for The Douglas Bader Foundation. He still organises the competition.
Please see the Bader Golf Page and the nested Bader Cup pages on the left hand menu bar.For more information, a brochure or to enter and help to raise money for a good cause, please visit John Southwick's dedicated Website:
www.thebadercup.co.uk
Art to Fly, a specialist aviation artwork Website, was created by Pat Barnard, long-time friend of Sir Douglas, as a way of supporting the Douglas Bader Foundation disabled children’s Flying Days.
You can find out more about Art to Fly and the aviation paintings and drawings, aircraft prints and books – all signed by famous WW11 pilots and carefully selected and attractively priced for aviation art collectors - by visiting the Website:
www.arttofly.orgAs Art To Fly is a non-profit organization, 100% of the profits of any sales go to help disabled children experience the joy of flight through the Douglas Bader Foundation’s “Bader Braves” Flying Days programme, details of which can be found on this Website.
