Wheelchair basketball elites from across Europe coming to Cork
The Rebel Wheelers multi-sports club hosts the IWBF EuroCup Group 4 Qualifiers running from April 23 to April 26 at the Upper Glanmire Community Sports Hall.
https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41803892.html
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My son and his team appear briefly in the video clip on this news story from his basketball tournament this weekend. They are in the orange.
Para Sport Festival brings inclusive sporting celebration to Swansea Bay Sports Park
Delivered by Disability Sport Wales in partnership with Spar UK and AF Blakemore & Son Ltd, the event offered participants the chance to explore activities ranging from athletics to badminton, making full use of the park’s top-tier facilities.
Dawn Bowden, Minister for Children and Social Care, said: “It’s wonderful to see hundreds of young people trying different para sports at today’s insport event in Swansea. The Welsh Government is proud to support this festival, which is inspiring our next generation of Welsh para-athletes and shows our commitment to making sport accessible for everyone.”
“I’m delighted to see the Para Sport Festival expanding with new sports and venues this year.”
Now in its fourth year, the Para Sport Festival has expanded its reach and ambition, with events taking place across multiple venues in Swansea and Newport. The insport Series marked the third day of the week-long celebration, following competitive fixtures in Boccia and Wheelchair Tennis over the weekend.
Robyn Wilkins, Para Sport Festival Senior Officer at Disability Sport Wales, said: “2025 marks a landmark development of the Para Sport Festival with its growth and expansion beyond Newport. It will be exciting to show how Wales has the ability to be a multi-city sporting destination — and we hope this is just the start of what’s to come over the next three years.”
“I’m proud that Disability Sport Wales and the Para Sport Festival are still attracting and bringing in new events each year, with 2025 seeing the inclusion of Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Tennis for the first time.”
“I’m pleased we could bring Deaf Football back to the schedule and hopefully we’ll see another great crowd down Llandarcy for Wales Vs England.”
Tom Matthews, GB Para Table Tennis Player and Paralympic bronze medallist, said: “The Para Sport Festival has become such an important week in the sporting calendar here in Wales. It showcases para sport at the top level and ensures people of all ages and abilities can enjoy, take part and try any sport they choose.”
“I am obviously particularly proud that Table Tennis is part of this fantastic week of sport and who knows — the future Thomas Matthews might be discovered!”
Kevin Lewis, Wales’ number one Wheelchair Tennis player, said: “It’s been a real privilege to be involved and highlight the sport I love. The crowd were fantastic when we played against Shrewsbury Club at Newport Tennis Centre. Hopefully we can now inspire the next generation and get more people enjoying sport in Wales.”
2025 Para Sport Festival Schedule Highlights
For full programme details, visit the official Para Sport Festival website.
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In unserer aktuellen Folge zu Gast: Maya Lindholm
Rollstuhlbasketballerin, paralympische Athletin, Ergotherapeutin aus #Hamburg. Es geht um #Barrierefreiheit für alle, um Sport und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. Moderation: @friedelitis
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🎙️ Neu im Podcast "Hamburg, was willst du wissen?" @waswillstduwissen Maya Lindholm, vierfache Paralympics-Teilnehmerin!
Maya spricht über ihren Weg zum Rollstuhlbasketball, Barrierefreiheit in Hamburg, Mobilität und mentale Stärke.
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🎙️ NEUER PODCAST: "Hamburg, was willst du wissen?" mit Maya Lindholm
"Mit Training und mit Lernen kann man Dinge erreichen, und das ist auch für das Selbstbewusstsein enorm gewinnbringend", sagt Maya Lindholm, die sehr viel erreicht hat: Sie hat vier Teilnahmen bei den Paralympischen Spielen verbucht, einmal die Gold- und einmal die Silbermedaille erreicht, und ihren Sport geprägt. Sie ist Empfängerin des Silbernen Lorbeerblatts, steht mehrfach im Goldenen Buch der Stadt Hamburg, arbeitet als Ergotherapeutin und war schon immer hier, in Hamburg. Im Gespräch mit Christian Friedrich ging es um ihren Sport, ihren Beruf, um Mobilität in der Stadt und beim Reisen, um mentale Stärke und auch um Schmerz.
It might just be the hype I've gotten from the seeing the Paralympics getting some actually decent coverage this year, but I've been seriously considering doing a webcomic about wheelchair basketball.
I mentioned I'd considered doing something like it a little while ago on my old tumblr account, but decided not to mostly because I just don't like drawing humans enough to do a comic about them lol. There's no rule though that says sports stories HAVE to be human, and I think there's some interesting things you could do with a story about furries centred on a sport that is designed from the get go to cater to wildly different types of bodies.
So meet Avery, one of the characters in this possible webcomic. I decided if I'm going to do this, it's going to be focused on a lower-level team, since I figured it would be easier to explain the game to readers who are less familiar with the sport that way - and also because I know a too many people on my country's national teams/in the national leagues personally to feel comfortable writing about at a more elite team lol.
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