The Invictus Games 2023 kicked off recently in Dusseldorf, Germany celebrating the power of sport, the resilience of veterans and the unconquered Invictus spirit. Team Australia is made up of 31 current and former serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel who have been wounded, injured or become ill during their military service. Minister for Veterans’…
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Para-Badminton to feature in 2020 Paralympics
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In a recent meeting in Berlin, Germany the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced the first 16 sports to be included in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sports program. Para-badminton was the only new sport confirmed. A maximum of 23 Para-sports can be included in the Tokyo 2020 program. A final decision on the remaining seven…
Australian Gliders looking to break 12-year drought
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With little over a month till the 2014 IWBF Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Toronto, Canada, expectation is high among the Australian Gliders, who are coming into the tournament looking to end a 12-year World Championship medal drought dating back to 2002. This expectation is seen more as a motivating factor for the experienced…
Australian Rollers Team Named for 2014 Men’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships
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The Australian Rollers men’s national wheelchair basketball team have named their final 12 players who will represent Australia at the 2014 IWBF World Championships in South Korea. Head coach Ben Ettridge explained that the Rollers have named a squad littered with major international tournament experience to defend their world championship, including eight players who claimed…
Australian Gliders World Championship squad announced
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The squad has been recently been announced for the Australian Gliders women’s national wheelchair basketball team who will be completing at the 2014 IWBF Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto, Canada. “I’m very happy with the squad selected – we have a good mix of high, mid and low pointers plus a good mix…
Gliders name world cup squad
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The Australian Gliders women’s national wheelchair basketball team have named a 20-player squad to be considered for the final team for the 2014 IWBF Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships to be held in Toronto, Canada in June. It should be noted that 10 players from the team that claimed the silver medal at the 2012…
Mixed Results for The Gliders at the Lakeshore Cup
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The Australian Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball team the Gliders have begun the 2014 Lakeshore Cup by splitting their opening two games of the tournament, going down to the USA before rebounding to defeat Japan on Wednesday. The Lakeshore Cup will see the Gliders face Japan and the USA three times each, playing a total of…