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Channel 4 Paralympic Torch Relay Team

Channel 4 Announces Paralympic Torch Relay Team

Five individuals who have made outstanding contributions to British disability sport have been rewarded with a place on the 24-hour Paralympic Torch Relay in August.
(PRWEB) June 21, 2012
Five individuals who have made outstanding contributions to British disability sport have been rewarded with a place on the 24-hour Paralympic Torch Relay in August.
Channel 4 will be represented by Jackie Bullen, Stacey Burns, Jenny Archer, Tony Larkin and Heather Hodge, who have displayed "the Paralympic values of courage, determination, inspiration and equality to make a difference or push the boundaries of what is achievable."
The quintet will cover 0.5 miles together holding their own torches, although only one will be lit at any one time.
The lit flame will be passed every 160m so all five members of the Channel 4 team will have the opportunity to hold the torch.

Next London Olympics 2012 : Channel 4 Paralympic Torch Relay Team

In all, 580 people will work in teams of five to carry the torch from Stoke Mandeville, the spiritual home of the Paralympic movement, to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford throughout the day and night between 28-29 August.
About Channel 4's team:
Jackie Bullen
Jackie is a voluntary press officer for Goalball UK and mother to women’s ParalympicsGB team member Georgie Bullen.
Jackie discovered goalball after taking Georgie to a sports day organised by British Blind Sport. Georgie was spotted in 2009 and Jackie has been her biggest support taking her to training camps across the country.
Jackie took on the challenge of building public awareness of goalball and gave up a huge amount of time writing to journalists, organising awareness days, facilitating TV crews and organising the two squads.
She also helped raising funds to support training and transport. It was through this role that Jackie met Stacey Burns, Series Producer of Channel 4’s "That Paralympic Show" who nominated her.
Jackie also runs her own house and pet-sitting business. Her husband and three sons Jamie, Josh and Nick will be in London cheering the GB team on.
Stacey Burns
Stacey is the series producer of Channel 4’s programme "Road to London 2012: That Paralympic Show."
Stacey has worked across four series since 2010 delivering 40 episodes of the popular Saturday lunchtime which is presented by Ade Adepitan, Rick Edwards and Iwan Thomas.
The show educates the audience on all things parasport whilst raising the profile and awareness of a range of individual sports.
Stacey and her team have worked with all sports governing bodies, travelled the country visiting training camps and competitions in search of elite athletes and performances to bring them to a brand-new audience.
As well as working on "That Paralympic Show" Stacey has also produced two series of the short films "BT & Channel 4 Presents…." which showcases the skill, determination and awe inspiring dedication of some of the world’s best Paralympic athletes.
Stacey was nominated by Deborah Poulton, Project Leader Paralympics for Channel 4.
Jenny Archer
Jenny is coach to world-class wheelchair racer David Weir. Jenny met David at the London Youth Games and after following his career became his coach in 2002.
She guided Weir to double gold in Beijing 2008, triple gold at the 2011 World Championships and a record sixth title at the 2012 London Marathon. Formerly a teacher, Archer was a fitness coach with Wimbledon Football Club for 11 years before coaching Weir.
Jenny was nominated by Channel 4’s reporter and and ex-Olympic 400m runner Iwan Thomas.
"I had the pleasure of being coached by Jenny for a feature we filmed on 'That Paralympic Show' and from day one I could see the close respectful bond she had with her athletes," said Iwan.
"The amount of time and dedication she gives is amazing, she is the one who deserves a medal! A real joy to meet and work with such an inspirational woman.”
Tony Larkin
Tony has been the head coach of the GB/England blind football team since 1997 and has taken the team to seven European Championships, six World Championships and the Beijing Paralympics.
The former professional footballer has also worked for the Royal National College for the Blind since 1989, where he currently holds the post of director, setting up the UK's first blind football academy.
He has been an inspiration to many blind young people and has been instrumental in raising the national profile of blind football and in developing a national blind football coaching network.
Tony was nominated by Stacey Burns, Series Producer of Channel4’s "Road to London 2012: That Paralympic Show."
Heather Hodge
Heather is mother to "That Paralympic Show" biggest fan, eight-year-old Billy, who is hemiplegic.
Billy made a video about Paralympic sport as part of a homework project. Heather sent the video to Channel 4 where the team were moved by what they saw; the video was shared and was picked up by LOCOG, IPC, BT Paralympic World Cup, Hemihelp charity and lots of Paralympic websites and athletes.
Heather is a bursar at Billy's school and has organised a Paralympic awareness day for the summer term giving children the opportunity to try disability sports as well as arranging trips to watch the BT Paralympic World Cup.
She is also the regional representative for Hemihelp charity and arranges events for parents and families to get together and socialise and helped to set up a new Facebook-based support group.
Heather was nominated by Deborah Poulton, Project Leader, Paralympics Channel 4.
Paralympic Gold Medallists Heading to Eton Manor

Paralympic Gold Medallists Heading to Eton Manor


Paralympic Gold Medallists Heading to Eton Manor Wheelchair Tennis International

Peter Norfolk, British gold medallist from Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and Paralympic gold medallist Esther Vergeer from the Netherlands, unbeaten over an incredible 452 singles matches since January 2003, are two of the stars among the entries confirmed for the Eton Manor Wheelchair Tennis International from 3 to 6 May.

(PRWEB) April 21, 2012
Peter Norfolk, British gold medallist from Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and Paralympic gold medallist Esther Vergeer from the Netherlands, unbeaten over an incredible 452 singles matches since January 2003, are two of the stars among the entries confirmed for the Eton Manor Wheelchair Tennis International from 3 to 6 May.
Part of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis circuit and the London Prepares series, the official London 2012 test events, the tournament will give players the chance to compete in the London 2012 venue for Wheelchair Tennis ahead of the Paralympic Games.
The world-class line up for the tournament will feature players from around the world competing in all six Paralympic-featured events: men’s and women’s Singles; men’s and women’s Doubles; Quad Singles; and Quad Doubles.
In the men’s competition, British No1 Gordon Reid will expect strong competition from Robin Ammerlaan of the Netherlands - the Singles gold medallist in Athens 2004 and silver medallist from Beijing 2008.
Esther Vergeer will also be expected to set the standard on behalf of the Netherlands for the women. Vergeer has won Singles gold at the last three Paralympic Games. Britain’s 19 year old No1 Jordanne Whiley will be among those to provide the latest opposition to Vergeer’s unbeaten status in May.
The Quad competition features GB stars Peter Norfolk and Andrew Lapthorne. Peter has won the last two Paralympic Singles gold medals. Andrew is the current world number 4 and recently partnered Peter to the Australian Open Quad Doubles title in January. As well as featuring in the Doubles, they will also compete against each other at Eton Manor.
The tournament will be vital in giving the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) the chance to test its operations including the athlete and wheelchair movements around the venue, the results and scoring systems, and workforce.
The competition lasts for four days and 3,000 tickets have been sold to the public for Saturday 5 May. On the same day four other Olympic venues will be in operation simultaneously as LOCOG test operations with over 70,000 people on the Olympic Park.
For further information please contact the London 2012 Press Office.
Notes to editors:
Esther Vergeer (NED) – World number 1 since 1999. She already has five Paralympic gold medals and is unbeaten in over 452 singles matches since January 2003, including 20 consecutive Grand Slam singles titles.
Jordanne Whiley (GBR) – Great Britain’s number 1 at just 19 years old. Jordanne is one of the top wheelchair tennis players in the country, following her father who is a wheelchair tennis player and was also an Athletics medallist at the 1984 Paralympics in New York. She became Britain’s youngest ever national wheelchair singles champion when she won the title in 2007, aged just 14. Jordanne made her Paralympic debut in Beijing, where she reached the quarter-finals of the doubles tournament with fellow British player Lucy Shuker.
Peter Norfolk (GBR) - Quad singles champion from Athens and Beijing, won his fifth Australian Open in January. Peter has dominated the Quad classification of wheelchair tennis since it was introduced into the Paralympic programme for the Games in Athens in 2004. This domination earned him the nickname “The Quadfather”. Peter won Britain’s first ever tennis medal at a Paralympic Games by becoming Paralympic Champion in 2004, he retained the title in Beijing in 2008. Peter also helped Great Britain’s medal tally at both Games by also medalling in the doubles.
Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) – Andrew took up wheelchair tennis six years ago. Andrew made his Grand Slam debut at the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne, where he partnered Norfolk to win the quad doubles, thereby winning his first Grand Slam title. Lapthorne and Norfolk retained the Australian Open title in January this year.
Gordon Reid (GBR) - from Scotland, has beaten the current world number 1 Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands twice in 2011.
London 2012 Games partners:
The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.
LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners - adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.
There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games-only Partner, Sainsbury’s and one domestic Tier Three Paralympic Games-only Supplier, Otto Bock. The London 2012 Paralympic Games also acknowledges the support of the National Lottery.
World’s Best Wheelchair Rugby Teams Arrive in London

World’s Best Wheelchair Rugby Teams Arrive in London


The World’s Best Wheelchair Rugby Teams Arrive in London

Four of the world’s best Wheelchair Rugby teams will compete in the London International Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament this week, a test event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games and part of the London Prepares series.

(PRWEB) April 19, 2012
Four of the world’s best Wheelchair Rugby teams will compete in the London International Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament this week, a test event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games and part of the London Prepares series.
Taking place from 18-19 April in the Basketball Arena in the Olympic Park, the event will give the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) the chance to test its operations including the field of play, results and scoring systems, and workforce.
For the competing teams this will be their one chance to compete in the same venue that will host the Wheelchair Rugby competition during the Paralympic Games.
Wheelchair Rugby is one of the most fast and thrillingParalympic sports and with Australia, Sweden, Canada and Great Britain ranked second, fourth, fifth and sixth in the world respectively competing in the tournament, it is set to be a fierce contest.
Debbie Jevans, Director of Sport at LOCOG, said: 'The London Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament is the first Paralympic test event of this year and will be a vital test of our operations. Wheelchair Rugby is an exciting sport and we are delighted to be hosting some of the world’s best teams as well as being able to offer the opportunity to thousands of people from the local area to come and watch the competition.'
Tickets for the Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament have been given to local schools and colleges as well as members of the sports governing body. Over 2000 spectators will enjoy the action over the two days of competition.
Wheelchair Rugby during the Paralympic Games takes place from Wednesday 5 September – Sunday 9 September 2012 with eight teams battling it out in the Basketball Arena.
For more details, visit http://www.londonpreparesseries.com
Notes to editors:
For further information please contact the London 2012 Press Office.
London 2012 Games partners:
The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.
LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners - adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.
There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games-only Partner, Sainsbury’s and one domestic Tier Three Paralympic Games-only Supplier, Otto Bock. The London 2012 Paralympic Games also acknowledges the support of the National Lottery.
London Olympics : Paralympic Games to be Opened by The Queen

London Olympics : Paralympic Games to be Opened by The Queen


Paralympic Games to be Opened by The Queen


With six months to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games, the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is delighted to confirm that Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday 29 August.

(PRWEB) March 01, 2012
With six months to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games, the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is delighted to confirm that Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, will open theLondon 2012 Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday 29 August.
With the role of The Queen in the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday 27 July already established, The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will now open both Games. As Head of State, The Queen will proclaim the Paralympic Games open by saying: ‘I declare open the London 2012 Paralympic Games’.
This will be the first time The Queen has opened a Paralympic Games. In 1976 the Queen opened the Montreal Olympic Games and in 1956 The Duke of Edinburgh (on behalf of The Queen) opened the Melbourne Olympic Games.
The 1984 Paralympic Games were officially opened by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. These Games were held in both Europe and North America, with the Opening Ceremony in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire – the birthplace of the Paralympic Games.
LOCOG Chair Seb Coe said: ‘This summer we will be hosting the largest Paralympic Games ever and the Opening Ceremony on 29 August will be a fantastic event. The Paralympic Games will undoubtedly be a time of extraordinary pride for our nation, and it is fitting that Her Majesty will declare us underway.’
International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven said:
‘I am delighted that Her Majesty The Queen will be opening the Paralympic Games, further underlining the significance and status of these Games not just to the Commonwealth but to the whole world.’
Notes to editors:
Further detail on the Opening Ceremonies can be found here:http://www.london2012.com/games/ceremonies/the-ceremonies/opening-ceremonies.php
Stoke Mandeville as birthplace of the Paralympic Games:
In 1948, Dr Ludwig Guttmann organized a wheelchair archery competition at Stoke Mandeville hospital for World War II soldiers with spinal cord injuries. The competition took place between sports clubs and other hospitals on the same day as the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games. Four years later, as more sports were added, athletes from Holland joined in and the international Paralympic Movement was born.
For further information please contact the London 2012 Press Office.
London 2012 Games partners:
The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.
LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners - adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.
There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games-only Partner, Sainsbury’s and one domestic Tier Three Paralympic Games-only Supplier, Otto Bock. The London 2012 Paralympic Games also acknowledges the support of the National Lottery.

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