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Handikappidrott, Sverige (3 news)
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Den dagen blev rolig och solig
 Norrländska Socialdemokraten - 2010-05-30 06:20
Det blev en lyckad seriepremiär
för Luleå Handikappidrottsförening. Klubben vann fem av sju matcher under
helgen. - Vi hade en rolig och solig dag, säger coach Bengt Nordmark.
Det blev en lyckad seriepremiär för Luleå Handikappidrottsförening.
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Länsfestival lockade många
Östersunds-Posten - 2010-05-29 16:12
Trots regnet var det ändå många
som hade kommit till FUB:s Länsfestival som på lördagen arrangerades på
Galhammarudden i Svenstavik. Under hela dagen bjöds på underhållning av bland
andra Bra Livat i Berg, Shock Treatment och Fjällhumlorna.
Strömsunds, Åre och Bergs kommun samt föreningen FUB och handikappidrottsförbundet
i länet.
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OS-truppen festade med statsministern
Aftonbladet - 2010-05-29 12:01 (Updated: 2010-05-29
15:06:41)
Anja: En fantastisk grej Här
festar stjärnorna med statsministern. Röda mattan var utrullad och
Sportbladet var på plats när den svenska OS-truppen bjöds in till
traditionsenlig hyllning på Rosenbad.
De svenska olympierna som nappat på inbjudan märkt `OS och Paralympicsfest`
från Fredrik Reinfeldt och kultur- och idrottsminister Lena Adelsohn
Liljeroth bjöds på en flera timmar lång festkväll på
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Intl news (26 news)
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New Whistler hostel opening July 1
Whistler Question - 2010-05-30 04:18
188-bed Cheakamus Crossing
facility to fill need for budget accommodation Email Print Increase Decrease
Reset Comments 188-bed Cheakamus Crossing
The purpose-built facility in the heart of the neighbourhood that served
as the athletes' village during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games will have 188 beds, 163 more than the old HI-Whistler hostel
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Ski Club rep completes Home to Rome Challenge
Ski Club of Great Britain - 2010-05-30 03:40
Roger's blog: Ski Club rep Roger
Hones has traveled from Chester across England, France, Switzerland and
northern Italy to reach the finish line in the Home to Rome Cycle Challenge.
Martin is with the Parachute Regiment but currently on secondment to allow
him to prepare for the 2014 Winter Paralympics and also to prepare to
be part of the first disabled team to walk to the North
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Help for local sports stars
Cumberland Courier - 2010-05-30 02:37
Peter Garrett is encouraging
sporting champions Budding sports stars in Kingsford Smith will have double
the chance to tap into the Australian Government?s Local Sporting Champions
fund.
program helping to build the skills of the athletes of the future,? he
said. ?Some of our kids in Kingsford Smith could be our next Olympians, Paralympians,
tennis stars, football or netball professionals.? To be
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Roberts makes splash in small pool
Times Online - 2010-05-30 01:57
Instead of turning his car west
down the M4 each morning to go to work, Dave Roberts now takes the short
drive north from his home in Cardiff up to the valleys where his life began.
medals, Britains most decorated Paralympic swimmer has earnt the
right to decide where and how he trains....With the Paralympic world
championships in Eindhoven in August the main focus of the year and...
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Credible performances key to Kiwi WEG chances
HorseTalk.co.nz - 2010-05-30 01:50
New Zealand's top riders must
perform well to international standards to earn the right to compete at the
World Equestrian Games, Equestrian Sport New Zealand says. Jody Hartstone and
Whisper. © HotShot Horses Katie McVean and Delphi.
After its own of review following the Olympics, Paralympic and
World Endurance Championships, ESNZ re-launched its high performance
programme with a stronger focus on medal-winning at pinnacle events,
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Donald set to join exclusive club
Times Online - 2010-05-30 01:24
GOLF European tour rookie Rhys
Davies is set to push Luke Donald all the way in the final round of the
Madrid Masters. The Welshman shares the lead with Donald, who is bidding to
make it four English golfers in the worlds top 10.
PARALYMPICS Great Britain's seven-a-side football team took Paralympic
World Cup bronze with an 8-4 win over the United States in the third-place
playoff in Manchester.
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PURCHASE BACK IN BUSINESS
Sportinglife - 2010-05-30 01:21
The 2008 Olympic champion, who
missed the whole of last year's season due to illness, stormed to victory in
the lightweight men's single scull.
World and Paralympic champion Tom Aggar and Andy Houghton completed
a British one-two in the adaptive classes.
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GB WOMEN BEATEN BY AUSSIES
Sportinglife - 2010-05-30 01:21
The hosts will meet the same
opponents for bronze on Sunday, while Canada and Holland will do battle for
gold, with the Dutch looking for another title after their seven-a-side
football team emerged victorious at the Manchester Regional Arena.
Canada earlier extended their 100% record in the women's competition with
a third straight win, beating 2009 BT Paralympic World Cup champions
Holland 66-45 in a prelude to the gold medal match.
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Aggar dominates to win Bled gold
BBC - 2010-05-30 00:09
Paralympic rowing champion Tom
Aggar got the better of compatriot Andy Houghton to win gold in the men's
single scull at the World Cup in Bled. Aggar, who also beat Houghton in
Varese earlier this month, got a good start and was a length ahead at 500m.
Paralympic rowing champion Tom Aggar got the better of
compatriot Andy Houghton to win gold in the men's single scull at the World
Cup in Bled.
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470 pair seal Dutch World Cup gold
Royal Yachting Association - 2010-05-29 23:41
First medal for Skandia Team GBR
in Holland Nic Asher and Elliot Willis took gold in Great Britain?s first
medal opportunity at the ISAF Sailing World Cup event in Holland on Saturday
(30 May), winning the men?s 470 title on the Ijsselmeer waters.
Nick Thompson is currently poised in silver medal position in the Laser
fleet, with Skandia Team GBR teammate Paul Goodison in sixth overall, while
in the 2.4mR Paralympic class Helena Lucas heads into
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Speech by Minister John Moloney T.D. at the Irish
Wheelchair Association Annual Conference and AGM, Lyrath Hotel &
Convention Centre, Kilkenny
Ireland Department of Health - 2010-05-29 22:24
I am delighted to be here in Co.
Kilkenny to address the Irish Wheelchair Association?s Annual Conference and
AGM. More importantly, I?m also pleased to attend another celebration of 50
years of your wonderful organisation.
The background to the establishment of the Association is very much tied
into the first Paralympics Games, which took place in Rome in 1960.
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Bronze for GB Football stars at BT Paralympic World
Cup
British Paralympic Association - 2010-05-29 22:22
It was a good day for the GB men's
Football 7-a-side team who won bronze courtesy of an 8-4 thumping over the
USA, while The Netherlands took gold in a close final.
five minutes of the BT Paralympic World Cup bronze medal match,
with GB dominating play.
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USA Paralympic gold medalist coming to Salamanca
Olean Times Herald - 2010-05-29 22:22
Adam Page of Lancaser, N.Y., was a
member of the 2010 U.S. Sled Hockey team, which took home gold at the
Paralympic Games in Vancouver in mid-March.
Sled Hockey team, which took home gold at the Paralympic Games in
Vancouver in mid-March.More News SALAMANCA -...Paralympic Sled Hockey
team, will be a special guest to help celebrate the Special Olympic Games in
Salamanca. ?I?ve ...
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Midlands in Youth Games preps
Zimbabwe Chronicle - 2010-05-29 22:19
Midlands Correspondent The
Midlands Youth Games preparations committee will, through the Midlands
Athletics Board, tomorrow host a provincial track and field competition as
part of the Zimbabwe National Youth Games preparations.
Midlands Paralympic and Youth Games Committee assistant general
manager (technical), Andrew Chityavangoma, said yesterday that he met coaches
and managers drawn from the different disciplines who will be
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2012 Olympic mascots - 'Made-in-China' label
animates MP Mark Field
West End Extra - 2010-05-29 21:37
THEIR names evoke the virtues of
Arthurian knights, but Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville must wish
designers had given them each a famously English stiff-upper-lip to stave of
their latest controversy.
Committee chairman Lord Coe said they would ?inspire kids? and ?tell the
story of our proud Olympic and Paralympic history?....A London 2012
spokesman said: ?The launch of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic...
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New Zealand pair outshine best of British
Times Online - 2010-05-29 20:09
The gloss was taken off a successful
second day for Great Britain at the first World Cup regatta of the season, in
Bled, Slovenia, by the ease with which the New Zealand mens pair won their
semi-final against Britains flagship crew.
Tom Aggar finally has a rival in the Paralympic single scull event
and the good news for Britain is that it is his compatriot, Andrew Houghton.
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Faubert prepares for the Olympics
premierleague.com - 2010-05-29 18:42
As the countdown to the 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games continues, the focus on getting into sport for
all has never been greater.
As the countdown to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
continues, the focus on getting into sport for all has never been
greater.West Ham are helping to inspire as many people as possible of all
ages and
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Sporty style challenge
IC Sutton Coldfield - 2010-05-29 16:57
FOUR civil servants from London
have been charged with an Apprentice style challenge to organise a
mini-olympics at Wyndley Leisure Centre. The Civil Service Challenge 2010
will see a four-person team filmed completing the mission on Sunday, May 30.
Table tennis player Will Bayley, a British Paralympics champion,
and Joshway Bong, a top U15 badminton player, will also attend.
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GB footballers secure Cup bronze
BBC - 2010-05-29 16:46
Great Britain's seven-a-side
cerebral palsy football team took bronze at the Paralympic World Cup in
Manchester after beating the United States 8-4.
Great Britain's seven-a-side cerebral palsy football team took bronze at
the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester after beating the United States
8-4.Michael Barker netted twice in each half for the all-English team
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Declaration on National Day for Disabled
Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency - 2010-05-29 15:59
(TAP) - Under the high auspices of
the President of the Republic, Tunisia is observing on Saturday, May 29, 2010
the National Day for the Disabled under the motto "Disabled Youth: Pride
of Achievements and Readiness to Take up Challenges.
They have distinguished themselves on the Arab and international scale,
particularly in disability sport by winning Olympic medals at the Atlanta Paralympics
(1996), 11 medals at Sydney Games (2000) and
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WCU's Camp Abilities for visually impaired youth
focuses on sports
Daily Local News - 2010-05-29 13:31
WEST GOSHEN - West Chester
University will hold a camp this weekend at which blind or nearly blind children
will learn to play sports similar to those played by their sighted peers.
"It's centered around sports that you might find in the Paralympics,
which is the Olympic games for people with physical disabilities or
blindness," Lepore said.
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Carer sex link in paralympian's death
Perth Now - 2010-05-29 12:37
From:
Geelong Advertiser Geelong's triple medal winner Alex Harris in the
Australian paralympic team's ticker tape parade in Sydney. Source: HWT Image
Library Paralympian swimmer Alex Harris, at Torquay Surf Beach.
Geelong Advertiser Geelong's triple medal winner Alex Harris in the Australian
paralympic team's ticker tape parade in Sydney....HWT Image Library Paralympian
swimmer Alex Harris, at Torquay Surf Beach.Source:
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Mourinho has overstepped mark - Thommo
Football.co.uk - 2010-05-29 12:30
Phil Thompson has warned new Real
Madrid manager Jose Mourinho he will have a difficult task prising Steven
Gerrard away from Anfield.
BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.
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Valley's Wood River Ability Program Offers Hope For
Better Tomorrow; $800 Needed For Rifle
SunValleyOnline.com - 2010-05-29 11:20
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comment ) Previous | x of x | Next Memorial Day always has a particular
poignancy and urgency for veterans, as well as for the loved ones of veterans
-- both fallen and living.
WRAP's current Advisory Board includes Jeff Brame and Stuart Davis (two
award-winning disabled athletes), Jon Kreamelmeyer (head coach of the
U.S....in the world of award-winning disabled athletes.
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Dressage master class with Bert Rutten
Your Horse - 2010-05-29 11:04
Former chef dâ??equipe to the
Dutch National Dressage Team, Bert Rutten, is holding two days of masterclasses
at Kingston Maurward Collegeâ??s, Dorset in July.
with professional riders, including GB Olympic team hopefuls Gemma Green
riding Showtime and GB Paralympian Jo Pitt.
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ADAMS, Barry
Kelowna Daily Courier - 2010-05-29 11:03
London, England passed away
quietly in his sleep, at home on May 21, 2010.
Dad slalom water skied until he was seventy-one, and was so very proud to
have had the opportunity to be a Blue Jacket Curling volunteer for the
Vancouver Paralympics.
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