Essendon Football Club’s plans to develop a new state-of-the-art high performance facility took a significant step forward today with the Federal Government announcing plans to invest $6 million to help underpin the development of the sporting and community hub. The new facility will be the home of a groundbreaking partnership between Essendon Football Club and the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC).
The announcement was made by Labor Member for Maribyrnong and Parliamentary...
Australia’s shooters have received mixed results at the first three days of competition at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
Paralympian and Queensland farmer Ashley Adams shot 586 to finish in eighth place in the R1 10m Air Rifle Standing, eight points behind winner German Josef Neumaier. Adams failed to better his recent scores from the Shooting World Cup season, where he finished 6th with 584 at the German World Cup...
The Australian Shooting Team are struggling to shake the curse of fourth place that plagued them throughout the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, with Ashley Adams again finishing fourth at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia overnight. The four-time Paralympian from Queensland narrowly missed out on a place on the medal podium losing a shootout with Israel’s Doron Shaziri in the R7 50m Free Rifle 3x40. Shaziri held to nerve to...
The Australian Shooting Team are struggling to shake the curse of fourth place that plagued them throughout the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, with Ashley Adams again finishing fourth at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
The four time Paralympian narrowly missed out on a place on the medal podium after a devastating shoot-out gave Israel’s Doron Shaziri the bronze medal in the R7 50m Free Rifle 3x40.
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The Australian Shooting Team are struggling to shake the curse of fourth place that plagued them throughout the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, with Ashley Adams again finishing fourth at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
The four time Paralympian narrowly missed out on a place on the medal podium after a devastating shoot-out gave Israel’s Doron Shaziri the bronze medal in the R7 50m Free Rifle 3x40.
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Records crumbled on the final night of the Australian Short Course Championships as newcomers Grant Patterson and Ahmed Kelly smashed their respective class world records in the multi-class 100m breaststroke.
Patterson, who lives and trains in Cairns, took home gold in the breaststroke after obliterating the world record for his disability class by more than 20 seconds. Adding to his 100m backstroke gold and 100m freestyle bronze, Patterson is confident in his ability to win at the...
The Rollers have been crowned World Champions after defeating France, 79-69, to claim the title at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Birmingham, England.
Going into the game as favourites, the Australians withstood the pressure to confirm their status as the number one team in the world as they now add their World Championship gold medal to the gold they won two years ago at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
After playing in the opening game of the...
The Gliders have claimed fourth place at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships after falling to reigning World Champions Canada, 59-49, in the bronze medal game in Birmingham, England.
The Gliders ran out of steam and were overrun by the Canadians in the final quarter after leading by 11 points in the first term.
Sarah Stewart led the Australians with 15 points, five rebounds and three steals while Canada’s Janet McLachlan top scored with 18 points and...
Five-time Beijing Paralympic gold medallist Matt Cowdrey is in fine form after claiming his first gold medal of the meet at the Australian Short Course Championships in Brisbane.
In a show that his pre-World Championships and Commonwealth Games preparations are right on track, Cowdrey knocked off 0.54 of a second from his heat swim to win gold in the men’s multi-class 50m butterfly.
Finishing strongly in 26.61, Cowdrey was too good for three-time Beijing Paralympic gold...
Just hours after the Australian women’s team completed the same feat, the Australian men’s Wheelchair Basketball team, the Rollers, has defeated reigning World Champions Canada to finish top of their pool in the preliminary round at the 2010 IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships.
In a one-two punch for the Australians, both the Rollers and Gliders advance to the quarter finals as the number one seed from their respective pools after beating Canada overnight in...
