We started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week Swimmer Ollie Hynd has written about his journey to the Paralympics. Ollie made his international debut in 2011 before winning…
We started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week, we’re featuring Wheelchair Basketball player, Sarah Grady, who has represented Great Britain at three Paralympic games. She’s written a fantastic…
We’ve started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week, GB Paralympian, Myles Pearson has written an interesting and informative article on what goes in to being a wheelchair rugby…
The Blue Badge Style Sports Blog has started up recently to help provide information on how the less able can get involved in sport. In the last week, news stories have shown that this is still something that people need more information about. Recently, news has emerged that the Paralympic legacy may not have been…
Susie Rodgers is a British Paralympic Swimmer who picked up bronze medals in the S7 100m freestyle, 4x100m relay and the 400m freestyle at the London Games. She has graciously volunteered to write the first in a series of guest blogs for Blue Badge Style. Over the next few weeks a variety of Paralympians will…
Happy New Year to all our readers and subscribers. We have some exciting things coming in 2013. The first is a series of articles by Team GB Paralympians on their respective sports and how they got started. From Archery to Wheelchair Rugby to Sitting Volleyball and starting with Susie Rodgers (@Susie_Rodgers) a Paralympian swimmer who describes swimming a…
Alex Taylor one of our regular contributors has his first article in Huffington Post. Well done, please read here. Commenting on the Success of the London Paralympics and how this has changed public opinions towards disability – here’s hoping.!!! Send us your comments!!
Lieutenant No1 and I went the Oval last year , it rained but it was enjoyable nonetheless as we sat in the wheelchair enclosure at the Vauxhall End – I think?! It was very clean and access via the Alex Stewart Gate is easy. If you call in advance they can get you parking. The…
I was lucky enough to get tickets for Chelsea vs. Manchester United for 5th Feb. I was accompanied by Lieutenant No.1 and it turned out to be a perfect day out. We went to S. Lucia pizza restaurant in Hollywood Rd., Fulham for a pre-match lunch. It’s not really easily accessible due to a huge step and…