BPA Athletes’ Commission Election

We are delighted to share that the BPA will be holding elections for the BPA Athletes’ Commission in October / November 2020. Six new members will be elected, and each NGB is invited to nominate up to one current and one retired eligible Paralympian to stand for election. The BPA Athletes’ Commission acts as an advisory group to the BPA. The purpose of the BPA Athletes’ Commission is to represent the views of athletes to the BPA Board, Executive Team, Games Leadership Group and Games Pl...
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Congratulations and Thank You to George Digweed MBE

Congratulations and thank you to George Digweed MBE who came runner up at the British Open Final last weekend. George and his family continue to be generous supporters of GBWR and George has again donated from this event. There were 1200 competitors taking part in the event and George lost the final by one clay! ...
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Good News on Return to Play & Membership Fees!

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page Guidance It’s taken a while but we have got there at last and can now prepare to begin training again. The Safe Return to Wheelchair Rugby Guidance sets out to provide clubs and individuals with all the info...
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Annual General Meeting 2020: Calling Notice

As explained in the advance notice of the AGM, the 2020 AGM will be held virtually via Zoom on 23 September starting at 5pm – please register for the meeting at this link. Please note that you will need to register in advance for this meeting, and once your registration has been confirmed (following verifi...
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5 Step Return to Wheelchair Rugby

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page With venues beginning to open up we know that there are some clubs that in principle are able to Return to Training (RTT). While we still await formal sign off of our guidance by DCMS we now have agreement from our insurers that we are covered to play providing we meet all of the government guidance and follow the measures which w...
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