CPISRA are delighted to announce that the Federació Esportiva Catalana de Paralítics Cerebrals (FECPC) have been selected to host the 2018 CPISRA World Games. The Games’ emphasis is to provide a development and learning experience to help prepare talented athletes for future sporting success at high profile international events.

CPISRA are delighted that the Federació Esportiva Catalana de Paralítics Cerebrals (FECPC) have successfully bid and been selected by the CPISRA Executive Committee to host the 2018 CPISRA World Games.

The FECPC was created in 1990 as a sport group supporting sports suited for people affected by cerebral palsy and cerebral injury. Most recently, FECPC hosted the 2016 IFCPF Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou and joint 2016 General Assembly for CPISRA and IFCPF in Sant Cugat.

“We are ready launch new initiatives that will broaden our efforts to create opportunities for athletes with cerebral injuries to play in the sport they love.”

Dates:
The 2018 CPISRA World Games will take place during the first two weeks of August 2018.

Location:
Sant Cugat hosted in the last three years some of the most important CP major sport events in the World. In 2013, the FECPC efficiently organized the 2013 CPISRA Intercontinental Cup, held at Sant Cugat del Vallès with the participation from 16 of the most prominent teams from around the world. In
2014, we organized the 2014 CPISRA General Assembly, which was held in October in Sant Cugat with about delegates from all around the
world. In 2015, the FECPC was awarded with the 2015 Boccia European Continental Cup as one of the BISFed associated members showing to the rest of the world their capacity and willingness to hold these kinds of sportive events for disabled people. Is an
open and welcoming city that mixes the riches of his historic patrimony with a great range of entertainment opportunities.

Facility:
The Centre d'alt Rendiment (CAR) High Performance Centre is an organization which gives support to sport so that it can be competitive at an international level, optimizing resources of the highest technical and scientific quality. The CAR has a hall of residence for training camps. A lot of national and international sports teams use the CAR for their preparation (football, handball, volleyball, hockey, tennis, swimming, gymnastics, taekwondo, etc)

Competition Programme:
FECPC feels an important event such as the CPISRA World Games is a very good opportunity to include recognized sports with a lot of CP athletes involved and spread the CPISRA message. CAR facilities will allow us to concentrate most sports in the same facility, taking the opportunity to deliver the greatest World Games ever delivered specially in terms of number of participants.

The competition programme will look to include Athletics (including RaceRunning); Para-Taekwondo; Swimming; and Wheelchair Slalom. The Games will also stage the 2018 IFCPF World Championships Under 19.

FECPC will be working with CPISRA, and International Sports Federations, to include additional sports such as Boccia and Table Tennis.

About the CPISRA World Games
Cerebral Palsy Sport (England) hosted the first CPISRA World Games for ten years when they hosted the inspirational Nottingham 2015 CPISRA World Games. With FECPC to host the 2018 CPISRA World Games it represents the reestablishment of the CPISRA World Games to be held every 4 years.

The World Games is aligned to the following CPISRA’s strategic aims:

• Increase CP participation in sports and recreation across the world.
• Facilitate international competition pathways for CP athletes to progress from grass roots participation to elite competition, with emphasis on Youth and High Dependency Athletes.
• Increase and improve CP sport and recreational opportunities.
• Following our development of Boccia and CP Football, to continue to facilitate and support the development of adaptive sports.

In accordance with the above aims, the key objectives of the CPISRA World Games are:

• To allow CP athletes to achieve their best performance at international competition by providing appropriate conditions and services in an operationally sound environment.
• To provide a multi-sport event that delivers a learning experience that will help prepare athletes for future sporting success at major events such as the Paralympics.
• To create a friendly and supportive Games environment that encourages and develops athletes, team management, officials, coaches and volunteers.
• To emphasize youth and enable high dependency athlete participation.
• To act as a catalyst for enhancing CP opportunity and participation in sport and recreation.

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CPISRA’s 29th General Assembly took place from November 11th – 12th, 2016 in Sant Cugat, Spain.  Updating members on the new strategic direction and exciting future focus areas, the workshop programme and General Assembly gave an opportunity for members to feed in their own good practice, ideas and feedback. 18 countries from across the World attended and the atmosphere was very positive with strong support for the new strategy.

Workshop Programme

On Friday 11th November, CPISRA representatives delivered four workshops to update members on the progress and future direction of CPISRA:

• Strategic Direction
• World Games
• Adapted Sports
• Academy & Camps

General Assembly

Following on from the nomination and election process of the General Assembly, CPISRA members voted to elect the following individuals to the Executive Committee of CPISRA.

President:

Mr. Peter Drysdale

As Member at Large for CPISRA, Mr. Drysdale has been leading on developing a new Strategic Direction for CPISRA and therefore will work well in his new role as President to take the organisation forward.

Vice President:

Ms. Sandy Hermiston

Formerly in the role of Secretary General, Ms. Hermiston will continue as part of the Executive Committee in the role of Vice President.

Head of Education & Development:

Mr. Craig Carscadden

Elected by the members, Mr. Carscadden will continue in the role of Head of Development & Education.

CPISRA Committees and Networks

CPISRA is only a small organisation, and therefore it is vital that we work with our members, partners and wider stakeholders to develop sports and recreation opportunities for people with cerebral palsy and related neurological conditions. As we move forward, CPISRA will be developing its committee structure and introducing new networks to give the whole CP community a voice.

Hosts

CPISRA would like to share its gratitude to La Federació Esportiva Catalana de Paralítics Cerebrals (FECPC) for their warm and welcoming hospitality, in addition to their professional organisation of the General Assembly.

Passing of the Baton. Pictured left, outgoing CPISRA President Mr. Koos Engelbrecht congratulates Mr. Peter Drysdale on his appointment.

Contact CPISRA

If you would like to find out more or have any questions, contact us by clicking here

The 2015 CPISRA World Games in Nottingham, England provided a development and learning experience to help prepare many athletes for the Rio2016 Paralympic Games. We are pleased to highlight some of those athletes who competed in Nottingham and then continued on their journey to compete in Rio de Janeiro.

Athletics:

• Great Britain (GBR) Kadeena Cox competed in 3 events on the track coming away with a GOLD in the Athletics Women’s 400m - T38, SILVER in the Athletics Women’s 4x100m Relay – T35-38 and bronze in the Athletics Women’s 100m - T38.
  Kadeena also competed two Cycling events, which were the Cycling Road Women’s Road Race – C4-5 and winning GOLD the Cycling Track Women’s C4-5 500m Time Trial.

• Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Small took the BRONZE in the Athletics Men’s 100m - T33 in a personal best time.
• Great Britain (GBR) Abbie Hunnisett finished in 4^th place in the Athletics Women’s Club Throw – F31/F32

Football:

Players from the 2015 CPISRA World Games & IFCPF CP Football World Championships U19, who took part in the Rio2016 Football 7-a-side tournament included:

• Brazil (BRA) took BRONZE – Diego Delgado da Silva, Hudson Hyure do Carmo Januario, Igor Romero Rocha
• The Netherlands (NED) took 4^th Place– Stefan Boersma and Teddy Witjes
• Great Britain (GBR) took 5^th Place - England players Giles Moore and Ollie Nugent

Swimming:

• Great Britain (GBR) Ryan Crouch 8^th in Swimming Men’s 50m Freestyle – S9 and 4^th in his heat for the Swimming Men’s 100m Freestyle – S9

Our warmest congratulations to all these athletes for realising their dream of competing at the highest level available in their sport.

Further athletes:

The athletes listed above are just some of the athletes we are aware, but if you know of anyone else please contact CPISRA.

CPISRA World Games

The CPISRA World Games’ emphasis is to provide a development and learning experience to help prepare athletes for future sporting success at high profile events such as the Paralympic Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, ASEAN Para Games and ParaPan American Games.

The World Games is aligned to the following CPISRA’s strategic aims:

• Increase CP participation in sports and recreation across the world.
• Facilitate international competition pathways for CP athletes to progress from grass roots participation to elite competition, with emphasis on Youth and High Dependency Athletes.
• Increase and improve CP sport and recreational opportunities.
• Following our development of Boccia and CP Football, to continue to facilitate and support the development of adaptive sports.

In accordance with the above aims, the key objectives of the CPISRA World Games are:

• To allow CP athletes to achieve their best performance at international competition by providing appropriate conditions and services in an operationally sound environment.
• To provide a multi-sport event that delivers a learning experience that will help prepare athletes for future sporting success at major events such as the Paralympics.
• To create a friendly and supportive Games environment that encourages and develops athletes, team management, officials, coaches and volunteers.
• To emphasize youth and enable high dependency athlete participation.
• To act as a catalyst for enhancing CP opportunity and participation in sport and recreation.

Look out for updates coming soon about the 2018 CPISRA World Games. To stay up-to-date click here to sign up for all future announcements

Update on RaceRunning Netherlands

RaceRunning Netherlands are having a very busy and successful time.

On September 18^th, 13 racerunners were present at the mini Dam to Dam run (600 meters), which was fantastic! On September 21^st, Arnoud Edelman Bos and Petra van Schie delivered a workshop in Bergen op Zoom for children, adolescents, adults, and professionals. And on September 24^th the first Dutch Cup will take place in Rotterdam with a clinic also in the morning. 13 athletes have registered so far for the Cup with more expected.

RaceRunning in the Netherlands has really got going in the last 12 months and is now booming! - there are already 8 athletic or sport clubs who have RaceRunning groups (some training twice a week) with more in the pipeline. There are also a number of schools and rehabilitation centers where there are racerunners present.

For more information please go to links below, there are some great videos!

website : www.racerunner.nl

facebook : http://www.facebook.com/deracerunner/

7 RaceRunners participated in Parallel London 2016 held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the venue of the 2012 Paralympics. It was a fantastic inclusive event, catering for all ages and abilities. It was particularly great to see so many young disabled children either participating or enjoying the festival. Events were 100m, 1km, 5km and 10km. Well done to all the RaceRunners, who completed either 5km or 10km.

This July, the annual International RaceRunning Camp and Cup in Denmark reached a remarkable achievement of celebrating their 20^th Anniversary. The 20^th Anniversary of the International RaceRunning Camp and Cup included hosting of the 3rd CPISRA Open European Championship with over 80 athletes from 11 countries competing.

The Camp and Cup has achieved impressive growth in recent years with 8 new countries attending at least once in the last 4 years. With the Camp and Cup being a wonderful opportunity to introduce new athletes and new countries to the world of RaceRunning, this growth is expected to continue in the future. The Camp and Cup gives participants a chance to train and then compete against athletes who have the same classification as them which for some is their first opportunity to experience this. What is just as impressive as the growth that the International RaceRunning Camp and Cup has established, is the social aspect that they create so well. Athletes get to train with other athletes from different countries, do activities with each other and form friendships that will last due to a shared love of RaceRunning. For many of the participants the International RaceRunning Camp and Cup is one of the highlights of their year and is something they look forward to each year with great excitement. With the dedication and commitment of the organisers and the wonderful volunteers of the International RaceRunning Camp and Cup there will be many more years of success and growth beyond the 20th Anniversary year. Congratulations to all involved, both past and present, in achieving their 20^th Anniversary.

The CPISRA RaceRunning World Championship which is being held between the 13th to the 15th of July in Copenhagen, Denmark, is almost upon us. It is very much a global competition as there will be athletes from many different countries including Austria, Brazil, Denmark, England, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, The Faroe Islands and United States of America. This year’s championship is the biggest yet with a record breaking 98 athletes competing and 270 participants in total.

On Saturday 27^th May 2017, Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh collaborated with CPIRSA and researchers from Edinburgh University in order to stage the first RaceRunning Seminar within Scotland.

The day was very much a success as over 10 guest speakers from 4 different countries presented at the Seminar, each sharing their perspective on RaceRunning. Guest speakers included the Danish co-founder of RaceRunning, Connie Hansen, Dr Petra van Schie of VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam and Dr Liz Bryant of Chailey Heritage Clinical Services, England.

The morning session focused on the history of RaceRunning and the many benefits of the sport, whilst the afternoon session concentrated on the mechanics of a running bike and the exciting research being conducted by Edinburgh University in partnership with QMU. Also, PhD students from Edinburgh University displayed their posters about their RaceRunning related projects

CPIRSA was delighted to see that such a cross section of people attended the Seminar and to receive very positive feedback on the Seminar from various perspective. The attendees included academic researchers, university students, coaches, parents, athletes, sport administrators, volunteers and manufactures.

For more information on this event, please click: QMU RR Seminar Programme

CPISRA would like to take this opportunity to thank #RaceRunning Sweden, in particular, Vicki Skure-Eriksson for hosting the first international RaceRunning Assembly. The Assembly was a great success with over 140 athletes, coaches and classifiers from 11 countries taking part in the event. Well Done Sweden! Attached is the write up of the event by Craig Carscadden, CPISRA Head of Development and Education.

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CPISRA representatives attend the IPC Classification Research Forum held in Bonn, Germany 9-10 February 2017. From left to right in photo, Joan Steele-Mills, CPISRA Head of Classification,  Nicola Tennant (RaceRunning Scotland), Dr Martine Verheul (Edinburgh University) and Dr Marietta van der Linden (Queen Margaret University). Martine, Marietta and Nicola are leading the evidence based RaceRunning classification research being undertaken in collaboration with CPISRA.

We are delighted that the first International RaceRunning Assembly will be held in Uppsala, Sweden on February 24 to 26, 2017. Over the three days there will be three parallel programmes, Classification, Coaching & Officials and Athletes. To date registrations have been received from four continents.

For more information please click on this link. invitation.rr_.assembly.uppsala.2017

To register go to www.racerunning.se.

A beginners and advanced skicourse for children who are wheelchair users and/or unable to ski ambulant, organised by The Austrian Ski Federation and Para Sport Austria - Austrian Sports federation for disabled.

Ski Camp, April 17-23, 2017, in Weibseeferner Kaunertal, Austria
Registration deadline: January 10, 2017

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that, in accordance with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL), Sir Craig Reedie, Chairman of WADA’s Executive Committee, has approved lifting the suspension of the accreditation of the Doping Analysis Laboratory in Doha, Qatar. This reinstatement allows the Doha Laboratory to resume all of its anti-doping activities, including all analyses of urine and blood samples, with immediate effect.

The Doha Laboratory, which had its accreditation suspended on 7 November 2016 due to non-conformities with the ISL, has successfully resolved the non-conformities, and has acted on all recommendations that arose from an assessment conducted by the Laboratory Expert Group. As such, on 11 April 2017, the WADA Laboratory Expert Group recommended that the suspension be lifted.

“WADA is pleased to confirm that the Doha Laboratory’s accreditation has been reinstated approximately five months after the laboratory was suspended,” said WADA Director General, Olivier Niggli. “We would like to commend the Laboratory for the cooperation and hard work that led to this reinstatement. We are confident that the laboratory has corrected its deficiencies; and, our Laboratory Expert Group will now continue to monitor the laboratory’s performance to ensure that it operates to the high standards required by WADA,” he added.

Pursuant to the ISL, WADA is responsible for accrediting and re-accrediting anti-doping laboratories; thereby, ensuring that they maintain the highest quality standards. Whenever a laboratory does not meet ISL requirements, WADA may decide to suspend or revoke the laboratory’s accreditation. The high number of laboratory suspensions in 2016 and 2017 have been a direct result of the more stringent quality assessment procedures enacted by WADA to ensure laboratories maintain the highest standards.

As stipulated within the ISL, this decision to reinstate the Doha laboratory is communicated to all relevant national public authorities; national accreditation bodies; National Anti-Doping Organizations; National Olympic Committees; International Federations and the International Olympic Committee.

Last month witnessed one of the major international athletics competitions of the season – the Dubai IPC Athletics Grand Prix. The competition, which was held between the 20^th and 23^rd March, saw numerous athletes (including those with Cerebral Palsy) from throughout the world hitting records and obtaining good performances, which is especially important for attendance of the IPC World Athletics Championship 2017 held in London later on this year.

In the track, multiple of performances were done. Sophie Hahn, the current Paralympic 100m T38 champion from Great Britain, won the T37/38 100m and nearly broken her own world record by achieving a time of 12.87 seconds. Additionally, her teammate, Maria Lyle (a T35 runner) won her 100m race by doing a performance of 14.38.

Helping Great Britain with their success, Jordan Howe (T35) came second in the T35/36/42 100m with a performance 12.75 where teammate Paul Blake (T36) won with a time of 12.56. To top it all off for Great Britain, Craig Boardman won the T34 100m with a time of 15.72. However, the good performances did not just come out the Great Britain team as Mostafa Mohamed, a T37 athlete from Egypt, won the T37/38 100m with a time of 12.14.

As side from the track events, there were a number of field competitions which happened during the Dubai Grand Prix. Kamel Kardjena, an Algerian F33 athlete, came second in the F33 discus with a distance of 24.62m, being beaten by Hani Alnakhli from Saudi Arabia who won with a distance of 31.03.

In the men’s F32 shot putt, there was a double triumph for Algeria where Lahouari Bahlaz threw a distance of 8.92m ahead of his teammate Karim Betina who threw 8.82m. Also, from the United Arab Emirates and a F34 thrower, Abdullah Hayayei won the men’s F34/54 discus with a distance of 28.52m, whereas the Egyptian Mohamed Ramadan won the men’s F37 discus with a throw of 47.49m. On top of this, Petr Vratill (who is classified as a F38 and who is from the Czech Republic) won the F12/13/35/38 javelin with a distance of 40.46m.

With the male field athletes, the female field athletes also did good performances. Naibil Vatunisolo of Fiji threw a new F42 Oceania record of 5.85m, whilst Mounia Gasmi who is a F32 thrower from Algeria, managed to win the women’s F32/51 club throw with a distance of 25.85m.

For the latest development in the para swimming competition programme please click on below link:

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Registration for September’s VISTA 2017 conference for sports scientists and experts in Para sport in Toronto, Canada, is now open at www.vista2017.com with organisers offering a special early bird discount for attendees.

To be held between 20-23 September, the eighth VISTA conference is organised through a partnership between the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO).

This year’s theme is “Opportunities and Challenges in Paralympic Sport Science and Sport Medicine Support,” and around 300 of the world’s leading sports scientists, sport medicine practitioners, classifiers, coaches, athletes and sport administrators are expected to attend.  The event will take place at the Chelsea Hotel and the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario.

Following an Opening Ceremony on 20 September, the three-day conference will feature keynote speakers, invited symposia and free communications.  The biennial IPC Paralympic Scientific Award will also be presented.

Registration is now open at www.vista2017.com and everyone booking before 15 June 2017 can take advantage of an early bird registration fee of CAD 400, which represents a 12.5 per cent discount on the listed price.  Students can book their places for CAD 200 and all registering delegates can take advantage of a special discounted accommodation rate at the Chelsea Hotel.

The registration fee includes participation in all conference sessions, an invitation to the Opening Ceremony and an Evening of Interactive Learning and Scientific Celebration on 22 September. Also included are lunch and refreshments during breaks, and airport transfers to and from Pearson International Airport and the Chelsea Hotel.

VISTA was first held in 1993 in Jasper, Canada, and has since developed a global reputation for acting as a platform for debate, discussion and dialogue on key issues relating to the growth of the Paralympic Movement.

The event is designed to promote and advance the mission, goals, objectives and reputation of the IPC. It also provides a platform for the academic world to meet with athletes and professional experts in the field of sport for athletes with an impairment.

It provides a forum for exchange on the latest information, research and expertise related to the Paralympic Movement and promotes cross-disciplinary interaction among sport scientists, athletes, coaches, administrators and the media.

Further information regarding registration and speakers for VISTA 2017 can be found at www.vista2017.com.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that from Wednesday (30 November) it is to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as the International Federation for, a process that is expected to take the next 12 months to complete.

As part of the rebrand the IPC sports will adopt new names and new identities using the World Para prefix. The decision to change the sport committee names of each sport has been taken to make it clearer to the public which sport the IPC is responsible for and to make each Para sport more distinctive from their Olympic or able-bodied equivalents. The rebranding also ensures that the Agitos, the Paralympic symbol, and the word Paralympic are only used in connection with the Paralympic Games.

The new identities for each Para sport clearly depict the sport as well as impairments in the logos and competition emblems.

In addition to the new names and identities, the competition names in each sport will also adopt a revised format to give greater prominence to the host city.  All summer sports will follow the new competition name format immediately whilst for winter sports the process will be staggered.  With the winter season already underway, only the World Championships will follow the new format to start with and a full switchover for the other competitions will take place before the 2017/2018 season.

Three of the 10 IPC sports have notable changes as a result of the rebrand.  Ice sledge hockey will be known as Para ice hockey following requests from the sport’s community and due to the fact that “sledge” has different meanings across various languages.

In order to avoid any confusion with Parachuting, shooting will be known as shooting Para sport, whilst wheelchair dance sport’s transition to Para dance sport is in line with the IPC’s aspiration to further grow participation in the sport beyond wheelchair users.  With the new name it is hoped that new categories for stand-up dancers wearing prosthesis can be included.

The new names are as follows (from 30 November):

(Existing IPC sport committee name; new IPC sport committee name; sport name)

IPC Athletics; World Para Athletics; Para athletics

IPC Powerlifting; World Para Powerlifting; Para powerlifting

IPC Shooting; World Shooting Para Sport; Shooting Para sport

IPC Swimming; World Para Swimming; Para swimming

IPC Alpine Skiing; World Para Alpine Skiing; Para alpine skiing

IPC Biathlon; World Para Nordic Skiing; Para Nordic skiing

IPC Cross-Country; World Para Nordic Skiing; Para Nordic skiing

IPC Ice Sledge Hockey; World Para Ice Hockey; Para ice hockey

IPC Snowboard; World Para Snowboard; Para snowboard

IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport; World Para Dance Sport; Para dance sport

Alexis Schaefer, the IPC’s Commercial and Marketing Director, said: “Our aim with the rebranding of the 10 IPC Sports is three-fold.  Firstly, we hope using ‘Para’ will make the sports more distinctive from the equivalent Olympic or able-bodied sports.  Secondly, the new look for each sport allows for a more consistent and uniform promotion of Para sport.  Finally, this move ensures that the Agitos and the word Paralympic is only used in association with the Paralympic Games.

“Although the new sport names and identities have been launched on 30 November, we expect the rebrand process, which will cover a number of assets in each sport, will take a full 12 months to complete.”

The new logos for each sport feature a pod design and various elements that can be incorporated into competition emblems.

The 2nd Oceania Para Taekwondo Open Championships was held in Suva, Fiji on November 27, 2016! 12 athletes from 6 countries from 4 continents participated in the P20, P30 and K40 competitions. The results from P30 are:

P33 Male : 1. Wei-en Haung - Chinese Taipei

P34 Female: 1. Janine Watson - Australia