by kbrown | Nov 16, 2016 | IPC WC - London 2017, Uncategorized
“Operation Big Ben” is now underway as the JPA prepares for the 2017 London World Para Athletics Championships where, it is being planned, our para athletes will have their best showing ever in international competition. London has treasured memories of the 2012...
by kbrown | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Men’s T46/47 400m at this year’s Rio Olympic Games will for the first time have a black, green and gold flag bearer in the person of Shane Hudson. He is tracking Rio and is in training at the revered track and field club, the Racer’s Track Club,...
by kbrown | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Multiple Paralympic gold medallist, Alphanso “the Ambassador” Cunningham will face challenges in Rio as his class in both the javelin and shot put has been merged with higher classes and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has jettison the Raza...
by kbrown | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Paralympic newcomer . makes her maiden voyage to Rio this summer where she will compete in the club throw, an historic feat as she is the first Jamaican para athlete to compete in this event. Residing in the cool climes of Mandeville has helped her to approach her...
by kbrown | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Jamaica’s Paralympians are in gear and rhythm for the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games described widely as “the biggest paralympic sporting event on the planet” and which will take place between September 7 to 18 in the pulsating samba mecca of the world....
by kbrown | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
“The Caribbean Association of National Paralympic Committees (CANPC) has a signal role to play in accentuating the advocacy of the disabled community in Its member nations which span the English, Spanish and French speaking Caribbean and includes countries in...
The Paralympic sport of boccia is on the move after a series of webinars, face to face technical and coaching seminars and athlete training sessions which were conducted by the experienced international senior boccia coach and World Boccia contributor, Peter Hornig, of Jamaican paternal parentage and President of Boccia Jamaica. The Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), … Read more
Paralympic“Slam Dunk”with Majesty Gardens Youth Basketballers It was all about the majesty of the mind, heart and soul when the Majesty Gardens youth basketball team was hosted recently by the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, the venerable birth place of the Paralympic movement in Jamaica. It was the second … Read more
Massage therapist Rushane Sterling says he has been entrusted with one of the most crucial and delicate jobs for Jamaica’s senior netball team, which is to provide therapeutic massages to the Sunshine Girls in preparation for the 2023 Vitality Netball World Cup. The Vitality Netball World Cup will be the 16th staging of the premier competition … Read more
Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) president Christopher Samuda is hoping that certified classifiers from the region will be the first step into widening the pool of para-athletes for future major global games. Samuda was speaking at yesterday’s opening day of the Caribbean Para Athletics Classifiers Seminar. The seminar, which is the first time that Jamaica is … Read more
In a demonstration of international comity and solidarity in sport, the Jamaica Olympic Association, JOA, and the Jamaica Paralympic Association, JPA, recently inked a renewal of their historic partnership with the Tottori Prefecture in a virtual signing ceremony. The first of its kind in global sport, the parties expressed continued confidence in their bi-lateral relationship. … Read more