Ecuador celebrations mark 500 days to 2015 Inas Global Games

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There were celebrations this week in Ecuador to mark 500 days until the opening ceremony of the 2015 Inas Global Games which take place in the city of Guayaquil.

To mark the event, the Games entry information has been published.

Screen Shot 2014-05-10 at 22.07.24The 2015 Games are the fourth edition of the Inas Global Games and will include nine sports: athletics, basketball, cycling, futsal, rowing, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, and tennis table.

Juan Carlos Araujo, President of Paralympic Sport Club Primos y Primas expressed great joy how preparations for the event have been growing, and he also explained in detail how Guayaquil 2015 Global Games will offer a great opportunity not only for para-athletes to show their skills but also to Ecuador to show internationally its tourism.

The celebration took place in the presence of Ecuadorian athletes, swimmers Jéssica Lalama and Jorge Luis Jaime.

page1image14224page1image14384Next month, the second site visit will take place including the President, Secretary General and Executive Director of Inas and will include meetings with local dignitaries, Games Organisers and supporters and Arq. Pierina Correa, President of Guayas Sport Federation, Hostess of Guayaquil 2015.

Inas launches process to find 2019 Global Games hosts

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opening ceremony 2011Inas has today launched the bidding process to find the hosts of the 2019 Inas Global Games.

The Global Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with an intellectual disability and take place every four years. The 2019 event will be the 5th edition of the Games, and will follow Guayaquil, Ecuador who will host the 2015 Global Games in approximately 18 months time.

By beginning the bid process much earlier, it is hoped that nations will have much greater time to consider and prepare a bid, and much greater time for the winning host to plan and organise this prestigious event, reflecting the growing size, status and standard of the Games.

The bidding process will culminate next April when the winning host will be announced at the 2015 Inas General Assembly – enabling the winning nation to attend the 2015 Global Games in Ecuador as observers – and providing a full four-years to organise and deliver the 2019 event.

Full details about the bid process for the Games will be available on the Inas website at www.inas.org/technical/inas-global-games/ from today. Please note that any nation who is interested in bidding should submit the expression of interest no later than 30th September 2014 and the deadline for full bids is strictly 31st January 2015.

Inas launches process to find 2019 Global Games hosts

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opening ceremony 2011Inas has today launched the bidding process to find the hosts of the 2019 Inas Global Games.

The Global Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with an intellectual disability and take place every four years. The 2019 event will be the 5th edition of the Games, and will follow Guayaquil, Ecuador who will host the 2015 Global Games in approximately 18 months time.

By beginning the bid process much earlier, it is hoped that nations will have much greater time to consider and prepare a bid, and much greater time for the winning host to plan and organise this prestigious event, reflecting the growing size, status and standard of the Games.

The bidding process will culminate next April when the winning host will be announced at the 2015 Inas General Assembly – enabling the winning nation to attend the 2015 Global Games in Ecuador as observers – and providing a full four-years to organise and deliver the 2019 event.

Full details about the bid process for the Games will be available on the Inas website at www.inas.org/technical/inas-global-games/ from today. Please note that any nation who is interested in bidding should submit the expression of interest no later than 30th September 2014 and the deadline for full bids is strictly 31st January 2015.

International Relations Officer appointed to 2015 Inas Global Games

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2015 global gamesThe Organising Committee for the 2015 Inas Global Games has announced the appointment of Sarah Price (UK) as their International Relations Officer, with immediate effect.

Sarah will assume responsibility for all communication between the Organising Committee and Inas members.

Sarah’s first language is English, but she also speaks fluent Spanish, having lived and worked in Ecuador and in Chile. She has previously worked as a translator/interpreter for Inas and is a qualified Spanish and French teacher with some knowledge of Portuguese and she holds a BA Hons degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies. Sarah has worked with young people with intellectual disabilities both in a specialist college and in employment services. She is an active, sporty person and at weekends she coaches minis rugby.

“I’m very excited about the appointment, and really looking forward to contributing to what promises to be a truly fantastic event.”

President of the Organising Committee in Guayaquil, Juan Carlos Araujo, added “I am delighted that Sarah has accepted this position. Her fluency in English and Spanish, her familiarity with Latin American culture and her knowledge of Inas together make her an invaluable addition to the Organising Committee”.

Sarah will be based in the UK and can be contacted at [email protected]

International Relations Officer appointed to 2015 Inas Global Games

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2015 global gamesThe Organising Committee for the 2015 Inas Global Games has announced the appointment of Sarah Price (UK) as their International Relations Officer, with immediate effect.

Sarah will assume responsibility for all communication between the Organising Committee and Inas members.

Sarah’s first language is English, but she also speaks fluent Spanish, having lived and worked in Ecuador and in Chile. She has previously worked as a translator/interpreter for Inas and is a qualified Spanish and French teacher with some knowledge of Portuguese and she holds a BA Hons degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies. Sarah has worked with young people with intellectual disabilities both in a specialist college and in employment services. She is an active, sporty person and at weekends she coaches minis rugby.

“I’m very excited about the appointment, and really looking forward to contributing to what promises to be a truly fantastic event.”

President of the Organising Committee in Guayaquil, Juan Carlos Araujo, added “I am delighted that Sarah has accepted this position. Her fluency in English and Spanish, her familiarity with Latin American culture and her knowledge of Inas together make her an invaluable addition to the Organising Committee”.

Sarah will be based in the UK and can be contacted at [email protected]

Eligibility Panel members sought

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Inas is looking for qualified psychologists to join its international Eligiblity Panel. The panel of volunteers works under the direction of the Inas Eligibility Committee and is responsible for assessing athlete primary eligibility applications.

For further details, please visit the vacancies page.

 

 

Australian Track & Field Championships

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Entries are invited for the Australian Track and Field Championships, which take place in Melbourne in April. For the first time, the event is sanctioned by Inas.

Event information 

Australian Tennis Championships underway

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The Australian Open Tennis Championships began yesterday with 43 players with an intellectual disability (31 men, 12 women), including 4 entries from the USA and 2 from Japan.

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The event, now in its 17th year, is sanctioned by Inas.

The Championships are attached to the Australian Open and have attracted a large number of entries with all players enjoying the good weather and great facilities. The influx of international players has been welcomed by Tennis Australia and the Australian players who are enjoying the increased profile and additional competition.

With players from several other countries expressing interest in the Championships organisers are looking forward to a greater international presence in 2015.

Players will play singles and doubles over three days with finals to be played at Melbourne Park on Saturday the 25th of January.

Following the Championships there will be a match between Australia and the USA in Benalla played on grass courts.

Inas bidding to include Basketball in Tokyo 2020

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Inas has today officially launched its bid to include basketball for athletes with an intellectual disability in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games programme.

If successful, the sport would join athletics, swimming and table tennis  – the only sports that currently include competition for the classification group – within the Paralympic programme.

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On submitting the bid, Amaury Russo (Inas President) said “We realise that the application process is a very competitive process and we face tough competition from other sports. However, basketball for athletes with an intellectual disability is not a new sport within the Paralympic Games, but a re-instatement of a sport that already featured until 2000 in Sydney. By Tokyo, 20 years and 4 Paralympic Games will have passed without ID Basketball, and it is time to put that right”.

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Taekwondo added to 2015 Inas Global Games Programme

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Inas, the International Federation for sport for para-athletes with an intellectual disability has reached an agreement with the World Taekwondo Federation to include taekwondo as a demonstration sport in the 2015 Inas Global Games.

The decision reflects the World Taekwondo Federation’s ongoing commitment to making taekwondo accessible for all and follows an agreement signed between the two organisations earlier this year in June.  As part of the agreement WTF will increase its efforts to promote taekwondo for athletes with an intellectual disability throughout the world by working closely with its national federations to further develop the sport within those nations.

President of the World Taekwondo Federation, Chungwon Choue, said:

“It is an honour for para-taekwondo to be included as a demonstration sport in the 2015 Inas Global Games. Inas has done an excellent job in promoting sports for athletes with an intellectual disability for over twenty years and we are extremely excited about the opportunity to work with them. We look forward to learning from their vast experience and expertise in order to develop para-taekwondo further.”

Inas was formed in 1985 and has grown to a membership of more than 65 nations across the world, representing many thousands of athletes with an intellectual disability. The Inas Global Games, held every four years, is the largest sporting event for elite athletes with an intellectual disability and features World Championship competition in seven sports. More than 1000 athletes are expected to compete at the next Global Games in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 2015. Taekwondo is the first demonstration sport to be confirmed on the programme.

Nick Parr, Inas Executive Director, explained:

“Inas is delighted to see para-taekwondo added to the programme. The decision is a recognition of the commitment made by WTF to create more competitive opportunities for athletes with an intellectual disability, and I look forward to seeing the sport develop over the coming years”.