Inas confirm appointments to sport roles

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Inas has today confirmed the appointment of a number of its key sports personnel as it continues to build on the momentum of the recent London Paralympic Games.
The Sport Director roles – all voluntary – are responsible for managing and growing the Inas sport programme over the next four years. The appointments are seen as crucial as Inas seeks to build on the successful re-inclusion of athletes with an intellectual disability in Paralympic sport, and coincides with the publication of the organisations new 4 year strategy.
Nick Parr, Executive Director, explained “Inas has set itself some ambitious targets for the next four years. We particularly want to reach areas of the World where pathways for athletes with an intellectual disability are less well developed and strengthen our sports programme – particularly the Inas Global Games. These appointments are a critical first step and I believe we have some fantastic individuals to lead our sports as we turn our attention to Rio De Janeiro in 2016”
Adam Pine, a former Olympic and Commonwealth swimmer and currently Paralympic High Performance Manager with Swimming Australia has been appointed Sport Director for Swimming, whilst Lorraine Landon – former General Manager, National Teams with Basketball Australia, Chair of the FIBA Women’s Commission and a 2011 inductee of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame – takes the Basketball role.
John Ball, a former Football Development Officer in England has been appointed to a joint role of Sport Director Football/Futsal, whilst Karen Ross – Performance Manager for Tennis Scotland – takes over in Tennis.
And finally, Winston Stubbs (South Africa) will continue in the role of Sport Director for Cricket – a developing sport in the Inas programme – and a role that he has held since 2011.
Each has been tasked with developing a plan for their sport, to grow participation worldwide.
Further appointments in additional sports are due in the coming weeks.

PhD opportunity

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The Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences at Canterbury Christchurch University (UK) are looking for a full-time PhD scholarship to work on the project ‘cognitive profiling sporting competence in athletes with intellectual disabilities’ and will support the wider research work overseen by Inas/IPC to develop classification for athletes with an intellectual disability.

For further information visit the university website.

Inas Asia General Assembly

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The 2nd Inas Asia General Assembly will take place in Rio De Janieri, Brazil on 30 April 2013, directly after the 2013 Inas General Assembly.

Motions from nations are requested to submit within one month (by 7 March 2013) for discussion in the Inas Asia General Assembly and for further information please contact David Ip (Secretary General) at [email protected]

Information from ITTF regarding table tennis classification/competition opportunities

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Table Tennis players should note the information from the ITTF regarding classification and competition opportunities in 2013.

2012 swimming gold-medallist has building named after her

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Jessica-Jane Applegate (GB) who took gold in the 200 metres freestyle for swimmers with an intellectual disability has had a building, which will care for people with intellectual disabilities and Asperger’s syndrome, named in her honour.

Read the full story.

Delegates gather for first Inas Eligibility Officer conference

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Almost 40 delegates representing 20 nations are gathered in Manchester, UK this weekend for the organisations first conference for National Eligibility Officers. Delegates will receive an update on Inas activities and plans for the future before workshops on the eligibility criteria and application process.

The conference is led by Professor Jan Burns (Inas Head of Eligibility) and aims to improve understanding of the process and the standard of applications.

Classification research to be conducted at Inas World Skiing Championships

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The joint Inas-IPC research group, who managed the successful development of sport-specific classification systems for athletes with an intellectual disability ahead of the 2012 Paralympic Games, have confirmed that research will be conducted at the 2013 Inas World Nordic Skiing Championships in anticipation of possible inclusion in the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games.

Whilst the project is very much in its infancy, it raises hope that athletes with an intellectual disability might compete within the Winter Paralympics, following their successful re-integration into the Summer Paralympic Games in London last year.

Inas encourages all its members to support the process by entering athletes into the event – the closing date is 10th February. Further details can be found on the calendar page.

Indoor Athletics – website now available

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The event website for the 2013 Inas European Indoor Athletics Championships is now available.

The event takes place in Istanbul, Turkey and will be attended by 11 teams.

Positions available…

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Inas has a number of voluntary positions available. These include:

Further information about the roles can be found by clicking the links above and the closing date for applications is 8th March 2013.

World Skiing Championships website launched

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The website of the 7th Inas World Skiing Championships, which take place in Turkey, has been launched. The event will be attended by members of the Inas-IPC Joint Research Group in order to progress the development of a sports-specific classification system as part of the work to secure inclusion in the Winter Paralympic Games in 2018.