Panathlon Challenge

The Biggest Panathlon Challenge ever !

On Friday 10th May, at the birth place of the Paralympics, Stoke Mandeville, Panathlon held its largest competition ever with a "double header" involving 7 different counties competing in two separate competitions.
162 Disabled competitors from 11 different schools from Beds, Bucks, Berks, London, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire competed in 6 different Panathlon sports.

Panathlon worked in partnership with the English Federation of Disability Sport and their competition arm, Disability Sports Events to host such a large competition. You can see some of the photo's from the day here and the results here.

Kevin Hughes, Inclusion Lead at Arbour Vale School, said: “ It’s been phenomenal. The team have absolutely loved it. For us, Panathlon is about giving the opportunity to students to compete in a range of sports. To be able to come here with kids with a range of disabilities, from severe learning difficulties to physical impairments, is absolutely magnificent and something we really appreciate.

Read more about the day here.

2012 Review ! Panathlon delivered 25 Panathlon Young Officials Courses (qualifying 300 young leaders), 5 different NGB Courses (Swimming, Boccia, Table Cricket, Polybat and Kurling) and organised 46 multi-sport competitions involving over 3,000 disabled young people from over 200 schools.

Watch another little clip here -

The Panathlon Challenge has been granted the Inspire Mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme (see news for full story)

All of the work we do is funded by our supporters, some of which are seen below. A huge thank you for supporting the work our charity does.