Competitions for Athletes with a Disability

Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington will stand alongside World Champions Liam Tancock, Gemma Spofforth and Keri-Anne Payne when they represent England at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of a 45-strong swimming squad which was finalised today after last weekend’s final selection event.

The team, announced by Commonwealth Games England, will compete for Commonwealth honours against the likes of world number two swimming nation Australia, the emerging might of Canada and a strong South African squad while rivalries with Scotland and Wales will be fierce.

Paralympic Champion Sam Hynd has been forced to withdraw from the IPC Swimming World Championships after failing to recover from a neck injury.

Hynd has had to miss both training and the orientation camp that was held by the British Disability Swimming Team, powered by British Gas, due to his on-going injury problem.

19 to 22 August 2010 - Bath

Want to be a part of a National Sporting Event? Do you want to be part of a fun and engaging atmosphere? Be a Volunteer at the British Transplant Games!

Plans are now finalised to find a 100 strong volunteer team to help deliver the 2010 British Transplant Games in Bath.

The Games are organised by Transplant Sport UK (TSUK), with the aims of demonstrating to the public the benefits of organ transplantation, encourage transplantees to live life to the full with exercise and social interaction, and to promote awareness of the desperate need for more organ donors.

Sunday 30 / Monday 31 May 2010 - Manchester Aquatics Centre

The best in Great Britain will face fierce competition from world class international athletes in what promises to be an explosive finale to the BT PWC filmed live by the BBC.

Sunday (3pm to 5.15pm) sees the "MD Fast and Furious 50's".

Monday (w/up 1pm, start 2pm) - watch GB swimmers compete live against teams from the Americas, Europe and the Rest of the World as they battle to gain enough points to win the trophy for their sport.

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From 2 to 5 September 2010 - Sunderland Aquatic Centre (swimming)

Over 1,600 elite school aged athletes will compete in cycling, athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball with disability events in swimming, athletics and table tennis. The Sainsbury's UK School Games are designed to provide an environment which replicates Olympic and Paralympic Games with an opening and closing ceremony and an athlete's village.

Since the first UK School Games, British Swimming has positioned the Sainsbury's UK School Games in the swimmer pathway, sitting just below the top level of swimmers, aged 16 years and under, that enter the European Youth Championships. For disability swimming it sits just below the World Class programme. This offers an opportunity for athletes to take part in a multi sport competition that will provide them with an invaluable educational and inspirational experience. Teams are selected on the basis of their performances in specific events throughout the calendar.

Eight teams representing England North, England Central, England East, England South, Scotland North & West, Scotland South & East, Ireland and Wales.

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15 to 21 August 2010 - Eindhoven, Holland

A 30-strong British Disability Swimming team, powered by British Gas, has been announced for the IPC Swimming World Championships.

South west athletes will be taking on the best swimmers in the world during the competition. The British challenge will be headed up by Double Paralympic Champion Eleanor Simmonds as she prepares for her second IPC Swimming World Championships.

16 to 18 April 2010 - Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Over 250 swimmers from 18 countries will compete at this weekend's Championships. World record holders and Paralympic medallists will join their rivals in the pool, including double gold medallists Eleanor Simmonds and Sam Hynd. Other British stars include David Roberts, James Crisp, Jonathan Fox, Sascha Kindred and Liz Johnson.

The event also incorporates the British team, powered by British Gas, for the World Swimming Championships later this year in Eindhoven. Crisp, Fox, Kindred and Johnson all broke world records at the recent British Gas Swimming Championships, so all eyes will be on them to secure their place in the team.

Bath Uni swimmer Liz Johnson broke her own world record in the SB6 100m Breaststroke, clocking 1:39.58- the same event she won Paralympic gold in Beijing.