Providing the 2012 office have their sums correct there’s 442 days to go until the Olympic Games and the good news is whilst millions around the world are waiting with trepidation to see if they have been successful in the ticket lottery details have been released on how you can attend the Paralympics.
David Weir and Amanda McGrory had something to celebrate yesterday after winning the Men and Women's Virgin's London Marathon Wheelchair race.
On May 12th we are going to find ourselves chilling at a live music venue watching an up and coming new band called 'Brother'. Although after buying one of our many pints of larger at the bar we will be raising our glasses to the inspirational guys cycling from Tynemouth to Cumbria fundraising on the behalf of the Spinal Injury charity, Back-Up.
Just before Christmas we told you that the next Paralympics may loose out to a terrestrial TV broadcast.
Under normal circumstances taking a call before a meeting would seem inappropriate especially for those who have travelled a fair distance to meet you. But this is under no ordinary circumstances, the guy on the phone goes under the name of Lewis Hamilton and this call is important.
We here at ABLE2 always try to be topical. OK, so maybe our Reading festival was later than an appearance from Axl Rose and we are still researching who the hell Ed Miliband thinks he is, but thanks to a certain well-known footballer who is currently dominating the front and back pages it seems the ideal time to tell you about the Manchester United Disabled Supporters' Association. This for the sake of our crippled little typing fingers will now be referred to as the MUDSA for the rest of this article.
Boyle is to be the artistic director for the London Olympic Games in 2012. Danny Boyle that is, not the offensive comedian Frankie, mind you having the comedy genius in charge would spice things up a little wouldn't it? Anyway, back to the genius behind films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting and a list of more classic movies that stretches down his Internet Movie Database page.
The mascots for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games have been revealed and...They look pretty crap.
Wenlock and Mandeville, which in our eyes bear resemblance to two xx large condoms, have been designed by focus groups of children and families accompanied by a story conjured up from children’s author Michael Morpurgo.
It seems that the Paralympics is finally having the publicity it so rightly deserves. A while ago Channel 4 rescored the games coverage after the 2012 television broadcast was in jeopardy. This has had a positive domino effect on the games which now has a major sponsor backing from a highly successful supermarket chain.
In just under four months time football fans across the world will unite, celebrate, cheer, cry and the probably punch each others face in as the FIFA World Cup 'kicks off' on 11th June in South Africa.
For those footballers who haven't a chance making this years England squad, for example those with disabilities and David Beckham (Some would argue they fit in the same category) there is now the opportunity to join the Football 7-a-side team at the annual BT Paralympic World Cup.