Huge congratulations to Get Kids Going! Ambassador Aled Davies for his first Commonwealth Games Gold medal. Aled won a gold medal for shot in the Tokyo Paralympics last year. However in the Commonwealth Games he switched to discus when he knew there was an opportunity to add the missing gold from his collection. Aled was…[Read More]
Congratulations to Get Kids Going! supported athlete Fabienne Andre for her bronze medal in Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Huge congratulations to Fabienne Andre for her first Commonwealth Games medal. She picked up a bronze medal in the women’s T33/34 100 metres on 2nd August 2022. She had an excellent finish time of 19:58 seconds and beating Paralympic bronze medallist Australian Robyn Lambird by 10 seconds to take third place. Fabienne, who lives in…[Read More]
Congratulations to Get Kids Going! supported athlete Eden Rainbow-Cooper for her silver medal in Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Huge congratulations to Eden Rainbow-Cooper for her first Commonwealth Games medal. She picked up a silver medal in the women’s T53/54 marathon on 30th July 2022. She came in at just under the two hour mark, four minutes behind Australia’s Madison de Rozario who took the gold medal. Eden, who lives in Havant is an…[Read More]
Get Kids Going! supporting the England Team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event with a fully integrated programme of para sport disciplines and this year’s Games promises to be extra special with big crowds cheering on the athletes after Tokyo 2020 took place behind closed doors. Birmingham 2022 has the Commonwealth Games’ biggest Para-sports programme, with 42 events across eight sports.…[Read More]
Get Kids Going! supporting the GB Team at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Millie Knight – VI Skier Millie, who lives in Canterbury, Kent, has been supported by Get Kids Going! for a number of years since she started her Paralympic journey in Sochi – being her first winter paralympic games when she carried the flag for the GB Team at the opening ceremony. Millie’s guide is, Brett…[Read More]
Congratulations to Get Kids Going!’s wheelchair racers for their results in Brighton Half Marathon
Get Kids Going! wheelchair racers performed brilliantly in the recent Brighton Half Marathon, one of the first UK road races of 2022. Paralympian athlete Moatez “Mo” Jomni won the men’s wheelchair race with a time of 62 minutes and 15 seconds. We were also delighted that Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the women’s wheelchair race with a…[Read More]
Congratulations to wheelchair racer Shelly Woods for completing three marathons in three weeks
Get Kids Going! Ambassador Shelly Woods fulfilled her amazing challenge of completing three marathons in three weeks. She came 5th in her third marathon – the Boston Marathon with a time of 1hour, 54mins, 33secs Her time of 1 hour 42 mins 36 sec in Berlin was her fastest marathon time in 10 years. In…[Read More]
Paralympian & Get Kids Going Ambassador Millie Knight ahead of the Winter Paralympics
Get Kids Going! Ambassador Millie Knight is really looking ahead for the winter season of skiing. The visually impaired Paralympic skier, who we have supported for the past 8 years, shared her training diary with us. “After a total of 7 weeks in Saas Fee, I am finally home for a bit of a breather…[Read More]
Congratulations to wheelchair racer Shelly Woods for completing three marathons in three weeks
Get Kids Going! Ambassador Shelly Woods fulfilled her amazing challenge of completing three marathons in three weeks. She came 5th in her third marathon – the Boston Marathon with a time of 1hour, 54mins, 33secs Her time of 1 hour 42 mins 36 sec in Berlin was her fastest marathon time in 10 years. In…[Read More]