Month: September 2012

  • Post Games Media

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    Legacy work from the Sitting volleyball. Custom House teachers face Team USA in sitting volleyball match. read more from local press Team USA, Aldrich, wins Silver. More about the USA Team in the Local Press Holloway wins silver medal at Paralympic Games. Read article in the local press   USA Volleyball. Sitting volleyball player Katie Holloway (5) of the…

  • Day 10 Media

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    Bosnia unseat Iran to win volleyball gold (mind the typo/punt used in the above title!)  2012 London Paralympics – Day 10 – Sitting Volleyball. By Dennis Grombkowski (GETTY) – 2 hours ago LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 08: Sadegh Bigdeli of the Islamic Republic of Iran and teammates Davood Alipourian and Seyedsaeid Ebrahimibaladezaei block a ball during the…

  • 2012 Day 10 Summary

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    After a few days break from summarising the sitting volleyball tournament. The final day’s summary ends with Subject Thrilling end the the Sitting Volleyball Tournament Description EGY 2 – 3 BRA (14-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-15, 13-15)GER 3 – 2 RUS (20-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 16-14) BIH 3 – 1 IRI (19-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-15) Details…

  • Day 9 Media

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    Volleyball men put up a fight. Lee Power.  Great Britain’s men suffered another straight-sets defeat in the sitting volleyball competition last night, this time against Brazil. And the best the hosts can now hope for at these Paralympic Games is a seventh-place finish in the 10-team tournament. Having put up a fight in their defeat…

  • Day 8 Media

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    Videos of USA in action. Watch by clicking on this! Sitting Volleyball – GER vs CHN – Men’s Quarterfinal 1 – Match 35 – London 2012 Paralympic Games. Watch on youtube

  • Day 7 Media

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    UCO’s Holloway selected as finalist for 2012 Team Sportswoman of the Year Award. To vote for Holloway, visit www.womenssportsfoundation.org. Voting is open through Sept. 9. See some of her Paralympic bloggers videos. Katie Holloway – Controversy & Education, Paralympics 2012 Katie Holloway – Pregame Bus Ride, Paralympics 2012 Katie Holloway – Goalball Experience, Paralympics 2012 Katie…

  • 2012 Day 7 Summary

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    Subject Germany safely through Description GER 3 – 2 CHN (19-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-10) Germany come back from behind to seal the first semi-finals place in the men’s sitting volleyball competition RUS 3 – 2 BRA (18-25, 25-15, 25-15, 19-25, 15-8) EGY 0 – 3 BIH (17-25, 16-25, 22-25) UKR 0 – 3 USA…

  • Day 6 Media

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    London 2012 Paralympics: Claire Harvey and GB women’s sitting volleyball lose to Brazil in first classification game. read more More Photos from GB women training Another Course training material U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball smash their way through semis. read from ParalympicUSA DALTON-RAISED WALKER TOP SCORES FOR GB SITTING VOLLEYBALL TEAM IN GERMANY LOSS. Local press about Charlie Walker (GBR…

  • 2012 Day 6 Summary

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    Subject Iran and Germany win their pool, Brazil and Slovenia win their 5-8 play-off matches Description EGY 1 – 3 GER (16-25, 22-25, 25-23, 24-26) A hotly contested match between old rivals Germany and Egypt took place on a warm and early day at the Excel Centre for the Sitting volleyball, final pool stages match.…

  • Day 5 Media

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    The entire game between Slovenia and Brazil can be watched on Youtube Then entire game between Russia and Morocco can be watched on Youtube  The match that GBR won to make history as they beat MAR Youtube More links on this; Paralympic.org More news about Slovenia (particularly their match against China). The gruelling workout of Martine Wright: Secrets of a Paralympic…