Special Olympics GB announces team for World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi
15th March 2018
Special Olympics GB is delighted to announced its team for the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi.
The World Summer Games is the biggest global event for Special Olympics every four years. For this World Games, #TeamSOGB will be sending a delegation of 129 athletes (125 Special Olympics GB athletes and 4 unified partners) to the #AbuDhabi2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games to take part in 17 sports. They will be part of around 7,000 other athletes with learning disabilities from around the globe. The 15th Special Olympics World Summer Games will be take place from 14th 21st March 2019. Special Olympics GB will be one of 168 countries taking part. Special Olympics is for athletes with intellectual (learning) disabilities including autism, Down's Syndrome and other learning disabilities. The list of Special Olympics GB athletes selected for the World Games in Abu Dhabi in March 2019 is as follows: Athletics Henrietta Bartlett (Suffolk) Darren Carruthers (Bearsden, Glasgow) Hannah Kemp (Surrey) Tammara McIlwean (Annan) Margaret Newell (Wishaw, Glasgow) Adam Szucs (Suffolk) Alexander Thomson (Hamilton) Badminton Kerry Duncan (Perth, Scotland) James Wyatt (Smalley, Derbyshire) Basketball (Female) Hannah Charnley (Brecon, Wales) Ashleyann Fleming (South Lanarkshire) Julie Freestone (Leicester) Abigail Gray (Rutland) Emma Hibbert (Glossop) Justine Kerr (Glasgow) Tonisha Roberts (Sheffield) Charlotte Weston (Cornwall) Leanne Woolfe (Rutherglen) Basketball (Male) Daniel Bernard (Watford) Samuel Burton (Rutland) Tommy Davies (Swansea, Wales) Damir Davis (Hertfordshire) Adrian Harper (Cornwall) Neil Hartley (Bradford) Harrison Herbert (Hertfordshire) Adam Lynch (Hertford) Myles Sanderson (Barnsley) Samuel Scott (Glasgow) Bocce Zoe Irving (Langholm, Dumfries & Galloway) David Carlin (Perth, Tayside) Cycling Ruairidh Brown (East Kilbride) Kiera Byland (Bolton) Ella Curtis (Bradford) Petros Ford Spathas (Surrey) Alistair Graham (Hamilton) Ben Jacob (Surrey) Derek McKenzie (Parkhall, Glasgow) Leanne Peters (Glasgow) Natalie Salter (Surrey) Paul Scott (Dundee) Daniel Weston (Exeter, Devon) Luke Worgan (Surrey) Equestrian Thomas Miller (St Albans) James Reed-Griffiths (Keighley) Marie Stuart (Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) Lucy Warne (Royston) T-Jay Wilson (Keighley) Kristen Wrate (Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire) Football Ryan Anstey (Chester-le-street) Steven Johnson (Cleveland) Stephen Law-Bate (Runcorn) Liam Lister (Sunderland) Joe McKenzie (Inverness) Ross Sinclair (Glasgow) Derek Taylor (Glasgow) Thomas Ward (St Albans) Sean McCulloch (Glasgow) Reece Johnson (Billericay) Jack Wells (Southend-on-Sea) Golf William Cottrell (London) Caitlin Dodds (Edinburgh) William Fairweather (Arbroath) Robert Holden (Rossendale) Mark Rhodes (Bradford) Andrew Stuart (Dunblane) Warren Clark (Southampton) Nicholas Silver (London) Gymnastics (Artistic) Shane Baxter (Norwich) Aaron Bonnar (St Helier) Emily Crilly (Coventry) Lauren Douce (Gainsborough) Alistair Kemley (Glasgow) Matthew Kirkland (Grouville, Jersey) Andrew Macintyre (Bridge of Weir) Cailiegh Quail (St Helier) Bella Van Velson (Glasgow) Jessica Vieira (St Saviour, Jersey) Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Amy Clark (Glasgow) Caroline Jennison (Middlesbrough) Alison Mackenzie (Renfrewshire) Jannette Sharpe (Milton Keynes) Elizabeth Williams (Horndean, Hampshire) Judo Philip Brodie (Livingston) Daniel Henaghan (Whitley Bay) Denise Henaghan (Whitley Bay) Harrison Lovett (Johnstone, Glasgow) Christopher Murphy (Glasgow) Skye Westwood (Aylesbury) Powerlifting Steven Dodd (Plymouth) David Martin (Gateshead) Daniel McGauley (Colchester) Mark Proctor (Newcastle upon Tyne) Sailing Jamie Kearns (Clydebank) Shannon McGhee (Clydebank) Laura Carrick (Helensburgh, Lothian) Unified Parner Darren Macgregor (Glasgow) Unified Partner Lewis Nicholson (Paisley) Michael Kelly (Paisley) Unified Partner Swimming Sandra Armstrong (Gateshead) Sophie Carter (Hull) Shannon Crosbie (Edinburgh) Caleb Grace (Littlehampton) Erin Green (Blackpool) Ciaran Kelly (Basingstoke) Philip Nicholls (Welwyn Garden City) Table Tennis Alexander Davies (Wolverhampton) Michael Evans (Sheffield) Emma Hunt (Wolverhampton) Ten Pin Bowling Ebrahim Eftekhar (Dundee) Matthew White (Dundee) Michael Stevenson (Edinburgh) Michelle Moran (Loanhead, Edinburgh) Natalie Francis (Surrey) Rebecca Starling (Surrey) Sarah Anderson (Arbroath) Tamaar Alami (Surrey) Tennis Ryan Caven (Lincolnshire) Jack Dickson (Troon) Fiona Lane (Barnstaple) Lily Mills (Islington) Frances Smiley (Prestwick) Ben Tyler (Ovington, Northumberland) * Seven places are still to be filled The Games will feature seven days of competition in 24 sports. There will be court sports: badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, bocce, handball, table tennis, tennis and volleyball. There will be races in athletics, cycling, kayaking, open water swimming, roller skating, sailing, swimming and triathlon. Judged competitions will be equestrian, judo, artistic gymnasts and rhythmic gymnastics. Rounding off the list of sports are bowling, football, golf and powerlifting. Many thousands of people will take part or watch the Games. An estimated 7,000 Special Olympics athletes and their 2,600 coaches will arrive early to get used to the time zone and temperature. Abu Dhabi itself will provide 20,000 volunteers and up to 500,000 spectators. The families of the athletes will number 6,000. There is an expectation that 2,000 reporters, broadcasters, photographers, videographers and bloggers will capture the games for international media. Honored guests of Special Olympics could number 4,000, too. Schedule for 2019 Special Olympics World Games Host Town Events: 8th to 11th March 2019 Divisioning and Preliminary Competitions: 12th and 13th March 2019 Opening Ceremony: 14th March 2019 Competition: 14th to 21st March 2019 Closing Ceremony: 21st March 2019 The sports which Special Olympics GB will be represented in at the World Games in Abu Dhabi in March 2019 are: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball male team, Basketball - female team, Bocce, Bowling (Ten Pin), Cycling, Equestrian, Football (7-a-side), Golf, Gymnastics (Artistic), Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Judo, Powerlifting, Sailing, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis.