by Jenn Vieira | Sep 30, 2017 | News Release-EN |
Ken Hargreaves’ history with archery starts with a country fair have-a-go game and an archery set he bought as a present for his wife, Jennifer, and niece, Alison. Fast forward a year and Ken represented the United Kingdom in men’s archery novice recurve at the...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 30, 2017 | Competition Highlight-EN |
The gold-medal wheelchair basketball match saw powerhouse Team USA take on Team Netherlands in the final competition of the 2017 Invictus Games. With Prince Harry and former US vice-president Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, looking on (and perhaps rooting for...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 30, 2017 | News Release-EN |
You can forgive the yellow-shirted volunteer roaming Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre wearing the Secret Service earpiece if he doesn’t immediately respond when you address him. Numerous people may be talking into his ear at any given moment. “I’m a sports...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 30, 2017 | Competition Highlight-EN |
September 29 was the third and final day of archery, starting with the women’s and men’s novice recurve bronze-medal match. Clare Langham-Phillips of Team UK won the bronze medal with a 6–0 victory in the women’s novice recurve. The men’s...
by Jenn Vieira | Sep 30, 2017 | Competition Highlight-EN, News Release-EN |
The swimming finals saw competitors with a wide range of abilities take to the pool in front of an enthusiastic crowd that included Prince Harry and four-time Canadian Olympic medallist Penny Oleksiak. The 17-year-old Invictus Games ambassador said she experienced a...
