The UK Sports Association has selected a 14-member team to compete at the 2013 INAS World Athletics Championships in Prague from June 9-16. The team includes Paralympian Stephen Morris and is hoping to build on success from the London 2012 Paralympics. Chief Executive Tracey McCillen wishes the talented team luck and hopes to see athletes on the podium. This is the first major championships for athletes with learning disabilities since London 2012.

1. UK SPORTS ASSOCIATION
For People with Learning Disability
PRESS RELEASE
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4th
APRIL 2013 -
GB TEAM READY FOR SUCCESS AT THE WORLD
ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The UK Sports Association (UKSA) is pleased to announce the selection of fourteen athletes to
compete at the 2013 INAS World Athletics Championships in Prague 9th
to 16th
June.
Representing Great Britain will be Paralympian Stephen Morris
(Cardiff), among other talented athletes including Kimberly Aspland
(Beccles, Suffolk), Martina Barber (Stevenage, Hertfordshire), Holly
Durbidge (Lowestoft, Suffolk), Robert Ferrol (Carmyle, Glasgow),
Marcel Hodge (Syston, Leicestershire), Andrew Kaar (Solihull, W
Mids), Declan Manning (Bungay, Suffolk), Owen Miller (Dunfermline,
Fife) , Stephanie Moore (Blaydon on Tyne, Newcastle), Daniel Pass
(Birkenhead, Wirral), Claire Ryan (Bradford, W Yorks), Aidan Turnbull
(Washington, Tyne & Wear), and Paige Watkin-Drury (Doncaster, S
Yorks).
The INAS World Athletics Championships serve as a building block
for aspiring Paralympians as they contemplate the Rio 2016
programme. For some these Championships are critical in their quest
for selection to the British Athletics Team at the 2013 IPC World
Athletics Championships in Lyon in July and for others as they begin
their journey to the 2015 INAS Global Games.
(S. Morris at London 2012 Paralympics)
Stephen Morris says “I am hoping in the future that the Paralympics will have more T20 events to
show what we can achieve”.
Tracey McCillen, Chief Executive, UK Sports Association states, “This event is something we always
look forward to. There are many events for our athletes to display their elite performances. Coming off
of the success of London 2012, we hope to see even more of our competitors up on the podium. This
Team has a lot of talent and I wish them the best of luck.”
This is the first major Championships that athletes with learning disability have targeted since the
London 2012 Paralympic Games. London 2012 was the first Paralympic Games since the Sydney
Paralympics in 2000 in which athletes with learning disability were permitted to compete.
UKSA manages the eligibility and classification process for UK athletes with learning disability. The
Great Britain Team is managed by UKSA in collaboration with its four Home Country members,
Scottish Disability Sport, Disability Sports Northern Ireland, Welsh Sports Association for People with
Learning Disability and Mencap Sport in England. [ENDS]
For further info, photos and interviews contact Emily la Pierre. Communications Assistant or Tracey McCillen,
Chief Executive, UK Sports Association, 12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 2PU.
T: 0207 490 3057 or 07710 455 067 (out of hours)
Email: uksacomms@gmail.com or info@uksportsassociation.org

2. NOTES TO EDITOR
1. The UK Sports Association for People with Learning Disability (UKSA) is the national disability sports
organisation and umbrella body in the UK for sport and people with learning disability. UKSA promotes, supports
and facilitates talented sports people with learning disability in the UK to train, compete and excel in national and
international sport and is the body responsible for eligibility and classification of athletes from the UK. UKSA is
recognised by UK Sport, is a member of the British Paralympic Association and is the official Great Britain
member of INAS. See www.uksportsassociation.org
2. The INAS World Athletics Championships are organised by the Czech Sports Association for the Mentally
Handicapped.
3. INAS, For Para-Athletes with Intellectual Disability (formerly INAS-FID), founded in 1986, is a member of the
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is the body responsible for the international competition for
athletes with intellectual disability. See www.inas.org
4. The Great Britain Team comprises:
Athlete Event/s
Stephen Morris 800m, 1500m
Kimberly Aspland 200m, 400m, 800m
Martina Barber Heptathlon, 100m hurdles
Holly Durbidge Discus, 100m, 200m
Robert Ferrol 100m, 400m*
Marcel Hodge 100m, 200m
Andrew Kaar 1500m
Declan Manning Discus, Shot
Owen Miller 800m, 1500m*
Stephanie Moore 100m, 200m
Daniel Pass 200m, Relay Team
Claire Ryan Long Jump, 400m
Aidan Turnbull 100m, 200m
Paige Watkin-Drury Long Jump, High Jump, 100m
*--To be confirmed
Staff:
Paul Burns (Barrow, Cumbria) – Team Manager / Head Coach; John Wootton (Wakefield, West Yorks) – GB
Coach Middle Distance; Christine Galloway (Halifax, West Yorks) – GB Coach Throws/Jumps; Megan Hyne
(Shrewsbury, Shropshire) – GB Physio Athlete Escort: Peter Turnbull
5. Learning Disability is a term used in the UK, with intellectual disability being used internationally. Bot h refer to
the same group of athletes. Learning disability is a “hidden disability”. It inhibits how a person learns and
performs every day functions that others take for granted. It also reduces communication, understanding, social,
and living skills. In elite performance sport learning disability is defined as an IQ of 75 or less; significant
limitations in adaptive behaviour and age of onset of the learning disability being in the development years, ie. 0
-18 years. This definition adopted by INAS is from the World Health Organisation (WHO) definition of learning
disability (mental handicap) and is in line with other internationally recognised definitions.
6. UKSA and INAS are different to Special Olympics. UKSA promotes performance led elite competitive sport, has
just one classification group in events and is focussed on the performance and winning gold. UKSA and INAS
are part of the pathway to Global Games and Paralympic Games. Special Olympics are a year-round sports
training and competition programme for adults and children with learning disability. Special Olympics
competitions are divisioned so that athletes compete with other athletes of similar ability in each sport. Special
Olympics competitions are non-elite catering to all-ability levels. Special Olympics focus is on participation and
improving an athlete’s quality of life. High sports ability athletes may progress to the Paralympic level through
UKSA and INAS.