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France to host 2023 Virtus Global Games
The Virtus governing board has announced overnight that the 2023 Virtus Global Games has been awarded to France. “The team at Fédération Française du Sport Adapté (FFSA) are highly experienced in delivering high quality international sporting events and have the support of government and sporting organisations to make the Virtus… Read more
Introducing Hugo Taheny 2019 INAS Global Games Discus Champion
Hugo Taheny comes from Point Turton, a small remote coastal town in South Australia with a population of just over 300. A trip to Adelaide to compete at Athletics South Australia competitions is a 6 hour return trip for the family. A long trip for most, but for Hugo and… Read more
Sport Inclusion Australia, Deaf Sports Australia and Blind Sports Australia continuing to work as one – extending the collaboration
The peak bodies for athletes with an intellectual impairment, deaf and hard of hearing and blind or visually impaired have reaffirmed their commitment to continue working collaboratively for the benefit of each organisation and the athletes they represent. The three organisations Sport Inclusion Australia, Deaf Sports Australia and Blind Sports… Read more
Pioneer Athletes and Swimmers attend inaugural Virtus World Championships in Athletics and Swimming
On this day (2 July) in 1989, a small team of 8 swimmers and 14 athletes represented Australia at the inaugural Virtus World Championships in Athletics and Swimming in Harnosand, Sweden. The Championships were represented by 19 countries from Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Australia finished 2nd on the medal… Read more
Koenig flies flag for ACT
He stands out in the ACT’s Ivor Burge team not just because he is one of the tallest player but also because he is the best and the ACT’s sole representative in the Australian Boomerangs Basketball team. However for Canberra’s Justin Koenig it hasn’t always been that way. Koenig recalls… Read more
Wayne Bird retires from Basketball Victoria
Sport Inclusion Australia would like to congratulate Wayne Bird on his retirement from Basketball Victoria. A former President and current Board director of Sport Inclusion Australia, Wayne has worked for Basketball Victoria for the past 27 years, primarily as CEO and more recently as Project Manager of the State Basketball… Read more
INAS Global Games 2019 中文 (Chinese)
The 2019 INAS Global Games is a week long championship featuring nine sports and attracting over 1000 of the world’s elite athletes, who just happen to have an intellectual disability… Although if you didn’t know, you wouldn’t!
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About Us
We work with National Sporting Organisations to assist them build the capacity to be inclusive of athletes with a disability.
Sport Inclusion Australia is a National Sporting Organisation for athletes with an integration difficulties, primarily those with an intellectual disability.
Sport Inclusion Australia does not conduct events, but rather advocates for the inclusion and development of programs, which focus on the ability of the individual.
