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Limbless Veteran Owen Pick to carry Great Britain's flag at the Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
8 March 2018
Para snowboarder Owen Pick will have the honour of carrying the flag for ParalympicsGB when the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games begin on Friday. Pick, who served in Afghanistan with 1st Royal Anglian Regiment (Vikings) of the British Army, was chosen to receive the honour by the Chef de Mission. The 26-year-old makes his Games debut in PyeongChang where he and teammates James Barnes-Miller and Ben Moore will become the first British athletes in hist
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25 injured veterans will perform in an epic theatre production as part of Blesma's WWI Centenary Commemorations
2 March 2018
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Three military charities come together to relaunch late Army surgeon’s fundraiser for injured veterans
16 February 2018
Three military charities are coming together to relaunch the D-Day 44 Challenge, an event first run by Lt Col Mike McErlain, a serving Army surgeon who changed the lives of many injured service personnel for the better. Mike, his wife Jo and his brother-in-law Giles Barnes set up the run in 2009 but tragically Mike collapsed and died while doing the run himself in 2013. Now with Jo’s blessing the event returns in 2018, the 74th anniversary of the D-Day landings, to continue its important fundraising work, with the three chosen charities being Blesma, The Limbless Veterans,
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Owen picks up pace for Paralympic dream
14 February 2018
Owen Pick’s Paralympic dream is carving ever closer into view as the former Royal Anglian closes in on bringing home a medal. The 25-year-old, who only took up snowboarding five years ago, will lead the British charge for glory in the boardercross and banked slalom disciplines at the Winter Paralympics, competing in the 2018 Games in South Korea on 12 and 16 March. “To go to the Paralympics having jumped on a board for the first time five years ago in a country where there’s no snow is just wow!” Says Owen. Blesma-sponsored Owen, who had a below-knee amputation of his right le
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