What does AWAD stand for?

The meeting will feature four events for athletes with a disability in an attempt to create an inter-county competition that will grow into an important representative event.

The first Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were held in Rome in 1960.

Flintshire's Beverley Jones - who won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 100m for athletes with a disability - has entered the non-disabled shot putt and discus competition.

During 1991 the International Committee on Integration of Athletes with a Disability (ICI), mandated by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), under chairmanship of the world famous former wheelchair athlete, Rick Hansen (Canada), worked out a strategy for including events for athletes with disabilities into major competitions on Olympic and World Championship levels.

Sports Editors/Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers ELYRIA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2004 Louise Sauvage and Kurt Fearnley, members of Invacare Corporation's (NYSE:IVC) Team Invacare, won national championships at the Telstra A Series Athletic Championships in Sydney, Australia, and have been named Athletes with a Disability of the Year in Australia.

The Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD) competition will be fiercely contested by two athletes who are no strangers to international competition.