Chapter News
Achilles International Brazil Chapter on Internet TV every Wednesday!
In Brazil, in the State of São Paulo, Achilles Brazil Chapter has a terrific team of volunteer guides and training of disabled athletes and participating in numerous events. They have a core group of wheelchair users in Sao Jose dos Campos and volunteer guides in the city of Rio de Janeiro and now they are proud to announce they are on Internet TV every Wednesday on funfsports.com.
Check out the latest internet tv broadcast!
It airs for 30 minutes every week on Wednesdays: Schedule 13: h15 min.Brasilia / 12:15 New York / Berlin 18:15 / 11:15 Chicago / Sydney 02:15 / 01:15 Tokyo / Barcelona 18:15 / 11:15 Lima / Santiago 12:15 / Estocolmo 18:15. Way to Go Achilles Brazil!
Congratulations to Achilles International Japan Chapter!
Congratulations to Achilles International Japan - on receiving the Runners Award for 2010. Runners is the most prominent monthly magazine for running, and the publisher is a conglomerate of running in Japan. We extend our heartfelt congratulations as the wonderful members of our Japan Chapter celebrate this honor on February 18th! Go Achilles!
Lebanon Chapter
Congratulations to our Achilles Lebanon Chapter members on their fantastic finish in the 2010 Beirut Marathon! Check out these terrific photos of our awesome members!
Ecuador Chapter
Achilles Tri-team Ricardo Corral, Achilles member from Ecuador and Ecuador's Achilles Chapter President won a champion title in Paratriathlon Open handcycling Div. (HT1 category) for 2010 during championships in Náutica New York City Paratriathlón (US). Ricardo competed with 26 of the best h/c Paratriathles in the world. His time was 3:10;08 (1.5 miles swimming, 40 Kilometres handcycle, and 10 Kilometres pushring). He has been qualified for 4 times to the word championship Challenge Paratriathlon and Paralympics games (2004, 2008). Ricardo, who won the Boston, Hartford, GreenBay marathon, in 2003 and 3 places in the Boston marathon in 2004-10, and 9 times champion of the Fifth Avenue Mile, was named Athlete Of The Year in 2010 by Achilles International. Ricardo, recently received a Proclamation of the Council City of New York, for his outstanding contribution to the Ecuadorian and Latino community.
New Zealand Chapter
Please read below to see the exciting things going on with our New Zealand Chapter!
Just an update with what we have been doing with Achilles Track Club in 2010, it has been 17 years since our first trip to New York with John Riley and we started Achilles, a life time ago, since then and because of Johns dream we have taken over 170 people with disabilities to do the New York City Marathon.
We are now Achilles International New Zealand.
Check out our new web site and if you are in Auckland on 28th of November come and do our hope and possibility fun run, we want to get between 500 and 1000 people to our first event. If you know any one that can help we are looking for spot prizes to give away on the day.
www.achillestrackclubnz.org.nz
Meet Harry Randall - Harry is 6 years old & uses crutches & a walker to get around. Harry's dream is to have a bike to ride the playground with the rest of the kids. He has a loan bike at present from Invacare NZ & he has entered himself in the Devonport fun run. He hopes to raise more funds for his own new bike. Harry is not one to sit around at home playing those TV games. He is full of action.
I am pleased to announce Achilles NZ is going to sponsor a new Hand Bike for Harry, and this will continue as he grows, see below and he will be race number 1 at our Hope and Possibility event. Please watch this short you tube video of Harry riding his hand bike ....turn up the volume!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlCPBdGtLtw
Join Harry at our Hope and Possibility Fun Run 28th of November.
Brazil Chapter
All the amazing athletes of the Achilles Brazil Chapter were honored yesterday by their local sponsor at the Largado Track & Field Center Norte 2010. Check out a great video and more info here. Now the unstoppable Brazil Chapter members are gearing up for the Sao Paolo Marathon on May 2nd. Go Achilles Brazil, Go! Check out a few of the terrific photos from this awesome chapter!
Denver Chapter
Achilles Denver competed in the Aetna Park to Park 10 Miler. The race featured beautiful scenery and a great venue for Denver’s running community – both able bodied and disabled. Kerry Kuck and his guide, Scott Dailey participated. The Denver chapter meets weekly in Wash Park and is organized by Janet Leonard.
Egypt Chapter
Athletes from Achilles’ Egypt Chapter went to Poland for the Krakow Marathon. All entrants successfully crossed the finish line. They were impressed by the hospitality of their fellow Achilles athletes in Poland. They – and we – greatly appreciate everything our Polish athletes did for the Egyptian members of Achilles.
NYC Chapter
Yuki Goto joined Achilles nearly three years ago after a car accident left him with Traumatic Brain Injury. Yuki made remarkable progress during his time as an Achilles athlete. His balance, pacing ability, endurance and race times steadily improved with regular training. He also made many strides while undergoing rehabilitation for his traumatic brain injury at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Yuki and his mother Kaori recently returned home to Japan but they will be back in New York in November for Yuki to take on the ING NYC Marathon for the second time. Yuki’s success has inspired many in the Rusk program, run in part by Achilles Board Member Dr. Bonnie Marks, to join Achilles and begin running marathons.
New Zealand Chapter
The leaders of Achilles New Zealand visited New York in conjunction with our annual Hope & Possibility 5 Mile Race. They met with Achilles staff, board members, athletes, and volunteers, who provided insight and guidance to assist as the three plan to hold the first ever international Hope & Possibility. They are already hard at work building relationships and securing permits for H&P New Zealand – to be held on January 31, 2010. Book your tickets now!
Poland Chapter
Arek Skrzypinski establishes new Polish national record for the marathon. Elite Achilles handcranker Arek Skrzypinski has continued his ambitious schedule in international races. In April Arek and others from Achilles Poland participated in the half marathon in Berlin and also in a marathon in Rosenau, France, where Arek set new national record: 1:08:28. We look forward to more record setting performances from Arek and his compatriots.on November 1 and is expected to be among the fastest in the field. Please check out their awesome website for the latest news from our Poland Chapter!
Spain Chapter
Congratulations to Jorge Perez de Leza from our Achilles Spain Chapter. Jorge, a paraplegic, used a handcrank to compete in the Barcelona Marathon on March 7th. Jorge and 5 other athletes with disabilities were among the 13,000 runners in this very exciting race. Jorge is a prominent advocate for the disability community in Spain, and we look forward to working with him to increase the presence of Achilles in the Barcelona Marathon in the future. Check out some of the "Kodak Moments" from this amazing day!