WWR and Loughborough University The Peter Harrison Laboratory would like to invite wheelchair rugby athletes, team support personnel and classifiers to partake in a study on the experiences and perceptions of classification processes in wheelchair rugby. 📰Read the Full article: worldwheelchair.rugby/2024/02/15/lou…

Great time at Bolton today spectating ITF2 wheelchair tennis tournament 🎾

Great news 😍😍😍

Action packed afternoon watching the netball super league finals

Great week at The Lexus British Open. What a showcase of high quality wheelchair tennis on grass courts 🎾

Overturn UKA's decision to not send qualified athletes to the Olympic games - Sign the Petition! chng.it/2652y6kKwk via Change.org UK

🗣️“My coach said, ‘It’s as you prefer if you want to try.’ And I felt yes because I felt inside that I could do it — and then I jumped 2.10m first attempt!” 🇺🇦 Yaroslava Mahuchikh could’ve called it a day at 2.07m and still leave the Paris Diamond League with a new high jump

Great to be at the wheelchair tennis today Wimbledon with our world class researchers LboroSSEHS The Peter Harrison Laboratory to see their science in action 🙌🏻🎾 Come on Alfie Hewett 🔥

A great day at Wimbledon with the PHC team! Amazing to see the entertainment that Wheelchair Tennis brings on a prestigious stage! 🎾

50.95 European Record for Femke Bol 🔥🔥🔥

He's done it! 🏆 The 26-year-old wins the one Grand Slam singles title that's eluded him. He takes the first big England v Spain clash of the day, beating Martin de la Puente in straight sets. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #BBCTennis #Wimbledon

Alfie Hewett wheelchair singles Wimbledon CHAMPION!

Take a bow Phoebe! 17 and highlighting pressures of Olympics and performance anxiety at first games and international GB vest. Superstar

The PHC are on a roll!! 🏆🏆 At this year’s VC awards, the PHC picked up the “Sporting Advancement” award for our Wimbledon Project, alongside Christof Leicht who won “Innovation & Impact in Education” Congratulations to our winners!! Full story to follow….

Happy to celebrate The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport teams win of Loughborough University’s Vice Chancellor award for Sporting Advancement for our amazing Wimbledon Project. This would not have been possible without the collaborative team

Following from my research assistant role, I am happy to announce I am starting my PhD Journey within The Peter Harrison Centre at Loughborough University researching “Examining Mental Health and Wellbeing Service Provision for Rugby Players Experiencing Catastrophic Injury”

Ending week one of the start of the PhD. Inductions, meetings, and start of reading 📚

Recent PHC news! From publications to VC awards, members of the PHC have had a busy and successful few months. Check out our latest news here: lboro.ac.uk/research/phc/n…

Henrietta Paxton, the 4.35m pole vaulter who competed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, aims to make her mark in wheelchair basketball and rugby after being paralysed from the waist down following a spinal injury in the gym. 📸 Mark Shearman MBE athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news…

Welcoming our newest Doctoral Researcher to the centre Thomas Miller 👋🏼 Supported by the RFU Injured Players Foundation, Thomas is investigating the mental health and service provision to rugby players experiencing catastrophic injury. More here: lboro.ac.uk/research/phc/n…