Brittish Airgun competition at Bisley 25th and 26th of February big competition for team GB in the run up to the 2012 Paralympics. Ann Wild competed in this event just one week after surgery to release her nerve in her arm and came fifth overall.
Difficult times for Ann as surgery looms close to selection for the 2012 Paralympic team. Sadly Ann has not made the Paralympic team on this occasion but battles on for the future!
Great result at the Geoff Partridge memorial competition with Paralympic and Olympic hopefuls all present Ann Winning the Ladies Open.
Ann Wild achieves first MQS for Paralympics at international shooting competition at Stoke Mandeville
Ann Wild to Compete at International shooting competition at stoke mandeville (Birthplace of the Paralympics) after an arduous year undergoing brain and spinal surgery.
Ann Wild OBE
16 June 2010
Dear Ann,
On behalf of everyone at WheelPower I would like to congratulate you on being honoured with an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for your services to disabled sport.
We are delighted that your contribution to wheelchair basketball, disability and Paralympic sport over many years has been recognised in this way and follows on from the WheelPower British Wheelchair Sports Award for Lifetime Achievement which we were thrilled to present to you in November.
We hope you have a wonderful day when you get your OBE and your friends and family will be very proud of what you have achieved during your long career as an athlete.
Kind regards,Yours sincerely,
Kevan Baker Martin McElhatton
Chairman Chief Executive
Brunel University announce that I am to be awarded with the Outstanding achievement Award 2009
WOMEN'S TEAM
I have been Captain and Co-Coached the Women's team at this level since the league began National Women's League begins
January 3rd Women's Senior Team week end matches 3rd January 2008
Game 1 Force V Vixens 2 WIN
Game 2 Force V Mavericks WIN
Women's Senior team weekend matches 7th February
Game 3 Force V Sheffield WIN
Game 4 Force V Vixens WIN
MEN'S TEAM
I am the Head Coach and also play in this team at Men's Senior level. National League begins October 19th Force WBC Premier team
Game 1 Force V Bucks Aces WIN
Game 2 Force V Sparrows WIN
Game 3 Force V Heat WIN
Game 4 Force V Tigers LOSS
Game 5 Force V Blackcats WIN
Game 6 Force V Bucks Aces WIN
Game 7 Force V Bears WIN
Game 8 Force V Sparrows 22nd Feb WIN
Game 9 Force V Tigers 8th March WIN
Game 10 Force V Bears 15th March WIN
PLAY OFF WEEK END
Sheffield EIS
The 2008/2009 season was a tough and demanding one, our club side respoded well to adversity and fought through to the Play off's being held in Seffield this year.
A superb result saw the mixed senior team come away with the bronze medal in the First division a wonderful result for one of the few teams with a predominately female line up.
The Women's team came away winners for the SIXTH year in a row another outstanding result.
All in all a truly outstanding result this year for our Club side.
ARCHIVE OF EVENTS AND TOURNAMENTS IN 2008
2008 Wanstead Leisure centre began supporting my training for Beijing
2008 Redbridge College began supporting my training for Beijing
BLOG FROM - Training camp in Holland 21/03/08
The easter week end was spent traveling to the international meet with the Dutch national silver medalists from the Paralympic games. The week end was packed with training and games after a grueling journey the team arriving in D�sseldorf airport then traveling for two hours by bus through Germany into Holland.
Day 1 After arriving the first game began quickly, an 8pm tip off saw a hard fought game against Holland ending in GB losing out 64-55 the GB Coach trialling many different line ups and technical approaches
Day 2 The second day was filled with training pushing every GB members mental and physical resilience to the limits, the afternoon saw two games in quick succession GB won the first game with a tough attitude and physical defense and the second saw the team
Day 3 Again a tough outing training in the morning session for GB preceded a final battle with the Dutch internationals who finally ran out winners 56-45 All in all a productive and challenging easter week end that will mark the start of many more international battles on the basketball court.......... Roll on Belgium!
Women's League 30/03/08 For the SIXTH consecutive year Force womens squad have won at our awards ceremony our club team voted us as having the best team performance out of our Junior, Senior and under 5's teams
ARCHIVE OF BLOG FROM - Training camp in Belgium 04/04/08
Belgium was an opportunity for us to compete and try out new players on a Great Britain level playing a tactically agressive Dutch side it was a tight competition where both teams ended up having both won two games each in this test event.
ARCHIVE OF BLOG FROM - Visa Paralympic World Cup 05/05/08
The Visa Paralympic World cup always pulls a big crowd, and never more than when we played for the Bronze medal against Brazil this is the second medal that I have won at this event the first being the Silver medal
ARCHIVE OF EVENTS - Team GB Press launch 17-18/05/08
At this week end it was officially announced that I was on the long list for Beijing.
ARCHIVE OF BLOG FROM - Joseph Little World Cup USA 31/06/08
This event was formerly called the Roosevelt World Cup, an outstanding venue that was built for full wheelchair acces an outstanding and far reaching venue that met every need.
The tournament was against some of the finest teams in the world a fantastic opportunity that had not been on offer for many years to us as a team. We competed outstandingly against the Canadians multi Gold medalists and good friends and had the oportunity to play many of our rookies and new combinations who would hold no quarter!
ARCHIVE OF PREPARATORY TOURNAMENTS
Cardiff tournament 04/07/08
Unfortunately I sustained a serious injury at this point and was unable to attend however with the care and support of the British Olympic Medical Centre I began to recover.
Spitfire tournament Canada 01/08/08
After a stressful time and numerous cortisone injections into my wrist I attended this tournament I was gently re-introduced to the games and kept playing at a high standard and level, helping the team to win against the Canadians and running the german team a close game
Hong Kong Holding camp TBC
August Beijing Paralympics 05/09/08
Travel 2002 Travelling with a group of twelve (maybe fourteen sometimes) wheelchair users has been an enjoyable, painful, difficult, entertaining, stressfull and police escorted adventure. I have travelled worldwide and some of the short stories of entertaining moments are here, all of these events have been a life enhancing experience and I wouldn't change them for the world....well........
This is how I travel best, sleeping and heavily medicated, for everyone's good!
A well packed school van, on our visit to Canada.
Sleeping again, 6am at Lilleshall prior to shooting practice.