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: https://t.co/54CpMxZziI
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.
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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:
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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”
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
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!!
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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. 🏴
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🗣️“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 personal best.
But she gave 2.10m a shot and cleared the bar on her first attempt to set the new WORLD RECORD!
🎥 Hear more from Yaroslava via @mitchdyerlive: https://t.co/5vaS9ezGya
WWR and @lborouniversity@PHC_Lboro 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.
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