British Paralympic Association Explained

British Paralympic Association
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Country:Great Britain
Code:GBR
Created:1989[1]
Association:EPC
President:Nick Webborn, CBE[2]

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) is the National Paralympic Committee for Great Britain (GBR), and is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Paralympic Games.

The BPA select, prepare, enter, fund and manage the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the Paralympic Games. This team is known as ParalympicsGB.

Structure

Arms

Year Adopted:27 April 2016
Crest:On a Helm with a Wreath Argent, Gules and Azure: Within a Coronet comprising a Rim set with six Batons erect Or between Roundels alternately of Silver Gold and Bronze proper a Lion statant guardant Gules crowned with a Laurel Wreath the dexter forepaw raised and holding a Torch enflamed Or.
Escutcheon:Quarterly Gules and Azure two Leeks in pale that in base reversed and conjoined at the fess point to two Thistles in fess two Roses in bend and two Flax Flowers in bend sinister all with heads outwards and slipped and leaved Or the whole enfiling four Links of Chain interlaced in a square Argent.
Supporters:On either side a Lion guardant that on the dexter Azure that on the sinister Gules each crowned with a Laurel Wreath and holding in the exterior forepaw a Torch enflamed Or both upon a Compartment comprising a Grassy Mount Vert.
Motto:IUNCTI IN UNO
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BPA History. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609152205/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=154&filetitle=History+of+the+BPA . 9 June 2011. dead. British Paralympic Association.
  2. Web site: Great Britain. International Paralympic Committee. 13 March 2022.
  3. Web site: 'The Team GB coat of arms' . 28 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220719110140/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/127-the-team-gb-coat-of-arms . 19 July 2022.