and 200m sprinter and the only Northern Irish athlete on the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team

This is my second time away with the team but my first in a senior competition and I'm really excited

I was invited to Leeds by UKA to be assessed by some of the team there including the UKA Paralympic head

kit.There are 40 athletes on the team but I'm one of the youngest along with Jade Jones.

Sprinter Sally Brown is one of the youngest members of the Aviva GB & NI team competing at the IPC

By Tom DegunJanuary 16 - Dan Bentley (pictured) has revealed he hopes becoming a sporting ambassador for Essex for the second time will help him win gold at the London 2012 Paralympics - just as it did at in Beijing.

I hope that promoting boccia will get people behind the GB team ahead of the 2012 games."

Council's Cabinet member for education and the 2012 Games, Stephen Castle, said: "I am delighted that the Team

January 16 - Great Britain's finest judo exponents will descend on the steel city to stake their claim for international selection at the British Under-20 and Senior Trials next weekend (January 22-23).

For fans the event represents the unique and hugely intriguing opportunity to witness international team-mates

outcome of these battles will give more than a hint of who could line-up as part of the British Olympic team

take to the mat at the under-20 Trials.Among a line-up brimming with promising talents and long-time GB

January 16 - A £2.8 million ($4.4 million) investment by UK Sport has boosted British short track speed skating's hopes of medal success at Sochi 2014.

The British team, whose performance has improved dramatically over the past four years, has had its

seven short track speed skaters went to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, an improvement on the four team

members who competed at Turin in 2006.Jon Eley came sixth in the men's 500 metres with the GB men's

team also finishing sixth in the 5,000m relay.Over the last four years the GB team has won 21 medals

level, either through ISU Championships or World Cups.Stuart Horsepool, performance director of the GB

January 15 - Two rising stars of taekwondo have joined Britain's elite academy.

They have both shown that they have the potential to not only push for a place in the British team in

January 14 - British Judo's Paralympic programme manager Dave Sanders (pictured) has called for consistency from his players after they arrived in Heidelberg, Germany, for the VI German Open on Sunday (January 16).

A five-strong visually-impaired team will be competing in their first major event of the year and Sanders

We are looking for a positive start to the year in Germany and follow on from the most successful GB

We want the British team to dominate these events and continue to put our markers down for the Games

the event and competing in the +70kg weight category is Lesley Reid (pictured).This is the first time GB

will be one to watch as Britain takes on elite judoka from across the world.Youngest member of the team

By Tom DegunJanuary 13 - Leading specialist vehicle provider Adapted Vehicle Hire (AVH) says a lack of access to specialist transport, such as wheelchair-accessible vehicles, could severely hamper the training plans of many of the world's top disabled athletes at the London 2012 Paralympics.

the largest supplier of adapted cars and wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the UK, says not only will Team

GB athletes benefit from the AVH service but that Paralympics teams from other countries will also be

friends, can get to training at their convenience, they claim.Meanwhile, for athletes competing in team

By Tom DegunJanuary 12 - Paralympic archery champion Danielle Brown (pictured) has been presented with a gold Blue Peter badge by Prime Minister David Cameron in recognition of her achievements.

at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, set a number of Paralympic records and reached the finals of the GB

Tim Hazell, Archery GB Paralympic head coach, added: "I am running out of superlatives for Dani."

She works very hard but I'm sure she would be the first to acknowledge the team around her, from her

January 12 - Stuart Pearce is the "logical choice" to manage Britain's football team at the 2012 Olympics

He also revealed the FA, who have been given responsibility for Team GB by the British Olympic Association

at the end of this season.Confirming the British side would essentially replace the England Under-21 team

"I suspect that what we will have to do is to substitute out the England Under-21 fixtures for this team

- this hybrid team, assuming it has alternative players in it."

individual nations within FIFA.Horne said: "The current arrangement is that it would be an English team

By Tom DegunJanuary 8 - Ellie Simmonds (pictured), the golden girl of British disability swimming, has revealed there is far more expectation on her now than there was before the Beijing 2008 Paralympics as people are no longer surprised by her victories.

Simmonds said she is helped by the strength of the British disability swimming team as the squad members

It is great to have such strength domestically as well, with a lot of the GB swimmers being world record

Not just me but the whole Great Britain team, as it is a home Games."

January 6 - Weightlifter Denis Catana, who had hoped to compete for Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, has been banned for two years after testing positive for anabolic steroids, it was announced today.

Athletes who earn the honour of representing Team GB at the Olympic Games will do so through hard work

By Tom DegunJanuary 5 - Simon Laurens (pictured) has announced he will stand down from international Paraequestrian dressage competition and retire from the World Class Programme performance squad - meaning he will miss the chance to compete in front of a home crowd at the London 2012 Paralympics.

at the 2006 Hartpury International, where he also won the individual and team tests.He then won team

Not only has he proven himself an outstanding athlete, winning medals for Team GBR at Paralympic Games

, European and world level, Simon is also a fantastic team member."

We will miss him in the team and the World Class Programme Squad but I hope that we will see a great

He will be missed by all of his fellow GB riders and world class staff and by the huge number of friends

January 5 - A quest to discover athletes capable of reaching world-class level in the throwing disciplines of discus, hammer, shot and javelin in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has got under way at Loughborough University.

on 75 potential medallists of the future during a two-day programme.UK Athletics and the UK Talent Team

The UK Talent Team had considered findings from previous talent initiatives such as Sporting Giants,

Nik Diaper, from the UK Talent Team, said: "It's great to be supporting UKA on this particular project

the official automotive partner of London 2012, today launched a new initiative designed to support Team

GB and ParalympicsGB as they prepare for the Games on and off the field.

The first 12 athletes to join the BMW London 2012 Performance Team include world diving champion Tom

Having the support of the BMW London 2012 Performance Team throughout my training will help to drive

That's why we're delighted to be launching the BMW London 2012 Performance Team and we look forward to

must not compromise neither the BOA's autonomy nor its ability to market the commercial rights for Team

GB in the future, and we will work with the IOC to ensure their requests are met.To demonstrate our

work undertaken by Hugh Robertson, as Minister for Sport and the Olympics, provided strong support for Team

GB hopefuls and ensured the continuity of funding so critical for the preparation of Team GB.

GB enters the Olympic Village.The work in 2011 has to be transformational if we are to deliver a true