Alcobenda Rugby gains Mixed Ability Accreditation!
Alcobenda Rugby Club received Mixed Ability training last weekend in Madrid. The educational team from IMAS Spain spent a day at the club, sharing knowledge and good practice...
Alcobendas Rugby gains Mixed Ability Accreditation in Madrid!
Alcobenda Rugby Club received Mixed Ability training last weekend in Madrid. The educational team from IMAS Spain spent a day at the club, sharing knowledge and good practice around the Mixed Ability model. The training began on Friday afternoon at the Anabel...
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IMART 2025 awarded to the City of Pamplona, Spain, and IMART 2028 announced!
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) is thrilled to announce that the International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament is returning in 2025 and will be hosted by the City of Pamplona, Spain. Located in the north-east region of Navarra, Pamplona is a historic town...
IMART Expressions of Interest now open!
The International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (IMART) is the world cup for Mixed Ability rugby teams. After the incredible success of the 2022 edition in Cork, IMAS is seeking new expressions of interest from clubs, unions, cities, or other parties to host the...
Lettera aperta sul Piano Nazionale di Rugby Inclusivo in Spagna
Nel febbraio 2021, come anticipato durante l’ultima campagna presidenziale, la Federazione Spagnola di Rugby (FER) ha presentato ufficialmente il suo nuovo Piano Nazionale di Rugby Inclusivo (PNRI). Questo piano include un regolamento, nonché una serie di normative...
Rugby Mixed Ability y estilos de vida saludables
Desde IMAS, agradecemos y felicitamos el trabajo de investigación que María Florencia Limas hizo por su tesis de Licenciatura en Psicología (Universidad de Aconcagua). La tesis asesoró la experiencia de participación de jugadores con y sin discapacidad del proyecto...
IMART Cork 2020 postponement
It is with great sadness that the IMAS and IMART 2020 Project Team have to announce that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures affecting travel, borders and large gatherings across the world the International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament is...
¡El Gaztedi no se para!
Tras la fundación de su equipo Mixed Ability, ganaron el Spirit of Mixed Ability Rugby Trophy en 2015 en el IMART celebrado en Bradford. Tras eso, en 2017 fue el Club anfitrión en organizar el siguiente IMART 2017 en su ciudad! Ahora a las puertas del torneo que...
My Journey to becoming a Mixed Ability Coach
Mike O’Regan began a life changing journey as he assisted his son, other players and their families, his own rugby club and now a Rugby Union Premiership side to join the Mixed Ability movement. I started the Surrey Chargers after reading an...
The 2nd MIXAR Magazine is online now!
The second issue of the MIXAR Magazine is now available! You can read about the development of Mixed Ability rugby in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, and the UK. Click on the picture to download your...
Mixed Ability Sports – A Family Affair
Sport England announced a £40m investment to get families across the country active[1] earlier this year. As part of their ‘Towards an Active Nation’ strategy they identified that parents and families play a major role in creating sporting habits amongst children...
What is Mixed Ability rugby?
Sundays Well RFC is home to the first Irish Mixed Ability Rugby Team – Sundays Well Rebels. The team began training together in January 2014 and almost 5 years later have experienced an amazing journey including two Mixed Ability World Tournaments (IMART) and...
Mixed Ability Rugby recognised for lasting impact
England Rugby and Sport Relief have announced that Bradford based International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) are one of six latest projects to be awarded Try for Change grants. Aimed at supporting charities, community groups and grassroots rugby clubs in England,...
Erasmus+ Sport “MIXAR” kick off meeting
Earlier last week, IMAS attended the Erasmus+ Sport MIX.A.R. project kick-off meeting at the University of Salamanca (Spain). IMAS, who has partnered with Federazione Italiana Rugby (Italy), Federación Española de Rugby (Spain), Rugby Vlaanderen (Belgium), INICO...
International Mixed Ability Sports: promoting social inclusion in rugby through European partnership
As the 6 Nations kicked off this weekend, International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS), a Bradford-based NGO who are challenging the way we think about sports, announced an exciting new partnership with rugby unions across Europe. The announcement was made on Saturday...
Changing the World through Mixed Ability
What is possible in 2019? To build upon the huge success of the 2nd International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament held in Vitoria-Gasteiz in August of this year, we are inviting bids to host the next International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (IMART 2019) and...
Mark Goodwin wins national Social Impact Award
IMAS Director Mark Goodwin was awarded the prestigious Social Impact Award at the 2017 Festival of Learning. The national event, which acknowledges the benefits of learning, celebrates the achievements of adults who have used learning to transform their lives and...
Erasmus+ funding for Mixed Ability Rugby across Europe!
IMAS is proud and excited to be among the 2017 "Erasmus+ Sport "Collaborative Partnership" funded projects! The MIXAR programme (Mixed Ability Rugby for All) will see IMAS working alongside Federazione Italiana Rugby, Federacion Española de Rugby, Rugby Vlaanderen,...
IMART 2017 Information Pack
With the 2nd International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament fast approaching (21st-25th August, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain), teams, fans and supporters can find more details in this very comprehensive information pack! Many thanks to the Asociacion...
