Welcome to the Australian Hub for the 2023 IBSA World Games
The 2023 IBSA World Blind Games was held in the Birmingham Region of the UK from the 18th to the 27th of August, with Australia taking a contingent of around 90 people to take part across 6 different sports.
More detailed games information can be found on the 2023 IBSA World Blind Games website at www.ibsagames2023.co.uk
Wrap Up
Well what an amazing 2023 IBSA World Games, so many highlights, memories and outstanding contributions by our athletes. We saw a record number of athletes and support staff at the games, with Australia having the 3rd largest contingent of the 70 nations in attendance.
We saw a number of athletes compete on the international stage for the first time, including John Hanna in the Men’s -90kg Powerlifting and Taylor Gosens (J2 +100kg) and Jake Fitzpatrick (J2 – 60kg) in the Judo event. We also saw athletes in Blind Cricket and Blind and Low Vision Tennis make their international debut’s also.
We had athletes such as Raissa Martin and Brodie Benson (Women’s Goalball), Sam Byrne and Daniel Pritchard (Men’s Goalball) competing at their 2nd or 3rd IBSA Games.
We had a number great personal bests or outstanding performances, as well as athletes push through pain and adversity just to get on the pitch/court/field to be able to live out their dreams of competing at the games, so many individual stories and experiences.
As a team we brought home 11 Medals, which is a tremendous acheivement:
5 Gold:
- Grace Hobbs – Women’s B4/5 Tennis Singles
- Michael Leigh – Men’s B3 Tennis Singles
- Ross Patterson – Men’s B4/5 Tennis Singles
- Ross Patterson/Michael Leigh – Men’s B2/4 Tennis Doubles
- Grace Hobbs/Courtney Webeck – Women’s B2/4 Tennis Doubles
- Australian Women’s Blind Cricket Team
- Mark Haskett – Men’s B2 Tennis Singles
- Mark Haskett/Arato Katsuda-Green – Men’s B2/4 Tennis Doubles
- John Hanna – Men’s -90kg Powerlifting
- Arato Katsuda-Green – Men’s B4/5 Tennis Singles
- Courtney Webeck – Women’s B2 Tennis Singles
Results
Sunday the 27th of August – Final Day of the Games
BLV Tennis – at the Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis Bronze Medal Match – Arato Katsuda-Green def Adrian Arriaga Ortiz 2 – 4, 4 -1, 10 – 8.
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis – Courtney Lewis def by Courtney Webeck 1 – 4 (retired)
B2 Men’s Singles Tennis Gold Medal Match – Mark Haskett def by Davide Viglianti 4 – 1, 4 – 0
B4/5 Women’s Singles Tennis Gold Medal Match – Grace Hobbs def Nathalia Benavides 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis Gold Medal Match – Michael Leigh def Neil Balmforth 5 – 4, 4 – 2
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis Gold Medal Match – Ross Patterson def Ivan Rodriquez-Deb 4 – 1, 4 – 0
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis – Summer Giddings def by Aleksandra Karakula 2 – 4, 2 – 4
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis Bronze Medal Match – Courtney Webeck def Courtney Lewis (Walkover)
B2/4 Men’s Doubles Tennis final – Michael Leigh/ Ross Patterson def Mark Haslett and Arato Katsuda-Green 6 – 3
B2/4 Women’s Doubles Tennis – Grace Hobbs / Courtney Webeck def Amanda Large & Rosine Pybus 6 – 2
Saturday the 26th of August
Women’s Blind Cricket Final – Australia brought home Siv
BLV Tennis – Moves to the Priory Tennis Club for Saturday and Sunday’s play.
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Arato Katsuda-Green V Adrian Arriaga Ortiz
(6 Men’s Singles Tennis – Mark Haskett V Michael Orchowski(6.50pm AEST) – B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Ricky Sugera V Christian Sch(8.00pm AEST) – B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Ross Patterson V Ivan Rodriquez-Deb
B4/5 Women’s Singles Tennis – Grace Hobbs V Doris Findlay
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis – Summer Giddings V Phoebe David
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis – Adam Fayed V Mario Andres Pena
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Arato Katsuda-Green V Ricky Sugera
B2 Men’s Singles Tennis – Mark Haskett V Daniel Hopkins
Michael Leigh V Michael Stypa
B4/5 Women’s Singles Tennis – Grace Hobbs V Riya Devereux
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Ross Patterson V Jack Fisher
B2/4 Men’s Doubles Tennis – Mark Haskett/Kasato-Green
B2/4 Men’s Doubles Tennis – Michael Leigh/Ross Patterson
AMB2/4 Women’s Doubles Tennis – Grace Hobbs/Courtney Webeck
Friday the 25th of August
Powerlifting – John Hanna – Bronze Medal in the Men’s -90kg Open Category.
B4/5 Women’s Singles Tennis – Grace Hobbs def Rosine Pybus 4 -1, 4 – 1
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Ross Patterson def Adrian Arriaga Ortiz 4 – 0, 1 – 0 (ret)
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Arato Katsuda-Green def Christian Schafer 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Ricky Sugera def Jack Fisher 4 – 1, 4 – 0
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis – Courtney Webeck def Babs Weiberg 4 – 0, 4 – 2
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis – Phoebe David def by Andrea Logan 1 – 4, 0 – 4
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis – Michael Leigh def Christian Bolton-Edenborough 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B2 Men’s Singles Tennis – Summer Giddings def by Kamila Malak 1 – 4, 0 – 4
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis – Courtney Lewis def Marta Hiniesto 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis – Courtney Webeck def by Liz Conzemius 1 – 4, 2 – 4
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Ross Patterson def Ricky Sugera 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis – Adam Fayad def by Nicolas Berodt 0 – 4, 1 – 4
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis – Michael Leigh def Paul Ryb 4 – 1, 4 – 0
B2/4 Men’s Doubles Tennis – Adam Fayad/Ricky Sugera def by Hopkins/Ryb 1 – 6
B2/4 Men’s Doubles Tennis – Mark Haskett/Arato Katsuda-Green def Alejandro/Gonzalez 6 – 3
B2/4 Men’s Doubles Tennis – Michael Leigh/Ross Patterson def Ortiz/Viglianti 6 – 1
Thursday the 24th of August
Archery Competition – Janelle Colquhoun – Made it to the Quarterfinals
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis – Mick Leigh def Igancio Ruiz Gonzales 4 -1, 4 – 1
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis – Adam Fayad def by Michael Stypa 0 – 4, 0 – 4
Judo – Taylor Gosens J2 +70kg and Maysa Abouzeid J1 -57kg both lost in first round.
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis – Summer Giddings def by Charlotte Schwagmeier 0 -4, 0 – 4
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis – Courtney Lewis def by Liz Cornelius 1 – 4, 1 – 4
B4/5 Women’s Singles Tennis – Grace Hobbs def Ariadna Flociuc 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis – Phoebe David def by Marquerite Quinn 2 – 4, 1 – 4
B2 Men’s Singles Tennis – Mark Haskett def Dante Alejandro 4 – 0, 4 – 0
Australian Women’s Goalball Team (Aussie Belles) def by Israel 0 – 3
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis – Summer Giddings def by Sarah Fortescue 1 – 4, 0 – 4
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis – Courtney Webeck def Marta Hiniesto Monoz 4 – 0, 4 – 1
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis – Courtney Lewis def by Amanda Large 1 – 4, 1 – 4
B4/5 Women’s Singles Tennis – Grace Hobbs def Nathalia Benavides 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis Ross Patterson def Arato Katsudo-Green 4 – 0, 4 – 1
Australian Men’s Goalball Team (Aussie Storm) def Argentina 6 – 4
Australian Men’s Cricket Team def by Bangladesh
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis – Ricky Sugera V Ivan Rodriquez- Deb 0 – 4, 1 – 4
B2/4 Women’s Doubles Tennis – Grace Hobbs and Courtney Webeck won 6 – 2
B2/4 Women’s Doubles Tennis – Phoebe David and Courtney Lewis lost 1 – 6
B2/4 Women’s Doubles Tennis – Summer Giddings (Aus) and Ariadna Flociuc (Ire) lost 0 – 6
Wednesday the 23rd of August
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Courtney Lewis def Babs Weinberg 4 – 1, 4 – 2
B2 Women’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Courtney Webeck def by Amanda Large 1 – 4, 3 – 5
Australian Men’s Goalball Team (Aussie Storm) def Ukraine 5 – 4
Judo – Jake Fitzpatrick J2 -60kg made it through to the repercharge round
B2 Men’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Mark Haskett def Vincent Keane 4 – 0, 4 – 1
Australian Men’s Cricket Team V Pakistan at King Edward School
B4/5 Women’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Grace Hobbs def Katarzyna Antczak 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B3 Men’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Michael Leigh def Mario Andrew Pena 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Ricky Segura def by Adrian Arriaga Ortiz 0 – 4, 0 – 4
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Arato Katsuda-Green def by Ivan Rodriquez-Deb 2 – 4, 2 – 4
Australian Women’s Cricket Team V India at King Edward School 2
Australian Women’s Goalball Team (Aussie Belles) V Japan – 1 – 3
B2 Men’s Singles Tennis Rd 2 – Mark Haskett def by Davida Viglianti 4 – 1, 4 – 5, 7 – 10
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Summer Giddings def by Odette Battarel 0 – 4, 0 – 4
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Phoebe David def by Aleksandra Karakula 2 – 4, 1 – 4
B3 Women’s Singles Tennis Rd 1 – Adam Fayad def by Neil Balmforth 0 – 4, 0 – 4
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis Rd 2 – Ross Patterson def Christian Schafer 4 – 0, 4 – 0
B4/5 Men’s Singles Tennis Rd 2 – Arato Katsuda-Green def by Jack Fisher 4 – 0, 4 – 0
Australian Men’s Goalball Team (Aussie Storm) def by Iran 1 – 4
Tuesday the 22nd of August
Australian Men’s Goalball Team (Aussie Storm) def by USA.
Australian Women’s Goalball Team (Aussie Belles) def by Greece
Australian Women’s Cricket Team def by England
Monday the 21st of August
Australian Men’s Goalball Team (Aussie Storm) def by Turkey. 0 – 9
Australian Women’s Goalball Team (Aussie Belles) def by China. 1 – 3
Australian Men’s Cricket Team def by India
Sunday the 20th of August
Australian Men’s Cricket Team def by England
Australian Women’s Cricket Team def by India
Australian Women’s Goalball Team (Aussie Belles) def by Great Britain. 1 – 5
Australian Men’s Goalball Team (Aussie Storm) def by Greece. 2 – 5
Saturday the 19th of August:
Day 1 of competition – the Australian Women’s Blind Cricket Team, defeated England.
Aus 3/130 off 15.1 overs def England 8/128 off 20 overs.
