Quaycentre – Sitting Volleyball semi-finals and finals, Wheelchair Rugby pool matches, semi-finals and finals, Wheelchair Basketball pool matches, semi-finals and finals.
Jaguar Land Rover was the Presenting Partner for 2018 Sydney Invictus Games, as it had been for the Invictus Games since its inception in London in 2014. Premier Partners were Fisher House Foundation, Medibank, Sage Group, UNSW Canberra and Westpac. Aon, Boeing, Defence Housing Australia, Fidelity, Hyatt Regency Sydney, icare, ISPS Handa, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Minter Ellison, Raytheon, Royal Australian Mint, SAAB Australia, Ticketek, Unisys and Workwear Group were Official supporters. The event Official suppliers were Amazon, Accor, CSM Live, George P. Johnson, Gold Medal Systems, Goodman, Great Big Events, Harvey Norman, Isentia, Norwest, Ottobock, Pages and Technical Direction Company. The Packer Family Foundation was a Philanthropic Supporter.[5] Founding Partners were the Australian Defence Force, Deloitte, Legacy NSW, Clubs NSW and RSL NSW. The Australian government donated $10,000 to the Games to mark the occasion of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.[6]
The Games
Participating nations
All 17 countries from the 2017 Games were invited to attend, with Poland joining for the first time, for a total of 18 countries.[7][8]
Another team titled "Unconquered" also participated in certain events consisting of competitors from multiple nations.[9]
Source: "Competitors". 2018 Sydney Invictus Games. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
Sports
There were 12 adaptive sports contested at the Games (with golf and wheelchair tennis as non-medal sports) as well as the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge.[10]
Wheelchair rugby was held at the Quaycentre over a two-day period from 24 to 25 October.[11] Men and women competed in mixed teams. Competitors from 6 nations competed in wheelchair rugby at the 2018 Invictus Games.
Sitting volleyball was held at the Quaycentre over a two-day period from 22 to 23 October.[12] One event took place, which was jointly staged at the Genea Netball Centre and Quaycentre. Teams from 12 nations competed in this event.
There is no competitive medal tally at the Invictus Games. Medals are awarded, but Invictus Games does not endorse or maintain an official scoreboard of gold, silver and bronze medals.[citation needed]
Competitors, not athletes, participate in the event that supports rehabilitation and recovery for wounded, injured and ill defence personnel and veterans.[citation needed]
United Kingdom Daniel Bingley Kushal Limbu Scott McNeice Michael Mellon Pa Modou Njie Netra Rana James Rose Daniel Shanahan Aveuta Tuila Paul Twitchell Alan White Darren Young
Estonia Egerd Erreline Rene Hinrikus Margus Hoop Ott Jõesaar Tarmo Lepik Ergo Mets Marek Piirimägi Madis Põri Ivan Smirnov Agor Tettermann
United States Linn Aubrey Dillard Kira Lavine Kristen Elizabeth Morris Danielle Nichole Pothoof
Unconquered Taryn Barbara Raina Marie Hockenberry Ruth Hunt Sonya Newman
not awarded
Mixed
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4 × 50 m freestyle relay
Australia Tom Foster Dean Knobel Nathan Whittington Andrew Wilkinson
United Kingdom Alex Dewar Richard Gamble Michael Goody David Watts
United States Steven Bortle Dorian Gardner Alexis Eugene Padilla Michael Anthony Sousadocarma
Wheelchair basketball
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Mixed team
United States Ross Alewine Josue Paul Barron Brian Canich Chance Field Matthew Grashen Stephanie Johnson Alex Michael Nguyen Chris Parks Ryan Pinney Joshua David Smith George Edward Vera Brian Anthony Williams
Netherlands Jacco Dudink Jeroen Lunsingh Marc van de Kuilen Jelle van der Steen Ronald van Dort Edwin Vermetten Jeffrey Vroegop Alina Zoet
United Kingdom Daniel Bingley Paul Guest Ryan Hewitt Lee Matthews Michael Mellon Richard Pullen James Rose
Wheelchair rugby
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Mixed team
Australia Pete Arbuckle Matt Blunt Davin Bretherton Matthew Brumby Dave Connolly Mark Daniels Braedon Griffiths Trudi Lines Pete Rudland Jamie Tanner Jeff Wright
United Kingdom Daniel Bingley Peter Dunning Michael Matthews Scott McNeice Michael Mellon Jeff Robinson Clive Smith Martin Tye
United States Josue Paul Barron Jay Collins Brant Ireland Sebastiana Lopez Ryan Major Alex Michael Nguyen Joel Rodriguez Joshua David Smith Sua Tui Brian Anthony Williams
Media and broadcast
ABC was the broadcast partner for the fourth Invictus Games with extensive broadcasting relating to the Invictus Games broadcast across the network on free-to-air, video on demand (iVIEW), YouTube live streaming, radio, podcasts and online.[13]APN Outdoor was the official outdoor media partner, and Facebook the social media partner.[5]
