IPC launches ticket giveaway for Grand Prix Final

Featuring many faces from London 2012, the final marks the culmination of a series of six Grand Prix events that have taken place across the world this season.

IPC Athletics is giving away two sets of tickets for the Grand Prix Final in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday, 29 June.

Featuring many faces from London 2012, the final marks the culmination of a series of six Grand Prix events that have taken place across the world this season. More than 140 athletes are set to compete across 18 disciplines.

It is also the final event ahead of the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, which will feature 1,300 athletes from 90 countries and be the biggest gathering of international athletes since London 2012.

Athletes will be assessing their competition in Birmingham to see who they need to look out for in Lyon, as well as putting in strong performances of their own in a bid to show their form.

Tickets can be won via Twitter and a caption competition on Facebook.

All fans have to do is visit the Facebook competition app, following the instructions to write their own amusing captions to the picture on display. People can also vote for their favourite captions.

To enter via Twitter, follow @IPCAthletics and tweet who you would bring with you and why using the following three elements anywhere in the tweet: #SainsburysGP #TweetForASeat @IPCAthletics. Then ask all your friends to retweet you.

The tweet with the most retweets will win two tickets.

In case of a tie in either competition, a panel from the International Paralympic Committee will judge the best caption or tweet.

These promotions are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Twitter.

Terms and conditions

1. This competition is being run by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

2. To enter the competition you must be: (a) UK resident; and (b) 18 years old or over at the time of entry.

3. This competition is not open to employees (or members of their immediate families) of the IPC.

4. No purchase necessary.

5. To enter the Twitter competition, you must tweet who you would take with you to the Sainsbury’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday 29 June 2013 using #SainsburysGP, #TweetForASeat and @IPCAthletics at any point within the tweet.

To enter the Facebook competition, you must provide a caption to the picture shown within the app http://a.pgtb.me/WMhJ27.

6. The IPC reserves the right to publish or withhold or withdraw the publication of any entries submitted. Tweets and Facebook captions must not be discriminatory, or obscene, and the IPC will decide in its discretion whether or not a tweet entry is suitable for publication.

7. The Twitter winner will be the entrant whose tweet has the most retweets. The Facebook winner will be the entrant whose caption has the most votes within this competition app. In case of a tie, a panel from the International Paralympic Committee will judge the best caption or tweet.

8. The closing date for the competition is 16 June 2013 at 17:00 CEST.

9. If you win the competition, we will notify you by e-mail for the Facebook competition and via direct message for the Twitter competition. The judges’ decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

10. The panel of judges for each competition will be comprised of members of the communications team of the IPC.

11. By entering the competition the winner agrees to participate in such promotional activity and material as the IPC may require.

12. The prize will not be transferable to another person.

13. No part of a prize is exchangeable for cash or any other prize.

15. The IPC reserves the right to amend these rules at any time.

16. The IPC will endeavour to send prizes within one week of the competition end date but cannot guarantee this delivery time.

17. IPC will be entitled to make use of any quotes and captions submitted and by entering this competition you agree to provide the IPC with a license to use the material submitted without royalty or other payment, anywhere in the world and forever.

18. The prize does not include travel, subsistence or accommodation.