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Reflections from a Gymnastics assistant coaching course
1st June 2023
A guest post from Kath Maguire. Kath is the parent of one of our club’s gymnasts. She asked about doing some volunteering a couple of months ago and whether there was a course she could do. Here are her reflections from the day. “I’ve been thinking about volunteering for a while now but as it’s […]
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Paralympic review

Paralympics blind footballWell, it’s over.

I had a great day at the Paralympics last Thursday watching 3 of our athletes competing in the Blind Football playoffs.

Dan James, Robin Williams and Keryn Seal were part of the GB team that tied their match against China at full time 1-1.

This led to a penalty shoot out which GB lost. The boys then played in the 7/8th playoff against Turkey on Saturday where they won 2-0.

No amount of training can guarantee a victory.

blind footballersThe boys were in a reflective mood that afternoon when we caught up. Blind footballThey have all improved immensely over the last year, but so has everyone else.

Time for a much needed break for them, then we shall we resume in two weeks time.

Well done too to Judith Hamer who was part of the GB wheelchair basketball team that also came 7th.

 

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