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National Skiathon 2010

 

Tuesday 18th May

 

^{To all skiers and boarders}

^{Don’t miss out on the opportunity to take part in Disability Snowsport UK’s National Skiathon 2010. Ski or board 666 runs of your local ski slope with skiing celebrities, British Disabled Ski Team and sponsored skiers & boarders and raise money for skiers with disabilities.}

^{TOP PRIZE FOR THE TEAM WHO RAISES THE MOST MONEY…A TANDEM SKYDIVE WITH THE RED DEVILS!!!}

Teams of 6 are invited to take on the challenge of skiing 666 runs in 6 hours taking place at 6 indoor Ski Slopes across the Country. Can the North Beat the South?? Get involved at your nearest slope, those included are:

? Chill Factore Manchester

? Tamworth Snow Dome

? Hemel Snow Dome

? SNO!zone Braehead

? SNO!zone Castleford

? SNO!zone Milton Keynes

 

The entry fee is a bargain at £66 per team plus we ask that participants raise at least £666 per team in sponsorship. For your entry fee you will receive entry to the slope, support from us in undertaking the challenge & fundraising, as well as an event t-shirt and goody bag. There will be fun and frolics on the slope and prizes for the team who raise the most sponsorship money and for the team who skies the most amount of runs in the time given. You never know, there might be a celebrity or two taking some runs for the teams!

 

Limited spaces are available so entries are on a first come first served basis so don’t delay get your place today! You can enter online at

 

https://regonline.activeeurope.com/skiathon2010

 

For further details or to download a Skiathon poster please go to

 

www.disabilitysnowsport.org.uk/skiathon

 

and for any further queries please contact me on the details below.

 

Sophie Wood

National Co-ordinator & Events Fundraiser

Disability Snowsport UK

Chill Factor e

Trafford Way, Trafford Quays

Manchester M41 7JA

Tel: 0161 749 2290

Mob: 07792 510579

 

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Development Swimming Gala

 

9 years and over on the day open to children with cerebral palsy.

 

Venue:

Leigh Indoor Sports Centre,

Sale Way,

Leigh Sports Village,

Leigh,

WN7 4JY

 

Date: Sunday 12th September 2010

 

Time: Registration 3.30pm

Warm up 4.30pm for a 5.00 start.

 

Fee: £5.00 per person

 

Entry Form: By post apply to:

 

Miss Anna Lavan,

Unit 5 Heathcoat Building,

Nottingham Science Park,

University Boulevard,

Nottingham, NG7 2QJ

 

Apply on line: www.cpsport.org and e-mail to anna.lavan@cpsport.org

 

Closing date for entries: 27^th August 2010

 

Click here to download entry form

 

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The Open National Athletics Championships & Festival of Athletics

 

The Open National Athletics Championship is a Mencap Sport’s competition for athletes with a learning disability.

 

When? 26 June 2010 at 10.30 am.

 

Where?

Regional Athletics Arena,

Sportcity, Manchester

 

Open national athletics

championship and the Festival of athletics

 

Who can enter?

 

You can enter if you

? are an athlete with a learning disability

? are 13 years old or older

? have been told you have a learning disability or an

IQ of 75 or less by a doctor or another medical

person like a consultant

? have reached the entry standard in another

competition since 26 June 2009. You can find out

about the entry standards later on in this booklet.

On your entry form tell us the times you got in your

last competition.

 

At the Open national athletics championship

there is another competition called the Festival of

athletics. The festival is for people with more severe

learning disabilities.

 

The Festival of athletics events happen from 12 noon

to 2pm.

 

If you are in the under 15 but over 13 years old group you must also have an INAS (international) or UK

(national) classification. Ask your coach about this or

find out how to get one at the Mencap Sport website

www.mencap.org.uk/sport

 

You can enter either the Festival of athletics or the

Open national athletics championships. You cannot

enter both.

 

The people who are in charge of the athletics

championship and the festival decide if you can

take part. We will only contact you if there is a problem with your entry.

 

The number of events you can take part in

Under 15 but over 13 years old group = 3 events

You have to be these ages on 31 August 2010.

 

Under 17 but over 15 years old group = 3 events

You have to be these ages on 31 August 2010.

 

Under 20 but over 17 years old group = 4 events

You have to be these ages on 31 August 2010.

 

Senior group = 4 events

You have to be these ages on 31 August 2010.How to take part

 

1. Fill in the entry form. You may need your coach or

supporter to help with this.

 

2. Write a cheque to Mencap for your £7.50 entry fee.

 

You send this with your entry form.

 

3. Send the form and the cheque to:

Mencap Sport,

6a Caldervale Road,

Wakefield,

West Yorkshire,

WF1 5PE.

 

Please make sure we have your entry form and cheque by 5pm on Friday 5 June 2010.

 

Otherwise you will notbe able to take part.

 

You can find the rules of the competition atwww.iaaf.org

 

Click here to download an entry form

 

Click here to download equality form

 

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Former Paralympians set to inspire young players at wheelchair tennis camp in Swindon

Former Paralympians Jayant Mistry and Kevin Plowman will be among those visiting Delta Tennis Centre in Swindon on Sunday, 28th March to help inspire a new generation of wheelchair tennis players at a Lord’s Taverner’s Wheelchair Tennis Junior Camp, a partnership between the Lord’s Taverners and the Tennis FoundationThis weekend ‘s camp is part of the wider Lord’s Taverners Wheelchair Tennis Junior Development Programme, which includes additional junior camps in Bolton and Loughborough later this year, again in partnership with the Tennis Foundation. The Lord’s Taverner’s Wheelchair Tennis Junior Championships, an event in its second year, will also run alongside the 2010 National Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Gloucester at the end of May

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Free Seminar!!!

 

We are holding a free seminar for disabled young people on 27 April in London.

 

The theme of the event is how disabled young people can influence the government about the things that are important to disabled children and young people. There will be staff at the event who will be there to support and encourage the young people to take part.

 

If you work for an organisation and would like to bring some disabled young people to our seminar, you can download the programme and booking form from here:

http://www.transitioninfonetwork.org.uk/home1.aspx

 

If you would like further information, please contact me on:

 

vwright@ncb.org.uk