Last month award-nominated athletics club the Exeter Harriers ran an excellent festival of athletics. Our Sports Officer Doug went along to see the group in action. The festival took place on Sunday 23 of September. Seven brave athletes shrugged off worries about the possibility of rain and cold and took part in four events: 60m Sprint, […]
On a warm September weekend our DSActive Sports Officer, Doug had the pleasure of going to Norwich to watch two brilliantly run DSActive sessions: football with Norwich City FC Community Sports Foundation and tennis with the East Anglia Tennis and Squash Club. The football session was held at the Open Academy and was very well […]
This is a guest blog from Joseph. Joseph is very fit and enjoys going to the gym and playing sports. We asked him to tell us a bit more about his busy life and what his advice is for anyone else wanting to be more active. Joseph…can you tell us a little bit about yourself? […]
We were thrilled to attend this year’s BGC Charity Day with very special ambassador Phillip Schofield on Tuesday 11 September. Phillip joined family members of the DSA as well as ambassadors and beneficiaries from sixteen other charities to take over the BGC offices in London to raise money and awareness and to commemorate the colleagues […]
During the summer holidays, the DSActive team ran a Multi-skills athletics summer camp for people with Down’s syndrome aged 5+. The sessions took place on Wednesdays and Thursdays at Tooting and Mitcham Utd FC from 10AM to 3PM. There was a fantastic turn out with 39 people with Down’s syndrome attending the camp! Each session […]
Hayley has been attending this year’s DSActive Summer Camp. Last week, she interviewed two coaches from the DSActive Summer Camp, Vicky and Howard. Q: What’s your coaching background? Vicky: Teaching children at school, coaching girls football for girls under 11. Howard: Teaching people, PE and amateur football clubs. Q: What are your favourite sports? Vicky: […]
The Telford Tennis Centre has become the latest tennis centre to offer a DSActive tennis session. The new session was launched with an open day for new players, supported by Tennis Shropshire, Tennis Foundation and Energize Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. One of the DSActive team went along to join in… To celebrate the new DSActive […]
Victoria is a very active person. She enjoys sports and regularly attends DSActive football and tennis sessions.
The DSActive tennis sessions have been growing in popularity over the last couple of years, with more and more sessions starting up. The latest club to offer a DSActive tennis session is Wrexham Tennis Centre in North Wales with the support of Tennis Wales. The tennis centre has the luxury of 7 indoor courts, 7 […]
To celebrate the end of Wimbledon 2018, DSActive ran a tennis festival at the National Tennis Center, Roehampton. We had 10 people with Down’s syndrome which attended the event. The National Tennis Center is home of UK Tennis and many tennis players train at the centre. British star Andy Murray was training on the same day […]
