Ben loves sport and recently earned his level 1 coaching assistant award! His mum Hayley kindly wrote this blog to tell us about how his coaches have supported him with his tennis…
Tennis star Ben earns his level 1 coaching assistant award
Meet Mark…
This is a guest blog from Mark. He attends the DSActive athletics session with Exeter Harries as a volunteer coach and has just achieved his Level 1 coaching qualification in athletics! We caught up with Mark to find out how he got on with the course… Mark, can you tell us a little bit about […]
A London Derby – Charlton Upbeats vs Sutton Utd FC
On 3 November, the Charlton Upbeats played a match against Sutton Utd FC at Sutton’s ground, Gander Green Lane. There were over 50 people in attendance for the match. The Charlton Upbeats were special guests for the day and were the main feature in the Sutton Utd vs Dagenham & Redbridge match day programme. The teams […]
Q&A with Anna and Dan
DSActive recently had a chat with Anna and Dan. They wanted to discuss their active lives. Q. Please could you tell us a bit about yourself? Anna: My name is Anna Docker. I like swimming. I am sporting. Dan: My name is Dan. I am 28 years old. I like going on holiday. I like […]
A day at the Better Health, Better Lives event
The DSActive team are no strangers to the motorways of the country, and last week 2 of them headed down the M5 to Devon to present at the Better Health, Better Lives event held at Hannah’s at Seale-Hayne. The event was for people with a learning disability to find out more about keeping well and […]
The England Athletics National Awards 2018
Since 2008, the England Athletics National Awards and Hall of Fame Evening has seen a plethora of phenomenal athletes and commentators whose words and phrases accompany some of the greatest sporting moments within the sport of athletics, inducted into the Hall of Fame. The evening is also a chance to celebrate new young athletes who will […]
First London DSActive athletics session launched
Newham and Essex Beagles have launched a new DSActive athletics session in Newham, East London. This is the first DSActive athletics session in London. The athletics club run a variety of sessions for the local community and the president of the club is British Olympic Champion, Christine Ohuruogu, who won gold at Beijing 2008 and silver […]
#Challenge21 arrives in Swindon
From the 1 to the 21 October, the Down’s Syndrome Association have been running the #Challenge21 campaign. The DSActive team set the clubs they work with a multitude of challenges all with a theme of 21 because Down’s syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21. Alan Elbourn coaches the DSActive tennis […]
The DSActive Team take on #Challenge21…
As we reach the half way point of #Challenge21, our campaign to raise awareness, we spoke to 3 of the DSActive team about what challenges they have chosen, and how they are finding it! Emma What are you doing for #Challenge21? I am making 21 art pieces of different styles. Why did you pick it […]
Exeter Harriers host their first Festival of Athletics!
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, […]
