Newsletter July 2011

The Champions Issue!  

Since the last edition we have crowned new Champions in Wiltshire, Kent, London & Essex!

 
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Newham London Champions ! 

The climax of 9 months of preparation, 10,000+ hours of activity and 14 qualifying competitions, resulted in 5 teams being left to fight out the Final. Haringey, Harrow, Lambeth, Newham and Croydon competed at the Westway Sports Centre on Thursday 16 June.  

A fantastic, intense competition followed and when it was all over, the Newham Team had edged ahead of nearest rivals Harrow by just 4 points to become Panathlon Champions for London 2011. Croydon finished third, followed by Lambeth and Haringey. (full results here).       

Helen Turner, and Louise Sugden, Paralympic World Cup Gold Medallists (Wheelchair Basketball) attended the event to encourage competitors and award medals. (See their blog here). They were joined by Kate Hoey, London's Commissioner for Sport.  

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Helen Turner GB Gold Medallist at Panathlon. Team Newham lift their first Panathlon Championship.

Panathlon was recently awarded the Inspire Mark from London 2012 read about it here


The Mayor of London Boris Johnson, through the Sports Legacy Plan, is supporting Panathlon up to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, investing �255,000 in developing grass roots disability sport in London,  He said: "It is fantastic to see the Panathlon Challenge going from strength to strength every year, helping to inspire young people to get involved in sport.. My Sports Legacy Fund was established to support exactly this kind of event."      

Kent Final News

BBC_Children_In_NeedAfter 3 qualifying competitions involving 12 Teams, the Kent Panathlon Final took place on May 25th at the Malling School. The team from Mid Kent and Ashford, won a tremendously close run contest, which went down to the wire as the team from Herne Bay, also had the same score of 50 points, and could only be separated on "countback" - the Panathlon equivalent of a penalty shoot out!

Standing Long Jumper in Kent ! 

As MKA won 3 sports, to Herne Bay's 2 sports, Mid Kent edged the title and were crowned Champions 2011. Dartford came in 3rd and the home team from Malling and Sevenoaks came 4th. Thanks also to Charlie Harris for supporting the Mid Kent and Ashford team this year! Full results here.  


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Panathlon competitions in Essex kicked off in November 2010 and came to a conclusion on July 1st, with the Team of Beacon Hill, Thurrock, being crowned Champions. Nine area teams competed throughout the year including the new entrants from Shoeburyness and Southend. However after many months of preparation and improvement, the Thurrock team finally overcame Team Harlow who had held the title for the previous two years. Huge Congratulations to all who took part. More details here. Dan Bentley, local Paralympian Champion was on hand to give a Boccia Masterclass ! 

 
Dan Bentley, GB Gold Medallist in Boccia and Adam Alderman, at Essex Final on July 1st 
 The New Champions, Team Thurrock

Panathlon is also working with Essex FA to develop Powerchair Football opportunities in Essex throughout 2011. New equipment in the form of wheelchair attachments and balls and posts were delivered to Southview and Beacon Hill schools. A coaching course with WFA was delivered earlier in the year. Coaching and competitive opportunities will be developed in the new academic year.   


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Five teams competed for the 'Wiltshire Panathlon Champions title 2011'. Panathlon trained 30 sports leaders in March and coached 81 children with severe learning difficulties in a range of sports. 75 of those athletes went on to compete in May across the 6 Panathlon sports. 

Boccia Leaders in Action 

After the first 4 sports were completed, it was 'neck and neck' between St. Nicolas and Paternoster, who played outstanding games to fight off the other three teams (Brimble Hill, Crowdy and Uplands).  

In the end there has to be only one winner, with St. Nicolas School taking the crown of Wiltshire Panathlon Champions' with 46 points to Paternosters 42. To see full results click here.  


Panathlon also worked with Boccia England and ran a Boccia Leaders Course in April, qualifying 30 Leaders and a follow up competition with 45 competitors was held in May.  

 

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On June 26th Panathlon joined up with Hilton Hotel at Stansted Airport and took part in the Hilton Foundation "Around the World in a Day" challenge. Teams ran, walked, biked and rowed 810 miles, raising several thousand pounds in aid of the Panathlon Challenge in Essex.

Team GBWe managed to recruit help from Team GB Slalom and Sprint Canoe Teams and also the GB Deaf Football team who were passing through Stansted and offered to help out! Many thanks to all involved!

To see the work of Hilton and Panathlon, please click here. Any kind donations click here.

Woodland delivers for Panathlon!  


Proving it delivers much more than freight, the Chelmsford based Woodland Group is supporting Panathlon over the next two years.   

Woodland, one of the UK's leading independent logistics providers, has agreed to provide funding as well as access to professional services and Woodland's infrastructure of UK offices and staff members.        


Kevin Stevens, chairman and CEO of the Woodland Group, added: "Panathlon is a fantastic charity, 

we are delighted to help them grow and are confident that our efforts will make a real difference."      


Read the full story here.  Woodland staff also kindly helped us raise funds at Stansted airport and visited our Essex Final on July 1st.  Thank you ! 


Simon Youd from Woodland and our Sporting Ambassadors, Helen Turner and Louise Sugden.


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Plans for the new academic year are taking shape and will be announced in September.

Coach Education Courses

 

Panathlon has qualified over 100 coaches and young leaders this year, in various sports including; Boccia, Polybat, New Age Kurling, Powerchair Football and VI Football.

The highlight was the final course of the year with Boccia England at Oak Lodge School in Wandsworth, where 10 deaf and hearing impaired students became qualified as Young Boccia Officials.
  Young participants on the Polybat Course
Panathlon will be delivering more "NGB" courses in the new academic year.  Watch this space for more courses
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Help & Support
Panathlon could not deliver the opportunities to young disabled people if it was not for our partners, funders and supporters. THANK YOU!

 

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And thank you to


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who went the extra mile (literally) by running the Virgin London Marathlon for us, raising over �2,000. THANK YOU!
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  Action Shots
 
Some of the action from our recent finals ! 

 

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