A day in the life of an athlete – Charlotte Cox

…her athletes compete, we all know each other from many other competitions. Today my first event is the 100m, so I head to the call room carrying my spike and water, once checked in you sit and wait, I put my spikes on while I am waiting do some stretches and on the way out to the track make sure everything is comfortable and make any last minute adjustments to laces etc. We walk out in lane order so when we get to the start we already know what la…

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Football Festival in Islington

…rd to National Football Festival in Birmingham.” Emma from DSActive said: “Today, I spent my time referring the matches. The quality of football on show today was superb with some good goals and brilliant individual skills. Also, it’s great to see DSActive partner clubs attending the festival. We need to continue creating opportunities for people with Down’s syndrome for all abilities.” To find a session near a DSActive session near you click here…

Upbeats show off their skills to Charlton’s first team!

…behind the upbeats because they are great people to be around. I have seen today the talent amongst the players and the smiles it had brought to everyone today. It has raised our spirits. It’s been a privilege having the upbeats here. People say it’s just a game but it’s not, it’s far more important than that when you see how happy it can make people and how it can affect people’s lives”. It was a fantastic day all round and the Upbeats had a grea…

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Charlton Upbeats crowned DSActive National Festival winners for the fifth time after a fantastic day of football

…of the DSActive team said: “It’s amazing to see so many teams turn up for today’s festival. A lot of planning has gone into today so it’s nice to see that there are so many people. It’s good to see the massive smiles on everyone’s faces too! The standard this year has really improved and it wasn’t clear who was going to make it to the semi-finals. All of the teams definitely deserved to progress. It’s great to see the parents cheering on from the…

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Crystal Palace play Millwall

…gives them a chance to cheer their child/young adult on in a football game. The parents really get into it!! It’s also nice for players to make new friends. Today has been really good and it’s wonderful to see everyone having such a good time.”…

DSActive join forces with World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

…Active The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is today pleased to announce a new partnership with DSActive which will see both organisations work together to provide opportunities for people with Down’s syndrome to participate in snooker. Administered by the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA), the programme aims to provide people with as many opportunities as possible to be active across England and Wales, with other sport…

Crystal Palace v Norwich, Saturday 18 March 2017

…short word with Khash and asked him what was going to happen in the match today? He said “tackle then pass to Johnathon and then to Mohammed and then try and score.” When we got to the Norwich ground we were greeted by one of the football coaches. After the boys got changed in to their kit and ate a light snack it was time to head on to the pitch. The two teams walked out onto the pitch together and then there were photographs, with the teams sta…