In Sunderland we can offer serious coaching in three sports but can “accommodate” athletes from many more.
Always remembering that all our coaches are volunteer’s and without them we could not function.
Swimming
Special Olympics Sunderland offer all year round swimming training at the Raich Carter Sports Centre Sunderland. Training takes place on a Saturday between 4 - 5pm.
Swimming coaches follow a training plan drawn up by our head coach, which allows for the numerous disabilities and difficulties our swimmers have to cope with.
We have a very successful swim team, with our coaches headed by a level 3 school and pool teacher and coach, varying through high levels and disciplines of aquatic sports; this “pool” of knowledge is very useful in finding ways around athlete’s difficulties.
How well this all works can be seen in our swimming achievements section.
Special Olympics Sunderland are delighted to let you know that we now have our Judo group up and running.
Teething troubles due to funding is now thankfully behind us and our grant has come through, as we had been promised it would but, red tape is difficult to cut through some times.
We have some very highly qualified coaches, who are experienced in working with all ages and abilities.
Although we have lots of interest in the judo with a number of members everyone is welcome whether it be your first time or you are an “old hand” come along and see what you think.
Saturday afternoon at Raich Carter 3 pm.
New members welcome please ring Kath 0191 5842719
We are delighted to thank Ronnie Scott our chairman in this venture. Ronnie has worked hard and tirelessly to bring Judo to us.
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Badminton
 We are delighted to say we now have a three badminton coaches coming along to coach our athletes.
Thanks to Sharon Cosgrove and two of her coaches from St Aiden’s badminton club we are able to offer badminton coaching to all our athletes from the gold medal winner amongst us to those that have never held a racket before.
It has to be said we are surprised at how many of the athletes have shown some promise in no time at all.
It seems badminton is about to be our “In Thing” at present, our athletes taken to it with greater enthusiasm than ever, it could be that we have a couple more up and coming star’s who are not only doing well but obviously enjoying it a great
deal.
Ten Pin Bowling
We are very fortunate in having a close working partnership with a bowling club. Members of Special Olympics Sunderland bowl at Washington AMF Bowling every second Sunday from 12-2pm as part of the T-to-T club.
They have three experienced and qualified instructors and the members are aged from 11 upwards. |
Special Olympics Sunderland will try to place any athlete with a learning disability into any sport. If we are not able to do this then we will try to find some other club to accommodate them.
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