NEWS

April 2010

  • 3 days of Kent sporitng triumph !!

    Posted: Wednesday 28th April 2010
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    Kent East 29th April

    3 new teams to Panathlon took part today and performed really well for their first ever attempt ! Herne Bay, Shepway and Canterbury SSP's took part for the first time with Thanet at Canterbury High School. Herne Bay came out on top with wins in Boccia, Kurling, Polybat and field athletics to win through from Thanet in 2nd place, Canterbury in 3rd and Shepway coming in 4th. The individual Gold medal winning teams will now qualify for the Kent Final on May 26th... well done to you all !!



    Kent West 28th April
    The team from Milestone School in Dartford won the West Kent Panathlon with a score of 52 points and in the process winning Table Cricket, Polybat and Field Athletics and coming second in Kurling and Athletics Flat. Tonbridge came 2nd winning Boccia, 3rd was Malling & Sevenoaks winning Kurling and in 4th was Gravesham who won the Athletics Flat.


    Kent Central 27th April
    The Wyvern School representing Mid Kent & Ashford SSP, won the sports of Polybat, Table Cricket, New Age Kurling and Field Athletics to win convincingly the Central area of Panathlon. Meadowfield representing Sheppey & Sittingbourne won Boccia and Bower Grove from Maidstone won the athletics races section. (See Panathlon blog for another report on this day !)

  • Essex Panathlon Semi-Finals

    Posted: Friday 23rd April 2010
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    Essex South

    Oakview School in Loughton, part of the West Essex SSP won their first ever Panathlon event today at the Riverside Sports Centre in Chelmsford. Lakeside Thurrock team (Beacon Hill) qualified for the Final also and will meet Harlow Fields and Southview School (NW Essex) in the Final on July 1st. The last 2 days have seen close to 200 young disabled Essex sportsmen and women take part with much enthusiasm and great skill.

    Many thanks to all the funders who have made it possible, Essex Youth Trust, Jack Petchey Foundation, Essex CC and others.

    Essex North

    Team Harlow won the first Essex Semi Final on Thursday 22nd April just pipping Southview and the NW Essex Team in to 2nd place. Both now qualify for the Essex Final on 1st July. Tendring (Marketfield) came 3rd and Lexden Springs (Colchester) came 4th. 100 disabled young people took part at Braintree College and the Braintree Students helped run the day. Thank you to all who took part !!

  • Hilton Stansted to support Panathlon

    Posted: Friday 16th April 2010
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    Help us raise funds for the Essex Panathlon by running, swimming, rowing or biking on June 6th at your local Hilton Hotel. Every mile you contribute will help us and Hilton hotels aim of “Around the World in a Day”

    Hilton Stansted have kindly nominated the Panathlon charity as their recipient for funds this year and therefore we are encouraging everyone to get active on June 6th and help contribute to the total miles. Every penny raised will help local disabled Panathletes with more equipment and coaching funds. Thank you in advance !!

    More details if you click here - Hilton or contact ashley@panathlon.com how you can contribute with your schools to the Stansted total in the week leading up to the main event on June 6th.

  • Essex Ready to Roll !

    Posted: Thursday 15th April 2010
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    The eagerly awaited first rounds of the 2010 Essex Panathlon Challenge sports competition for disabled youngsters begin on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd April. The first event takes place at Braintree College on April 22nd and will feature teams from Harlow, Southview School, (Witham), Marketfield School (Tendring) and Lexden Springs School, (Colchester).

    The second, on 23rd April, will see teams from Chelmsford Columbus College, Thurrock Beacon Hill, Glenwood School (Castle Point) and Oakview School in Loughton compete at the Chelmsford Riverside Sports Centre. The teams will compete across a range of sports - Boccia, Kurling, Polybat, Table Cricket and Athletics – to determine who will go through to the Essex Final on July 1st and become Essex Champions 2010.

    The Panathlon Challenge is now in its tenth successful year of delivering sporting opportunities and “mini-paralympic” type competitions for young disabled sports people and around 125 athletes aged between 8 and 18, will compete against each other each day. The event goes ahead with the help of investment from the Jack Petchey Foundation, Lakeside shopping Centre who are supporting the Thurrock and Chelmsford teams and Essex County Council.

    The Jack Petchey Foundation has donated £7,500 towards the Panathlon Challenge in Essex in 2010. The Foundation, based in Ilford, Essex was founded in 1999 and aims to help develop the potential within young people aged 11-25 right across London and Essex. The Foundation is eager to help youngsters to take advantage of opportunities and to play their part in society. So far, in excess of £60 million has been given to a wide range of organisations and schools. Trudy Kilcullen, Chief Operations Officer for the Jack Petchey Foundation said. “We are pleased to be supporting the Panathlon Challenge once again, which will benefit many young disabled people in Essex”.

    The event forms part of Essex County Council’s prestigious ‘Essex Carrying the Flame Framework’ which was launched last summer. The framework will inspire a new generation of children and young people by providing them with the opportunity to engage in and represent their school and School Sport Partnership in Olympic and Paralympic related sport and cultural activities. It will also provide a wide range of volunteer and leadership opportunities which support the 2012 legacy.

    Panathlon will invest around £30,000 in sports equipment, coaching sessions and multi-sports competitions in Essex during 2010, creating sporting opportunities for disabled youngsters in eight school sport partnership areas.

    Danny Crates, Paralympic Champion and Panathlon charity patron says:
    ”I’ve witnessed some great Panathlon events in the last year and the performances by young disabled athletes has been inspiring. The new investment from Jack Petchey Foundation, Essex County Council and the other funders, will enable even more people to benefit from specialist sports equipment, thousands of hours of coaching sessions and some real competitive action. Many thanks from Panathlon to all our sponsors for enabling thousands of young disabled people to play and enjoy sport.”


    To find more about Panathlon - visit www.panathlon.com

  • Paralympians add their support

    Posted: Monday 5th April 2010
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    Danny Crates, the patron of the Panathlon charity and Paralympic gold medalist along with Liz Johnson, Paralympic gold medalist from Bejing give us their thoughts on Panathlon.

    Click here!

  • Mayor of London Supports Panathlon

    Posted: Friday 2nd April 2010
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    The Mayor of London is supporting Panathlon through the the Sports Legacy Plan for London.

    The Mayor’s Sport Commissioner Kate Hoey congratulated winning teams at the event. Kate Hoey said: “ With the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games fast approaching, Panathlon is exactly the kind of initiative that we should all be getting behind. It brings real, competitve sport to those who might otherwise have missed out on involvement. The Mayor and I are both committed to getting as many young people as possible involved in sport. Events like this show that disability need not be any obstacle to participation. Panathlon deserve huge praise for what it is doing.”

    Kate Hoey pictured having a go at Polybat at Panathlon 2010