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Judo talent try-outs for
visually-impaired residents
12/05/2008
On Tuesday 10 June, The Newham
Sports Academy with Tessa Sanderson held its VI Judo Talent ID Day
for visually impaired people of all ages.
The event was held at Newham Leisure Centre in
association with the British Judo Association (BJA) and the GLL.
Over thirty participants attended on the day from across London,
with 50% coming from Newham.
Demonstrations of typical judo lessons and of more advanced skills
were given before participants tried out different exercises and
techniques themselves. There were a number of talent spotters there
on the day from organisations such as the Newham Sports Academy,
British Disability Judo Team, BJA, and the British Paralympic
Team.
Newham's Sports Academy is committed to searching for talented
individuals in the borough, and used the day as an opportunity to
boost the number of disabled athletes in the Academy in preparation
for the 2012 Games. Paul Archer, whose son Liam took part on the
day said, 'We really enjoyed the event, in particular the
demonstrations the coaches did as it's hard for the kids to
visualise what to do. We'd definitely go to an event like this
again. I think there are more and more sporting events being put on
locally to do with the Olympic and Paralympics Games and that's
really good.' |
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