Our annual Para Sport Festival is on the horizon for 2019, welcoming young people from across the Tayside with a physical, visual or hearing impairment and providing them with an opportunity to try a range of para sports, delivered by some of the best clubs and coaches across the country. This year’s festival is scheduled for Wednesday 6th March at Dundee and Angus College, Gardyne Campus, Dundee, DD5 1NY.
This is a fantastic opportunity for primary and secondary aged young people to experience some of the sports that are successfully showcased at the Paralympic Games. The activities selected reflect the strong club structure in the region and will aim to support the transition from the event to more regular sporting activity with one or more of the session’s being delivered. Several Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport (SGB’s) have also expressed a real interest in supporting the event over the years and this further highlights the amount of partnership work involved.
The festival is a partnership event between Scottish Disability Sport, Leisure and Culture Dundee, AngusAlive, Perth & Kinross Disability Sport and multiple SGBs who work together, along with local club coaches, to offer sessions in badminton, boccia, powerchair football, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby league, tennis, football, bowls and more to the children and young people across Tayside. This year’s event will also be supported by the Celtic FC Foundation and BP Coast to Coast.
Please contact Graeme.doig@scottishdisabilitysport.com for more details and a registration pack.