Festival for all
On a sunny day at the Mile End stadium, Vallance Community Sports Association held their 9th annual Disability Sports Day Festival 2017 on Wednesday 10th May.
Over 130 participants registered on the day to take part in the multi sports activities which included Football, Cricket, Soft Tennis, Boccia and many others.
A big thank you to all the staff and management of the schools and organisations that attended and took part.
A special mention to:
- The Canary Wharf Group PLC
- Imrul Gazi from the Kick It Out Campaign
- Jas Hothi from London Youth
- Shenneth Brereton from the Tower Hamlets Sports Development - Megan Bevis from Motivate East
- Austin Hughes from the West Ham Utd Foundation
- Tim Oliver from the Soft Golf
The Festival was about participation but there were some winners in the activities:
Football team winners- CORE Sports Project
Football team runner’s up- APASEN (Asian Parents Association for Special Educational Needs)
Football player of the day- Wobi Choudhury from the CORE Sports Project
Cricket team winners- APASEN (Asian Parents Association for Special Educational Needs)
Cricket team runner’s up- BPCA (Bangladesh Parents Care Association)
Cricket player of the day- Mohibur Rahman from APASEN
Golf player of the day (male) - Bernard Harris
Golf player of the day (female) - Sandra McDonald
Athletics 60 metre sprint (male)-
1st: Ememeniunam
2nd: Sharif Musa
3rd: Wobi Choudhury
Athletics 60 metre sprint (female)-
1st: Muslima Uddin
2nd: Hena Bibi
3rd: Selima Bibi
4 x 4 relays-
1st- APASEN
2nd- CORE Sports Project
3rd- BPCA.
