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Issue 58 Summer 2015
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England Blind Football Team In Action
EURO BLIND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 GAMES MAKERS NEEDED AT BLIND COLLEGE Tupsley is privileged to be hosting the IBSA Blind Football European Championships 2015 at the Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) from Saturday 22nd to Saturday 29th August. The tournament will take place at thePoint4 in Venns Lane, the RNC’s state of the art public leisure centre and key training centre for the England Blind Football Squad and other Paralympians. It will feature ten European teams, including England and ruling champions Spain, with the winning team guaranteed a place at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio. Blind football is fast paced and as entertaining as its sighted counterpart. Played 5-a-side at international level, the only sighted player on the team is the goalkeeper, who cannot leave his area. While the ball is in play the players require complete silence from spectators. This heightens the tension of the game and inevitably results in an explosion of noise when a goal is scored. Tournament Director Chris Combe said “England are unbeaten under their Head Coach, Hereford’s own Jon Pugh, and they
are going to be in great form going in to the Euros. Joining us as a spectator or by volunteering are great ways to get behind them and show your support for their Paralympic campaign.” Chris Combe added “Volunteers were a crucial part of the Blind World Cup, which we hosted in 2010, and of course the 2012 Paralympics. Now the Euros gives people another opportunity to get involved in an international sporting fixture right here in Hereford.” Volunteers need to be able to offer as much time as possible between 20 and 30 August 2015 and must be over the age of 16. More information on volunteering is available through the event website www.blindeuros.co.uk, by emailing andrea.biddulph@ rnc.ac.uk or by calling 01432 376 376. Following on from the team’s commanding performance at the IBSA Blind World Games in Seoul, South Korea in May, the England team is expected to perform well and challenge for the Championships title. Tickets for the tournament are available to buy online via: http://tickets.rncb.ac.uk/
St Paul’s Chess Megafinal Congratulations to Jem Surucu, Oliver Bryant, Sam Nikitik, Owen Fish, Lewis Chen, Robert Bell, Katie Turner, Owen Hartland and Jake Bryant who represented St Paul’s School at the Mercia Chess Megafinal at Hereford Cathedral School in April, where they played the best chess players from schools in Herefordshire and Shropshire. They all enjoyed the day which involved playing 6 games of chess in one day. Congratulations to Jem, Oliver, Robert, Owen Hartland and Katie, who won at least 4 out of the 6 games to qualify for the National Final (ie Gigafinal) in Manchester and to Katie and Owen who were champions of their respective age groups.
Mercia Megafinal Chess Players
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