Intro from Chair: Goalball UK are looking to appoint a Non-Executive director to support our new strategy, Transforming More Lives. The role of the Non-Executive Director is, with the rest of the board, to constructively challenge and contribute to the development of the strategy for Goalball U.K.; to review the performance of management in [...]
Monday 5th August - Wednesday 7th August saw Goalball UK run the annual Summer Camp, hosted this year at RNC Hereford. The camp saw young and aspiring goalball players from across The UK come together to hone their skills and spend 3 fun packed days designed to help them improve their skills both on [...]
Great Britain’s women under 19’s team have won the bronze medal at the IBSA Goalball World Youth Championships. Getting underway against the hosts and reigning champions, Great Britain delivered a professional and composed performance to win 3-1. Antonia Bunyan starred with an impressive hattrick. Great Britain’s perfect start continued against South Korea. Braces for [...]
Croysutt Warriors player Tommy Britton is trekking across Morocco to raise funds for SeeAbility, the charity that supports people with sight loss and multiple disabilities. The challenge will see Tommy start his journey in the capital Marrakesh, before venturing over 50km to, and then ascending, Mount Toubkal, which is over 4000m above sea level. [...]
Emma Evans has been presented with Goalball UK’s Keith Lound Memorial Award, recognising her commitment and outstanding service to the sport for blind and partially sighted athletes. The annual award is given to someone who goes above and beyond the call of duty to assist in the development, facilitation and improved participation of the [...]
Great Britain women’s goalball squad sixth place finish at an international tournament was a significant step in their ambition to achieve qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Despite losing out in the quarter-finals at the IBSA goalball event in Fort Wayne, the team put together a series of performances of the highest quality that [...]
The Great Britain under 23s goalball team secured the bronze medal at the European Para Youth Games in Finland, after going up against some of the best teams in Europe over three days of competition. The tournament got off to a dream start, with a series of impressive wins over Germany, Italy and Hungary [...]
Great Britain will be sending an U19 female talent team to the World Championships for the first time in their history. This is a fantastic opportunity for the young athletes and testament to the ETP and the amount of talented athletes we are now working with at this young age. The competition will be in [...]
Goalball UK was proud to host Dame Katherine Grainger DBE, one of Great Britain’s most decorated Olympians, at the Goalfix Cup in Nottingham. Katherine, who now occupies the role of chair at UK Sport, took the opportunity to hear about many different elements of the sport – from grassroot to elite level - at [...]
This weekend the Great Britain under 23 men’s goalball team are flying to Finland to compete at the European Para Youth Games (EPYG) – which is set to be one of the para sporting events of the summer. The six athletes selected for the EPYG are Joe Roper, Naqib Ahmed, Stuart Hudson, Mo Ahmed, Sam Hoskin [...]
