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 [...]
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September at York St John University The conference is open to everyone in the goalball family - coaches, parents, officials, activators, players, etc. A combination of talks, demos and an opportunity to develop and grow your knowledge of goalball. Experienced Goalball UK staff, coaches, players and officials will be [...]
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 [...]
Goalball UK are bringing a Summer Goalball Camp to the summer holidays in 2019! This camp is aimed at 10 - 14 year olds and will be a fantastic opportunity to work with experienced Goalball UK coaches, learn new skills, improve goalball knowledge, make new friends and compete against players from other clubs across [...]
Goalball UK will be at Sight Village Central, the largest VI exhibition in the UK, on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th July. In addition to having an information stand to answer all your questions about goalball, we will also be delivering some taster sessions as part of 'Sport Village' which is organised by British [...]
Dear Members, I am pleased to attach the Notice of Meeting for the 2019 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Goalball UK and related documents. The AGM will be held on Saturday 29 June 2019 at English Institute Of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 5DA. Registration will be from 9.30am and the AGM will start [...]
Goalball UK has announced the six women that will represent Great Britain at the IBSA Goalball International Qualifier in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. The squad competing for a place at Tokyo 2020 is Sarah Leiter, Antonia Bunyan, Georgie Bullen, Amelia Robertson, Kali Holder and Lois Turner. An experienced four-person coaching team will be joining the [...]