The Manchester Multi-Sport Start 2019 took place at Parrs Wood High School on Sunday 24th November. The venue was very accessible and the staff were very accommodating with anything we needed. 15 people signed up to the day and they got to experience 5 different sports. The sports were: RaceRunning- CP Sport Football- Why Can’t […]
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GB tops RaceRunning podium at the World Para Athletics Championships
Cerebral Palsy Sport athletes Rafi Solaiman and Ellie Simpson (Cerebral Palsy Sport Young Sporting Ambassador) both took silver medals at the inaugural World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai on 15th November 2019. Gavin Drysdale and Kayleigh Haggo (both coached by Ian Mirfin; Red Star) won the world titles in the RR3 (RaceRunning) 100m category, which […]
Cerebral Palsy Sport Athletics Championships shines in Doncaster!
On Saturday 21st September the Cerebral Palsy Sport National Athletics Championships took place at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster. The sun shone and spectators enjoyed a full day of top quality action on the track and field. This year we had a wide range of events from 60m up to 1500m alongside seated and ambulant […]
British athlete breaks RaceRunning World Record
RaceRunning is a fast growing discipline in the world of Athletics and more and more British athletes are striving to become world beaters. At the British Wheelchair Grand Prix at Stoke Mandeville on 8th September 2019, RR2 athlete Thomas Talbot broke the male u16 100m World Record with a time of 23.17 seconds, beating his […]
RaceRunning in Bath goes from strength to strength
Cerebral Palsy Sport has supported Nova Sports and Coaching in delivering RaceRunning Start sessions alongside Quest 88, and is now working with the club to promote the regular sessions the club is delivering. The club was created when a children’s physio team at a local hospital in Bath were really keen to offer RaceRunning in […]
World Record for CP Sport Young Ambassador Ellie
Cerebral Palsy Sport Young Sporting Ambassador Ellie Simpson set a new RaceRunning world record at the England Athletics Senior Championships in Manchester on the 28th July 2019. In the 200m, Ellie’s time of 39.62s beat the previous record held by Kayleigh Haggo. It was the second time RaceRunning was included at the England Athletics Senior […]
CP National League players represent England in IFCPF World Cup
Members of the CP National league are out in force at the IFCPF World Cup in Seville, Spain. Kicking off their campaign in style, England have defeated Germany today by 5-2 in the first of their group matches. A number of the England squad play in the National CP League, a league that provides players […]
Cerebral Palsy Sport announce new swimming partnership
Cerebral Palsy Sport is delighted to announce a new partnership with the The Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA). The STA is an international award-winning charity working towards the objective of preserving human life by the teaching of swimming, lifesaving and survival techniques. Cerebral Palsy Sport will be working with the STA on projects to raise the […]
World Records for RaceRunners at CP Sport event
At the Cerebral Palsy Sport Athletics Series in York on Saturday 15th June World Records were achieved by Rafeek Solaiman, for the Senior RR3 Male 200m and Thomas Talbot, for the Under 16 Male RR2 1500m. Rafi, 19 from City of Sheffield and Dearn AC coached by Phil Fleetwood, broke the previous record of 38.15 […]
CP Sport makes Digital Pledge as Sport England calls on the sport sector to embrace digital media
Sport England are calling on the sport and physical activity sector to embrace technology to make it easier for people to get active. A ComRes survey commissioned by Sport England found that people find it twice as easy to order takeaway food online than to book a sport or fitness class. Sport England are awarding […]