Tel: 01473 836777
Fax: 01473 836778
Textphone: 01473 836779
Email enquiries@optua.org.uk
Tel: 01473 836777
Fax: 01473 836778
Textphone: 01473 836779
Email enquiries@optua.org.uk
For information on any of the activities below please call 01473 836770 or email leisure@optua.org.uk
As well as the information below we have also now put together a comprehensive guide to disability sport clubs and opportunities in Suffolk. Please follow this link to access the guide.
Archery
We regularly run beginners' archery courses in Suffolk. We have a six-week course running in Woodbridge from late February and in Lowestoft from Monday 12th April. Please contact us for more information.
Athletics
West Suffolk Tigers athletics club is a new disability athletics club based at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre. For more information call 01284 757495 or 01473 836770.
The Orwell Panthers are a successful athletics club for disabled people in the Ipswich area. Please go to their website for more information.
Boccia
Boccia sessions are running every Monday from 5.30pm to 7pm at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich. For more information contact Cathy Churchyard on 01473 822903.
Climbing Wall sessions
Climbing wall sessions are running every Monday from 1.30pm to 2.30pm at Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket. The sessions are running until 22nd March and cost £2.75. For more information call the Leisure Centre on 01449 674980.
Cycling at Alton Water.
Enjoy an afternoon's cycling on the first Friday of the month from March to September 2010. Transport is available or you can meet us there. The cost is £5 for cycling and £8 for transport. These costs are reduced if you are a member of the Leisure Plus club.
The dates for 2010 are: 5th March, 9th April, 7th May and 4th June. Please call 01473 836770 for more information.
Cycling in Ipswich.
For more information about the dates of these sessions call Optua Leisure on 01473 836770.
Please call 01473 836770 for more information.
Football
New monthly sessions are now running at Woodbridge Town Football Club. The sessions cost £2 and are open to anyone with a disability. Please call 01473 836770 for information.
There are also regular disability football sessions in Lowestoft. Please call 07860 258412 or 01502 523635 for information.
Ipswich Town Football Club Ability Counts. Ipswich Town Football Club's Community Trust runs the Ability Counts disability football sessions. For more information call 01473 400513.
Cornard Dynamos are a football club providing opportunities for disabled people aged from eight to adult. The team meets every Saturday at Great Cornard Upper School from 1pm to 2pm. For more details contact Will Hunt on 01787 310952.
Stow-ability. Football Session for all abilities on Friday evenings from April to October. The sessions take place from 6pm to 7pm at Stowmarket Middle School (On the all-weather pitch. £2 each session. Followed by a drink and a chat at Stowmarket Leisure Centre (Optional). If you are interested please contact Gordon on 01473 830720.
Golf
Sessions run every Tuesday at Stowmarket Golf Centre. Optua also runs transport and a supported session with staff and volunteers on the second Tuesday of each month from 11am to 1pm. The sessions cost £8 and the transport costs £4 per session or you can meet us there.
Powerlifting
Suffolk Spartans is an inclusive powerlifting club based at East Bergholt Sports Centre, which was set up with support from Optua. Their website can be accessed at www.suffolkspartans.co.uk.
Sailing
East Anglian Sailing Trust (EAST). EAST provide sailing opportunities for disabled people on the River Orwell near Ipswich. EAST have plenty of sailing events and opportunities for disabled people to try sailing in 2009. For more information you can call 0333 088 3278 or visit their website at www.e-a-s-t.org.uk.
Woolverstone Project - providing sailing opportunities in Suffolk and Essex. For more information you can call 07507 906719 or visit their website at www.woolverstoneproject.org.uk.
Sitting Volleyball and multi sports session
This session at Great Cornard Sports Centre is now providing other sports as well as sitting volleyball. The sports on offer now include football, goalball, boccia, basketball, Kwik Cricket, hockey, kurling and athletics. Come along to find out more! Sessions take place from 10am to 12noon on the last Saturday of every month and the cost is £2 per session. For more information call Optua Leisure on 01473 836770 or Louise Pennell at Babergh District Council on 01473 825834.
You can also download a poster here.
We are also looking for people who might like to join a regular sitting volleyball team. Please contact us if you are interested.
Big Splash swimming sessions
These are supported swimming sessions run by Optua across Suffolk for anyone with a disability. Click here for more details.
Teamipswich disability swimming
Swimming sessions for disabled people of all ages and abilities take place in Ipswich on Wednesday evenings and Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The venues and times depend on which sessions you attend.
The sessions range from learning to swim through to coaching those who want to take part in higher competitions. For more information go to www.teamipswich4.moonfruit.com/#/disability/4525002095 or call Liz Christian on 01473 890767.
Tennis
New monthly disability tennis sessions are now running on the third Wednesday of the month at Saxmundham Tennis Club. The sessions are aimed at anyone with a disability aged 16 and over and cover wheelchair and regular tennis. They run from 11am to 1pm and cost £2 per person/per session. For more information please call Optua Leisure on 01473 836770.
Wheelchair Basketball
The Iceni Warriors wheelchair basketball club is currently taking a break but we hope to get sessions going again soon. If you are interested in joining the club when it restarts please call Optua Leisure on 01473 836770.
The Bury Bombers wheechair basketball club meets regularly in Bury St Edmunds. For more information visit their website here.
The Ipswich Charioteers Wheelchair Football has recently been given its own charity status. The team is currently meeting using the Bramford Road Methodist Church in Ipswich until February 2010. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the sessions or taking part please contact Claire O'Brien-Ellington on 07786 062656. You can also email ipswich.charioteers@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.icwfc.co.uk. There is also a Video Nation film about Claire's aspiration to form a team at the BBC Suffolk website - click here to see it.
Ipswich Sports Club for the Disabled
This club are based at Northgate Sports Centre in Ipswich and provide sports and social facilities for disabled people and their friends and families in the Ipswich area. The main sports are carpet bowls and wheelchair basketball although they have facilities for other activities. The club operates on a Tuesday evening between 7pm and 9pm. For more information call 01473 690834 or email ipswich_sport_for_disabled@hotmail.com. You can also visit www.iscd.org.uk.
For more information about any of these activities please call 01473 836770 or email us on leisure@optua.org.uk.
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