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
Disability Martial Arts Association
The Disability Martial Arts Association is a wide ranging support network for people with all types of disabilities. The charity has its own website at www.disabilitymartialartsassociation.co.uk.
The new Ipswich Charioteers Wheelchair Football team which was recently launched, will be holding monthly sessions at Copleston High School, Ipswich in 2008.
Sessions are £2 per person and the dates booked for 2008 so far are January 12th, February 23rd, March 29th and April 26th (all Saturdays). If anyone is interested in finding out more about the sessions or taking part please Claire O'Brien-Ellington on 07786 062656 or Optua's Leisure Service on 01473 836770. 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.
West Suffolk Tigers athletics club
West Suffolk Tigers is a new disability athletics club based at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre. The club is meeting on the following dates this year in the main hall - 31st October, 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th of November, and 5th December. For more information call 01284 757495 or download this poster.
Launch of I-Sport Suffolk
A new forum to improve local opportunities and raise awareness of sports for people with visual impairments has been launched along with a new multi-sports club for people with a visual impairment. The I-Sport initiative has been organised by British Blind Sport and Optua. Please contact Optua Leisure if you'd like to find out more out about I-Sport. Call 01473 836770.
Babergh Athletics Club - Sudbury
An inclusive athletics club available to disabled people up to the age of 15. The club runs every Monday at Sudbury Sports Centre.
To claim three free sessions download this flyer, or for more information call Stephanie Lloyd on O1473 825834.
For more information about Babergh District Council's Be Active project please go to the Be Active website for more information.
New website for Ipswich Disability Sport
A new website has been set up by the Ipswich Disability Sports Forum. The site will be used to display up to date information about disability sport opportunities in Ipswich and the surrounding area. To access the site click here.
Disability Sport Events
The Disability Sport Events website is run by the English Federation of Disability Sport and has a comprehensive list of national and international sporting events. To find out what's coming up and if any are of interest to you click here.
Orwell Panthers
A successful athletics club for disabled people in the Ipswich area. Please go to their website for more information.
Suffolk Spartans Powerlifting Club
An inclusive powerlifting club based at East Bergholt Sports Centre, which was set up with support from Optua.
Their new website can be accessed at www.suffolkspartans.co.uk.
The Challengers
The Challengers are a club providing activities for disabled people. For more information you can email thechallengers@mail.com or call 01473 225772.
If you have any events or news you would like us to add please email james.powell@optua.org.uk . There are also further links to websites relating to leisure and sports for disabled people on our main links page.
