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Disability sport
Athletics
- Basketball
- Boccia
- Football
- Goalball
- Gymnastics
- Power Wheelchair
Football - Rugby -
Sledge Hockey
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Trampolining
- Volleyball
Athletics
Medway and Maidstone AC Paralympic Athletics at Medway
Park
Saturday mornings 11.45am–1.15pm at Medway
Park. Open to anyone aged 10 years + Adults and children
welcome. Sessions open to athletes with all
disabilities. Coaching in a variety of Paralympic athletics
disciplines. Sports wheelchairs are provided.
Club contact: John Hatchett
Club base: Medway Park
Phone: 01634 338763
Email: john.hatchett@medway.gov.uk
Basketball
Maidstone Rebels Wheelchair Basketball Team at Medway
Park
Junior sessions on the last
Thursday of the month from 5pm-7pm at Medway Park,
with sports wheelchairs provided.
Club contact: John Hatchett or Mike Bishop
Club base: Medway Park/Maidstone
Phone: 01634 338763 / 01732 525389
Email: john.hatchett@medway.gov.uk
or mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk
Boccia
Boccia at Medway Park
Saturday mornings at Prince Arthur Bowls Club in Prince Arthur
Road, Gillingham, next to Medway Park.
Club contact: John Hatchett
Club base: Medway Park
Phone: 01634 338763
Email: john.hatchett@medway.gov.uk
Kent Boccia Centre of Excellence
Club contact: Mike Bishop
Club base: Maidstone
Phone: 01732 525389
Email: mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk
Football
Gillingham FC
Club contact: Joe Hopkins
Club base: Gillingham, Medway
Phone: 07970 093896
Email: josephhopkins@hotmail.co.uk
Larkfield Youth and Disability Football Club
Club contact: Colin Barden
Club base: Maidstone
Phone: 07711 024202
Email: cabshimran@aol.com
Maidstone Raiders Disability Football Club
Club contact: John Harvey
Club base: Maidstone
Phone: 07836 201230
Email: johnharvey@blueyonder.co.uk
Thanet Galaxy
Club contact: Chris Gunn
Club base: Thanet
Phone: 01843 577693
Email: Chris.gunn@thanet.gov.uk
Goalball
Goalball at Medway Park
Sessions held on the last Tuesday evening of every month.
Club contact: John Hatchett
Club base: Medway Park
Phone: 01634 338763
Email: john.hatchett@medway.gov.uk
Gymnastics
Gillingham Gymnastics Club
Club base: Chatham
Phone: 01634 843431
Email: gillingham.gc@blueyonder.co.uk
Power Wheelchair Football
Invicta PFC
Club contact: Nurinder Bhohi
Club base: Medway Park, Gillingham
Phone: 07789764602
Email: nurinderb@gmail.com
Club Information: Training is fortnightly, 2pm to 4pm
Saturday.
Rugby
Medway Dragons Wheelchair Rugby Club at Medway Park
Wheelchair rugby league is played by both able
bodied and disabled players. It is not a Paralympic sport, but is a
version of wheelchair rugby based expressly on rugby league.
Medway Dragons Rugby League Club’s new
wheelchair rugby club competes in the national Super League.
The Dragons’ Wednesday night sessions from 6.30pm-9.30pm are open
to adults and children over the age of 10, with sports chairs are
provided.
Club contact: Martin Coyd
Club base: Medway Park/Garrison
Phone: 01634 579790/ 07766 441974
Email: coyd@blueyonder.co.uk
Website: www.medwaydragons.com/
Kent Crusaders Wheelchair Rugby Team at Medway Park
Part of the London Wheelchair Rugby Club. Now holding regular
training sessions at Medway Park.
Club contact: Justin Frishberg
Phone: 07762 622172
Email: justin.frishberg@gbwr.org.uk
Sledge Hockey
Paralympic Sledge Hockey
Plans are under way to launch a Kent sledge hockey team to play
at Gillingham and train in Gravesend. You don't need to be a
wheelchair user or disabled to play.
For more information contact Mike Bishop on mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk
Swimming
Maidstone Swimming Club for Disabled
Club contact: Mr Ted Veler
Club base: Mote Park Leisure Centre, Maidstone
Phone: 01622 744174
Valiant Swimming Club
Club Contact: Mrs D. Leonard
Club Base: Strood Sports Centre
Phone: 01634 721208
Trampolining
Jumpers Trampolining Club
Club base: Mill Road, Gillingham
Phone: 01634 855507
Email: liz@trampoline.co.uk
Tennis
Wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair tennis sessions held in East Kent at Canterbury and
West Kent at Tunbridge Wells. Sessions on Sunday afternoons.
For more information contact Mike Bishop on 01732 525389 or
email mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk
Volleyball
Sitting volleyball
Sitting and standing volleyball sessions for
players with or without a disability Mondays 7-9pm at Maidstone
Leisure Centre
Club contact: Lauren Neve
Phone: 07718 194243
Email: lauren.neve@leisure.serco.com
Disability Officer for Medway
John Hatchett
Phone: 01634 338763
Email: john.hatchett@medway.gov.uk
Kent Sports Development Manager for Disabled People
Mike Bishop
Phone 01732 525389
Email: mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk
Medway Council supports the development of a number of
additional clubs and activities, including seated/VI tai chi. For
more information call 01634 338763 or email sportsdevteam@medway.gov.uk
For further news on other disability sports opportunities and
events in the county, visit the Kent
Sport website.
These contact details are based on the most up-to-date
information supplied by the clubs. If there are any adjustments or
you would like your club to be added please contact the Sports
Development Team.
Please note that the Sports Development Team is not in a
position to recommend or support any club above another; this page
is purely for information purposes.
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