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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 ParkPhoto of wheelchair basketball game

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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