Goalball UK

Last week saw 23 school staff and sports coaches from around London complete the Goalball School Leaders Course 👏.

We can't wait to see what you do with your new goalball knowledge 🔵💙.

Want to host your own course, or find out more about our coaching courses? All the details are here 👉 https://goalballuk.com/the-sport/coaching/

The next North Wales taster session is coming up next Saturday, 20th July! 🔵

In case you missed it, in partnership with Disability Sport Wales we're launching a new goalball club in North Wales 🙌

Come along to the free taster session in Wrexham to have some fun and learn all about this exciting Paralympic sport!

Sighted family and friends are also welcome.

🔵Date: Saturday 20th July
🔵Time: 12pm to 2pm
🔵Venue: Wrexham University Sports Centre, Mold Road, Wrexham, LL11 2AW

To find out more info, please contact Kathryn Fielding (email: [email protected])

Are you a goalball coach looking to improve your game? Then you should check out our new Coaching from the Bench Workshop taking place this September!

📅 14th Sep (Sheffield) & 15th Sep (Birmingham)

Find out more, and sign up, here 👉 https://ow.ly/IA0V50SsLQ6

Next weekend the Goalball Academy team are hosting their first Aspire Days!

🔵Saturday 13th - Northern Allstars - Sport Central, Newcastle
🔵Sunday 14th - Cambridge Dons - Cherry Hinton Leisure Centre, Cambridge

Excitingly, we have partnered with VICTA UK who offering all attendees reimbursement for their travel in the hope to remove the barrier and expense of travel to our Goalball Academy Aspire Days😁

Find out more, including how to sign up for the Aspire Days, and VICTA's travel offer via our website👉 https://goalballuk.com/goalball-academy-aspire-days-victa-travel-reimbursement-scheme/

Congratulations to Lois Turner and Kali Holder who were crowned European Champions whilst competing for Füchse Berlin at the recent European Goalball Club Association Champions League Finals Stage!🏆

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) also won bronze at the competition, securing their place at the 2025 Club World Cup!🥉👏

https://goalballuk.com/britons-star-on-european-champions-league-finals-stage/

Coming to Sight Village Central this July? Why not come and check out our stand and find out everything goalball! 🔵💙

Kathryn will be there each day so be sure to come along and say hi 👋

📅 Mon 8th July (10:00 - 16:00) & Tues 9th Jul (09:30 - 15:30)

🌍 Eastside Rooms, Birmingham, B7 4BL

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🌟Check out our upcoming taster sessions!🌟

Next Sunday, 7th July we're hosting a FREE taster session with York St John Goalball Club, 12-3pm at University Sports Park, Haxby Road, New Earswick, York, YO31 8FY💪

For more information please contact Tom Dobson ([email protected])! Head to our website to check out other taster sessions available in Carmarthen, Berkshire, Wrexham, and more!😊

https://goalballuk.com/the-sport/taster-sessions/

Check out the latest news for the This Girl Can Project Group, including:

🔵Female equipment support grant:

Two grants are available, one for individual goalball players, and one for clubs. This to support players to feel confident and comfortable whilst playing goalball. Maybe you would like to purchase a more well suited chest guard, new court shoes, or additional equipment to help you feel more protected and comfortable whilst you play.

All applicants must be affiliated to Goalball UK clubs and a member of Goalball UK. Applications are open until Sunday 7th July.

🔵Oxford female-only development day - Saturday 6th July, 10am-5pm at Iffley Road Sports Centre😁

A female-only development day, open to those who have never played before, up to players rated as a two in Goalball UK competitions. If you have a higher rating than a two, you are welcome to attend and support in a volunteer capacity. The day will consist of a training session in the morning, followed by a friendly competition in the afternoon.

👉https://goalballuk.com/the-sport/this-girl-can/news-and-events/

Check out our new Goalball Academy Aspire Days!🥳

Alongside clubs, we are hosting training days as an opportunity for more blind or partially sighted people aged 11-18 years old, with any goalball experience to access our Goalball Academy programme, the entry point to our Performance Pathway💪

🔵Northern Allstars - Newcastle - Saturday 13th July
🔵Cambridge Dons - Cambridge - Sunday 14th July
🔵Wi******er - Saturday 17th August
🔵 RNC Academy - Hereford - Saturday 21st September

You can find out more information via the general sign-up form which you can find via our bio 😎

In two weeks time, in partnership with Oxfordshire Goalball Club we are hosting a female-only development day at Iffley Road Sports Centre!

This event is open to people who have never played goalball before, up to players rated as a two in our competitions. The day will include on-court goalball sessions, with training sessions in the morning followed by a friendly competition in the afternoon.

If have a higher rating than a two and would still be interested in attending, we would welcome support in a volunteering capacity!

Find out more and confirm your place👉https://ow.ly/IemP50SmGfq

To continue the post Goalfix Cup excitement, we are celebrating the amazing achievements of our End of Season Award winners!

🔵Congratulations to Georgie Bullen who is the 2023/2024 Player of the Season
🔵Congratulations to Becky Ashworth, the Keith Lound Service to Sport Award winner

Thank you for everything you do within the goalball community! Find out more below👇

2023-24 End of Season Award Winners - Goalball UK As another successful season comes to a close, we are proud to announce and congratulate the winners of the Goalball UK End of Season Awards. These individuals have exemplified the spirit of determination, teamwork, and inclusivity, leaving a positive effect on the goalball community! 2023-24 Player...

Goalfix Cup 2024, that’s a wrap!👏

Check out our breakdown of the weekend’s action at the University of Worcester.

It includes spotlights on the teams and their performances, our gratitude to our amazing officials and volunteers, and the “real” stars of the show!🤩🦮

https://goalballuk.com/goalfix-cup-2024-thats-a-wrap/

That concludes the Goalfix Cup 2024!

A massive congratulations to Northern Allstars who beat Birmingham 9-1 in the final to clinch the Goalfix Cup🏆

Fen Tigers claimed bronze after beating RNC Academy 10-2🥉

Check out the full results and standings via the link in our bio😁

The medal games are confirmed for the Goalfix Cup 2024!🏆

Going for bronze at 1:45pm it's Fen Tigers Goalball vs The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) 🥉

And going for gold at 3pm we have Northern allstars Goalball club vs Birmingham Goalball Club 🥇

You won't want to miss these epic encounters, head to our YouTube channel to watch it all unfold: https://www.youtube.com/live/lRtUfnrLBsQ?si=0Z7er424vTc6QcRP

It’s here! The Goalfix Cup 2024🏆

Phoenix Blaze vs RNC Academy kick off the competition at the University of Worcester, St John’s Sports Centre, at 9am🏆

You can watch them and all fixtures via our YouTube channel👌

The Cup 2024 takes place this weekend at the University of Worcester!

We are excited to welcome all teams, officials, and spectators to the St John's Sports Centre on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June. You can follow all the action via the Goalball UK YouTube channel where all games will be live streamed with audio descriptive commentary available.

Or why not be there yourself! Tickets are free throughout the weekend, secure yours👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goalfix-cup-2024-tickets-865597333927?

There are lots of opportunities to try goalball over the summer. Check out some of our upcoming dates:

🔵North Wales - Saturday 15th June - Wrexham University Sports Centre, 12-2pm
🔵Staffordshire - Saturday 22nd June - Stoke-on-Trent College, Cauldron Campus, 10am-1pm
🔵Preston - Sunday 23rd June - All Hallows Catholic High School, 10:30am-2pm
🔵Oxford - Saturday 6th July - Iffley Road Sports Centre, 10am-5pm (Female-only)

Find out more information on these sessions, including how you can sign-up via our website👉https://goalballuk.com/the-sport/taster-sessions/

Kathryn Fielding in her navy blue quatre zip jacket crouched speaking to participants during a taster session. They are in a sports hall in front of sound curtain.

Yesterday saw the conclusion of the IBSA Goalball European Championships B in Lignano Sibbiadoro, Italy! If you watched along via the YouTube livestream during the competition, you may have heard some familiar voices of Stephen Newey and Robert Avery. Well done to you both!👏

We also learnt who will be promoted and competing against the Great Britain men and women's squads at the 2025 European Championships A in Lahti, Finland. Below is the final standings for the promoted teams:

Women:
1️⃣Germany
2️⃣Poland
3️⃣Spain

Men:
1️⃣Portugal
2️⃣Montenegro
3️⃣Poland

We cannot wait for next weekend's Cup at the University of Worcester!

7 teams will battle it out to be crowned the 2024 Champions🏆

You can learn more about them and all the details for this year's competition via the link👉https://goalballuk.com/goalfix-cup-2024/goalfix-cup-teams/

We hosted the inaugural goalball Centre of Excellence camp on the 17th-19th of May at the EIS Sheffield.

Excitingly, at the camp, we welcomed Gary Lambert, Ella Strachan, Alex Jones, and Ferhat Esatbeyoglu to our Performance Pathway coaching team🙌

Hear from them about their appointments via the link below:

https://goalballuk.com/new-coaches-aim-high-as-part-of-the-goalball-uks-new-performance-pathway-programme

Your 2024 Goalball UK Shield Champions are, Cambridge Town🏆who overcame Bradford in a nail biting final, winning 7-6 in overtime!
oxford took home the bronze medal in their debut appearance🥉

Congratulations to our award winners for the day, Anushula Gandhi who won player of the day, alongside Susan Hookway and Harry Boden who won top female and male goal scorers respectively🏅

We’re into the placing games for the Goalball UK Shield 👊

Coming up are:

🔵5th-6th - Cambridge Dons Gown vs
🥉3rd-4th - vs .oxford
🥇1st-2nd - Bradford vs Cambridge Town

Find out all the results via the link in our website👊

Good luck tomorrow to all 10 teams competing to be crowned Goalball UK Shield Champions for 2024!

We hope you, and all of our fabulous officials and volunteers have a fantastic day👏

Keep up to date with all the results via the link in our bio😎

🚨 Entries for Summer Camp 2024 are now open! 🚨

📅 Monday 5th - Wednesday 7th August.
🌍 Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent.
💷 £75 per person, which includes accommodation and meals throughout the camp.

Summer Camp 2024 is open to any player, new or existing, aged between 12 - 17 (based on their age on the dates of the camp).

The deadline for entries is Friday 5th July at 5pm. The Youth Forum will select players from all entries, and you will be contacted by Friday 12th July with confirmation of your place.

For more info, or to register, please use the following link 👉 https://ow.ly/x7Pg50RXUk7

📣 Goalball is part of THREE upcoming British Blind Sport Have a Go days!

Where and when?

🌍 Cambridge - Sun 9th Jun
🌍 Derby - Sat 6th Jul
🌍 Ascot - Sat 13th Jul

To find out more, or to register your place, follow this link 👉 https://ow.ly/jsrA50RUgJk

Calling all UK based goalball coaches! 📣

In September we're hosting a new 'Coaching from the Bench' workshop to equip you with skills to improve your coaching.

The one-day workshop will be delivered by experienced coaches and Goalball UK staff covering both theory and practical delivery.

Sheffield: Saturday 14th September

Birmingham: Sunday 15th September

Visit our website for more info and to sign up 👇

https://goalballuk.com/work-with-us/coach-development-series/