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April 2013

15 medals & a model – more BOK swim team success

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Ruben, Joanne, Ben & Rebekah swam with the Borough of Kirklees Disability Team this weekend at the Down Syndrome European Swimming championships that took place in Southampton.

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All our swimmers came away with medals.

From left to right – Rebekah took 3 golds and a bronze, Joanne won 2 golds and a silver, Ben achieved an amazing 5 golds and a silver and Ruben swam his way to 1 gold and 1 silver. A pretty impressive haul guys!!!

I bet coach Gemma was very pleased!

 

 

As you know several of our talented swimmers are representing Yorkshire & Humberside in the Special Olympics Summer Games that will take place in Bath in August.

 

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We are super thrilled and proud of Joanne Kempley who was chosen from many applicants to represent her sport by having her image used throughout the Special Olympics Summer Games, her dad took this great photo of her getting ready for her photoshoot that took place this week in London.

Jo will grace billboards, posters and promotional material in the run up to and during the Special Olympics.

HDSSG are immensely proud of all our talented swimmers. Well done to all of you, and as always special thanks to the wonderful coaches at Team BOK.

 

Support from online ultra & trail running store

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We are thrilled that new online ultra & trail running equipment store www.ultra-runner.com are supporting Down Syndrome charities including HDSSG!

UltraRunner.com offer discounted prices on quality branded clothing and equipment for the ultra and trail running community with the idea that you can donate your savings to dedicated charities including us!

Their website says:

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“The Ultra Runner Store is an online store which is based in the North East of England. Born out of a passion for ultra running the buying is left to MONTANE® sponsored athlete Tony Holland and the online store being run by his long suffering partner Helen. The store was born out of Tony’s obsession for new running equipment and Helen’s passion for online shopping.

Tony and Helen’s other passion is raising money for various charities. In 2007 their son Jack was born with Down’s Syndrome. Soon after leaving hospital Helen and Tony got involved with Northumberland Down’s Syndrome and later Tony set up Disability Activity. It is Tony and Helen’s aim to use The Ultra Runner Store to raise awareness and at the same time raise money for various charities across the country by encouraging buyers to make small donations at the same time as purchasing their running goods.

In 2014 Tony is set to run Ultra12 to raise money for the Downs Syndrome Association and 12 regional support groups, including Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group, this will be achieved by him running 12 back to back 50k Ultra marathons in each region of the UK. www.ultra12.co.uk

For more information on Tony’s latest adventures and more information on him go to www.tony-holland.com”

We thank Tony & Helen for their fantastic support and wish them every success in their new business.

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Charity number: 1096206

hdssg1@gmail.com