SPECIAL OLYMPICS
 
 

Special Olympics provides sports training and athletic competition in over 20 different sports, for children and adults with a learning disability.

SOGB comprises of 12 regions, with over 100 registered groups throughout England, Scotland & Wales. It has one of the largest volunteer programmes in the UK, with over half a million people involved.

Football is just one of 20 sports that Special Olympics GB provides for its members. SOGB endeavours to match players of similar abilities for all events and competitions. This way everyone gets to train, compete, progress and win at their own level. SOGB Football is played at both 5-a-side an 11-a-side

HGFC affiliated to Special Olympics GB in 2004 in order to give it's players more oportunities to play football. In 2005 players from the club went on to represented the region at the SO National Summers Games in Glasgow.

The region (Yorkshire & Humberside) took three 5-a-side squads (Novice, Intermediate and a Girls team), to the National Games for what turned out to be an absolutely fantastic event.

 

HGFC's Martin Hawthorne & Phil Berthe in Glasgow

Phil McNulty (Barnsley) & Phil Berthe (HGFC) at the YHSO football trials

After a very hectic week of football, the Novice team returned home with Silver medals and the girls team Bronze. Harrogate players Martin Hawthorne and Phillipe Berthe just missed out on the medals but finished a very credible fourth place (Intermediates). Tom Ham from Killinghall Nomads was one of our jubilant silver medalists.

Three footballers (as well as six other athletes) from the region have now been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2007 Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai.

Annabelle Baxter (Cleethorpes) receives her Bronze Medal at the 2005 Glasgow Games
 
                             

YHSO athletes parade at the opening ceremony in Glasgow '05
 


Yorkshire & Humberside Special Olympic's three football teams at the 2005 Glasgow Games

       
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONTACTS
YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE
Regional Chariman
Keith Thornton - 01274 581779
Secretary
Janet Nolan - 01482 871349
janet@nolan5.karoo.co.uk
Families Coordinator
Dave Nicholson - 01484 320552
dave@frontier-software.org.uk
Football Head Coach
Mark Summers - 07940 509757
marksummers@btinternet.com
Website
www.yhso-families.co.uk
   
SPECIAL OLYMPICS GB
Address:
123 Golden Lane,London, EC1Y 0RT
Director Of Sports Services
Andy Heffer - 01270 820950
andy.heffer@sogb.org.uk
Operations Manager
Karen Wallin - 0207 696 5584
karen.wallin@sogb.org.uk
Team Administrator
Jessica Pointon
jessica.pointon@sogb.org.uk
Website
www.specialolympicsgb.org
www.teamgb2007.org.uk