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06.05.09
06 May 2009
Yorkshire Deaf Schools
Sports Organisation will be hosting the annual Yorkshire Deaf Schools Athletics Day on 25th June 2009. It is an opportunity to watch future Deaflympians in action. It is free to watch. For further information click here"
28.04.09
28 April 2009
DUKA Athletes in Stoke
The weekend of 18-19th April 2009 saw most of Britain's top deaf athletes travelling from all over the UK to Stoke on Trent for DUKA Deaflympics Meeting and the joint City of Stoke Athletics Club/DUKA Deaflympics Trials. Saturday saw the team arrive to attend a meeting at Stoke Deaf Club. It was the first time most of the British elite deaf athletes had visited Stoke Deaf Club. Click here for story and results. Click here for event photos
06.04.09
06 April 2009
Support DUKA Athletes in the City of Stoke Athletics Competition on Sunday April 19th Click here for the event times.
DUKA-City of Stoke Athletics Club 2009 Open Meeting 19th April 2009. With kind permission from City of Stoke Athletics Club, the UK’S top elite deaf athletes have been invited to compete in the City of Stoke Athletics Club Open Meeting 2009 on Sunday 19 April 2009 . Click here to read the full article and Entry Form
:: 02.03.09
02 March 2009
Dunbar Running Club/Team Edingburgh and DUKA athlete ‘Superbaby’ Lauren is enjoying her new event – the 400m so much, she is improving all the time. At the Scottish Senior Closed Championships in Glasgow on 17th January 2009, she broke the European Deaf Indoor 400m record (still to be rectified) when she ran 57.44sec.
Click here to read the full story
:: 02.03.09
02 March 2009
Deaf UK Athletics international, Serena ‘Mountain Goat’ Blackburn who also competes for Horsforth Harriers was nominated and short-listed for ‘The Disability sport performer of the year 2008’ at the Leeds City Council Sport Awards.
Click here to read the full story
:: 02.03.09
02 March 2009
Deaf UK Athletics international and member of Kirkintilloch Olympians has been working really hard during the winter season. His hard work has been paying off. He is improving rapidly in training and in his indoor competitions, John has shown his increased strength through improving on his sprint PBs. Click here to read the full story
:: 02.03.09
02 March 2009
Deaf UK Athletes elite squad joined the top crops of England elite hearing athletes for a joint training session in the beautiful English Institute of Sport (EIS) Sheffield arena. Click here to read the full story
:: 01.03.09
01 March 2009
Support DUKA Athletes in the City of Stoke Athletics Competition on Sunday April 19th Click here for the event times.
DUKA-City of Stoke Athletics Club 2009 Open Meeting 19th April 2009. With kind permission from City of Stoke Athletics Club, the UK’S top elite deaf athletes have been invited to compete in the City of Stoke Athletics Club Open Meeting 2009 on Sunday 19 April 2009 . Click here to read the full article and Entry Form
:: 08.02.09
08 February 2009
DUKA has created a list of possible funding sources for all athletes that are preparing to go to the 2009 Deaflympics. Click here to read the full article
:: 08.02.09
08 February 2009
Athletics Competition in Stoke-on-Trent 19th April 2009
There will be an atletics competition in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday 19th April 2009. All GB Taiwan Deaflympics athletes need to participate.
Please pencil this date into your diary.
Further details will follow shortly on the DUKA website
:: 08.02.09
08 February 2009
Urgent News from UK Deaf Sport
The UK Sport Board considered UK Deaf Sport's request for funding to send the GB squad of athletes and officials to Taipei Deaflympics this September and they made the decision not to give UK Deaf Sport a funding award. Click Here to read the full article
:: 08.02.09
08 February 2009
World News
2008 WIDEX Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year
In December 2008, ICSD announced its 2008 WIDEX Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. Two track and field athletes won!Maris GRENINS of Latvia who won 4 Gold medals and a new WR at last years 1st World Deaf Athletics Championships and Trude RAAD of Norway, who got the Gold medal at the same championships. Raad now holds the WJR in Shot Putt, Discus and Hammer. She has also recently raised the WR for the senior hammer event to 60.47.
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15.01.09
-15 january 2009
For athletes and officials interested in the 2009 Deaflympics, there is a wealth of information about the 2009 Deaflympics in both www.deaflympics.com and www.deaflympics.org. Please spend sometime to surf these website. You will be able to get historical statistics relating to the Games and the plans ahead for the 2009 Deaflympics. In the meantime, Click Here to see the latest 2009 Deaflympics Schedule.
:: New Qualifying Standard for 2009 Deaflympics
25.11.08
-25 November 2008
DUKA is pleased to announce the Qualification Standard for the 2009 Deaflympic Games in Taiwan. To read the full article click here
