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:: World Championships Provisional Timetable
20.06.08

-20 June 2008
Deaflympics in association with Turkey WC Organising Team Announces WC Provisional Timetable
Deaflympics in association with Turkey WC Organising Team has announced the World Championships Provisional Timetable. The event which will be held in Izmir Turkey is the 1st World Deaf Athletics Championships.
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:: DUKA Ranking List
11.06.08

-11 June 2008
The idea for the DUKA Ranking List is to identify the most talented and top ranked deaf athletes in the UK. The reward for ranking top could be a place in the GB team for the Deaflympics.
Not sure , in exceptional cases, top ranked athletes could be placed high enough to represent GB in the Olympics! Yes, Olympics! For more information click here
:: New Audiogram Regulations for Deaf Athletes
11.06.08

-11 June 2008
Deaf UK Athletics has been informed by the Deaflympics Athletics Director of the new regulations. With immediate effect, all NEW deaf athletes MUST complete their hearing test using the latest Deaflympics Audiogram form.
Deaf athletes who have previously represented GB in Championship events such as the Deaflympics (formerly World Game of the Deaf) and European Championships do NOT need to complete the audiogram again. For more information click here
:: DUKA Training Weekend 25-27 July Rescheduled
31.05.08

-31 May 2008
As a result of many requests, DUKA has to announce that the Training Session planned for 25th to 27th July 2008 has been rescheduled to 19th-20th July 2008. Many athletes, their families, friends and coaches are keen to attend the UK Athletics Crystal Palace Grand Prix Athletics competition in London that same weekend. For more information click here
:: Are You The Athlete We Are Looking For
31.05.08

-31 May 2008
On the 26th June Deaf UK Athletics will be selecting athletes to attend an invitational event at the England Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
The event will take place on 19th July 2008.
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:: DUKA Announces Training Weekends
27.05.08

-27 May 2008
Deaf UK Athletics is pleased to announced that we have agreed with Northwood Stadium, Hanley, Staffordshire to host two training weekends in Stoke On Trent’s World Class Athletics stadium in preparation for the forthcoming World Athletics Championships of the Deaf in Turkey, September 2008. For more information click here
:: DUKA Launches UK Deaf Athletics List
15.05.08

-15 May 2008
Deaf UK Athletics has set up a new Ranking List for Men and Women of all ages. The ranking list will display the top 5 deaf UK athletes.
To get in the ranking list, athletes MUST provide OFFICIAL details of their competitions. If you do not have an official result, we can accept published results from acceptable websites or photocopies from official magazines such as Athletics Weekly, Runners World etc. showing the results.
If the results are from magazines or newspapers, their dates MUST be visible in the scanned or photocopied article. For more information click here
:: DUKA wins Norwich Union Community Sports Fund 2007 “Join Our Team” Bronze Award
15.05.08

-15 May 2008
Deaf UK Athletics is pleased to announce that we have won the Bronze Award in the Norwich Union Join Our Team 2007 campaign.
Norwich Union said “The first Norwich Union Community Sports Fund took place in 2007, and was a huge success. In all, 176 of the 216 local sports initiatives involved secured at least £1,000 worth of funding. For more information
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