METRO and Enfield Council are delighted to present… SOUNDBALL TENNIS. This very exciting sport which has come over from Japan is now being played regularly in South London by all ages, using indoor Badminton Courts. Do not delay – contact us now to book a place!

Trial Days for the Visually Impaired

The first session you attend is free and everyone is welcome! : the blind, partially sighted or sighted.
Edmonton Leisure Centre
2 The Broadway
Edmonton, N9 0RT
Phone: 020 8375 3750

The Dates

• Monday April 28th, 6-8pm
• Monday May 19th, 6-8pm
• Monday June 2nd and 16th, 6-8pm

Travel Details

Take the overland train from Liverpool Street to Edmonton Green Station or Victoria Line to Seven Sisters and then overland train four stops to Edmonton Green. Come out the main entrance and veer left to the pedestrian crossing. Cross over the road and walk toward the building directly in front of you. Turn right and the entrance to the leisure centre is about 10 meters along.

Guidance will be provided from Edmonton Green station if required, call Sheri on 0208 379 6902 or e-mail sheri.yzerman@enfield.gov.uk

The Carnegie Medal

The Carnegie Medal is a prize awarded every year to an author of a brilliantly written book for young people, and the shadowing scheme, run by many schools, is a fantastic opportunity for you to comment on the titles that are short listed for the prize before the winner of the award is announced in June.

The titles on the short list this year are:

Gatty’s tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Ruby Red by Linzi Glass

Crusade by Elizabeth Laird

Apache by Tanya Landman

Here lies Arthur by Philip Reeve

What I was by Meg Rosoff

Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine

If you are blind or partially sighted and want to take part in the shadowing by reading the books and reviewing them, and you want to borrow the titles in braille, giant print or daisy talking book, then contact Liz Farrell, Children’s Librarian at RNIB National Library Service ASAP. Please note that stocks are limited and you may not receive all titles together at once, but we will do our best to accommodate you!

For further details, contact Liz:

Tel: 0161 355 2061

Email: liz.farrell@rnib.org.uk

The Summer Season of Weekend Workshop from

TouchDown Dance, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

Integrated dance for all… including the learning disabled, sensory impaired and non-disabled participants. Touchdown Dance works with the core principles and techniques that they have developed over the past 20 years. The weekends are a well recognized “M.O.T” for the body as well as a chance to explore new contacts, connections and dances

Saturday 28th  and Sunday 29th June 2008

Each session will run from 10.00 - 4.00pm.

Please wear comfortable, loose clothing and bring water and snacks.

Price for the weekend: £65 Waged… £45 Self-Employed/Low Income… £35 Concessions

Directions and accommodation details are available on booking.

For further information please contact Touchdown Dance on:

0161 912 5760

info@touchdowndance.co.uk

http://www.touchdowndance.co.uk

or visit

http://www.watersideartscentre.co.uk

Congratulations to all our brave runners who braved hail and wind and rain to complete the 26 mile course. Good luck with all your fundraising!

Its not too early to register for the 2009 Marathon! Check out the website http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/ for details or give us a call 0121 428 5038!

Stars Welcome VIP’s 

Summertown Stars AFC is an Oxford based children’s football club that was established in 1974. The club has over 350 registered players and runs boys and girls teams for ages from under 7 through to under 16. The club is an FA Charter Standard Development club and won the county club award in 2005/6. This accreditation is only given to clubs that abide by the high standards set by the FA. All team coaches have a minimum qualification of FA Level 1 coaching certificates and all coaches and helpers have been CRB checked. In recent years, the club has successfully established links with the Greenhouse charity, which runs sports, including football, for inner-city communities. Teams from Greenhouse Bethwin in Peckham, London, have played several matches against Summertown Stars teams, and a player from Greenhouse has played as a Summertown guest player, at the Stars expense, in a tournament in Holland. This exchange programme has encouraged the club to forge other charitable and community links. Summertown Stars now send football kit to a Township school in South Africa. Lwandle Primary school is in Cape Town, and its 700 pupils come from particularly poor backgrounds, with most of the children’s parents either unemployed or low wage earners. Closer to home, Summertown Stars have successfully raised over £1,300 for the Oxford Children’s Hospital through football events. These include persuading Barclays Bank to bring the Barclays Premiership trophy to the clubs annual 5 a-side football tournament in June 2007 and more recently, holding a sponsored fancy dress football match. Summertown Stars has now embarked on its most ambitious project – setting up a team for visually impaired players (VIP’s). Jo Kalies, a sports coach with a local private school, and manager of the girls under 13 team, is the clubs disability officer. Jo has been working with the Oxfordshire Football Association, and British Blind Sport, and has successfully put together a small group of visually impaired players. VIP’s play futsal, an indoor 5 a -side game of football, originally started in Uruguay in the 1920’s. Futsal is a fast and skilful game that has successfully been adopted by VIP’s, with the Great Britain B1 category team currently ranked 5^th in the world. Training sessions are held every 3 to 4 weeks, and are run by Jo along with other Stars coaches. If you are visually impaired and are interested in taking part in these fun  sessions, then please contact Jo Kalies on 07867 646503 or Paul Chamberlain on 07813 591586. Club web-site: http://www.summertownstars.org.uk/