What is the Disability Indoor Athletics Team Challenge?
An annual athletics competition held at the NIA, Birmingham for special schools from across the West Midlands. The competition has a team emphasis, with primary and secondary aged pupils competing in relay races and adapted field events such as target throw, standing long jump and height bean bag to gain points for their team. The competition is held over 2 days, with one day for individuals with moderate and severe learning difficulties and one for physical and sensory impaired youngsters.
In 2007 the Disability Indoor Athletics Team Challenge took place on 20th & 21st February, the week before the European Indoor Championships was staged at the same venue! Over 300 youngsters from 30 schools in the West Midlands had the chance to compete on the same track as the leading athletes in Europe!
What is "Join our Team" and how can I be involved?
Norwich Union has joined up with The Athletics Foundation as part of the Join Our Team campaign. The campaign, launched on 3rd June 2007, invited menbers of the public to “Join” and become part of Norwich Union’s team to help make the community healthier and raise the effectiveness of athletic development in the UK from grassroots to elite.
The Disability Indoor Athletics Team Challenge was selected as one of the initiatives to participate. From June - September 07 this initiative gained the most votes in the West Midlands Region and has been awarded one of the £12,500 Silver awards in addition to a bronze award of £1000 for gaining over 50 votes. Thank you to everyone who supported the initiative!
For more information about the "Join out Team" campaign please follow the link below. norwichunion.com/joinourteam
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