Category: Exercise

Stand Up to Parkinson’s with Neuro Heroes

Anna and Laura of The Neuro Heroes have been working with Sport Parkinson’s since their beginning in the pandemic, with Anna taking the stage for two popular sessions at the Try-Athlon – which saw the audience participate in the Olympics and go on Safari. At their stall, they challenged the 400 strong attendees to a…
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VPAR Results – Sponsored by Impala Search

Here are our Tournament Results from VPAR – Kindly sponsored by Impala Search Country Starting Total End Total England 16 66 Ireland 20 48 Scotland 16 45 Wales 12 41 Today’s Scores Country Stableford Points Points towards team total England 1 86 16 England 2 84 15 Ireland 1 83 14 England 4 82 13…
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Welsh Creativity not Limited to the Golf Course

Chwaraewyr Cymru yn dangos eu doniau, nid yn unig ar y cwrs golff, ond hefyd yn greadigol. Kevin Bywater ( Chwaraewr y Gystadleuaeth ) a Jeff Lawrence ( Chwaraewr y Chwaraewyr o Gymru) yn defnyddio y traddodiad Eisteddfodol i gyfleu eu teimladau drwy farddoniaeth.  Our Welsh players showing their mastery, not just of the game…
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Captain Scott is all Welsh

Leading the line for Team Wales at the Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations golf tournament is Welsh Rugby Union & Rugby League icon, Scott Quinnell. Hoping to bring home the prestigious trophy, Scott started properly playing golf when he was 21 on a local course in Wigan. “I used to only play 3 or 4 times…
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Meet Our Amazing PD Golfers

Check out our golfers, representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales – taking on the Brabazon Course at the world renowned Belfry Course https://sportparkinsons.org/list/sp4ng21players/ You can leave them a message of good luck on their player page! Looking forward to seeing them in action on the course! For more information on the Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations…
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Tindall relishing Four Nations Golf Tournament

Former England international Rugby player Mike Tindall admits he is hoping to achieve victory whilst also raising money and awareness at Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations golf tournament. The 42-year-old, who made 75 appearances for England, was named as the England celebrity captain for the tournament which is being held at Brabazon golf course at The…
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Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations Golf Captain’s Chat: Alun Smith

Next Captain’s Chat we caught up with Alun Smith to talk to him about Golf, his diagnosis and how the Welsh team, are preparing, before he captains their Parkinson’s golfers at the Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations Golf Tournament in October. How are you feeling today? Yeah, feeling good and being the gym this morning, then…
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Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations Golf Captain’s Chat: Dave Andrews

First up in Captain’s Chat we caught up with Dave Andrews to talk to him about Golf, life and challenges post PD diagnosis, before he captains England’s Parkinson’s golfers at the Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations Golf Tournament in October. How are you, Dave? I’m good, but I’ve just foolishly spent about an hour and a…
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Andrew Cassy Updates us on Table Tennis

It’s been my dream for the past two years to get a UK squad to play table tennis at the PingPongParkinson® (PPP),  ITTF Parkinsons World Table Tennis Championships (PWTTC)  which was achieved with great success after a whirlwind three week, three tournaments triumph.  See my back story in the TT Blog posts from when I first started, pre-covid After contacting the…
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