Tag: try-athlon

Garen Takes Stock of a Year in Sport Parkinson’s as he Celebrates his 50th

Our first event – The Sport’s Parkinson’s Summer Try-Athlon – Great day up at Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium. We pulled the community together to actively try out sport and exercise. I played in the football tournament and enjoyed every minute of it – but my favourite exercise in the spirit of the day was the…
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A Year in the Life of Sport Parkinson’s

This week, from the 27th – 31st December – Sport Parkinson’s will be reviewing this year’s achievements before launching next year’s packed programme on the 1st of January 2022! Including articles on: Monday – Neuro Heroes and Reach Your Peak – the exercise prescription and new year challenges Tuesday – Pandemic Workouts and the Try…
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The Sport Parkinson’s Try- Athlon Documentary

This is why we do what we do. Many thanks to the Draw Media for producing this

We Need You

If you attended the Sport Parkinson’s Try-Athlon then please could you complete our short survey to let us know what you thought about it Thanks a million The Sport Parkinsons Team

The Schedule for The Sport Parkinson’s Cup

Its fixture time – scheduling meds? Please arrive by 10:30 am there will be a short intro brief and a warm up with Reach your Peak with Parkinsons! 11:00 Group 1 Match 1Pitch1 Dopamine Deficient Dribblers Parkysaurus FC Group 2 Match 1Pitch 2 PD Warriors Cadwyr Cymru 11:15 Group 1 Match 2Pitch 1 YOPD Shaketar …
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Reaching your Peak at the Try-Athlon

Another set of friendly faces you will see at the Sport Parkinson’s Summer Try-Athlon are those from Reach Your Peak! Chartered Physiotherapists Maria Lewis and Sally Tawhai will be there – warming us up – and helping us put our new ways to play to best benefit ourselves! Check out Claire’s conversation with Maria and…
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Fancy Taking on a Robot?

Ping Pong, Table Tennis, Whiff Waff, Parlour Tennis, Indoor Tennis, Pom-Pom or Pim-Pam? Whatever you would like to call it we have it here at the Try-Athlon courtesy of the PDTTUK You will be able to have a go, even if you’ve never played before – all equipment will be provided for you to try it out…
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Neuroheroes on the Try-Athlon stage!

If you don’t already know about the brilliant Neuroheroes – you are missing out on some of the most fun workouts – certainly that I have ever seen! Fun and workouts not possible surely? Neuroheroes was founded by Laura Douglas and Anna Kharin, and the focus of the company is to provide Neuro-physiotherapist led, small…
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Latest on the Try-Athlon

We are on! Sports Parkinson’s Summer Try-athlon is going ahead as planned. We have been working with Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium which is compliant to all the government covid regulations There are a few things you need to do before the day: First and foremost book a ticket – this allows us to make sure…
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New Table Tennis Group in Essex Starts This weekend

Fancy a go at Table Tennis or Ping Pong – whatever you want to call it, it provides great exercise and a chance to meet other people with PD socially ! If you feel uncertain about having a go at table tennis check out this inspirational video from Paul Nicholls The inaugural session of PingPongParkinson…
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