All Ability Sports and Leisure
Our aim is to Increase awareness, and inspire people with a disability to take up healthy and active lifestyles, create a more inclusive sporting community while contributing towards a healthier community in general. .
All Ability Athletics and Boccia Challenge Cup held 21st April 2012
A fantastic competition for people with adisability, took place in Harlow on Saturday 21st April at Mark Hall Athletics Track. With 40 participants from all over Essex taking part in events such as 60m, 100m and 200m races, javelin, long jump, shot and distance club. Plus teams took part in a Boccia competition too. This is a game similar to French Boules and Petanque.
Organised by All Ability Sports & Leisure, Harlow Athletics Club, Essex County Council Essex
Legacy for the 2012 games and assisted by Paralympian Anne Walufa-Strike who presented the cups and trophies and London 2012 Paralympian Hopeful Richard Chiassaro who both helped and joined in on the day.
| Senior Men | Senior Ladies |
| 1stplace Gavin Brooks from Harlow | 1stplace Charmaine Thorpe from Harlow |
| 2ndPlace Luke Lowe from Harlow | 2ndPlace Isabel Stevenson from Uttlesford |
| 3rdPlace Conrad Davies from Bexley | 3rd Place Emma Kirby from Harlow |
| Junior Boys | Junior Girls |
| 1stplace Brendon Walker from Harlow | 1stplace Isabel Stevenson from Uttlesford |
| 2ndplace Toby Ralph from Harlow | 2ndwas Jade Ralph from Harlow |
| 3rdplace Tommy Grist Harlow | 3rdwas Sadie Hobbs from Harlow |
The Boccia competition was run as a team event with
the Red Team coming 1st
the Blue Team 2nd
The winning team overall was Harlow Athletic Club
Harlow Hurricanes coming 2nd
Orwell Panthers coming 3rd
This year a special memorial cup was presented in memory of the late Karen Joy (36 years) who was a very keen athlete for Harlow Athletic Club and was the ladies winner of the 2011 Harlow Sports Hall Athletics Challenge.
The Memorial Cup was presented to Charmaine Thorpe for best female athlete by Karen’s family.Mrs Joy spoke about Karen who she said “had found something that she was good at and they were really proud of her and her achievements and she is so sadly missed by all who knew
her.”
The family also presented a cheque to All Ability Sports & Leisure for £825 for the club to purchase a new sports wheelchair, which was a donation given by all of Karen’s friends and really appreciated by the club.