WY County Athlete Assessment day - 2009 - westyorkshiresport.co.uk

West Yorkshire County Sports Partnership leads way in nurturing disabled athletes

A total of 79 young people from across West Yorkshire attended the country's first CAADC on Monday 23rd March as part of the Playground to Podium (P2P) initiative. The event was a lot of fun and gave the National Governing Bodies of Football, Athletics, Boccia, Table Tennis and Wheelchair Basketball the chance to assess the potential of talented athletes throughout the day.

P2P is a national scheme developed by the Youth Sport Trust, Sport England, Paralympics GB and UK Sport to identify and develop the ability of disabled athletes supported by.

This pilot event was the first of its kind in the country and on the whole the day was a real success with positive feedback from NGB's, schools and the young athletes.

The number of young people in attendance was a reflection of the work being done through the School Sports Partnerships with the local Identifying Ability Days. As part of P2P, School Sports Partnerships are required to deliver 3 ability days per year with a selection of participants going forward to the West Yorkshire CAADC.

Participants that have now been identified through the NGB coaching teams will be invited along to sports specific training squads and Centres of Excellence to further their experience of performance environments. Information was also provided to participants about sporting opportunities in their local communities.

The event was organised by West Yorkshire Sport in association with the County FDSO development officer James Brown.

"These kind of events are important because it gives the NGB's the opportunity to identify our Paralympians of the future. Alongside this we are able to promote the great work of community clubs across West Yorkshire that provide a range of opportunities for regular sports participation." said James.

"Congratulations to all involved and we hope to go from strength to strength with the P2P initiative and the West Yorkshire CAADC in the years to come."

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