Goalball
The sport of Goalball is played by visually impaired athletes. Goalball is played by two teams of three on an indoor volleyball court.
The aim is to score goals by rolling the ball into the opposing team's net. The opposing players attempt to block the ball with their bodies.
At the end of the game, which lasts 20 minutes, the team that has scored the most goals is declared the winner. Golden goal and penalty shoot outs resolve drawn matches outside group games.
Paralympic Sport
Venue: Handball Arena
Dates: Thursday 30 August - Friday 7 September
Gold medals up for grabs: 2
Athletes: 132 (72 men, 60 women)
http://www.london2012.com/games/paralympic/index.php
Get Involved
There are numerous Goalball clubs that are affiliated with Goalball UK in the Cheshire and Warrington area.
To find Accredited Sports clubs (or Clubs actively working toward Accreditation) in your area click here.
Information on all Cheshire & Warrington Goalball clubs can be found here at the Goalball UK website.
National Governig Body
GOALBALL UK
Goalball UK has been set up as a new organisation created to act as the governing body for the sport throughout the UK. It is funded by Sport England and Sport UK.
NGB Website:www.goalballuk.com
Contacts
All contact can be done via the website.
Additional Websites
British Blind Sport
Whole Sport Plan
Sport England funds national governing bodies to deliver our three outcomes - grow, sustain and excel and provides additional support to help them achieve this. Each sport has developed a WHOLE SPORT PLAN that explains how it plans to achieve these targets. This summary also helps partners identify possible opportunities to work together
What is Goalball's Whole Sport Plan?
Currently not available but will appear here soon.
How are Goalball progressing against their 2009-13 Targets?
Click here to view a summary of how the sport are progressing against their Whole Sport Plan (progress to February 2010).
Sport Factsheets
In June 2008, Sport England published detailed sport evidence packs, which bring together data from the first year of the Active People Survey, (APS 1) the Taking Part Survey, and Sport England's market segmentation.
These packs were prepared to help sport's national governing bodies develop their 2009-2013 plans but they also provide a detailed overview of sports facts relevant to all in the sports sector.
Following the detailed sport evidence packs, further sport specific information has been compiled in a series of sport factsheets. The factsheets provide information on weekly participation rates by key demographic groups.
Sport Facts 2008-09 (Detailed results from Active People Survey 3) - Facts were not produced in this year
Sport Facts 2007-08 (Detailed results from Active People Survey 2) - Facts were not produced in this year
Latest News or Events
For up to date news about Goalball please visit the Goalball UK news section.
Coaching (Including Courses & Awards)
The Cheshire & Warrington Sports Partnership hopes to develop Coaching CW into a 'one stop shop' information and management tool, for coaches and employers of coaches in Cheshire & Warrington.
If you are looking for information in relation to coaching in your sport or advice, guidance and possibly funding then please visit http://www.coachingcw.org/
