News from ActivSports

The next ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament is coming soon to Ipswich. The event, which will be held at Gainsborough Sports Centre and targeted at athletes who have an intellectual (learning) disability, has been sanctioned by Special Olympics GB and will be...

ActivLives held another Inclusive Boccia Tournament recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre, in Ipswich. The event attracted 40 competitors, who played a total of 85 ends of boccia, over 30 matches, scoring 185 points. There were over 70 people attending the event,...

The next ActivLives Inclusive Boccia Tournament is coming soon to Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich. The event, which is being held on Saturday 2 March, is for any player with a recognised disability (physical, sensory or intellectual). All of the athletes will be...

The ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament was held recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich. The event, delivered in partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk, was a tremendous success with 27 competitors from inclusive groups in Suffolk and Wimbledon....

The next ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament is coming soon at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich. The tournament, on the 9 December, is being delivered in partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk and will include Doubles and Singles divisions, followed by...

ActivLives, recently held a Boccia Festival at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich, to help to celebrate National Boccia Day 2023. There were 42 participants from across the region, enjoying a fantastic day of Boccia action. Boccia is a target sport played whilst...

The inaugural ActivLives Inclusive Boccia Tournament was held recently at the Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre, in Stowmarket. The event was a tremendous success with 47 competitors, playing a total of 129 ends of boccia, over 44 matches. There were over 90 people attending...

Sunday 23 July sees the our latest Inclusive Boccia Tournament, hosted by ActivLives and in partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk, take place at the Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket. The event is also being supported by Special Olympics GB, Everyone...

World Badminton Day is being celebrated on the 5 July. If you haven’t already, why not give this great game a try? ActivLives deliver weekly groups in Ipswich, including sessions that are particularly tailored for players with an intellectual/learning disability. The...

The Special Olympics World Games, held recently in Berlin, provided one of the largest inclusive sports events ever held, with 7,000 athletes, 3,000 Coaches and 18,000 Volunteers. Special Olympics is sport targeted at athletes with an intellectual (learning)...

The Special Olympics World Games in Berlin are only a few weeks away and gymnasts Jack, Grace and Simon, and coaches Alex and Ellen Row from Waveney Gymnastics club in Lowestoft are making their final preparations to compete and coach alongside the very best of the...

Please note that the Ping Pong and Short Tennis session at Whitton Sports Centre has been cancelled for 1 June. This is due to staff shortages but it will return the following week. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Suffolk badminton players flew the county flag at the Para-Badminton tournament held recently in Gillingham, Kent. Six players from our ActivLives/Special Olympics Suffolk group, competed in the singles and doubles events, producing some excellent performances...

Unfortunately due to a rain soaked bowls green we have had to cancel Activ Lawn Bowls for Tuesday 9 May. This is the session that is 10:30-12:30 at Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre.

ActivLives hosted a Boccia England ‘Boccia Leaders’ Course recently in Ipswich, as part of our work to help promote inclusive sport in Suffolk. The course attracted 17 delegates from a wide variety of local organisations including Papworth Trust, Suffolk New College,...

The ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament was held recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich, with 30 athletes competing in the singles and doubles competitions. The standard of play throughout the day was superb, with some extremely close matches deciding...

There are a number of our ActivSport sessions that take a short break during Easter, please find the dates of when each session takes a break below: Tues 10.30 -12.30 ActivBowls (Short-Mat) No session on 11 April Tues 10.30-12.30 Activ Lawn Bowls (Outdoors) Summer...

ActivLives, recently held a Boccia Festival at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich. The event attracted 40 competitors from across Suffolk, competing for the medals in the team event. All of the players who took part, have an intellectual, physical and/or sensory...

Monday 1.30-3.00pm Starts on 20 February 2023 (6 weeks up to 27/03) At Felixstowe Leisure Centre, Sea Road, Felixstowe, IP11 2AE Come and play this very accessible sport and have fun with a great group of people! Boccia is a truly inclusive sport. Played seated, it...

ActivLives have two events coming up in Ipswich, both of which are targeted at participants with a disability. On Tuesday 7 March there is a Boccia Festival at Gainsborough Sports Centre, and on Saturday 1 April an Inclusive Badminton Tournament, which is also being...

Thursday 1.30-3.00pm Starts on 19 January 2023 (10 weeks up to 23/03) At Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre, Gainsborough Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1LH Come and play this very accessible sport and have fun with a great group of people! Boccia is a truly inclusive sport. Played...

The latest ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament was held recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich, with 29 athletes competing in the singles and doubles events. These tournaments are open to players who have an intellectual disability, most of the...

Please note that the Walking Football Session on Thursday 20th October has been cancelled. We are aiming to continue with regular sessions nest week. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Recently we celebrated National Boccia Day with a tournament at Whitton Sports Centre, it was a great day with groups from across Suffolk coming together to play. There were over 30 competitors in the tournament and some fierce competition took place, we were thrilled...

What is National Fitness Day? National Fitness Day is the most active day of the year, it’s a day when people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities come together to celebrate the fun of fitness and also to recognise the incredible physical, social and mental benefits...

Members of the ActivLives ‘Inclusive Badminton’ group, who play weekly in Ipswich, did all of us proud as they flew the flag for the Eastern Region recently, at the National Special Olympics Badminton Tournament held at the University of Wolverhampton Sports Campus in...

We had to cancel our popular Lawn Bowls session this week for the very first time since we began to play outdoors at Halifax Road, way back in June 2015. Since that time we have moved to Kesgrave, and of course we have played in drizzly rain on a few occasions, but we...

A Rackets Taster event was held recently at Ipswich Sports Club in Ipswich, attracting 24 participants. The activities, which were targeted at athletes with a learning disability, included a variety of tennis and badminton skills and challenges. Several of the players...

Above: The photo includes our Suffolk players together with members of the GB Paralympic Badminton squad, including Dan Bethell, Silver medallist from Tokyo in 2021. Eight athletes from the ActivLives/Special Olympics Suffolk group competed recently, at a new...

ActivLives boccia players have been busy competing at the ‘Back to Boccia’ Central tournament held recently in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Eleven players from the ActivBoccia group, who play weekly at Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich, competed in a variety of...

ActivLives bowls sessions are about to go back outdoors for the summer season. We start back at the Kesgrave Community Centre, IP5 1JF, on Tuesday 10 May, 10.30-12.30. It’s a lovely green to play on with plenty of space. The session fee is £4.50. We have spare...

The latest ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament was held recently at Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich, with 23 athletes competing in both singles and doubles events. The standard of play was excellent throughout the day with some extremely close matches deciding...

The ActivLives ‘Boccia Festival’, held recently at Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich, saw some brilliant performances from all of the 13 competing teams. The event was an opportunity for players, with a disability, to showcase their skills and team work in this most...

With regret we have had to cancel the inclusive badminton sessions for the 16th March. We would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused. Currently we are planning on having a session next week but please keep an eye on the calendar and our website for the most...

It is with regret that we have had to cancel the following ActivSport sessions between Monday 21 February and Thursday 24 February: Tuesday 22 February– Bowls (10am-12:30pm) and Badminton (2pm-3:30pm) cancelled Wednesday 23 February – Inclusive Boccia (10:30am-12pm)...

The ActivLives bowls group is back playing the short-mat version of this great sport at Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich. The group meet every Tuesday morning between 10.30-12.30 – if you would like to give it a try, why not pop along? No equipment (or special...

A happy group of walkers gathered just before Christmas for the ActivLives Health Walk in Christchurch Park, Ipswich. The next walk is scheduled for Monday 10 January, meeting inside the Soane Street gate, just in front of the Mansion. New walkers are always welcome....

ActivLives held their first Inclusive Badminton Tournament since the pandemic, recently in Ipswich. The tournament was a great success with 18 players competing in the Singles competition. Then all of the players combined to form two teams to contest the Team Relay –...

The ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament is being held in Ipswich on Saturday 20 November. This tournament is targeted at our own local players who play regularly with ActivLives – many of the competitors also compete in Special Olympics competitions. This will...

We had a great summer season at Kesgrave Community Centre and now, as the weather changes, the ActivBowls group are ready to return to playing indoors. The group have not been able to return to their usual venue of Gainsborough due to the un-availability of the hall,...

There was a great atmosphere in the hall earlier this week, as 36 participants, from across Suffolk, came together to take part in the ActivLives Boccia Festival in Ipswich, in celebration of National Boccia Day 2021. The event was supported by players from a variety...

A group of our ActivLives Inclusive Badminton players went over to Cambridge recently, to play in the Disability Festival as part of the Badminton England ‘Big Hit’ initiative. Our group of 10 players, were brilliantly supported by family members. The ‘Big Hit’...

After a summer break we’re thrilled to be bringing back several of our ActivSport activities, now is a great time to get out and enjoy some sport. See below for what sports are returning, the dates below are when they begin but you can join in at any point on the...

Inclusive Badminton sessions in Ipswich, delivered  by ActivLives in partnership with Special Olympics Suffolk, will be returning for the new season on the 1st September. These sessions are targeted at adults with a learning disability – no previous badminton...

ActivLives continue to deliver inclusive boccia sessions for players with a learning disability, in partnership with local provider Avenues East. The sessions, which are held in Stowmarket and Ipswich, are being supported by Active Suffolk and Sport England through...

Confirmation of the GB Paralympic team for Tokyo has recently been announced. We are very proud that Ipswich athlete, Evie Edwards, has been selected to represent Great Britain, once again, in the BC4 classification. Evie continues to be a great friend to ActivLives,...

Yep, so has ours! But we are gradually getting our ActivSport programme back on the road. We have recently re-introduced Lawn Bowls, Walking Football, Boccia and Yoga sessions back onto the growing list of returning activities. All of these sessions have Covid-19...

You know that things are gradually getting back to how they were before Covid-19, when the boccia balls come out once again! ActivLives have recently re-started their regular boccia sessions, with Avenues East, in Ipswich and Stowmarket. The sessions have been adapted...

The ActivLives Inclusive Badminton group, based in Ipswich, is now back playing weekly as part of the gradual return to activity for our ActivSport programme. The session, which is targeted at adults who have a learning disability, is able to return indoors as part of...