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Talent Officer @GoalballUK | Goalball Academy lead | This Girl Can Project Group | Sport Development with Coaching Graduate @sheffhallamuni

Hull, England
Joined May 2014
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
#ICYMI, sign-ups are still open for the This Girl Can Open, taking place on Saturday 8th of March, at The Factory, Birmingham! This is a female-only competition day for women and girls of any age and ability in goalball to play together in a friendly and supportive environment. Find out more information and secure your place via the sign-up form๐Ÿ‘‰forms.office.com/e/8exKcrEdKโ€ฆ
Entries are now open for the This Girl Can Open 2025! Here are the key details: ๐Ÿ”ตSaturday 8th March ๐Ÿ”ตThe Factory, 5 Devon Way, Birmingham, B31 2TS ๐Ÿ”ตFree entry! For more information, including how you can sign-up, follow the link below๐Ÿ‘‡ forms.office.com/e/8exKcrEdKโ€ฆ
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
Want to join a fast-paced, exciting team sport for blind & partially sighted players? We've opened the doors to our Performance Programme and you're invited! ๐Ÿ‘‹ Whether you're an experienced player or a newcomer, now's your time. Find out more at goalballuk.com/performance/gโ€ฆ #AchieveInGoalball
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
This Saturday it's our This Girl Can Open competition! We hope everyone has a brilliant day of goalball with friends new and old ๐Ÿ™Œ To stay in the loop with all things 'This Girl Can' at Goalball UK visit goalballuk.com/the-sport/thiโ€ฆ #Goalball #BlindSport #ThisGirlCan
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Weโ€™re throwing it back this week to the electric atmosphere of the IBSA World Games in Birmingham last year! ๐Ÿฅ… We were proud to have been the voice behind the action, bringing the excitement of Goalball to all! ๐ŸŽ‰ #ThrowbackThursday / #IBSAWorldGames / @IBSAGames2023
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
This week our Academy group are at camp in Rugby! 8 of the group received their School Leaders awards yesterday, giving them the skills to teach goalball to others ๐Ÿ™Œ Well done everyone! ๐Ÿ‘
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
This Girl Can #goalball events in April ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ“… Thursday 4th: Online travel and safety awareness ๐Ÿ“… Saturday 27th: This Girl Can Open 2024 ๐ŸŒŸ ๐Ÿ“… Sunday 28th: Female only taster session ๐Ÿ“ Location: The Factory, Birmingham, B31 2TS. Sign up ๐Ÿ‘‡ goalballuk.com/the-sport/thiโ€ฆ
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
Today we're taking the chance to shine a light on all the amazing female athletes, officials and classifiers from around the world who make goalball happen. There are many more than those that appear here and we are grateful to everyone single one! #InspireInclusion #IWD2024
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
What's stopping more women and girls playing goalball? ๐Ÿค” In 2022 we set up a #ThisGirlCan project group to find out! The group have set up female only taster sessions, competition days and online speaker sessions ๐Ÿ™Œ Read more goalballuk.com/whats-stoppinโ€ฆ #Goalball #BlindSport
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
Want to be part of the World Games this summer? Apply to volunteer now! Head's up - if you'd like to support #goalball specifically be sure to select Coventry @CBSArena as your preferred venue๐Ÿ˜„ Click the following link for the application form: forms.volunteero.org/view/b1โ€ฆ
Volunteering applications for the 2023 IBSA World Games are open! The World Games is the worldโ€™s largest sporting event for blind and partially sighted athletes - and it is making its UK debut. #VolunteersWeek For more details, visit: bit.ly/3WKbGca
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
It's #WorldGoalballDay! Today we're celebrating everything you love about the unique Paralympic sport of #goalball ๐Ÿ”ต Find out why our players at the Intermediate South tournament love goalball on the video below ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
IMPORTANT UPDATE โฌ‡๏ธ Due to the weather the Intermediate South Matchday that was due to take place tomorrow is cancelled. A new date will be announced shortly. Please see the email sent out this morning for details. #Goalball #GoalballFamily โ€“ at Sheffield, England
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
Explaining sight loss is really difficult as people with perfect eyesight struggle to imagine how it is that we see. Majority of people believe that we see nothing or that we see black. The majority of people who are registered blind can see something. Blindness is a spectrum.
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*Remember the name* Introducing Freya Novice Shield nominated player of the day โœ… Gold medal winner โœ… Scored the only goal in the final โœ… Kept a clean sheet in the final as centre player โœ… Well done Freya, great job ๐Ÿ’ช #PROUD #TeamRNC
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
Talking about mental health isn't: ๐Ÿ”ท Shameful. ๐Ÿ”ท Attention seeking. ๐Ÿ”ท Something you need to apologise for. It's powerful. It's honest. It can change lives. It's #TimeToTalk Day today. Join the conversation.
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
What. A. Performance!๐Ÿ‘ A truly world class performance this morning saw Great Britain Women beat reigning @Paralympics champion Turkey 3-2! Well done all๐Ÿ’™ #LetsGoGB๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง We will face Russia in our final group stage fixture tomorrow, 2:10pm BST! #GoalballFamily๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ’™ #Samsun2021
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
#WORLDMENTALHEALTHDAY "Don't just see the athlete....see the whole person!" ย  SportsAid is proudly working alongside @BelievePHQ to help athletes build positive mental health habits while also offering support to parents and guardians ๐Ÿก โ–ถ๏ธ bit.ly/3BE6JGJ
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
We had a blast at Summer Camp 2021 earlier this month!!๐Ÿ’ฅIt was great to see so many smiley faces getting back to playing goalball. Read all about what we got up to via the link below๐Ÿ‘‡ goalballuk.com/we-had-a-blasโ€ฆ #GoalballFamily๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ’™ #SummerSpecial @smurfitkappa
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To celebrate 75 years of goalball, @ibsagoalball have announced that we will celebrate the first ever 'World Goalball Day' later this year! Find out more, including how you can get involved below!๐Ÿ‘‡ goalballuk.com/world-goalbalโ€ฆ #GoalballFamily๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ’™ #Goalball75 #IBSA40
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Alex Cockerham retweeted
If I was an Olympic swimmer Iโ€™d just hold on to that white world record line and let it drag me to victory
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