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National Cup Success for College Team

National Cup Success for College Team

Doncaster College for the Deaf ended the 2008/09 season on a high by winning the English Deaf Cup Final, beating Everton Deaf 2-1 at Wrexham football club at the weekend. Doncaster took an early lead thanks to Sinclair, this was quickly followed by set piece taken from the training ground a disguised shot from Wood outfoxing the Everton defence allowing Denmead to slot home for 2-0.

Doncaster went in with a 2-0 lead at half time. The second half saw Doncaster take control of the game keeping possession and applying the pressure without any reward. 10 minutes from time Everton capitalised on some poor defending and slotted home making it 2-1.

Everton where awarded a dubious penalty on the stroke of half time. Kitchen saved from the spot low to his right. Doncaster put the ball in the back of the net again but had this ruled out for offside. Doncaster saw out the game and were comfortable winners.

The team is made up of current and of previous learners all of whom are deaf or hearing impaired. To get to the final the team beat Barnet, Birmingham, Leeds, Arsenal and Charlton before beating Fulham 2-0 in the semi final.

The College team has now won the competition 4 times in the last 5 years. Brian Green a support worker at the College and key player said ‘to be the best deaf football team in England is a wonderful achievement’.

The team also compete against there hearing counterparts in the Doncaster Premier Senior League, where they finished a respectful 8th place and made it to the semi final of the premier league cup. All in all another very successful season for College team.

Posted: Thu 04-Jun-2009 2:47PM

The DeaF.A Cup

The DeaF.A Cup

On Saturday the 17th of May 2008, 12 men’s and 3 ladies’ teams came to Doncaster College for the Deaf to take part in the ‘DeaF.A Cup’ 5-a-side football tournament. Throughout the day there was a steady stream of people who came along, altogether around 150-200!

The matches kicked off at 10.00am on 4 different pitches. The men were put into 2 leagues, each playing 5 matches before the top 8 teams battled it out in the knockout stages. The ladies played 6 matches each, with the top 2 making the final.

A large number of students took part on the day in many different teams, each doing fantastically well. But it was down to ex-Sports Students Moazzam Rashid, with ‘The Ex-Donny Crew’ and John Atkinson, with ‘D.C.S’ to fight it out in the final of the men’s tournament. After a close match, it finished 1-0 to ‘The Ex-Donny Crew’.

Special mention for Claire Kamis from Sport for getting the award for being the ‘Top Goalscorer’ in the ladies tournament, her team ‘The Owls B’ also finishing runners up to a stronger ‘The Owls A’ team in the ladies’ final. Winning men’s team ‘The Ex-Donny Crew’ stole the show, when both individual trophies were awarded to members of their team; the ‘Top Goalscorer’ award went to Mukhtar Mohammed from Business and Theron McLean from Car Body was awarded ‘Player of the Final’.

It was a fantastic day for all involved, a great sense of community was shared by those taking part and those spectating. It was also a perfect opportunity to see some old faces return, and to see how well they were doing, as well as possibly meeting new faces of the future.

Thank you to everyone involved on the day who helped out and made it such a great success!

Posted: Thu 22-May-2008 10:39AM

More Paris pics

No, you can’t take it home!

Posted: Wed 12-Mar-2008 5:14PM

What a lovely couple

Paris…

Posted: Wed 12-Mar-2008 5:08PM

Catering trip to Paris!

Two weeks ago, Kevin Logue, Lucinda Waudby and Jonathon Artis went on a trip to France with the Catering Department from the Hub. They stayed in a hotel in the Clichy area of Paris.

On the trip they visited the Moet & Chandon champagne house where they were given a tour of the cellars- there are 200 miles of them! All full of champagne!

Their next visit was to a chocolate factory in Reims where they watched the chocolates being made before buying gifts from the shop for Mothers’ Day.

Finally they visited a snail farm in Try-Dormans. After an interesting talk given by the proprietor they were each offered a dish of garlic snails and a complimentary glass of champagne. Kevin, seemed to enjoy the snails more than the rest of them!

They also spent a whole day enjoying Euro-Disney, trying out the rides and chasing Minnie Mouse! It was such a good day that it was dark when they finally left the park. They had a good time and enjoyed the trip very much.

Posted: Wed 12-Mar-2008 5:08PM

Gold for Zoe

Gold rush for deaf Doncaster swimmer as Paralympics beckons

A deaf teenage swimmer from Doncaster is making waves in the Paralympic world after clinching two gold medals and a British junior record at a national swim event.

Zoe Clayton, from Scawthorpe, claimed gold and the record of 42.86 seconds in the 400m freestyle race at the Disability Sports Event (DSE) National Junior Championships, held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield recently. She also won gold in the 50m butterfly.

The 17-year-old Doncaster College for the Deaf student then won silver medals in 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley events before a shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from the competition ahead of the upcoming Paralympic trials at the end of March.

Zoe, a sports studies student at the deaf college, said: “I’m delighted to have won two more gold medals but it was sensible to withdraw with the trials coming up. I want to be in perfect condition to give myself the best chance of going to Beijing.

“I am confident in my ability and know that if I perform I’ll qualify. Once I’m there I’ll be going for a Paralympic Gold and that really excites me!”

Zoe will be competing at the British Championships from March 31 until April 5 and the British International Disability Swimming Championships from April 25 to 27 at Ponds Forge, which will also incorporate British selection trials for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Jon Smith, programme manager for sports at Doncaster College for the Deaf, said: “We’re all extremely proud of Zoe. She is a naturally talented swimmer and her dedication is second to none.

“She trains five times a week from 5am and fits her studies in on top. She is an incredible talent and we are giving her all the support we can so she can get to Beijing and bring that gold medal back to Doncaster.”

Posted: Fri 07-Mar-2008 9:04AM

NaRS Pool Lifeguards

NaRS Pool Lifeguards

In pictures

Posted: Thu 06-Mar-2008 11:28AM

National Champions

On the 26th May 2007 Doncaster College Deaf FC lined up to play in the English Deaf Challenge Cup Final against St John’s Arsenal. Both teams struggled with the waterlogged pitch, finding it difficult to keep possession and chances were hard to come by.

It was St John’s Arsenal who took the lead with hard driven shot from former Doncaster student and rover’s trialist Daniel Ailey who rocketed the ball low inside the left post, beating a helpless Jon Atkinson.

Doncaster searched for the equaliser and made the most of a free kick inside the gunners half. Rowan Dixon swung in a dangerous ball in from the right, this bounced awkwardly passed the St John’s keeper and rolled into the net. Both teams went into the half time with scores level.

St John Arsenal then got off to a terrible start when Doncaster took the lead following a classic counter attack from a poor Corner. Atkinson reacted quickly and threw the ball towards Mark Sinclair on the right wing who then easily outpaced the covering Matthew Byfield. After breaking clear, Sinclair then shot towards goal, which the keeper could only palm into the path of Peter Drury who slotted the ball home. Daniel Ailey added his second goal in the game for the gunners making it 2-2.

Eventually Doncaster had the last say, three and a half minutes into the allocated five minutes of injury time, Hogan found Sinclair unmarked in the box and he made no mistake heading the ball past the stretching keeper and in doing so, sending the Doncaster supporters into raptures. The game finished 3-2 to Doncaster helping them clinch the EDF Challenge Cup for the 3rd time in 4 years.

Posted: Thu 14-Jun-2007 2:25PM