A TRIATHLON event organised by a Rednal-based brain injury charity saw success as three clients smashed their personal targets.
Run by Headway Birmingham and Solihull under its new Sports and Wellbeing programme, Robert, Faisal and Tim from the charity all recieved medals for beating their personal targets in swimming, cycling or walking/running during the event.
Due to the nature of brain injury, many of Headway’s clients have disabilities or other issues that makes it hard for them to access community sports by themselves.
Under the new sports programme, they are able to enjoy a range of sporting activities in addition to some competitions and regular taster sessions in other sports to encourage wider participation and increased physical activity.
Sarah Wood, sports co-ordinator at Headway Birmingham and Solihull, said: “We set a target for each client for each individual element of the triathlon, depending on their individual ability and they all rose to the challenge.
“They trained hard before the event and their efforts paid off, with everyone beating their personal goals.
“We couldn’t be more proud of them.”
Sarah also passed on her thanks to Derek Lill Trophies in Birmingham for donating these, and to Wheels for All for the loan of the wheelchair bikes.
The event was also an opportunity for the charity to raise much-needed funds towards the ongoing development of its Sports and Wellbeing programme, visit www.justgiving.com/HeadwayTriathlon17 to donate.
The charity would also like to hear from anyone swimming, cycling or running this autumn and interested in raising money for Headway Birmingham and Solihull through sponsorship to email [email protected] for more information.
