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Bridging Abilities’ 3^rd Annual Sports Day

On the 12^th October Bridging Abilities hosted its third Annual Sports Day for children with disabilities. This year the event was hosted at the Paul Roos School’s Sports Hall and even the weather could not put a dampener on the proceedings.

Once each child received their name tag and a bottle of water, Candace Vermaak, co-executive director of Bridging Abilities, welcomed all the guests. Then it was time for a game of Simon Says to get all the muscles warmed up and ready for action. After everyone was warmed up and rearing to go, the children, who were divided into three groups, were led into the hall to start at the various stations. Around 60-70 children from different schools such as Agape School, Athlone School for the Blind, Astra School, Bizweni Centre and Tembaletu School participated in the day.

A variety of target games, obstacle courses and many other activities were played causing great excitement and some wonderful smiling faces! The activities were once again run by the third year sports science students from Stellenbosch University.

Bridging Abilities would like to thank the Sports Science students for their enthusiasm and the way they presented the activities. We would also like to convey our gratitude to Checkers for their donation of fruit towards the children’s lunches as well as our other sponsors such as Cape Union Mart and NWE Engineers. Lastly, but not least, we would like to thank the teachers, sport coordinators, and volunteers who accompanied the children as well as our other volunteers.

Bridging Abilities will be hosting another event on the 3^rd of December to celebrate International Day of Disabled Persons.