Alex Cockerham

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

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

#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 form👉https://t.co/rt8jtuB35t

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

Super proud of all of our Performance Pathway athletes, but especially our Academy players!🙌

Can't wait to continue the progress we've made in 2024 and to officially welcome Jacob, Hannah, Daniel, Arun, Alex, and Faith to the team💪

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

Exciting news! 🎉

Today we're proud to announce 36 incredible #goalball athletes joining the Performance Pathway Programme for 2024-25.

We’re delighted to offer players at all levels an exciting pathway to representing Great Britain in goalball!

Meet the athletes at https://t.co/qBDAb1Fekv

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

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! 👋

Whether you're an experienced player or a newcomer, now's your time.

Find out more at https://t.co/qzA0fSdgMr

#AchieveInGoalball

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

Excited to meet everyone attending the @ParalympicsGB Discovery Day at K2 Crawley!🔵

Thank you to @AlexUlysses4 for helping out with me to share more about opportunities we have to #GetInolved in #goalball and our Performance Pathway🙌

Let’s see who tops the leaderboard!

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

Post #GoalballAcademy Aspire Day group photo!

Today we were at @RNC_Hereford, with a mixture of club players and some who are newer to goalball👌

We’ve loved getting to meet more young blind or partially sighted people via the Academy who all want to develop👊

#goalball

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

We have more Academy Aspire Days planned with @WinchGoalball on Saturday 17th August and @RNC_Sport on Saturday 21st September👇

https://t.co/tDHavsEwRV

I was saving this celebration esque photo in case England won the Euros final, but that didn't quite go to plan😂💔

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

This weekend we hosted the first two of our Goalball Academy Aspire Days with @AllstarGoalball and @CambridgeDons🙌

These were an opportunity for young blind or partially sighted people to participate in a day supported by Goalball Academy and club coaches🔵

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

Our This Girl Can Project Group hosted their first female development day with @oxfordgoalball last Saturday🔵

Everyone made real strides throughout the day which was great to be a part of!

Bring on tomorrows Goalball Academy Aspire Day with @CambridgeDons👊

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

Just 2 weeks to go!😁

A great opportunity to develop your skills as a goalball player, or try the sport for the first time with us and @oxfordgoalball 👌

#ThisGirlCan🔵💜 #Oxford

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

On Saturday 6th July, 10am till 5pm we're hosting a female-only development day with Oxford Goalball Club!

At Iffley Road Sports Centre, the day will feature training sessions followed by a friendly competition in the afternoon.

Find out more👉https://t.co/1KV0gncHS3

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

Very proud to be a part of the Performance Pathway team😁

Looking forward to the rest of 2024 supporting the Goalball Academy team along their goalball journey!👊

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

Exciting news! 🎉

Today we launch our new Performance Pathway Programme, offering players at all levels an exciting pathway to representing Great Britain in goalball!

Read the story below to discover the 35 players invited and learn more about the programme 👇

https://t.co/3YQnNmaDOL

#Goalball #BlindSport #InclusiveSport

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

We are underway here at The Factory in Birmingham for the 2024 This Girl Can Open!

It’s fantastic to have so many women and girls from across the goalball community together😁

Our Project Group members are showing off the new kit too!

#Goalball #ThisGirlCan

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

This Saturday it's our This Girl Can Open competition!

We hope everyone has a brilliant day of goalball with friends new and old 🙌

To stay in the loop with all things 'This Girl Can' at Goalball UK visit https://t.co/Dpl8j30sY4

#Goalball #BlindSport #ThisGirlCan

[Alan March Sport ltd @AlanMarchSport]

We’re throwing it back this week to the electric atmosphere of the IBSA World Games in Birmingham last year! 🥅

We were proud to have been the voice behind the action, bringing the excitement of Goalball to all! 🎉

#ThrowbackThursday / #IBSAWorldGames / @IBSAGames2023

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

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 🙌

Well done everyone! 👏

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

This Girl Can #goalball events in April 🎉

📅 Thursday 4th: Online travel and safety awareness

📅 Saturday 27th: This Girl Can Open 2024 🌟

📅 Sunday 28th: Female only taster session

📍 Location: The Factory, Birmingham, B31 2TS.

Sign up 👇

https://t.co/8MszXITvVE

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

📢check out our April This Girl Can Project Group events!

Next Thursday, 7-8pm we have our virtual panellist session where we'll hear about experiences of travel & keeping safe from across the goalball community👏

You can sign up for all of our events👉https://t.co/zxw0Nn18Ce

[#Goalball @ibsagoalball]

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

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

@Hallam_SportDev Thank you!🙌

[Alex Cockerham @Alex_Cockerham]

Very cool to share some of my experience in how I started my goalball journey and how it led to where I am today😁

#GoalballFamily🔵💙

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

Rounding off our #StudentVolunteerWeek spotlight, we're hearing from Alex Cockerham, now our Talent Officer about his experience volunteering in goalball whilst at university📚

Find out about Alex's journey, including how his involvement in goalball took him to Tanzania, to then being successful in securing a full-time role after graduating from @sheffhallamuni 🙌

https://t.co/KsDMFsfjHB

[Goalball UK @GoalballUK]

What's stopping more women and girls playing goalball? 🤔

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 🙌

Read more https://t.co/3rrXk8b0J2

#Goalball #BlindSport