Sports Academy

This fast paced and exciting game is still being developed across the country and is growing quickly. The Academy has been very fortunate to get the athletes involved and give it a go. More...

Northern Thunder and Northern Thunder Blues have already taken part in two national league weekends and are both sitting in 3rd place in their respective tables, however an unlucky draw in the cup saw the two Academy teams facing each other in the first round. More...

Percy Hedley Sports Academy has been recognised as an Outreach Centre for Sports Leaders UK and is one of the leading organisations in the UK targeting 'Hard to reach populations'. More...

Percy Hedley Sports Academy hosted the Boccia DES Regional Competition over the wekend of the 12th-14th October. More than 100 competitors from all over the North East took part in a very successful tournament with some very high standard and exciting games. More...

On Sunday 4th October 2009, the North East Regional Powerchair Football League kicked off at the Percy Hedley Sports Academy. Five teams from within the Percy Hedley Powerchair Football scheme are competing over a series of six days for the trophy. More...

A team from Percy Hedley Sports Academy were at Lord's cricket ground on 12th May, where they competed in the Lords Taverners National Table Cricket Finals, achieving a respectable 3rd place overall in the competition. More...

Adam Parry, Sports Development Manager for Percy Hedley Sports Academy, has recently returned from a visit to Singapore with the FIPFA President, Herve Delattre, where the aim of the visit was to assist the South East Asian country in developing Powerchair Football. More...

Following the success of the 2008 Northern Thunder Cup and Awards Evening, the event has been expanded to incorporate the entire Percy Hedley Sports Academy, including two weekends of competition and an awards evening to be held at St James' Park, home of Newcastle United. More...

Find out how the Newcastle Eagles Junior Wheelchair Basketball team fared in the second and third rounds of the Junior Basketball league. More...

The 2nd Regional heat of The Lord Taverner's Table Cricket Tournament took place at the Riverside cricket ground, home of Durham County Cricket Club and was a successful Percy Hedley's first foray into the sport. More...

Percy Hedley Sports Academy has led the development of Powerchair football both locally and internationally. Academy staff and disabled athletes from the North-East have achieved recognition in the national and international arena. More...

Percy Hedley Sports Academy was in attendance at the inaugural North Tyneside Council Sports Personality Awards and were delighted that a number of Academy athletes were shortlisted and eventual award winners. More...

We are pleased to announce that Helen Jackson has been appointed as Sports Development Officer within the Sports Academy. Helen's role includes lead responsibility on several of the Academy's projects. More...

Northern Thunder fixture update. More...

Prince Harry and Prime Minister Gordon Brown honored Percy Hedley Sports Academy athlete and Outstanding Achievement award winner at the Woman's Own Children of Courage awards at Westminster Abbey. More...

The Newcastle Eagles Junior Wheelchair Basketball team have played their first league matches at the Wildcats Arena, Nottingham. More...

Northern Thunder have just got back from playing in the European Powerchair Football Association (EPFA) PowerChampion's League in Douai, France. More...

Percy Hedley Sports Academy once again hosted the regional championships for CP Sport Boccia with a view to seeing who will progress through to the National Competition in March. More...

The partnership between Percy Hedley Sports Academy and the Newcastle Eagles exploded into action on the 25th and 26th October at Stoke Mandeville Stadium when a team representing the North East of England took part in the U-19's category at the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association's Regional Junior Championships. More...

Charles Allen CBE, of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games visited Percy Hedley Sports Academy recently to meet students and find out more about the programmes and facilities at the Sports Academy. More...

Faye Stevenson has had a remarkable year in Boccia and continues to improve her game from competition to competition. Playing in both the DSE and CP Sport Regional Competitions she also qualified for the National Competitions in both finals.
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Northern Thunder again put on a good display in the Powerchair Football National League and this year ended up runners up in both the Premiership and the Championship divisions.
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HotSpring, the UK's leading company for Hot Tubs and Spas has recently stepped forward and signed a sponsorship deal with Northern Thunder for the 2008 / 2009 Powerchair Football Season.
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The Wheelchair Basketball Leaders Award will be held at Percy Hedley Academy for Disability Sports on the 25th June from 9am until 3pm.
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Five participants from North Tyneside were in top form at the recent National CP (Cerebral Palsy) Sport Boccia competition, held in Sheffield.
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The Percy Hedley Academy for Disability Sports hosted the annual CP Sport Boccia Regionals in December 2007 where Percy Hedley competitors secured an amazing 6 out of 7 qualification places More...

Percy Hedley are proud and delighted that several of our Sports Academy players were selected to play for England during the Powerchair Football World Cup 2007 and have followed their progress with keen interest.
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FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup 2007 ends in disappointment for the English team, but the future looks bright for our Sports Academy players.
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The Academy hosted the final training camp for the WFA England Powerchair Football team over the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd September prior to their departure for the Powerchair Football World Cup in Japan in October More...

The first ever John Laing Rugby Cup held at the Percy Hedley Sports Academy. Practice sessions were followed by a competition, culminating in the Final held on the second day of the competition More...

Two local rugby tournaments both came up trumps recently in aid of the Percy Hedley Academy for Disability Sports and its Sport for All Appeal More...

Jon Joe Clennell, winner of the North East Regional CP Sport Boccia Finals, has been invited to attend an England Boccia Training Weekend in June More...

Five players from Northern Thunder Powerchair Football Team have been selected for the Englands 2007 World Cup Squad More...

April sees changes to the dates and times of the Monday Night Multi-Sport Club and the Foundation Powerchair Football club More...

Six players who play Powerchair Football for one of the Percy Hedley Teams have been selected to take part in a Trial for the England Team that will take part in the World Cup later on this year More...

The weekend of the 17th and 18th March 2007 saw the WFA National Powerchair Football league draw to a close, with the Academy represented by Percy Hedley Panthers and Northern Thunder More...

Allen Harrison from Percy Hedley Secondary School has been appointed as the Head Coach for the England Powerchair Football Team that will take part in the World Cup in 2007 More...

Rhonda Dodds, a student at Percy Hedley Senior School, was selected from over one million keen footballers around the country to win the 2006, F.A. Football Volunteer Workforce Award for her outstanding contribution to disability sport More...

Northern Thunder and Percy Hedley Panthers travelled to Nottingham to represent Percy Hedley at the 2nd National Power Wheelchair Football league More...

In February 2007, Percy Hedley Sports Academy hosted a Fantastic Football Festival that offered football coaching sessions to wheelchair users as well as people with little or no mobility issues. More...

The England Representative Wheelchair Football team and the WFA have returned from a successful trip to Atlanta, America. The team finished 3rd after playing in the first ever International Wheelchair Football tournament More...

89 youngsters from around the region recently took part in the Inaugural Tag Rugby Festival held at Kingston Park organised by the Percy Hedley Academy for Disability Sports More...

England's Powerchair Football squad, including two members from the Percy Hedley Panthers, travelled to Paris at the weekend to play in series of development games with the French national team More...

HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal officially opened the Percy Hedley Academy for Disability Sports on Tuesday 11th October More...