BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP

Yorkshire Region Website

Charity Number 1108335    

Company Number 5294321

Event Pictures


2024

March 2024

National Indoor Games  -  Marriott Hotel Leicester

David Howells 

Winner Standing Darts

Frank Evers 

2nd Place Boccia Class 2

Linda Evers 

3rd Place Scrabble

Rita Perry 

2nd Place Bowls

Ann Kay and Daxa Gandecha 

2nd Place 5's and 3's

There was also a 4th in Kurling for Kenneth Whittam 

2023

October 2023

Regional Kurling and Boccia Competitions - Featherstone Coomunity Centre, Featherstone

Kurling Pat Coote v Cathy Mitton

Boccia Keith Mitton v Cathy Mitton

October 2023

Regional Indoor Bowls Competition - Primrose Hall, Wakefield

Linda and Michael

Rita and Kenneth

Final between Dennis and Rita

September 2023

Each year the British Polio Fellowship give out the Barbara Wood Citizens award to a Polio Member and none-Polio Member. This year the non-Polio Member recipient is Joan Robson for her tireless fundraising work for which benefits the Yorkshire region and Wakefield branch.

Award being presented by the Mayor of Featherstone to Joan

 June 2023

Shooting - Pontefract Air Rifle Club

Polio members sat at the shooting range
Shooting award presentation
Group of people including Polio members sat outside waiting for award presentation

May 2023

Speakers including Kripen Dhrona BPF Chief Executive and Stalls  

Featherstone Community Centre

                                  March 2023

National Indoor Games  -  Marriott Hotel Leicester

David Howells 

Winner Standing Darts

Frank Evers 

Winner Boccia Class 2

The yearly indoor games took place in Leicester. Yorkshire members took part but only managed 2nd .  

There were also Medals/Points for Linda Evers - 2nd Scrabble, Keith and Katherine Mitton - 3rd 5's and 3's, Paul Marchant - 4th Draughts, Pauline Henfrey - 3rd Cribbage, Joan Robson - 4th Cribbage.

2022

November 2022

Regional Bowls - Primrose Hall

Linda v Dennis

Linda v Ann

October 2022

Regional Games - Boccia and Kurling

Featherstone Community Centre

Boccia Frank v Steve

Kurling - Keith

    June 2022

   Shooting - Pontefract Air Rifle Club

Various Polio Fellowship members taking part in rifle and handgun target shooting

April 2022

               A Right Royal Do - Featherstone community Centre

                                  March 2022

National Indoor Games  -  Marriott Hotel Leicester

David Howells Winner Standing Darts

 Elizabeth and Kenneth Whittam Winners Dominoes

 Paul Marchant Winner Boccia Class 2

2021

October 2021

Regional Indoor Games Part 2 -  Ferrybridge Community Centre

Dominoes, 5's and 3's, Cribbage

October 2021

Regional Indoor Games Part 1 -  Featherstone Community Centre

Boccia, Bowls, Kurling

Kurling 

Bowls 

people in wheelchairs/with polio playing Boccia

Boccia

2020

March 2020

National Indoor Games - Marriott Hotel, Leicester

Man holding square trophy for Darts

Standing Darts Winner

David Howells 

Elderly lady and gentleman with medals

Domino Winners

Elizabeth & Kenneth Whitham  

March 2020

Beat the Clock Games BPF Style - Ferrybridge Community Centre

All timed by John and Karen 

Man and woman in wheelchairs sat at tables with glasses on tables

Cathy and Keith Mitten all glasses reassembled

2 men stood at tables separating eggs

Paul Marchant and Steve Marley Separating eggs

room of people disabled and able watching a jigsaw game

Room avidly watching jigsaw challenge

man and woman sat at tables playing a game

Ann and Dennis Kay trying one of the challenges

2019

October 2019

Regional Indoor Games - Thornycroft Centre, Pontefract

man standing with stick and woman in wheelchair with shoot playing indoor kurling

Indoor Kurling - Brenda with chute v Kenneth with stick

4 people playing dominoes

Dominoes - Linda and Frank Evers v Joanna and Joan 

March 2019

Regional Indoor Bowls - Ferrybridge Community Centre

2018

September 2018

Indoor Kurling and Boccia - Ferrybridge Community centre

Lanes set for Boccia and Kurling

June 2018

Shooting - Pontefract Air Rifle Club, Brotherton

Group of people - Shooting prize winners with club members

Prize winners and club members

March 2018

Regional Indoor Bowls - Ferrybridge Community Centre

2 indoor Bowls mats with w competitors able bodied and in wheelchairs

Left Chris Bilton v Janet Gommersall 

Right May Caudwell v Dennis Kay

March 2018

National Indoor Championships -  Marriott Hotel Leicester

man and woman standing receiving medals and trophy from man in wheelchaire

Domino Winners Dennis Kay and Josie Dargan with Mike Egan

2017

June 2017

Shooting -  Pontefract Air rifle club

Rifle club member advising competitor lady in wheelchair awaiting her turn
Prize presentation - people standing round and a gazebo

May 2017

Trash, Treasure and fun with miniature Games - Ferrybridge Community Centre

people standing at table lady in wheelchair waiting to play
Man looking at table of goods

April 2017

Regional Bowls - Ferrybridge Community Centre

Indoor Bowsl competitors players in wheelchairs and able bodied

March 2017

National Indoor Games - Marriott Hotel, Leicester

man and woman with trophy

 Rosemary Bilton Yorkshire Team Captain with 2nd Place Trophy 

man behind man and woman with medals

2nd place Medal winners 5's x 3's Ann and Dennis Kay

March 2017

Boccia and Kurling - Carleton Community Centre

Kurling Final  Frank Evers Leeds and Ann Kay Sheffield

                

                                                                    

                                                    

Updated May 2024