It was a wee bit cooler for Colin today as he completed his 7k walk in aid of Autism. A just giving page has been set up at :
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/colins7for700kforautism
Here are the photos of all the challenges.
First the 7k walk, followed by 7k bike and then the 7k run.
Well done Colin.
Hello All,
As some of you know I have the privilege of helping with an open-age football league for adults with learning difficulties and autism called the SYACL and with a disability service provision in Rotherham called Social Eyes.
This week ahead is World Autism Awareness Week so I’ll be running 7k cycling 7k and walking 7k for Social Eyes.
The 7 represents the fact that 1 in 100 folk in the UK has some form of autism – 700,000 people.
You can check Social Eyes out at www.socialeyesrotherham.co.uk
and the SYACL at www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com
If you can support this fantastic group by sponsoring me that would be great, but if you can’t just give me some words of encouragement!
To support just drop me a note @ susancolinm@gmail.com or visit the just giving page that has been set up https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/colins7for700kforautism
best wishes and thankyou, Colin
ps Walk and run completed, walk ahead.
Colin’s walk route up Whin Hill still to do.
An invitation has been announced on Twitter today [twitter.com/SHCFA/status/1370630722248138752] to find out who you nominated to become our heroes of Grassroots Football 2020 and who the winners are.
You are invited to join them virtually to celebrate the amazing people who go above and beyond to make football for all.
If you have Twitter, hop onto @FA at 8pm on Tuesday 16th March and celebrate.
A spoiler alert of the winner of Grassroots Coach of the Year Adults section, it’s our Darren.
There are already congratulatory messages flooding in on Facebook and Twitter and for those of you that don’t have the platforms we will collate and post the messages on here in the next few days.
Would like to say a massive thank you to everyone for this. On behalf of Darren and this family and all of the body at the club thank you.
No one else deserved it more. Football was his life and he put so much in to it and that’s why the club is where it is today due to his hard work and his wife Sharon Warner and all the other amazing coaches/staff there, so a big well done.
Well earned, well deserved.
Darren still winning awards! Legend.
Thankyou Darren Warner.
And thank you for Sharon Warner for letting me play for Club Doncaster Titans.
Darren was a true legend and his legacy will carry on in the club. And we hope to see you all soon.
So so true x
Hope you’re all well and looking forward to better times!
The 7-a-side teams have all expressed an interest in returning to league matches – post lockdown – so fixtures arranged for the 11th April, at Concord Sports Centre, will be going ahead. The last set of league matches for this season can then be concluded in May, either on the 9th or the 16th.
City Knights 5-a-side teams have withdrawn for this season, all their matches against league opponents have been annulled – haven’t played 75% of their fixtures – and the league tables have been amended to reflect the changes. New amended tables on results page.
The remaining 5-a-side fixtures for this season can now be played out on 1 match day, that has been arranged for the 23rd May and the remaining 5-a-side fixtures for April 18th have been postponed until that date.
Full Time has sent out fixtures for the 7-a-side matches in April and the 5-a-side matches in May, to all team administrators.
The league will continue to follow Covid 19 guidelines from the Government /NHS & venues, regarding safety on match days and the risk assessment arranged by the league will be ongoing, until we are told differently. The government’s roadmap out of lockdown gives us some hope that spectators may be allowed from late May.
It will be extremely strange when we restart not to see Darren Warner at the venues, he was ever present over many years and I’m sure many of us and our members will still be affected by his absence – for a considerable time. The league plan to stage memorials at both the 5 and 7-a-side match days, to celebrate the life of our wonderful friend.
It was always going to be difficult to replace Darren in his league role as secretary, but I’m pleased to say that Paul Jubb ( Bradford City DFC) has kindly agreed to to fill that position. Paul has a wealth of experience and knowledge of disability football and team administration and is the ideal person to ensure the smooth running of league affairs. Paul will be taking up his duties in the next couple of weeks, so please do not contact him just yet, if you have any administrative queries. In the meantime, if you have any queries or concerns please contact myself or Colin.
It’s likely that a Zoom meeting in late March will discuss all of the above, with details being sent out to all in the next couple of weeks.
I hope you, your families and club members are all well !
The League were awaiting the announcement next week by the government on the route out of lockdown, before posting about the possible resumption of League matches in March.
However, now that almost an additional 2 million people have been identified as vulnerable to the virus and added to the shielding group, fixtures scheduled for March have been postponed and moved to April.
The 5 and 7-a-side Leagues have only two match days each remaining for us to complete this season; and although usually we finish by April, our intention is to play this seasons remaining matches in the months when the risk of transmission of the virus is low. The League is willing to conclude this season as late as the summer if necessary, allowing the opportunity to all our members to participate and not miss out due to government guidelines on shielding.
We will continue to monitor the situation, keep you all informed of any changes and have a League meeting a few weeks before any scheduled re-start.
Keepmoat tribute to a Titan of our game.
Last Saturday saw the funeral of Club Doncaster Titans founder and South Yorkshire Ability Counts giant Darren Warner.
Darren’s wife, Sharon, and sons Jordan and Cameron accompanied him to Rose Hill Crematorium, on Cantley Lane in Doncaster, where the regulation small group of mourners paid their final respects.
Covid-19 restrictions preventing the larger congregation at the Crematorium, hundreds of friends and family members paid their own fantastic tribute when the funeral cortege paused at the Keepmoat Stadium, the home of Doncaster Rovers.
For a moment, so many people whose lives had been touched by Darren took the chance to say their thank you and goodbye.
It was a fitting way for them to show how much Darren Warner meant to all of us.
We thank Sharon for her permission to use these photographs and send her and the boys our condolences and best wishes.
Remember, you can still donate to Dannyl Hall’s fundraiser for Darren https://uk.gofundme.com/f/darren-warner-rip. The appeal is fast closing in on its target of £3000.
SHARON WARNER
Darren was my true hero, I was proud of everything he achieved in life, my heart is broken but all the lovely comments have helped me though these last few weeks.
Daz, I hope you can see all these lovely comments !!’ And how much people appreciated what you gave.
I’m so proud to be your wife; thank you for being you xxxxxx
I will always love you xxxxx
Today we publish the tribute Darren’s wife sent to us.
Visit our blog page; click the post “A gentleman of our times”; after reading the post and the club emblems you will find the opportunity to click on comments and view more tributes to Darren.
Darren was my true hero I was proud of everything he achieved in life my heart is broken but with all the lovely comments have helped me though these last few weeks
Daz I hope you can see all these lovely comments !!’ And how you have made people appreciate what you gave.
I’m so proud to be your wife and thank you for being you xxxxxx I will always love you xxxxx
Today we publish the tributes received on the death of Darren Warner, the secretary of http://www.southyorkshireabilitycountsleague.com
We have received so many messages and tributes to Darren that we have added an extra page to our website entitled Darren Warner RIP.
As you read the tributes please also remember Sharon and Jordan, their families and Darren’s second family Team Titan.
Tomorrow we publish some of the tributes that South Yorkshire Ability Counts League has received following the death of our secretary, Darren Warner on January 17th 2021.
Darren’s funeral is to be held on Saturday 30th of January 11.00am at Rose Hill Crematorium, Cantley Lane, Doncaster. DN4 6NE.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions the service indoors will be limited in numbers; due to severe lockdown restrictions the service cannot be broadcast outside. Therefore, the crematorium asks that only those with an invite to the service attend the crematorium due to public safety issues. However, the funeral cars with Darren will be passing the Keepmoat Stadium at 10.10am for those wishing to wave Darren a farewell.
Join us tomorrow, Wednesday 27th January for the tributes.
Important Message from the SYACL Chair, Mike Stylianou.
SYACL wishes everyone a Happy New Year 2021, unfortunately, due to current pandemic regulations, the South Yorkshire Ability Counts League is now suspended during this present lockdown.
Concord Sports Centre and Goals Centres will be closed – alongside all other Leisure Centres – which effectively prevents us from staging either 7-a-side or 5-a-side matches.
We have suspended the League until this lockdown is lifted; and do not give permission for teams to arrange League matches against each other, despite the government exemption for Disability Sports.
Obviously some clubs may wish to organise training sessions for their teams and possibly arrange friendly matches, but the League does not encourage it.
We understand many of you will be disappointed by our decision; as always our main priority is the safety of all our group, the current high risk to any of our clinically extremely vulnerable members and the fear of spreading the virus.
We will attempt to restart in March, review the situation throughout; and hopefully complete the season before the summer.
We hope you all stay safe and well and look forward to staging matches again in a safer environment in the not too distant future.
We are aware there may be a great deal of disappointment and anxiety amongst our participants as the League forms an important part in your social lives. We would ask you to keep in touch, via telephone/social media, with your teammates and friends during this time; one of our team managers has asked that the following helplines be publicised, so that if anyone is in need of someone to talk too they can contact the appropriate helpline or contact your team manager’s; and we will all be back playing football very soon.
South Yorkshire Ability Counts League 