Foundation’s para talent hub named “one of the best”
The BHAFC Foundation’s para talent hub has been named as one of the best in the UK. Dozens of players benefit from the para talent hub, which provides a platform for talented disability football players to improve their skills and push themselves to perform at a high level. Sessions take place at the American Express
Albion stars meet players at disability camp
Four stars from the Albion men’s first team made a surprise visit to a BHAFC Foundation disability football camp in Lancing earlier this week. Joel Veltman, Matt O’Riley, Yasin Ayari, and Brajan Gruda all came to meet players at one of the Foundation’s elite disability camps on the community pitch at the club’s Lancing training
Jack’s dream to be the first deaf Premier League player
11-year-old Jack Pilcher has flourished in the BHAFC Foundation’s disability football programme, says mum Kelly. Jack, who lives in Wadhurst, travels down to Lancing every other week to play at the Foundation’s deaf talent hub sessions at the club’s training ground. Jack’s mum says he is “super obsessed” with football, having been playing regularly ever
Disability teams in tournament action
Some of Albion’s disability football teams have taken part in exhibition tournaments this October. The Albion Down’s syndrome team travelled to Ballerz in Kent to compete in a tournament hosted by the Charlton Athletic Community Trust. The Seagulls faced off against teams including Charlton, Everton, Fulham, and Norwich in the Down’s Syndrome Football Festival. Alongside
Alison taking the plunge into blind football
Alison, from Worthing, is a relative newcomer to the world of blind football. Alison is visually impaired and plays in the Foundation’s blind football sessions. Before joining the Foundation, she’d never managed to find a sport where she fit in. “I’ve always been visually impaired, and previously I’d only ever played in mainstream sport,” she