What London 2012 Olympics Means to Us
Sporting Solutions:
Breaking Down Barriers
Sporting Solutions: Breaking Down Barriers in Newham
Many of the Subco service users left their homeland to settle in the UK for different reasons. They share memories of how Newham has transformed to become a more diverse and vibrant place to live.
Their wealth of knowledge and experience regarding heritage is demonstrated in their willingness to share experiences, talk about the challenges and discrimination they faced including how they broke down barriers, stigma, stereotypes, and the impact sport has played in relation to individuals and brought Black and Asian communities together.
Our project explored the role sports has played in the lives of people from South Asian and African Caribbean communities who live or have a connection to Newham.
What opportunities did they have in Newham while growing up, raising families, working here and growing older. To find out, we worked with a number of local voluntary, community and faith organisations as well as Newham Archives and Eastside Community Heritage.
Olympic Games Completed Collage
Newham Heritage Project
Usha Sappal
Sarbjit Johal
Urmila Kumar
Gurbachan Boll
Shamim Akhtar
Madhu Raichuria
Narmadaben Shah
Gurcharn Guruwal
Ahmed Hussain (staff)
Rubina Chohan (art tutor)
Selecting Collage Pictures
Participants:
Participant: Shamim Akhter
Collage Making
Participants:
Urmila Kumar
Madhu Raichuria
Cutting The Collage Pictures
Participants:
Sarbjit Johal
Gurbachan Boll
Gurcharan Guruwal
Visit to Stratford Library Archives
Participants:
Sarbjit Johal
Gurbachan Boll
Mapping The Local Newham Area At The Archives
Arts and Crafts Session Making The Olympic Collage
Participant: Shamim Akhter
Creating The Collage:
Participant: Shamshad Salim
Putting Pictures Together
The Completed Collage
Participants:
Joginder Sharma
Jumna Panache
Giving Feedback On Olympic Collage Making Activity
Participants:
Kaniz Sajid
Jaimni Patel
Hansa Jetha
Razia Akram
Shamim Akhter
Shanti Goswami
Madhu Raichuria
Gurchuran Guruwal
Eastside Heritage – Olympic Games Reminiscence Workshop
Gurbachan Boll
Jaimni Patel
Gurcharan Guruwal
Hansa Jetha
Shanti Goswami
Madhu Raichura
Hansa Jetha
Shamim Akhter
Kaniz Sajid
Completed Olympic Banner Designs
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Thank you Note
The Caribbean Netball Club International was formed in 1984/85.
When the Caribbean Netball Club was first formed
they trained at many places including Sarah Bonnell School,
Woodside School, Plashet School, Kensington
Youth Club and Forest Gate Youth Club
The New Forest team (made from players from Newham and Waltham Forest) are Jacqui Skinner, Sharon Massop, Stephanie Burgess, Denise Watson, Jennifer Phillip, Michelle Saunders, Carole Bartlett (Umpire), Lauretta Vitalis, Jeanne Merrifield, Nina Erodotou, Angela Watson, Lesley Jones (Coach)
In Newham there was a kick start of Karate as a contact sport in the 1968-70 period. This was due to a gentleman now known as Ticky Donovan. There were several clubs formed under his banner of Isshinryu. It hadn’t become an Olympic sport, but there were a lot of international individuals from Newham in karate.
The senior Sensei was Tyrone Whyte. He is one of the most senior black belts in the country. He’s also coached some national and international teams. In the borough games, consisting of 22 boroughs of up to 16-year-old secondary school boys, Newham always tended to do well in contacts sports like karate and boxing.
Medals And Trophies Won At The Tournament
1976:
Asian Tournament in Bedford Luton
Played 5 games over 2 days
Manager: Harry Dhillon
Players: Kashmir Singh
Ian Yearwood
Clyde Cameron
Pritpal Dhillon
Micky Singh
Clifford Taecs
Shahid Hashmi
Abrar Ahmad
Tony Singh
Tony Palmer
Mohammed Saleem
Bashir Bash
George Alluwalliah.
Players:
Mohammed Saleem
Waqar Butt
Manjit Matharu
Sukhwinder Bhatti
Luis Rodrigues
Paramjit Bhatti
Rajbir Boporai
Harinder Dhillon
Bahadur Singh
Joe Thandi
Baldev Dhillon
Mohammed Nadeem
Arif Khawaja
Mohammed Waseem
Taran Singh
Subco Vets FC
Caribbean International FC
Players:
Peter Prince
Andrew James
Ray Mcginley
Norman Miller
Steve Findlay
Lambert Joseph
Ranga Hussain
Bernard McCollin
John Fortune
Colin Bramble
Johnny Sangha
Lyndon Lennon
Neil Jarret
Ian Yearwood
Subco Trust Football Team Players
African Caribbean
Team Players
End Of Game Photo Shoot Session
Many Thanks To Subco Staff, Volunteers And Social Work Students For Their Hard Work During This Project.
Taskin Saleem, Naheed Anwar, Salim Khan,
Hanifa Ahmed, Khadija Iman, Mariam Masood,
Shamsa Mohamed, Rashida Kazi, Shahedara Begum,
Mohammed Usman, Ahmed Hussain and Rubina Chohan (art tutor)
Also Thank You To:
Newham Heritage: Jan Cullen, James King, Faizan Fiaz
Newham Archives: Jess Conway
Eastside Community Heritage: Kaaren Cruse & Freya Hope
Forty Venus: Samantha Merrill