Down Syndrome International

This proved to be a unique opportunity for networking and raising awareness of the opportunities that DSISO offers to swimmers with both mosaic and T21 down syndrome in the USA. This turned out to be especially important for those down swimmers in Special Olympics looking to extend their potential

27.06.11

Qualifying times for the 6th World Championships

Swimming Schedule for the 6th World Championships

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25.03.11

Available now.... Entry forms for our 1st European Championships, Portugal

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25.02.11

I would like to thank all the letters of condolences to both myself and the family of John Hudson following the deaths of my co-founders both within a week of each other. Ronald Phillips MBE and John Hudson.

20.10.10

Going into the Worlds there were 502 records claimed Worldwide Short Course

During the Championships 450 records were established or broken.

Some records were broken in both the heats and finals

12.10.10

5th World Championship Results available

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24.08.10

Spectator Tickets now available NOW. Order via

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20.07.10

Sad news of Cathy Cooper.......... founder of DSISO-Canada

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16.04.10

Concerning the World Athletics Championship for people with down syndrome, they are informed that the hotel hosting the event is called HOTEL CANTO DEL SOL, for who is interested in booking before September 7 and after September 12 will be offered a preferential tariff in the coming days we will report on these matters.
Also inform them that the website which is being published related to the world athletics championships are as follows:
www.iaads.info and www.femede.org
Any questions please write, thanks
Cordially
Miguel Angel Garcia

24.02.10

To help some of our countries get funding within their countries we have published qualifying times for the World Championship session of the competition. Qualifying Times

03.02.10

Please pass on this text to as many people you know

New fund raising chance for you to help us............. you must have at least one old mobile phone in a draw or cupboard. If every person with a Down Syndrome relative sent me that old phone or two we can convert to funds.............. PLEASE HELP contact me on fundraising@dsiso.org for where to send them. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

20.01.10

5th World Championships, Taiwan UPDATE

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02.12.10

DSISO Rule Changes to meet new Rules introduced by Fina.

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New sport for Down Syndrome, Athletics are now available

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03.10.09

World and International Championships, Taiwan 2010 Entry packs available

Entry Packs

01.10.09

Great Britain name their team for Taiwan

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23.09.09

Reminder...... Membership expires 31st March 2010.

Start thinking about getting your applications up to date now.

World and Regional Records claimed after this date will not be recognised if membership has not been renewed.

Member pack for 2010 to 2012

17.07.09

5th World Championships and International Championships, qualifying times announced

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15.07.09

New electronic forms launched, to help you get your records and corrections to us quicker and in a easier format. You will still have to send the hard copies in the post and records will not be ratified until these arrive.

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05.07.09

5th World Championships and International Championships,

Taiwan, 1st October - 8th October 2010

04.06.09

New World Records pages published. We have done these from records we had already on the web and any results from the Portugal results. Any records sent to us over the past two weeks will now be added. This hopefully gives swimmers the chance to see there names in print before we start the regular updates. All certificates are nearly finished, as you can see there was a lot to do. These will be sent out ASAP.

21.05.09

New pages open for Coaches to share training ideas and help send to Chat@dsiso.org

17/04/09

Calendar has now been updated but we urgently need your Regional, National and competitions for Down Syndrome swimmers

17.04.09

WORLD RECORDS

Members Notice We have upload the new world records. These have taken some time by two dedicated volunteers as we are still waiting for the records officer to supply these. The Executive feel this length of time is unacceptable so if you find and errors please except or apologies and let us know straight away and we will endeavor to rectify straight way

16/02/09

Sports Assembly Minutes available now click here

09/02/09

The Executive wishes to apologise to all the World Record achievers from Portugal that have not yet received their certificates. We regret that their great achievements are not yet on the published record pages.? We are still waiting for the Membership and Records Officer to send these to us for up loading. As soon as they received we will upload them

06/02/09

At the recent meeting of the DSISO Executive Committee it was decided unanimously to invite Ron Phillips MBE and John Hudson to become an Honorary Vice President of DSISO. This is to recognise their significant contribution to the formation of DSISO and your service to DSISO during its early years.

17/01/09

Members Notice At the Sports Assembly the Treasurer pledged to have a copy of the Audited Accounts circulated to the membership in 2009. The financial year ended on December 31st 2008. Unfortunately, the treasurer is still waiting for records of the monies taken by the Membership Secretary and the Technical Director for Fines and membership fees in Portugal to be forwarded to the Treasurer. As soon as these records have been received the accounts will be completed and send for audit. Please rest assured we intend to do this as soon as possible