County Sports Partnership Update

For the latest news on the £1.8m national coaching bursary scheme, Sport England's rural communities funding round and SASSOT's Olympian archer achieving more awards, take a look at the County Sports Partnership update....

SASSOT QualityMark

Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on Trent have recently developed their own club accreditation award called SASSOT QualityMark, for high quality sports clubs with junior sections....

Staffordshire young sporting talent awarded

36 sporting young people from across Staffordshire received an award in recognition of their exceptional talent recently.  At a special ceremony held in Stafford on 3 April each of the young people were presented with a cheque, as part of Staffordshire County Council's Sports Grant Scheme to help them develop further in their chosen sport....

Open Up and Step Up for London 2012!

The London 2012 Open Weekend 2009 this year takes place on 24-26 July. This will include not only cultural activities but also sporting and environmental. Organisations in the West Midlands are being asked to submit their ideas now for events that could form part of that weekend....

World Cup ref backs charity fun run

English World Cup referee Graham Poll has thrown his support behind this summer's return of the Shenstone Fun Run by making a kind donation and also offering to promote the event and help raise the profile....

Fitzy scheme

South Stoke School Sport Partnership

The Fitzy scheme is designed to encourage KS1 children to adopt a healthy lifestyle by promoting both healthy eating and participation in physical activity.....

Girls 5-a-side football competition

Girls from six high schools in the North of Stoke-on-Trent have been participating in regular training sessions and tournaments over the past 10 weeks aimed at increasing participation amongst semi-sporty young people....

Uttoxeter is bouncing after inflatable fun day

Uttoxeter Leisure Centre was the venue for the inflatable fun day in which over 250 children, aged 6-16, attended . All children had the opportunity to tackle the large inflatable obstacle course over and over again, as well as participating in multi-sports and parachute games....

Staffordshire star receives call-up to national squad

Staffordshire Star Georgia Elwiss has received a call up to the national squad of  18 for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in England this summer....

The recruitment drive has started for Year 2 of VRugby!

Keen on Rugby? Enjoy playing, coaching and passing on new skills to young people? Are between the ages 16-25?

We're looking for young people to join the team and get involved in the game as rugby volunteers....

Cycling with confidence camps help residents go green

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is launching a series of cycling courses to help people get on their bikes in the city. The brand new initiative, designed at getting more people cycling safely, will see 25 free courses in leisure centres across Stoke-on-Trent in the coming months. The scheme follows Stoke-on-Trent being awarded Cycling City Status by Cycle England....

Elected Mayor's green paper for sport and physical activity

Sport has always been important to the people of Stoke-on-Trent but the numbers taking part in sport in the city is low compared to other areas. A recent survey indicated that people in Stoke-on-Trent are amongst the least active in England with only 15% of adults doing the recommended amount of sport and physical activity....

Sporting Champion Jenny Copnall inspires young people

Sporting Champion Jenny Copnall met Year 6, 7, 8 children at Cardinal Griffin and inspired the students to take up cycling.  The visit was organised through Cannock and Rugeley School Sport Partnership and funded by Sport England as part of their Sporting Champions initiative.... 

North Staffs Special Olympics Fundraiser

On Saturday 18^th April, North Staffordshire Special Olympics held its fourth fund raising event to send a very strong team of 80 athletes to the games to compete in their chosen sport of football, swimming, athletics, basketball, kayaking or badminton....

Sport England

Catch up on all the latest Sport England news of Richard Lewis appointed as Chair, launch of a new small grants scheme and the Big Lottery award to Madeley Village Hall for a new build....

And finally....

And finally for some information on the City Parks Grand Prix, Surfs Up StreetGames Festival, Netball taster day, lifeguard courses, free exercise, health and MEND programmes take a look at our notice board page....