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February 2008

In this issue...

- County Sports Partnership Update
- Sport England Update
- First Aikido club in Staffordshire to achieve Clubmark accreditation
- Blythe Bridge and Trentham dominate Staffordshire Badminton inter-schools Championships
- Disability Awareness Day at Stoke City FC
- More playing opportunities for female disabled footballers
- Staffordshire FA's Disability Centre of Excellence
- Spotlight on CSP in Rowing and Regatta Magazine - Issue 22 Feb 2008
- Go Play Rugby Campaign shortlisted for Sport Industry Award
- Staffs female rugby players in International victories!
- South Staffordshire Sailing Club finalists in RYA Club of the Year
- England Squash Development Coach - Staffordshire
- Young Aquatics Organiser Award
- 'Chase It' Play
- Mini Tennis Fun for North Staffordshire Special Schools
- Youngsters 'Chillout' at half-term
- The 'V' Project

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	County Sports Partnership Update For the latest news on what went on at SASSOT's Executive Board meeting, a profile on one of its Board members and SASSOT supporting its first sports award ceremony, take a look at the County Sports Partnership update....
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	Sport England Update Catch up on all the latest Sport England updates including Sport England's strategy consultation, sporting market segmentation, new data on children's height and weight and February's sporting Q&A's in the House of Lords and House of Commons....
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First Aikido club in Staffordshire to achieve Clubmark accreditation

Clubmark is a cross-sport quality accreditation for clubs with junior sections and is rapidly becoming the national standard for quality sports clubs. More national governing bodies of sport are adopting the scheme and over 150 clubs throughout Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have now achieved Clubmark/NGB accreditation.

We are pleased to announce that Dragonfly Aikido Juniors have become the first Aikido club in Staffordshire to achieve the Clubmark accreditation status....

	Blythe Bridge and Trentham dominate Staffordshire Badminton inter-schools Championships Blythe Bridge High School boys teams were dominant at the Staffordshire inter-schools championships winning both the U14 and U16 competitions. Trentham High School girls teams were equally impressive also winning both the U14 and U16 competitions...
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	Disability Awareness Day at Stoke City FC Staffordshire FA and Stoke City FC are holding their annual Disability Awareness Day on Saturday 8^th March 2008 at the Britannia Stadium. The event is held every year to highlight and promote Disability Football throughout the county....
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More playing opportunities for female disabled footballers

Thanks to a grant from Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent's ACCESS Across Staffordshire fund, Staffordshire FA has been able to start running a pilot 4v4 Special Schools Girls League at the Powerleague, Stoke. The idea is to get more females playing football in a comfortable environment whilst realising the challenges of schools making 7-aside teams....

Staffordshire FA's Disability Centre of Excellence

The Staffordshire FA's Disability Centre of Excellence played their second round of fixtures on Sunday 17^th February. Both the under 17's and under 14's squad gained valuable experience and increased their personal development further by playing against other Centres from the Midlands....

	Spotlight on CSP in Rowing and Regatta Magazine - Issue 22 Feb 2008 County Sport Partnerships have been established across the country by Sport England. But what do they do, and how are they related to rowing in your local area? Rowing and Regatta found out...
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Go Play Rugby Campaign shortlisted for Sport Industry Award

The Rugby Football Union has been shortlisted for a prestigious Sport Industry Award for its ground-breaking efforts in boosting player numbers in England.

The RFU's Go Play Rugby campaign will be one of six contenders in the Best Promotion of a Sport by a Governing Body category when the awards are presented in London on May 1....

Staffs female rugby players in International victories!

Staffordshire players at all age-groups are involved in Regional and International victories. West Midlands U15s, U18s and seniors involve at least 30 Staffordshire players, whereas the England U20s female rugby squad contains 2 Lichfield players; England A involves 3 Lichfield players and the full England side sees Sarah Hunter of Lichfield scoring a try!

South Staffordshire Sailing Club finalists in RYA Club of the Year

South Staffordshire Sailing Club is celebrating being nominated as one of five finalists in the prestigious Royal Yachting Association Club of the Year Awards.

The Club, that received a Community Investment Fund award to develop a new clubhouse with training facilities and facilities for disabled sailing, has been listed by RYA as one of the top 5 clubs in the country for 2008. The RYA award to the top club for 2008 will be made at a finalists' lunch at Alexandra Palace on March 1^st where the winner will be announced....

	England Squash Development Coach - Staffordshire Colin Whitney has been appointed as South Staffordshire's Squash Development Coach and has kicked off by delivering mini-squash to seven schools within Bilston, and a follow-up Saturday morning coaching session at Bilston Leisure Centre....
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	Young Aquatics Organiser Award The ASA have introduced a new course aimed at young people aged 14 - 19yrs who are developing their leadership and coaching skills....
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	'Chase It' Play Cannock Chase Council were recently successful in securing a £200,000 funding bid from Play England. The bid will link directly into the Council's 'Chase It' Young Persons Scheme and will be used to establish a programme of play development throughout the District....
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	Mini Tennis Fun for North Staffordshire Special Schools Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council Sports Development organised an indoor tennis tournament at Kidsgrove Sports Centre on January 23^rd 2008 for the North Staffordshire Special Schools Sports Association....
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Youngsters 'Chillout' at half-term

Youngsters were chilling out at special sport and activity sessions during the half-term holiday in Stafford and Stone. The five-day event was coordinated by the Leisure Services, Sport Development team at Stafford Borough Council.

The fun events were open to youngsters aged between 13 and 17 years from Monday 11 to Thursday 14 February at Riverside Recreation Centre, and on Friday 15 February at Alleyne's Sports Centre in Stone - and all activities were free of charge....

The 'V' Project

Are you:

Aged 16-25, have a BME background or are from a refugee migrant community?
Do you want to get more involved within the sports sector?
Do you want to gain more skills?

Then you could qualify for the opportunities being offered through the Sporting Equals 'volunteering for communities', project which aims to get more people from these communities involved in volunteering in sport...