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Annual Report
SASSOT's Annual Report for 2010/11 has just been published and is available to view.
Mark Thornewill
SASSOT Sports Club Accreditation Funding Re-opens
SASSOT have relaunched the Sports Club Accreditation funding to increase the number of sports clubs being accredited or re-accredited with Clubmark/NGB accreditation and which can also be used for clubs to achieve a higher level of their current accreditation if appropriate.
SASSOT’s Executive Board agreed at their meeting on the 27th July to amalgamate the existing Club Accreditation and Coach Scholarships funding into a single application process. Up to £600 of funding is now available to sports clubs who require financial assistance to achieve and pass their accreditation criteria and which now includes funding for coach qualifications. All sports clubs benefiting from the funding must be based within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to qualify and commit to achieving accreditation within 9 months.
The SASSOT Sports Club Accreditation funding scheme was launched in September 2009 and so far a total of £16,455.80 has been distributed to 64 sports clubs to help them achieve Clubmark accreditation or re-accreditation. For a list of those clubs awarded funding please click here.
Please click here for further guidance notes and how to apply.
Applications can only be submitted electronically and the 1st round of applications must be submitted to me by Wednesday 05th October 2011.
Chris Turner
Need Local Data or Measurement Tools?Why Not Use ‘In It For The Long Run’ Sport England’s Online Resource Toolkit?
Community Sport: in it for the long run is a new online resource aimed at helping local authorities prepare and plan for the challenges and opportunities they face. The resource is designed around four fundamental questions local authorities are asking about community sport:
For each question, Sport England have summarised the evidence you need to provide and drawn together lists of new and existing tools and guidance to help you find it. There are also case studies to help demonstrate how some councils have tackled particular issues and used Sport England tools and services to help them do so.
One of the tools developed is the 'Local Sport Profile' tool. This tool helps local authorities in England to generate a sporting profile for their area in the form of charts and tables, bringing together data on sporting participation and provision. This data is fundamental to local authorities and other partners involved in developing and delivering sporting opportunities in their communities. The profiles were introduced in Autumn 2010 and updated in March 2011 to include data from Active People Survey 4 released in December 2010.
If you would like further information on the toolkit or have any additional training needs around the use of Active People or Market Segmentation Toolkits please contact Naomi Bird who can provide individual training support and advice.
Naomi Bird
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| Eden Baker, a budding sports media pupil from Sir Graham Balfour School, Stafford has written a feature on Mark Fosbrook called "Meet Mark Fosbrook, a disabled man who competes in elite level sport (and plays xBox)!". Please take time to read this inspirational story. |
SASSOT Workshop Update Autumn
Check out the new SASSOT workshop page. We hope it has helped to make it quick and easy to locate your workshop and to book via the new on-line paying system.
We continue to deliver regular workshops such as Safeguarding & Protecting Children, Equity in your Coaching and A Club for All. Please note that due to declining numbers on the Equity in Your Coaching and A Club for All workshops, the number of workshops on offer has been reduced to reflect demand.
Remember also that CLOSED workshops can be planned to suit the needs of a club / organisation – in terms of the date, venue and time.
Workshop attendance fees remain as follows -
First Aid £12.50 each
Safeguarding and Protecting Children £25.00 each
All other workshops £25.00 each
Admin fee for Closed Workshops £50.00
Kam Webster
Education & Training Officer
Tel: 01785 619695
Email: kwebster@staffordbc.gov.uk
Sports grants and funding opportunities
Mars Refuel
The Mars Refuel Fund is now open for entries for 2011. Your club could receive a £500 cash award by simply submitting a reason why the Mars Refuel Fund could help you play longer. It really is that easy, we strongly encourage all clubs to put in an application! Entries close Sep 31st 2011.
For more information and to submit your entry please visit http://www.marsrefuel.com/refuel-fund/
RBS Sport for You
You could get your hands on a £1000 grant from the RBS Sport for You Amateur Sports Club Grant, run in partnership with the Daily Telegraph. Again this is a really simple process involving writing no more than 250 words to describe why your community sports club needs a grant and what you would put it to. Entries close Nov 30th 2011.
Cash 4 Clubs
The Cash 4 Clubs sports club grant scheme provides funding to community sports clubs in the UK, with grants ranging for £250 to £1,000. For more details and to apply please visit http://www.cash-4-clubs.com/apply-for-a-grant/
This application process is slightly more detailed than some of the other similar funds mentioned but it is a very open in terms of what you can use the grant for. The next deadline for applications is October 2011.
Bag 4 Sport
Bag4Sport is a method of fundraising for your club, so unlike the other schemes mentioned in this document it doesn’t require an application and review process. You simply register for free and then need to engage your members, friends and family to donate all of their unwanted textiles. Bag 4 Sport will then buy this from your organisation at the rate of 40p per kilo (£400 per tonne), and then re-sell this as affordable clothing in Eastern Europe and Africa. If you are interested in doing a bit of work to motivate your members to get involved in this scheme it is a sure fire way to raise some extra funds that could go towards anything you like that will benefit your club.
ClubDraw
Does your club need to raise more funds?
SportsSupporter
Raise money for your club through shopping online!
If you're looking for an easy and no hassle way of raising funds to support your club then check out SportSupporter.co.uk. It has been set up to help raise money for sports clubs/teams at no additional cost to anyone involved. By using SportSupporter.co.uk you can shop at hundreds of online stores, while raising money for your club/team at the same time.
http://www.sportsupporter.co.uk/
For more information on the above articles contact:
Chris Turner
New Funding Guide Available
If you are looking for funding as a sports coach or as a sports club, there are a number of options available to you. The links below detail this, but if you need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on 01785 619730 or coaching@staffordbc.gov.uk.
Alternatively, you can find a more generic guide on wider funding that is available for sports clubs and community groups by clicking here.
Lee Booth
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Runningsports - here to help sports clubs & volunteers
Sign up as a Network MemberIf you are involved in running a sports club, team or event, find out how runningsports can help you.
The work you do as a sports volunteer is vital. Without the time that you dedicate, your team, club or event would suffer. But we know that time is the one thing you're short of. And that's exactly what the runningsports Network is here to solve.
runningsports has been developed by experts who work in sport and understand your day-to-day issues. We can provide you with the tools and resources you need to make the less enjoyable jobs quicker and easier so that you can spend more of your precious time enjoying what you do best.
Benefits of becoming a runningsports Network Member runningsports Network Members benefit from time-saving tools and resources that will help you:
What you can do on this website: Why not check out some of our featured content from the links below
Sign Up to runningsports All you have to do to take advantage of all this help is join as a Network Member: Sign up as a Network Member - if you're involved in running a club, team or an event.
Chris Turner
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Community Amateur Sports Club scheme & Gift Aid toolkit
Sports clubs play a valuable role in their communities. The CASC scheme recognises this important role by distinguishing between clubs and businesses for rates and tax purposes, ensuring money is kept in sports clubs.
Both property and non-property owning clubs can significantly benefit from the scheme.
The key benefits of CASC registration include:
The main conditions for registration are:
The registration process is simple and can take a matter of weeks. Please click on the following web link for further information and details on how to apply; http://www.cascinfo.co.uk/
The Gift Aid toolkit - 12 help sheets
Gift Aid is a simple way for your charity or Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) to increase the value of gifts of money you receive from UK taxpayers.
Check out the toolkit and start claiming Gift Aid from HMRC today
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/gift-aid-toolkit.htm
Chris Turner
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Register your Community Games!!
As part of the Community Games support programme, Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT) have produced the following to help you once you have registered your Community Games;
To find out more about Community Games and how you can get involved please go to www.communitygames.org.uk
For more information on organising Community Games events in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, please contact Chris Turner on cturner@staffordbc.gov.uk or 01785 619681
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Staffordshire schools celebrate county's lead in Olympic programme take-up
A school which was the first in the Staffordshire to sign up to a national Olympic 2012 programme is helping to celebrate the county’s position as a regional leader. Staffordshire has more schools signed up to the Get Set 2012 programme than any other area across the West Midlands region. Schools receive a range of educational resources from the Games organising committee. Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture Pat Corfield visited Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School in Cannock for an Olympic themed event.
There are 339 schools in Staffordshire now registered for the scheme and 148 of these have successfully applied to join the Get Set Network – the highest in the West Midlands and one of the highest nationally. These schools are already building the Olympic and Paralympic values into their curriculum in celebration of London 2012. There are 400 schools in the county.
Staffordshire County Council
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National Olympic Day dominates in East Staffordshire
Thursday 23 June saw schools in East Staffordshire participating in a number of sporting events to celebrate National Olympics Day. With just over a year remaining until London 2012, pupils from the ages of 4–19 took part in Olympic runs and cycling events, multi sports festivals and dance shows to create a fantastic sporting festival. Funded through the Big Lottery Awards for All programme, obtained by the East Staffordshire School Sport Partnership, clusters of schools took part in different events following careful local planning.
As part of the event, pupils and staff, (flanked by two PSCO’s) from Blessed Robert Sutton started an 8 mile relay run from their school to a number of primary schools, passing their Olympic torches and picking up different groups of young athletes along the way, all of whom ran 1.5 -2 miles within the town. After 2 ? hours of running, pupils finished with a cross country leg around Robert Sutton and then were treated to a multi skills festival led by year 8 pupils from the school.
Julie Finney from St Edwards summed up the event by saying ... “the young sports leaders were excellent and our pupils in year five had a great afternoon and returned to school singing the praises of the staff and pupils at Blessed Robert Sutton. The organisation of the event was second to none!”
At the same time, Year 7 pupils from Paulet High School were taking part in their own run round their school grounds with pupils from Violet Way, Riverview and Edge Hill. 600 pupils were treated to a mass “wake up, shake up” warm up by the Paulet Young Ambassadors prior to the event and in the afternoon also took part in a dance festival. These schools also produced a partnership Olympic flag which was presented to each school by Tracy Hanson, SSCo at Paulet who had organised the event for the schools. The flag featured a logo designed by a pupil from each school, reflecting their school association with the Olympic Values.
Pupils from schools close to Paget High School also took part an Olympic run with Burton College students supporting runners from a number of local schools. Pupils from Paget also organised their own sports festivals following the run, organising and leading all the activities being delivered. A cross curricular approach was taken in the schools with the arts department designing and making torches for the schools to use on the day.
Seven schools in the De Ferrers Cluster took part in their own run. Representing various countries around the world where previous Olympic Games have taken place, the schools participated in a relay race using torches designed by the De Ferrers Academy D&T department as their batons. Year 7 pupils also supported the event cheering on those who were taking part.
The Middle Schools in Uttoxeter took part in a cycling and running event involving over 180 pupils, with the winning team coming from Oldfields Hall Middle School.
John Taylor students took part in their own fancy dress relay race whilst their local primary schools all organised their own individual events. At Mosley Primary Schools, pupils collectively ran a total of 94 miles during the day, their Primary Link Teacher Hannah Chapman said, “we couldn’t stop them running, the whole school just ran and ran. It was fantastic."
Violet Lane Dance
Schools involved in the Olympic Day activities were:
Caroline Smith
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Stafford & Stone School Sport Partnership embrace National School Sports Week
Stafford and Stone Celebration of Sport Evening
A full house at St. Leonard's Sports and Social Club was treated to a very special evening at the recent Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership Celebration of Sport evening.
High quaility pupil displays in cheerleading, dance, basketball to music plus two live musical performances from local talented youngsters added to a entertaining night. Guests included England Rugby Squad member Stacey McGuire, local running paramedic Ray Edensor, Jeremy Lefoy MP, many headteachers and local borough councillors. The event in its 5th year is going from strength to strength and demonstrates the quality of PE and School Sport in the Stafford and Stone area.
Young
Ambassador: Katie Gamston
Stephen Glover
T: 07825 999088 E: steve.glover@staffordandstonessp.co.uk
Mini Tennis Finals at Stafford Sports College
On Monday 27th June, during National School Sport Week, the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership held their annual Mini Tennis Finals. Nine teams battled to make their way to the final hosted by Stafford Sports College at the Baseline Tennis Centre.
All players began the day with an hours coaching from Tennis Professional Stuart Twigg. This was then followed by two hours of fierce competition by all nine teams. Sports Leaders acted as umpires and score keepers for the afternoon and did an excellent job.
The schools were split into three groups, with winners advancing to the next stage.
Haughton St. Giles were winners at the end of the contest followed closely by Burton Manor Primary School.
Partnership Tennis Winners Haughton St. Giles
Partnership Development Manager, Steve Glover said, "The standard of the tennis keeps improving each year. We have had more teams take part this year in the cluster events and a record number of participants. I wish Haughton St. Giles the best of luck as they progress to the Staffordshire County Final."
Stafford and District Primary School Athletics Championships
For the first time, the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership took on organisation of the Stafford and District Primary Schools Year 5/6 Athletics events.
The events took place at Rowley Park over the last two Tuesdays with the most recent, during National School Sport Week being the Championship.
Stafford and Stone Schools Race it out at Cycling Grand Prix Event
On Wednesday 29th June, five secondary/middle schools took part in the first secondary schools cycling race in Market Square, Stafford. The race was part of the lead up to the Grand Prix Elite Cycling Race organised by Paul Rowlands.
Stafford GP Schools Race Blessed William Howard and King Edward VI made it through to the final match up, with the eventual winners being BWH.
Tesco Great School Run at Stafford Sports College
At the end of May, the Tesco Great School Run took place at Stafford Sports College. The event is a 2k fun run staged at schools across the UK encouraging children, family, friends and teachers to take part in exercise for fun, and to help make physical activity part of each school’s and every family’s lifestyle.
The Tesco Great School Run is now in its 8th year and our aim is to involve over 1million children from all across the UK.
Stafford Sports College Sports Coordinator Cynthia Jenkins organised the event which saw over 300 young people run 2k.
Starting the first run
Partnership Development Manager Stephen Glover said, “This is the third year we have been involved in the event. Each year keeps getting stronger and seeing more and more young people engaged in the run. Cynthia Jenkins did a great job at encouraging so many young people to take part.”
Girls Active Event in Stafford and Race for Life
Tuesday 12th July, 2011
Over 100 girls descended upon Stafford Sports College for a Midlands regional Girls Active event today. The day organised by the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership saw girls from all over the region enjoy a variety of activities including Mountain Biking, Climbing, Cheerleading, Trampolining, Badminton and Soccer Aerobics.
Gail Emms, Olympic Silver Medalist and local Olympian (Sydney 2000) Kerri Lees supported the girls in all activities.
The day started with Steve Glover, Partnership Development Manager challenging girls to drive participation in sport in their own and neighbouring schools. Girls thoroughly enjoyed all activities and felt totally motivated to enthuse girls in their own schools. One such girl is moving to Scotland in the near future and stated her ambition was to form a Girls Active group in her new school. Gail and Kerri were a huge inspiration to all girls and offered advice and tips to all throughout the day. Following the activities all girls (including Gail and Kerri) joined a further 100 girls plus many more to complete the Race for Life in Stafford. The 5k race saw many dressed in pink enjoy a inspirational occasion. Gail and Kerri even managed to finish in the top ten places and one of the local girls finish in fourth place!
Steve Glover stated, "The day was such an inspiration. The girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves but most importantly left with the ambition to see more girls participate in sport. Next year we hope to run similar events and hope to see 500 plus girls run the Race for Life."
For more information on the above article contact:
Stephen Glover
T: 07825999088 E: steve.glover@staffordandstonessp.co.uk
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Stafford pupils try out wheelchair basketball
On Friday 1st July, Sir Graham Balfour School celebrated Lloyds TSB National School Sports Week with something a little bit different - wheelchair basketball.
Two representatives from the Stoke Spitfires Wheelchair Basketball team visited the Stafford school (along with some spare wheelchairs) and worked with pupils. The relaxed, yet competitive atmopshere could have fooled any spectator into thinking they were watching a training session. The coaches umpired the games as they would any normal match, giving helpful advice and feedback to the pupils.
Everyone was clearly having fun. Rowan Softley, a Year 9 pupil said: “The best thing about it was gliding along, although turning was difficult. I really enjoyed it!”
Andrew Flowers, Vice Chairman of the Stoke Spitfires, also plays in a team. He plays as a guard, whose job is to keep the opposing defence away from his team’s tall attacking players. He also mentioned how he finds that the speed of wheelchair basketball makes it more exciting!
When asked how he found working with the Sir Graham Balfour students, he said it was “really good, and enjoyable” whilst also mentioning that anyone can get involved in this unique sport by looking up Stoke Spitfires Wheelchair Basketball Team on Facebook.
If you want to find out more about wheelchair basketball in general, visit the Great British Wheelchair Basketball Association’s website at www.gbwba.org.uk.
Eden Baker - pupil at Sir Graham Balfour
Meet Mark Fosbrook A disabled man who competes in elite level sport
Mark was born with no feet or ankles, and two fingers on each hand. But this hardly affects him; as he has never known differently, he has been able to adapt to situations. For example, he can type, write, and even play on his xBox and PlayStation, which has been made easier since a charity called Remap adapted his controller and supplied him with plug in pedals to operate the shoulder buttons.
He is currently training to become a part of the Great British Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team, fitting a vigorous training session around a full time job. He manages to cram in over twelve hours of fitness, shooting, and technical training a week, as well as matches at the weekends!
Mark Fosbrook
Always competitive, Mark realised from a young age that sport was an ideal platform to show that his disability did not affect or bother him. Discovering disability sport at about 14, he soon found his talent. His focused mind drove him on to look into going further.
Mark loves competing at elite level in sport, because the competition means you push yourself as hard as you can. He also enjoys representing his country and walking out to cheering crowds - who wouldn’t? Mentioning the connotations people have of elite level sport, he notes how it is thought of as a glamourous lifestyle, full of seeing the world and enjoying yourself. Far from it - don’t forget he is there to do a job, not on holiday. Also, constantly pushing your body to the limit means there are aches and pains that are always there.
Finally summing up, he says: "Pain is temporary, but honour is permanent.” And I couldn’t have chosen better words myself.
Eden Baker - pupil at Sir Graham Balfour
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Free schools-out angling taster sessions
Youth coaches from Staffordshire Youth Anglers are providing a series of free angling taster sessions for young people across the county. These will be run from Carney Pools, Bishton Lane, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford ST18 0XD.
Places will need to be booked in advance, and parental consent will be required.
For more information contact:
Brad or Carol Parkes
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News from Staffordshire Cricket
Easy Cricket – The New Way For Adult Participation What is Easy Cricket?
Easy Cricket is more of a concept than a game. As per its title, Easy Cricket is just that – easy!
To encourage new people to play cricket and lapsed players to pick up a bat again, the concept is to get people playing within an environment that is familiar and convenient to them.
It might be during a lunch break at work or after work. It could be in between lectures at University, or in the park with friends on a weekend, or for parents who are watching their kids play or train at a cricket club?
Reginald Mitchell Wins Regional Prize
Reginald Mitchell Primary from Kidsgrove won the Regional Finals of the ASDA Girls Kwik Cricket Competition.
The school went through to the national finals held on Tuesday 19th July at Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
Reginald Mitchell beat teams from Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Warwickshire to secure their place in the national finals.
Prior to the Regional competition the girls took part in the Staffordshire final (all entrants pictured above) and won all 5 games at Moddershall.
By participating in this event over the weekend of 26th -29th August Staffordshire cricket clubs have the potential to raise significant amounts of funding that they can then reinvest into their club ideally as part of NWCF 2012.
There are some great prizes already on offer and we will shortly produce flyers and a quiz for clubs to use.
The following clubs are already registered in Staffordshire :
Please see more and register HERE
We are now taking bookings for One to One coaching during the summer holidays, with sessions held at multiple venues across the county with a number of our county representative coaches.
One to One Coaching is a great way to get some additional coaching that is aimed around the players own targeted improvement areas, and all our coaches aim to make the sessions enjoyable as well as developing the player in all aspects of cricket. It is a fantastic way to gain confidence as well as improving specific cricket skills.
The 4 session programme consists of 4 x 1hr One to One sessions, the cost of the programme is £110. Please get in touch if you wish to book a place on our one to one programme. We have coaches available throughout the county and sessions are organised at a suitable time and venue between the coach and player.
If you require more information regarding this coaching opportunity then please feel free to contact me via email or my mobile number below.
Jim Dawson
For more information from Staffordshire Cricket please contact Andy Grice on 07831 158522. Andy can also be contacted by e mail andy.grice@ecb.co.uk
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The Staffordshire FA Community Awards 2011
On Tuesday 19th July, Staffordshire Football Association held its annual awards event at Walsall Football Club, to recognise and reward Clubs & Volunteers from across the county for their achievements during the 2010/11 Season.
A total of 48 invited guests attended the awards ceremony, which took place prior to Walsall’s pre-season friendly against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Guests enjoyed pre-match hospitality prior to taking their seats in the stand for the game, which the Premier League outfit went on to win 3-2 in an entertaining local derby.
In addition to their night out at the Banks’s Stadium, the award winners will also receive two complimentary tickets to the FA Community Shield game between Manchester United and Manchester City on Sunday 7th August, courtesy of the awards sponsors McDonald’s.
Each of the winners had been nominated for their award earlier in the year, and Staffordshire FA had the difficult decision of selecting the winners for each of the awards listed below.
Respect Fair Play Award: Chase Athletic Juniors FC Respect Fair Play Award: Stafford Town Girls FC Young Volunteer of the Year Award: Viki Lear (Cheadle Town FC) Volunteer of the Year Award: Pete Spillard (Penkridge Juniors FC) Coach of the Year Award: Matt Merrick (Walsall Phoenix FC) Charter Standard Club Award: Stafford Falcons FC Charter Standard Development Club Award: Leek CSOB FC Charter Standard Community Club Award: Wyrley Juniors FC Outstanding Contribution to Community Football: Peter Fowler (Mid Staffs Junior League and Stafford & District Sunday League)
Congratulations to all of the winners whose ongoing dedication and commitment to grassroots football continues to raise the standards across the game in Staffordshire.
FA Regional and National Award:
In addition to the county awards, Staffordshire FA were delighted to inform their guests that Wyrley Juniors FC had not only won a prestigious West Midland’s Regional Award, but they had also gone on to win the National Award for Charter Standard Community Club of the year – a fantastic achievement. There are over 500 FA Charter Standard Community Clubs across the country, so for Wyrley Juniors FC to win the National Award was not only a great achievement for the club and all of their members, but also a real feather in the cap for grassroots football in Staffordshire.
Picture above are the award winners on the pitch at Walsall Football Club,
Staffordshire FA Football Development Officer, Gareth Thomas: “Across the county, people are working extremely hard week in and week out to provide a professional, fun and rewarding football experience for the local community and we are delighted that we have been able to recognise and reward these clubs and individuals. The awards event was a great opportunity for us to celebrate the dedication and commitment shown by clubs, coaches and volunteers across the county, and for Staffordshire to receive regional and national recognition from The Football Association, is huge credit to all concerned. Nominations for the 2011/12 awards will be sent out in the New Year, and we encourage the football workforce across Staffordshire to nominate clubs and individuals for those awards”.
For more information contact:
E: Gareth.Thomas@staffordshirefa.com
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Stafford Netball Club achieve silver CAPS award from England Netball
Stafford Netball Club, founded in 2005 for juniors, now has teams of all ages including a Back to Netball group. To ensure that the club adheres to England Netball Club standards they achieved the Bronze CAPS accreditation award only a year ago. The pro-active volunteers within the club have recently achieved the second level Silver CAPS award.
Club Chairperson, Julie Dolman described this as “a huge achievement, we are one of 3 clubs based in Staffordshire with this status. Everyone in the club has worked extremely hard to get it to where we are now. We have recently secured sponsorship for the ladies section from The Sun Inn, Stafford as well as sponsors for each of the age groups which has helped to ensure access to the club for all.”
2011 has been a great season for the club as for the first year they entered one team for each age group into local leagues and were awarded 'Outstanding Club of Year' at the West Midlands Netball Goalden Globes Awards.
The club look forward to another successful season in 2011/12.
Anyone wishing the be part of Stafford Netball Club please check out the club website: www.staffordnetball.btck.co.uk/Home or email staffordnetballclub@hotmail.co.uk
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24-hour Racketball rally
Players took to the courts for one hour at a time to collect as much money for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice in Blurton. Organiser Rose Davies said: “Racketball is the fastest growing sport in the UK at the moment and at Trentham Golf Club we have around 40 players who regularly play Squash and Racketball.
“The majority of these players kindly agreed to take part. ”Both singles and doubles matches were played during the 24 hours. Ed Snape is seen taking a breather.
Ed Snape is seen taking a breather
Trentham Player Rusell Poole and Squash & Racketball Development Coach - Anna Vaughan Hawkins
Trentham Golf Club’s Racketball section has raised around £3,0000 for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice.
If you would like more details on Racketball and Squash at Trentham Golf Club, please contact Rose Davies on 07971000850 or email Rosedavies1@aol.com
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London International Taekwondo Championships
Stoke UTA Taekwondo came away with a stunning thirteen International medals at the British International held at the K2 Centre Gatwick London on Sunday 10th July.
With an eleven strong team, Coach Peter Johnson was delighted with his team’s performance. Once again, following on from the recent success at the BTCB Nationals, the team have performed well at what is now the premier event in the country and new stars have been thrust forward to podium medals in London.
Teams from Israel, Germany, Belgium, France, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain to mention just some of the world's Taekwondo talent were all competing in London.
The Stoke team were fielding both their fighting team and forms team at this event with some new competitors and seasoned veterans all looking for podium positions. The outcome for the day was phenomenal, with four gold medals, three silver medals and six bronzes in both fighting and forms. Coach Peter Johnson aged 56 was first up in the senior masters forms section, in a strong field with a world bronze medallist in the section he came away with a good bronze to add to his growing collection.Then his daughter Bethany Johnson aged 14 from Sneyd Green, already British National Cadet Champion, came away with another bronze in a strong field, being beaten by a good competitor from Spain.
Next up was James Beardmore from Sandbach. James, competing in the senior 1 forms section, did a great performance narrowly missing on gold and came away in the final with a well earned silver national title. Then young Bradley Bergamini from Ash Bank came away with a bronze medal in the junior boys' forms section.
Then a superb gold medal from Anya Hynes from Sandbach in the senior women’s forms section, in a stunning performance to clinch gold in the final!
The golds kept coming with Julia Mason from Crewe in the senior women's A class section, securing gold in her final to add to her gold from the Irish Open last month.
Stoke UTA Taekwondo National Medalists
Next up was young Chloe Macdonald Dunn from Alsager who, after getting through to the final, narrowly lost out and attained a silver medal in the junior girls' forms section.
First up in the fighting section was young Joshua Barnett from Ash Bank. Joshua, getting through to the semi-finals, came up against a very strong opponent from Doncaster, but secured a good bronze medal. Then newcomer, Bjorn Domonick from Werrington, in his first ever competition in the junior boys' section going through to the final, came away with another silver medal! Bjorn then being asked to compete again in another section, against another opponent secured a bronze in an additional fight, a great effort and first time appearance for Stoke.
Then came the performance of the day with Peter Kenvyn, who travels to Stoke from Liverpool to train at Stoke, came away with two golds and a bronze. Peter gaining a gold in the individual senior forms and a gold in pairs with his team mate Gillian Waite from Milton Keynes, then in the fighting section coming away with a fantastic bronze in the semi-final after receiving a back injury in the final round.
Coach Peter Johnson was over the moon with his team's success and said: "It just keeps getting better and we have more new talent coming through at the right time. With London 2012 looming it's been a great year so far for the Stoke Club, our Style WTF Olympic Taekwondo will be featured in London 2012 and in Brazil 2016. The outlook is good as established team members attain medals and the new upcoming talent is balancing out the team with strong performances". Peter Johnson 6th Dan WTF Stoke UTA Taekwondo Clubs W: www.stokeuta.co.uk T: 01782 281906 M: 07768681744 |
sported. launches new Small Grants Scheme
sported. has recently launched a brand new funding stream aimed to provide increased support to our Members in the West Midlands.
sported. has now been active in the sport for development sector since 2009 and will be nationwide in the UK by 2012. sported. are committed to continuously developing our services according to the needs of our membership and are therefore launching this new grant scheme to support our Members not currently receiving one-to-one Mentor support.
Funding is available exclusively to sported. members and is available to those who are not benefitting from sported.’s one-to-one Mentor support and main grants programme.
The new Small grants programme allows Member organisations to apply for grants up to the value of £2000, with the aims to build on the existing business support and access to business resources offered by sported. to its Member organisations.
Applications for Small Grant funding will only be accepted from sported. Members who meet the following eligibility criteria:
Applications can be made by contacting the West Midlands Regional Manager who will send out an expression of interest form for your organisation to complete.
Please note that Small Grants funding will be available on a rolling programme and the grant assessment panel will meet on a quarterly basis.
If you are not yet a sported. member you can do so by completing a simple application form at www.sported.org.uk/join-us/members
For further information please contact the West Midlands Regional Manager John Ellery on 07901339336 or j.ellery@sported.org.uk
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Free workshop on Healthy Lifestyles Advice
Free workshop on Healthy Lifestyles Advice
Helping People Make the Right Choices
Wednesday 26th October 2011, 10:00–13:00pm Stafford Borough Council Offices
This training will provide all fitness and leisure industry staff with:
This training is free and is being funded by South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust.
Date and Time: Wednesday 26th October 2011. 10:00 – 13:00pm Venue: Stafford Borough Council Offices, Civic Centre, Stafford ST16 3AQ
Poster - Brief Intervention Advice Training Booking There are 20 places available on this workshop. Please contact Kam Webster on 01785 619695 or kwebster@staffordbc.gov.uk
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Don't Miss Out, Get Out !
Children can enjoy a wide range of fun activities this Summer Holiday (from Thursday 28 July to Friday 2 September) with Stafford Borough Council’s Get Out! programme.
There are courses in athletics, tennis, golf, football and cycling all delivered by top quality coaches from the Sports Development team in addition to the popular sports of all sports all-day sports club.
The mobile skatepark will be at six different locations throughout the holidays: Hixon, Springfields First School, Walton High School, Weston, Christ Church Middle School and Little Haywood. Skates, boards and BMX are all allowed on the park.
H-Zone
Free swimming for children 16 years and under is also available from Monday to Friday at Stafford Leisure Centre (11am – 12noon and 3pm – 3.30pm) and from Tuesday to Friday at Alleyne’s Sports Centre in Stone (10am – 11am and 11am – 12noon).
Stafford Castle has activities in August on Wednesdays (for 5 to 7 year olds) and Thursdays (for 8 to 12 year olds), ranging from the grail quest and woodland watch to crafty crafts and Olympic heroes.
There will be a free Whizz-Kids wheelchair skills training course from Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 August, and disabled children and their families can have a great end to the summer break with the Reach For It Family Fun Day on Saturday 3 September at Rowley Park.
For more information view the Get Out! summer holiday brochure – download a copy at www.staffordbc.gov.uk/getout, call 01785 619 000 or email events@staffordbc.gov.uk to be sent a brochure [quote the code SASSOT]. Pre-booking and parental consent is required for most of the activities.
Hannah Clifford
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News from Stoke-on-Trent
StreetGames volunteer wins England’s Young Volunteer of the year
Jason Sarginson (25) who has been volunteering with the Stoke StreetGames project has been awarded with both the West Midland’s and England’s Young Volunteer of the Year Award (sponsored by the Co-op). This is a fantastic achievement and a great way of acknowledging all his hard work and efforts over the last 12 months.
Jason began volunteering with the StreetGames programme delivered by the sport and leisure section of the city council in April 2010. He was extremely enthusiastic and within a month was helping coaches to delivers sessions all across the city nearly every day of the week. Jason lived at the Salvation Army when he began volunteering and had little aspiration or motivation for life. However he had always played and been extremely enthusiastic about sport. The volunteering that he did with StreetGames gave him aspirations to become a coach and got him motivated to help out the young people who attended the sessions.
Jason helped out with festivals in Stoke at Northwood Stadium and in the West Midlands at Nechells Leisure Centre, Birmingham. He also began volunteering in the office, helping staff with marketing and inputting data. He has received a number of accolades due to his hard work. He has previously been awarded the Stoke-on-Trent Young Volunteer of the Year Award and the Local Hero Award from StreetGames National.
The awards ceremony for the West Midlands Young Volunteer of the Year Award (run by StreetGames) was on 1 June at the Banks’s Stadium, home of Walsall Football Club. Jason was presented with the certificate by Diane Modahl the former Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Gold Medalist. The 7 regional winners were then entered in for the England’s Volunteer of the year award that would encompass volunteers from over 100 projects. Again Jason was fortunate enough to win this award, stating “I am extremely proud and happy that I have won this award”. Although Jason has gone on to work full time as a sports coach at PVFC he still continues to volunteer on the StreetGames programme as he has a real passion for the programme and acts as a positive role model to the young people who attend.
To find out how you can become a volunteer please e-mail David Hardwick on david.hardwick@stoke.gov.uk or visit the fan page on facebook StreetGames Stoke-on-Trent.
Fenton Park football match helps raise funds for the Great Britain National Disabilities Display Team
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's Sport and Leisure department invited supporters of Stoke City FC and Manchester Utd FC to a charity football match at Fenton Park in July to raise funds for disabled gymnasts - The Great Britain National Disabilities Display Team. The Great Britain National Disabilities Display Team is made up of youngsters with Downs Syndrome and are hoping to fly out to Switzerland in late July for an International competition.
Rival football fans went toe to toe in a series of games played in the park in a competitive but good humoured spirit. Organiser of the fund raiser, Richard Allen (aged 25 from Fenton) said “We have managed to raise £560 and more is still to come in”.
The football matches saw Manchester Utd supporters win in both the women’s and men’s games while the children took victory for Stoke City.
For more information contact:
David Bloor
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Sport England Update
Sport England is committed to the creation of a world-leading community sport environment. This means focusing their investment on organisations and projects that will grow and sustain participation in grassroots sport and create opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport.
They have a number of funding programmes open to a wide range of organisations. These include sports clubs, voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, schools, colleges and universities.
The funding programmes that are currently open are:
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Sport England have launched Inspired Facilities - a key part of the Places People Play programme which will deliver a mass participation sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Inspired Facilities will provide relatively small capital grants to refurbish and improve the places where people play sport, improving their sporting experience and encouraging more people to get involved.
These will be local projects developed and delivered predominantly by community and voluntary sector groups and applications can be submitted by organisations entitled to receive public funding, voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, sports clubs, playing field associations and education establishments.
Projects will range from building modernisations and extensions, sports equipment and lighting through to sustainability improvements that reduce carbon footprints and running costs.
The programme will be open for Round one applications in August 2011. http://www.sportengland.org/about_us/places_people_play/inspired_facilities.aspx
The Sport England Small Grants Programme uses lottery funding to make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to not-for-profit organisations to deliver new community projects to either grow or sustain participation in sport or to support talent development.
This application is worth spending a little time over and there are plenty of resources available on the website to help guide you through the process.
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/small_grants.aspx
Sportsmatch makes awards to not-for-profit organisations that have secured sponsorship to deliver new community projects to grow or sustain participation in sport.
Sportsmatch uses money from the government to encourage new sponsorship of grassroots community sport.
Awards of between £1,000 and £100,000 can be made to match funding from no more than five sponsors, with each sponsor contributing a minimum of £1,000. Sport England funding for the project must be spent by 31 March 2012.
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/sportsmatch.aspx
Closing date Sep 19 2011
To improve the way expertise on disability sport is shared, EFDS will now act as a single point of contact for national governing bodies of sport and other sporting groups. EFDS will pull in impairment-specific information, support and advice from the other six disability organisations and help ensure a consistent approach.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of these funding programme please call the Sport England Funding Helpline and speak to a member of staff on 08458 508 508.
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And Finally
Sport Relief Mile 2012 – Organise one!
Sport Relief is going to be bigger and better than ever before in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics. Once again, the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile will sit right at the heart of it all.
On Sunday 25th March 2012 hundreds of Mile events will take place up and down the country, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part.
Find out how you can get involved and start planning now…..
Not only is organising a Mile great fun and a fantastic way to raise money for Sport Relief, it also brings a few perks along with it. Hosting a Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile allows many local voluntary sports clubs to really feel part of the larger national campaign. It’s a great way to bring the whole community together and also brings new people to the club. It is a great way to showcase your facility and use the day to promote your club to potential new members both adults and children!
Sport Relief are on the lookout for people just like you to bring Sport Relief to their town or village by organising a Mile event. Sport Relief will be with you every step of the way providing you with promotional materials to help spread the word locally, a box of tricks packed with goodies for event day, advice and support whenever you need it, and we’ll even handle everything to do with entering people into your Mile!
The following towns have already got involved in Staffordshire:
So join the nation in celebrating the UK’s biggest year of sport and organise a Mile in your local community. To register your interest visit www.sportrelief.com/the-mile or call 020 7820 2363!
See the poster attached.
Never be bored again!
The latest YouFind Activity News Sheets are now available to download and print off.
Catch up on the latest from Staffordshire Young People’s Service
Please find our latest newsletter attached.
What’s in the box?
Youthbox www.youthbox.info is the county council’s brand new website for young people in Staffordshire.
The site is now available on the web and is the place to go if young people aged 11 - 19 want help and advice for when they grow up, to search for things to do or simply want to share their own work.
Information about services available to young people, news and local projects will be available, as well as all the latest on what other young people are up to across the region. It is also be the main point of call for all jobs, careers and learning advice, replacing the Staffordshire Connexions website.
There will also be regular competitions where young people can submit their own work to win some top prizes.
We spoke to over 500 young people, asking them what information they would like to see on this site and how they want it to look. The result is what you see before you!
However, we recognise that we won’t be able to cover everything ourselves and that all our partners will have a good idea about where we could and should be improving the website with links or information about local support, services, initiatives and projects that you are involved in.
This will not only give you free publicity but will also give your service the opportunity to get key information out to your target audience.
Please take a look at www.youthbox.info and send in your ideas, feedback and submissions to youthbox@staffordshire.gov.uk.
Jemma Matthews
jemma.matthews@staffordshire.gov.uk
National Lottery Awards 2011
Chase Trails Project on Cannock Chase
Good news: Chase Trails Project on Cannock Chase came second in the public voting round of the best lottery funded sports project and are now through to the finals! The top three projects: Chase Trails Cycle Project (WM region), Active Newcastle (NE region) and The Bluebird Care Hampshire Disability Cricket Programme (SE region) went through to the finals.
The next round of public voting is in from 2 September – 26 September and the winner will be announced live on the lottery show in November.
Thank you all for your support and please vote the Chase Trails Project in September.
Summer Activity Camp
Fun Activity Sessions for children aged 8-12 years during the school summer holidays 28th July – 2nd September 201 (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays)
9.30 am – 3.30pm – £ 9.50
£45 for the full week Monday to Friday
Come along to Beaconside Sports Centre, Stafford and join in the fun.
Contact 01785 353286 for further details
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