County Sports Partnership Update

For the latest news on the new 'Extending Activities' project to bring nearly £750,000 into Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, a new Sports Facilities Framework and SASSOT awarding more ACCESS grants, take a look at the County Sports Partnership update....

Sporting Champions - new allocation of free visits

Sporting Champions inspires young people by giving them the chance to meet their sporting heroes face-to-face and gives us the opportunity to bring world-class athletes into our local community.

Funding, secured by Sporting Champions for the period April 08 to 30 September 08 will allow us to apply for a national pot of around 100 FREE community visits ...

Disability Awareness Day at Stoke City FC

Staffordshire FA and Stoke City FC held 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.

Girls' Rugby success and funding opportunities

England are Grand Slam Champions! Lichfield and Staffordshire's Sarah Hunter won her first Grand Slam medal after the 17 - 7 win over Ireland on 15th March at London Irish.....

New funding pot to bid for from RFUW for clubs....

	Stoke City High 5 Netball Tournament 2007/08 On Monday 18th February 2008 the Stoke City High 5 Netball Tournament was held at Fenton Manor. Twelve teams in total competed, comprising of six teams from North Stoke and six teams from South Stoke. All twelve teams had qualified to play by finishing in the top 6 positions in their respective Stoke North and Stoke South Partnership Tournaments....
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	ACCESS across Staffordshire fund success for Triathlon After receiving £500 from the ACCESS across Staffordshire fund, there is now a fully established Triathlon club in Burton....
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	Kingsmead Community Learning Partnership - Youth Project Cannock Council's Sports Development Team have worked in partnership with their local Kingsmead Community Learning Partnership and the Staffordshire Youth Service to provide opportunities for young people (11-19 years) with access issues to take part in a range of physical/leisure based activities....
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Burton upon Trent - Sport Relief

400 local people turned out in aid of Sport Relief on Sunday 16^th March.

Families, friends, adults and children joined in the fun running distances of 1, 3 and 6 miles.....

	Stafford honours borough sporting stars The hard work and achievements of Stafford Borough's sports stars was recently celebrated at the annual Sports Awards Evening. The event took place on Friday 22^nd February at St Leonard's Sports and Social Club in Stafford and rewarded the sporting success of some of the Borough's leading performers....
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Walks to help Staffordshire Moorlands residents step up healthy lifestyles

HAREGATE residents are being given the chance to step up their health and fitness by joining a new weekly walk.

Moderately paced half-hour routes taking in fresh air and scenic countryside were launched at 2pm on Wednesday, 27 March from Haregate Community Centre, and will continue free of charge every week...

	Sport England Update Catch up on all the latest Sport England updates including a statement from their Chief Executive on Sport England's 2008-11 Strategy, the Government's PE and Sport Strategy for Young People - which goes beyond PESSCL, and the Big Lottery - five people's millions up for grabs across the West Midlands...
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