CSP Update

For the latest news on Playground To Podium and the Education and Training programme take a look at the County Sports Partnership update....

NHS North Staffordshire Sports Club Capacity funding

NHS North Staffordshire has provided £10,000 of funding to Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent for projects to develop the capacity of sports clubs within the Staffordshire Moorlands and Newcastle-under-Lyme districts of the county....

New funding opportunities for grassroots sport

Sport England's Investment Fund will officially launch on the 1^st April 2009 and will support grassroots sport through a series of themed rounds that tackle key challenges.

The first funding period will focus on removing the barriers faced by people in rural areas who wish to take part in sporting activities, such as a reduced choice of activities and difficulties with transport....

Staffordshire County High Five netball festival 2009

The Staffordshire County High Five netball festival 2009 took place on Monday 16^th March 2009 at Fenton Manor, Stoke on Trent from 2.00pm - 6.00pm. The netball festival, now in its seventh year, compromised of 20 primary school high five netball teams representing each school sport partnership across Staffordshire competing to become Staffordshire County High Five Champions....

Cannock and Rugeley Netball Competition

Stoke Partnerships' High 5 Netball 2009

On Thursday 29^th January 2009 the North Stoke Partnership Primary High 5 Netball Tournament took place at Fenton Manor Sports Complex. Twelve teams competed after qualifying by finishing in the top 3 at their cluster competitions....

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The next round of the Stoke City Partnerships' High 5 Netball took place on Monday 9^th February 2009. The 11 qualifiers from North and South Stoke met at Fenton Manor to decide who would qualify for a place in the Staffordshire County High 5 Tournament in March....

Netball High Five goes from strength to strength in Tamworth

After all primary schools in Tamworth had only recently agreed to play Netball High Five, the turn out of 14 schools to the High Five primary netball competition was impressive.  The event took place at Rawlett Sports College on 4^th March and attracted primary schools from across the borough, with some participating in the event for the first time....

March news from Staffordshire Cricket

March's update from Staffordshire Cricket brings news on applications being sought for the Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards 2009 and North Staffordshire Girls Cricket Academy goes from strength to strength....

Your game, your say, your county

Actor Ray Winstone backs Football's Respect programme

Ability Counts Awareness Programme

Staffordshire Football Association and Stoke City FC held their annual Ability Counts Awareness Campaign from Monday 16^th March through to Wednesday 25^th March 2009 at the Britannia Stadium....

Talent spotting in Staffordshire Moorlands

All schools were asked to identify Gifted & Talented pupils and the School Sport Coordinator visited the school to assess the group through a series of tasks. From this an initial group pupils were sent to a 'moderation' session where the pupils were put into small groups from a selection of schools.

Pupils were assessed using the 'Talent Matters' programme focusing on 5 areas - Cognitive, Physical, Personal, Social & Creative resulting in a group of 30 pupils identified as Gifted & Talented....

Cash joy for young disabled trampoline fans

Young trampolinists with disabilities will be bouncing for joy after Cannock Chase Council helped to secure thousands of pounds to boost access to the popular sport.

The Council's Sports Development Team worked with the G-Force Trampoline and Gymnastics Club to secure £9,000 that will be spent on specialist equipment for special sessions for youngsters with disabilities at Chase and Rugeley leisure centres...

Playing for success

Junior netball makes an impact in East Staffordshire

March 2009 saw the first junior netball league for girls aged 11 - 14. The competition included teams from Burton and the local boroughs competing out on the court to become winners of the first ever Burton and District junior netball league. With some intense and highly competitive netball being played, it was a great showcase of local netball talent and a great opportunity for young girls to become involved with netball outside of school....

Sub-4 City Parks Grand Prix

The City Parks Grand Prix is a series of races held every summer in parks within the Stoke-on-Trent area.  Distances vary from 5km for senior runners, 3km for U17's and 2km for U15's. The races are open to runners of all abilities to come along and enjoy running on a traffic free course.  Secondary school team entries will be particularly welcome....

Kick for Children with Cancer is back for 2009!

CLIC Sargent, the UK's leading children's cancer charity, are urging Staffordshire football clubs and schools to help raise funds for children with cancer and their own football team...

Sport England Update

Catch up on all the latest Sport England updates including their annual conference - Building Partnerships That Deliver, success for play fields safeguards, useful research with West Midlands focus and the Audit Commission's CPA report....

And finally...

And finally for some information on People's Millions - £50,000 Community Lottery cash up for grabs, UKA wheelchair racing summit and how kids can get active this Easter at Fenton Manor Sports Complex....