County Sports Partnership Update

For the latest news on SASSOT securing funding to extend multi-skills coaches' contracts, awarding funding for 10 equity projects, a new workshop programme for 2010 and how to get your club to appear top for certain Google searches, take a look at the County Sports Partnership update....    

SASSOT Sports Club Accreditation Funding - 2nd Round Open

The SASSOT Sports Club Accreditation funding scheme was launched in September 2009 with the aim to increase the number of sports clubs being accredited or re-accredited with Clubmark, NGB Accreditation or the SASSOT QualityMark....

Sport England Funding Themed Round - Active Women

Sport England's themed rounds of National Lottery funding tackle gaps in sporting participation, to complement their other funding programmes...

How to make an AGM successful

For many sports clubs and organisations the autumn is the time for their Annual General Meeting. runningsports - Sport England's portfolio of resources and support for sports volunteers - has put together a check list to help clubs to achieve everything they need for their AGM.....

For the Record - Olympics Legacy Project

Running alongside the four-year Olympics preparation is the Cultural Olympiad which also dates back to the Ancient Olympics. In response to this, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service wants to work with local sports organisations and individuals to record and preserve their Olympic legacies for posterity....

Adopt an athlete - not just for Christmas

Christmas shoppers have a unique opportunity to adopt athletes this Christmas. Not only will this answer all those difficult dilemmas of what to buy that awkward relative but it will also help fund the work of the British Athlete's Commission (BAC) in directly supporting the athletes....

Staffordshire Cricket News

November's update from Staffordshire Cricket brings news of Mike Gatting and Charlotte Edwards visiting the county, new junior indoor cricket leagues, district trials, details of the national Coaches Association conference and much more....

Cyclists have wheelie good time

Young people within Stafford Borough have been participating in a cycling course where they were given the opportunity to try their hand at a range of activities from mountain biking to BMX riding.....

FA Accredited Clubs Raising the Standards

There's lots going on for Charter Standard Clubs as they are recognised at a Coaching Festival, Workforce Awards say 'thank you' to volunteers, coaches pick up top tips at a free in-service training day and Walsall Junior Youth League receive the Charter Standard League' award.....

Racketball makes an impact at South Moorlands Leisure Centre

Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent 'Sports Capacity Funding' is starting to have a positive impact at South Moorlands Leisure Centre and has led to an increase in racketball participation, with more activity planned after their court refurbishment...

Indoor athletics event raises the roof

Burntwood and Lichfield School Sport Partnership organised their first indoor athletics event for Lichfield Primary Schools on Tuesday 17^th November...

Free football sessions kick off

Free football sessions for 16+ on a Monday evening at Rugeley Leisure Centre... 

Free football sessions were on offer for 10-16s during the October half-term at Heath Hayes Football Club....

Special guest sprints to Shobnall to open newly refurbished running track

Official opening of new Shobnall Leisure Complex running track with special guest - former Olympic runner Daniel Caines...

Sporting Champions open South Staffordshire Leadership Academy

South Staffordshire SSP moved into their second year of Leadership Academy interventions with a Year 11 Leadership Academy at Aldersley Village on Thursday 22^nd October. The Conference was opened by Olympic Sporting Champion Phil Brown and aspiring Triathlete Philip Wolfe...

Record entries for Stafford Half Marathon

Entries have been flooding in for the popular Stafford Half Marathon. More than 400 people have already signed up for the big race since entry opened last week....

Year 3 and 4 Agility Challenge

Newcastle under Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands School Sports Partnerships held their first ever Year 3 and 4 Sportshall Athletics agility challenges this month....

Popular coaching development centre for girls' football

Following the success of the girls' football project in January, whereby girls from six high schools in the North of Stoke-on-Trent took part in regular training sessions and tournaments, a Girls' Football Coaching Development Centre was developed in April 2009 to provide these girls with the opportunity to continue playing football. .....

Closing the Gap joins forces with Newford Residents Association

Closing the Gap (CtG) is a unique social inclusion programme based in Stoke-on-Trent. The programme's central theme is to improve health, well-being and quality of life for young people by facilitating increased involvement in sport and physical activity....

Sport England Update

Catch up on all the latest news as Sport England announces sixteen young athletes tipped to make their mark at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, completion of new £2 million elite training and rehabilitation facilities, new drive to boost women playing sport and much more.......

And Finally....

And finally to catch up on what's going on at Newcastle Staffs Volleyball Club, CP Sport,  netballers battle it out for a place in the West Midlands Schools Tournament and for a rare chance to attend a boxing tutor's course check out our 'notice board' page....