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By Louise Cordell

THE largest-ever project to get disad-vantaged young women involved inphysical activity has been launched byStreetGames.

Nearly £3m funding from SportEngland will help provide opportuni-ties for 30,000 women in 50 areasacross the country. The Active Womenscheme will also see over 200 eventsand festivals organised, 1,700 newcoaches and volunteers recruited andover 1,200 qualifications gained bythose taking part.

Jane Ashworth, StreetGames chiefexecutive, said: “This will be thelargest-ever single project to engagewith 16 to 19 year old women in disad-vantaged areas.

“All around the country there aregroups of girls who would welcomethe chance to play football or take partin dance exercise classes, but whodon’t get that opportunity.

“We will be coordinating this newoffering in order to change this.”

Examples of the opportunities onoffer include sports taster sessions forwomen living on housing estates inMilton Keynes, where issues such ascost and transport prevent them fromtaking part in sport and 11 week boxfit

courses delivered at convenient timesfor women in Hammersmith andFulham.

Jane added: “The driver for choosingto target this group in these areas isthat their engagement in physical acti-vity is very low – around one in ten –so they need all the extra support theycan get. We are focussing on all typesof activity, not just sport, in order tokeep our options open and attract asmany young women as possible.”

The two-year project will launch atthe beginning of March with festivalsin Manchester and Newham, provid-ing women with the chance to try newthings and to return to traditionalsports.

Jane added: “We hope that we will beable to share good practice and eventsthroughout the country and that thiswill result in lots of learning and valuefor money. It is also important toremember that what this group reallywant from physical activity is veryunder researched – so we plan to askthem! This will help sports workerslearn what to do to engage youngwomen and we will also be workingwith universities to make sure theknowledge is passed onto the nextgeneration of undergraduates.”

£3m fundingto motivateteenage girls

Diver Tommakes asplash totake titleTEENAGE diver TomDaley has been award-ed the BBC YoungSports Personality titlefor the third time.

The 16-year-oldbecame the secondyoungest ever doubleCommonwealth cham-pion in Delhi, winningthe 10m individualand synchro competi-tions.

Daley beat Olympicchampion MattMitcham to win theindividual contest andtook the synchronisedtitle alongside divingpartner Max Brick.

The world championalso won the YoungPersonality crown in2007 and 2009.

Accepting his award,he said: “This comesvery unexpected, I'vegot so many people tothank. It's been atough year but to go tothe CommonwealthGames as my mainevent of the year, I wasvery happy to comeaway with two goldmedals so thank youvery much.”

FYLDE Coast school children have dancedtheir way to success – smashing a world recordwith their coordinated moves.

Hundreds of children packed into BlackpoolTower for the Guinness world record attemptto have the greatest number of backingdancers performing with a singer at a singlevenue. This attempt happened in the summer,but news has just come through that it hasbeen verified a success by record officials.

The record attempt was organised byBlackpool School Sports Partnership. CoachAndrew Gorski, who said: “We are thrilled tohave the certificate to say we smashed theworld record. The event was fantastic.”

Dance coach Andrew Gorski with two of the pupilsfrom Our Lady of the Assumption Primary schoolwho took part in the successful attempt.

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Sponsor poursmore cash intorugby schemeBy Louise Cordell

THE largest school tag rugby pro-gramme is set to continue for a fur-ther two years thanks to a new spon-sorship contract.

Milk drink brand Yazoo has extend-ed its RFU Primary School pro-gramme contract for a further twoyears, in order to continue support-ing the grassroots sport in the UKuntil 2012.

The scheme, which has been run-ning since 2006, is the largest schooltag rugby programme in Enland andaims to improve the health of morethan 250,000 primary school childrenthrough more than 25,000 trainingsessions over the coming year.

Marielle de Jong, MD at Yazoo’s par-ent company, said: “Tag rugby is ourmost important sponsorship and weare delighted to be continuing oursuccessful partnership with the RFUfor a further two years.

“Since we got involved in the pro-gramme four years ago over 1,500,000primary school children in the UKhave been introduced to tag rugbythrough our regional festivals.

“Taking part in sport is a key con-tributor to the health of childrenthroughout the UK, both physically

and emotionally and our PrimarySchool Programme sponsorshipenables us to encourage children tolearn how to make those decisionssecond nature.”

As part of the RFU Primary SchoolProgramme, children compete in ‘Tag2 Twickenham’, a set of regional festi-vals that sees tag rugby teams com-peting for their chance to play at theTwickenham grounds before an inter-national game.

The new contract will also see theintroduction of a one-stop resourcefor rugby union in primary schools -the Tag 4 Teachers training pro-gramme, and a continuation of theTAG Rugby coaching programme.These resources will help improve thehealth and fitness of thousands ofchildren over the next two years,whilst gaining all the additional ben-efits from playing team sports.

Paul Vaughan, RFU business opera-tions director, said: “We are pleasedto extend this successful partnershipto support rugby union in primaryschools.

“The programme encourages chil-dren across the country to getinvolved with sport to enable ahealthier lifestyle.”

Pupils to see Olympics for freeABOUT 125,000 of London’s sec-ondary school children willreceive a free ticket to theOlympics in 2012.

Organisers will pay for 50,000pupils aged ten to 18 to go to theGames, while Mayor BorisJohnson is promising to find fund-ing for the others.

Olympics minister HughRobertson said: “Tickets will haveto be earned and schools joining

London 2012's Get Set educationnetwork and an Olympic-styleschool sports competition will beat the front of the queue.”

Mr Johnson is hoping to find a commercial sponsor to cover the cost of his share of 75,000 tickets.

Otherwise the funding will comefrom the £625m contribution tothe Olympics being made bycouncil taxpayers in London.

Ripon pupils playing Rock-It-Ball

Ripon school celebratesa Rock-It-Ball first RIPON Grammar School has beenappointed as the first National Centreof Excellence for Rock-It-Ball.

The North Yorkshire school becameinvolved thanks to the work ofDirector of Sport Helen Mackenzie,who showed off its facilities to theRock-It-Ball Federation.

She said: “I was introduced to Rock-It-Ball about three years ago, a suc-cessful lottery bid enabled me tointroduce it into the 21 Ripon schoolsand the impact it has had so far hasbeen phenomenal.

“I love how this sport caters for allabilities, including the children whodon't normally get involved in com-petitive sport. It is just so inclusiveand I want Ripon to lead the way.

“We have lots of things planned

both for Ripon schools in general andfor the National Centre ofExcellence.”

As the National Centre ofExcellence, Ripon Grammar Schoolwill aim to assist the growth of thesport, will establish a local Rock-It-Ball club, host coaching conventions,international training courses andworkshops, and will be the home ofthe England and GB squads.

Ian Crosby, England Rock-It-BallAssociation CEO, said: “It is a won-derful venue, but most importantlywe needed a champion who has thedrive, vision and enthusiasm to makeit succeed and Ripon certainly hasthat in Helen.

“This is fantastic for both RiponGrammar School and Rock-It-Ball.”

Dance nets improved activitySCHOOL children in Bridgwater havebeen using a World Cup mass danceroutine to improve their health andactivity levels.

Hundreds of kids came together inthe town’s Blake Gardens to performa coordinated version of the ‘GumBoot Dance’.

Kay Selman, NHS Somerset publichealth advisor, said: “Dance is such a

fun way of getting active for childrenand the whole family.

“We have been pleased to supportBridgwater College and the danceworkshops. The workshops are also agreat way of getting children to expe-rience the joy of dancing, whilst help-ing them to understand how eatingwell and moving more will help themlive longer.”

New training courses launchedSHOKK is delivering new, youth ori-entated training courses across theWest Midlands as part of is partner-ship with Sports Plus Scheme.

Sports coaches are being intro-duced to a range of creative fitnessworkshops which will then be madeavailable to young people. The ShokkStripe Two courses will deliverBreaker, Cheer, Jump and Komba andUrban sessions for the coaches, fordelivery across the borough.

Andy Mulligan, SPSL MD, said: “Weoffer a wide range of curriculum-ledsport and physical activity for youngpeople and the Shokk concept pro-vides different and innovative ways toengage varied interests and hobbies.

“Up-skilling our coaching networkon these training courses enables usto develop and engage the sometimeshard to reach or disengaged, and pro-vides great variety for the young peo-ple we work with.”

Schools programme scoops awardTHE Pools 4 Schools programme,which has taught over 15,000 childrento swim since it launched in 2009, hasbeen recognised by the EuropeanSponsorship Awards.

British Gas Pools 4 Schools scoopedthe Business to Community category,beating off competition from Avivaand Barclays. The award is judged on

the impact a sponsorship campaignhas made on a community and the project impressed the independ-ent panel of judges with the numberof children and families across the UK who have engaged with the scheme, and the wide-reach-ing impact this has had on communities.

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Coca-Cola addsfizz to doorstepsport campaignBy Louise Cordell

COCA Cola has teamed up withStreetGames to help change young peo-ple’s lives through sport.

The partnership, which will aim to deliv-er an improved sporting experience toover 110,000 children, has been launchedby MP Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sportand Olympics.

StreetGames promotes ‘doorstep sport’to teens in disadvantaged communitieswho don’t have access to sport in theireveryday lives. Coca-Cola Great Britain’sinvestment will help provide more oppor-tunities for young people, allowing themto get active in ways that appeal to themand helping to make sport an enjoyablepart of their day-to-day lives.

Over the next three years, Coca-ColaGreat Britain’s funding will allowStreetGames to deliver an improvedsporting experience through: helpingStreetGames to grow its network of proj-ects and create more opportunities, set-ting up a new programme of 300Neighbourhood Festivals and creating thefirst ever StreetGames Sport for ChangeTraining Academy, equipping 100 tutorsto deliver 11 specific new StreetGames

training courses to around 6,000 coaches.Jane Ashworth, StreetGames chief exec-

utive, said: “The 2012 Olympic Gamespresents one of the biggest opportunitiesthis country has ever seen for boostinggrassroots sports participation.

“It is our ambition to make sport asaccessible as possible to young people liv-ing in disadvantaged communities,ensuring that they have the same chancesto enjoy and excel at sport that othershave. Our new partnership with Coca-Cola Great Britain will aid that mission,enabling us to empower local sportsdeliverers through increased trainingopportunities and to increase the numberof events available to young people.”

Coca-Cola Great Britain has alsoannounced that it will use its sponsorshipof the Olympic Torch Relay to shine alight on the best of British youth, reward-ing those who had made a positive contri-bution to their local communities.

The company will be working withStreetGames over the next year to recog-nise some of the dedicated young peopleand coaches involved in the programmearound the UK and give them the chanceto carry the Olympic Flame.

A NEW charity challenge thatgives young people the chance tobe part of the 2012 legacy hasbeen launched in the UK.

Gold Challenge gives everyonethe chance to challenge them-selves in multiple Olympic andParalympic sports, while raisingmoney for their chosen charity.

The programme aims to bringthe fun of learning a new sport tolife, and to give people thechance to improve their skillsunder expert tuition.

Konnie Huq, pictured, andscheme founder Dan Thomson

were joined by a host of Team GBOlympic and Paralympic hope-fuls and over 100 leading chair-ties at the launch.

Dan said: “My vision for GoldChallenge is twofold – to inspirepeople of every age and physicalability to play sport and raise£20m for charity by the end of2012.

“By harnessing the growingexcitement around the Olympicswe are in a unique position todeliver this and I am confidentthat it will be a truly UK-wideproject.”

Gold challenge launched

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By Louise Cordell

A FORMER PE teacher haslaunched a range of classroomDVDs combining fitness and learn-ing.

Kevin Matthew created the InClass Fitness range to provideschools with a teaching tool thatappealed to both active and inac-tive pupils.

He said: “I was one of thosehyperactive kids when I was atschool, so I know how hard it canbe for some to concentrate on tra-ditional learning.

“These DVDs address that, butthey are also a great way to getmore reserved children involvedand exercising, almost withoutthem knowing it.”

The programme of workouts takethe children through their two totheir 12 times tables using move-ment, music and rhyme.

Kevin appears on the DVDs,which can be shown to the classon a TV screen or overhead projec-tor, alongside graphics and anima-tions to help keep pupils engagedand following what is going on.

He added: “The workouts areabout combining fitness with dif-ferent areas of the curriculum – Iwant to help get kids active andsupport their learning at the sametime.

“They can be used as a brainbreak to improve concentration oras a motivating way to start theday.

“Space is also often an issue inschools, especially those in cities,but these sessions take place in theclassroom meaning the lack of aplaying field or even wet weatheraren’t a problem.”

The DVDs have been distributedto eight schools as part of a pilotprogramme and have received agreat response from pupils andteachers.

Feedback so far has shown that ithas improved learning speed inpupils as well as increasing enthu-siasm for activity and every schoolis planning to continue using theprogramme in the future.

Kevin added: “It is a fun activity,but also an effective learning tool.

“It doesn’t feel like a lesson forthe kids – just a fun game and achallenge and it is giving teachersan extra way of providing morefocussed learning.”

The eight pilot programmes aredue to finish at the end of this year,and Kevin will then be collectingdata and feedback from all theschools that have taken part.

The products will then be pro-moted to more schools in the NewYear, before research starts on thenext range of products.

The aim is to produce at least twoDVDs each year, incorporating arange of subjects to keep pupilscoming back for more.

For further details see:www.inclassfitness.com

Fun, fitness, facts... all on one DVD

Delightat GOCurvessuccessTEENAGE girls are being given a fit-ness boost thanks to the success ofthe FIA Go Curves programme.

Results have shown that over halfof those who participated in thescheme were doing more than therecommended 30 minutes of physi-cal activity five times a week on com-pletion.

The free, six-week programme, tar-geting 15 and 16 years olds fromlocal schools was designed toincrease physical activity within thishard to reach group.

It consisted of an hour session eachweek made up of 30 minutes ofstrength and resistance training and30 minutes of exercise and nutritioneducation.

In addition to being offered tailoredpackages, certificates were awardedon completion and girls wereencouraged to ‘buddy up’ with afriend or family member to supportthem to continue.

Of the 200 students who took part,on entering the programme 60 percent were unhappy with their bodiesand wanted to become more active,almost two thirds did less than threehours of physical activity a week andonly fifty percent did enough to raisetheir heart rate.

Dave Stalker, FIA executive director,said: “Teenage girls are not an easygroup to reach in terms of theirhealth and fitness choices.

“We developed the GO Programmeto engage them in physical activityearly on, with the view to it beingpart of their daily lives as they growinto women.

“We are delighted with the resultsfrom GO Curves so far; students haveseen changes in behaviour and atti-tudes towards exercise and theirbody.”

Over 200 students took part in thepilot in Scotland, Northern Irelandand Wales and it is currently beingrolled out throughout the UK.

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Social media sitekids ‘increasephysical activity’By Dominic MusgravePLAYING on computers can helpmotivate kids to become healthierand fight obesity, a new study hasshown.

The research, supported by theFootball Association and carried outby Loughborough University, lookedat the effects of school children usingsocial media site www.footee.com and how it can help combat pupilobesity.

The study compared a test group ofschools (who were exposed to theFootee site) to a control group ofschools (who had no exposure to thesite).

The report shows that pupils fromthe test group schools exhibitedincreased physical activity, and alsogained an improved attitude towardsthis type of activity – compared to thecontrol groups.

It then concluded that:“www.footee.com can be used as asuccessful tool to increase physicalactivity and increase motivation forsport participation in young children,leading a way to help prevent andreduce the current childhood obesityepidemic.”

Donna McIvor, FA national footballdevelopment manager, said: “Theresults clearly show that the benefitsof www.footee.com extend beyondthe well established online educative experience to impact positively onchildren's day to day physical health, fitness and engagement withfootball.

“The report details that there were'drastic improvements in the numberof pedometer steps taken by pupilsexposed to the website and the asso-ciated reward scheme' and also that'it can be hypothesised that if such ascheme was to be implemented inthe long term, the physical activitylevels of primary school childrencould be drastically improved.”

Footee has been designed for sevento 13 year olds and contains over 200National Curriculum-linked educa-tional games across multiple sub-jects.

The key feature that generated thestudy results is a system which allowsteachers and parents to manuallyreward children with ‘virtual rewards’for health-benefitting ‘real-world’behaviours – via a control panel inthe site.

Daniel Keatings demonstrating his skills at the adiZone

YOUNG British gymnast DanielKeatings attended the opening of agiant outdoor gym, created to offerSt Albans residents a taste of theOlympics.

The adiZone has been designedand developed by adidas and theGreat Outdoor Gym Company inVerulamium Park and is inspired bysports which feature in the Olympicand Paralympic Games.

It includes a basketball, footballand tennis area, a climbing wall, anoutdoor gym and a freestyle area to

encourage dance, aerobics, martialarts and gymnastics.

Daniel, who will be representingGreat Britain at the 2012 Games,said: “This is such a great facility.

“I really think I would have bene-fited from one of these when I wasyounger.”

The adiZone is free and open tothe public all the year round – it ishoped it will be an easy to use facili-ty for people of all ages and sportingabilities.

A taste of the Olympics

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A fifth ‘finishprimary school obese’ By Louise Cordell

ONE in ten children start primaryschool obese – rising to nearly one infive by the time they leave.

These are the findings from theschool measuring programme, whichhas collected date from more thanone million children.

The figures show a slight increasefrom previous years, however theNHS Information Centre, which pro-duces the report, claims this is notstatistically significant. This is bec-ause parents can refuse to let theirchildren take part in the programme– and one in ten take this option.

Tim Straughan, NHS InformationCentre chief executive, said: “This isthe fifth year of the programme andparticipation in the study continuesto increase with more than a millionchildren taking part.

“The study suggests that weightproblems continue to be far worse forolder children than for younger chil-dren, with one in three year six pupilsbeing either overweight or obese andnearly one in five obese.

“These statistics suggest that moreneeds to be done at a younger age tocombat obesity within primary edu-cation and positively encourage heal-thy eating and participation in physi-cal activity, to reduce future healthimplications for these children.”

The NCMP measures the height andweight of children in reception andyear six in primary schools inEngland, establishing whether theyare underweight, healthy weight,overweight or obese.

Participation in the scheme hasincreased year on year since it wasfirst introduced in 2005 and 91 per cent of eligible pupils now takepart.

The study showed that more boysthan girls were obese in both agegroups, by 1.3 per cent in receptionand by 3.4 per cent in year six.

It also revealed a higher prevalenceof obesity in urban areas than in nonurban areas for both age groups andthat areas with the highest number ofobese reception pupils tended also tohave the highest number of obeseyear six pupils.

Ellesmere College has hosted a football tournament with a total of 14 teams participating.The event finished with a penalty shoot-out that saw Birchfield School, Wolverhamptontaking the top spot over Terra Nova. Ian Williams, director of sport, said: “The weathercould not have been better and the standard of play was particularly high this year. Wewere delighted that so many local schools were able to field teams to participate in thisannual football tournament.”

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By Louise Cordell

SIX UK colleges have been selected tobecome designated HighPerformance Boxing Centres foraspiring athletes aged 16 to 19.

The Amateur Boxing Association ofEngland and England CollegesAmateur Boxing Association haveteamed up to launch the centres, fiveof which have started sinceSeptember, recruiting 67 boxers sofar.

The aim of the scheme is to giveelite and aspiring boxers the chanceto train full time, whilst gaining valuable educational qualificationsand continue their personal develop-ment.

The centres are part of theAdvanced Apprenticeships inSporting Excellence programme,

which is a combination of education-al opportunities and high perform-ance boxing training where bothmale and female students can earnqualifications through their educa-tion and boxing development.

The Apprenticeships are deliveredover a period of two years and is agovernment supported and fundedinitiative.

Each high performance centre has afull time coach leading the pro-gramme who will work closely withlocal boxers and their club coaches tohelp each boxer to reach their fullpotential.

The boxing and sports science train-ing that is provided at the centre willbe in addition to the training thatgoes on within the club.

Paul King, ABAE chief executive,said: “The ABAE sees the implemen-

BIRCHWOOD School SportPartnership is working to increaseparticipation in PE, especially amongdisengaged teenage girls, through aspecially designed boxing pro-gramme.

Box2bfit is an aerobic work out setto music using boxing training tech-niques but without the contact.

It has been launched by JohnMcCormack, former professionalboxer and creator of the popular Skip2B Fit programme.

Caroline Apps, assistant PDM at theBirchwood SSP Partnership organiseda taster session in order to offer stu-dents in years seven to 13 the chanceto take part in a non traditional sport.She said: “The students in all yearsenjoyed the programme and workedextremely hard during the circuitstyle sessions. They loved the activi-ties and were energised throughJohn’s enthusiasm – this helps espe-cially with the disengaged girls asthey forget that they are exercising asthey are having fun.”

Throughout the day a variety of year

groups took part in the sessions,which included lessons in healthyeating and living as well as boxingcircuits.

Once students completed the physi-cal side of the sessions, they also tookpart in classroom based work whichincluded discussing the benefits ofcardiovascular exercise on the bodyand completing research into dietand nutrition.

After the taster session the schoolalso kept the Box 2B Fit bag, whichincludes all of the equipment forteachers to deliver the workoutsagain. Caroline added: “Since the Box2B Fit team came to the school, PEstaff have used the equipment andrun sessions during lunchtimes,enabling normally introverted stu-dents to participate in somethingthey can be good at and enjoy.

Staff have commented on theimpact it has had on key stage fourand five disengaged girls, who havebecome more involved in sessionsduring curriculum time than everbefore.”

Specially-designed programmebids to round up teenage girls

Colleges selected to knockaspiring boxers into shape

tation of the AASE programme as anessential part of our Long TermAthlete Development player pathwayand legacy planning.

“This life changing opportunity willalso offer students the chance toqualify for external education qualifi-cations such as GCSEs, A levels or theequivalent vocational qualificationsin a wide range of subjects,

chosen by the individual, with collegeguidance.”

The colleges that are involved so farand recruiting boxers include FilitonCollege, which has launched theBarry McGuigan Boxing Academy, the Bradford Police and CollegeBoxing Academy, City College inBrighton and South LeicestershireCollege.

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YOUNG people across Coventry havebeen preparing for the London 2012Games by becoming ambassadors forsport in their city.

Every school in Coventry has signedup to The Youth Sport Trust’s YoungAmbassadors programme whichappoints students from different agegroups as London 2012 Ambassadorsin their schools.

More than 200 ambassadors repre-senting every primary and secondaryschool in the city have been learningabout London 2012 and discoveringhow they can incorporate theOlympic and Paralympic values intotheir school.

Each young ambassador has threeresponsibilities to work towards – toencourage sports participation,champion the London 2012 Games and promote the Olympic and Paralympic values in theirschool.

There will be four levels of ambas-sadors as part of the project:

Platinum for sixth form students,Gold for year 11 pupils, adiStarsSilver for year ten pupils and Bronzefor primary school children.

Neil Parker, project developmentmanager for the Coventry East SchoolSports Partnership, said: “Theseinspirational young people will play a

vital role in increasing participationin PE and School Sport.

“The Young Ambassadors will act asrole models to young people acrossthe Schools Sports Partnership andthe fact this project is being driven bythe youngsters themselves is soimportant. London 2012 provides theperfect platform for this programmeand we are sure it will prove to be abig success.”

The project also aims to link theolder students to support activitiesorganised by younger pupils and forambassadors to promote activitiesthat have happened or their peers

can become involved with.Will Bastin, Coventry and

Warwickshire Partnership assistantfor the 2012 Games, said: “Initiativeslike Young Ambassadors and Get Setprovide young people with a fun andinteresting mechanism to be part ofthe London 2012 Games and toenable them to inspire one anotherto take part in sport.

“Our role is to provide ideas, activi-ties and information in order to moti-vate the Ambassadors to take owner-ship of London 2012 projects in theirschools and to raise the awareness ofthe Games.”

The Young Ambassadors Programme aims to encourage sports participation

Young ambassadorsfor sport appointed

£5.3m sportscentre openson campusA NEW £5.3m sports centre hasopened its doors to students, staffand the general public at DurhamUniversity's Queen's Campus inStockton.

The centre is part of a £12m invest-ment made this year by theUniversity to ensure its sports facili-ties reflect Durham's status as aworld Top-100 university.

Facilities include a multi-use, eight-court sports hall, a fitness suite and adedicated ergometer room with eightergo rowing machines.

Outdoor facilities include a floodlitAstroturf pitch and a new boathouseon the River Tees to ensure thatDurham maintains its seven-yearreign as the leading rowing universityin the UK.

Dr Peter Warburton, director ofsport, said: “We are delighted withthe new sports centre development.

“Whilst providing excellent facili-ties for our staff and students it willalso allow us to develop further ourcommunity partnerships.

“Having this facility next door tothe world class white water complexopposite the Campus on the RiverTees makes this a particularly excit-ing development and helps us buildupon the university’s already consid-erable success in sport.”

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CARL Smith, a Fitness First person-al trainer, visited the CreepyCrawlies play centre in York.

He said: “Interval training is, Ibelieve, one of the most effectiveways of increasing fitness, exercis-ing the heart and it is believed toboost the metabolism for up to 18hours post training.

“Interval training is performedafter a warm up by raising the heartrate to around 90 per cent of maximal then bringing it down to around 65 per cent then back up.

“This is the type of cardio I rec-ommend to my clients who want toeither increase fitness, build stami-na or simply desire a reduction ofbody fat.

“After spending some time atCreepy Crawlies Children’s ActivityCentre and monitoring the heartrates of children aged four to 13years, it was noted that after run-ning around the course then usingthe slide to get down then runningback up, then sliding back down,the heart rates rose quite signifi-cantly, up to 95 per cent in onechild, the slide being the rest peri-od and the running to get up therebeing the high point.

“The average heart rate rise was84 beats per minute.

“What a way to get a workout –and they don’t even know they arehaving one.”

‘What a way toget a workout’

THE Play Providers Association iscelebrating the success of a schemechampioning the benefits of indoorplay for children.

Over 25,000 school pupils haveattended the Association’s indoorplay centres as part of the Play4LifeSchools Challenge.

To support the Department ofHealth initiative, over 100 centresoffered schools throughout the UKthe chance to attend for free toshow schools the benefits of activeplay. They took part in two separateelements of the Challenge – firstlyan open play session where everypupil was fitted with a pedometer,allowing them to compete to findthe most active child in the class.

Each student received a certificateconfirming their number of steps atthe end of the session, and theresults were added to leader boardsin the centres charting the best classand individual scores.

Then, for the second element ofthe visit, the children took part infun and educational tasks to teachthem about the importance of ahealthy balanced diet and eatingtheir five a day.

The PPA encouraged its centres toget involved in the scheme in order

to illustrates the benefits of play toschools and pupils.

Janice Dunphy, PPA chair, said:“Play has many benefits for childrenand young people.

“It contributes to their physicaland mental health and to social,physical, intellectual, cultural, emo-tional and psychological develop-ment. Play is also known to developchildren’s confidence and selfesteem and can go a long way tocombating the threat of obesity intoday’s society.”

The PPA is also keen to let schoolsknow that is facilities support fourkey elements of the Areas ofLearning and Development within

the Early Years Foundation Stage. They do this by allowing children

to interact with others in a safe yetstimulating environment to buildtheir self confidence and to encour-age behavioural development andself control.

Janice added: “Play facilities alsoencourage exploration, investiga-tion and develop a child’s under-standing of the world around them.

“Using the equipment and materi-als available creates a fun way forthe children to develop their move-ment and space coordination andthe different levels allow each child,whatever their ability, to develop attheir own pace.”

Association celebratessuccess of play scheme

FINLAND’S Helsinki Warriors RugbyClub are going from strength tostrength and taking the GForce brandalong with them, emblazoned ontheir new bespoke kit.

GForce are delighted to have beenselected by a team of the Warriorsstanding, particularly as they havejust scooped their third consecutiveChampionship, breaking a nationalrecord in the process.

Steve Thorne, the club’s general sec-retary, said: “The current team have amassive appetite for contact sportand have consequently worked hardon improving their game – with bril-liant results.

“The new kit has gone down verywell with the club, particularly as theprevious kit we had was ‘old style’,meaning it was heavy poly-cottonmaterial and long-sleeved, so in our

summer season it wasn't very practi-cal.

“The new material, combined withthe short sleeves makes them light,tight and breathable.”

Developed as a part sponsorshipdeal the kit is printed with the GForcelogo alongside the Warriors badge.

Together with the new GForce kit,the team also ordered hoodies, repli-ca kits and poloshirts, which havebeen very popular with supporters.

The new rugby range from GForcehas been well received by rugbyteams and clubs within the UK.

The flexibility inherent within therange means that teams can selectthe colours and fabrics that suit theirstyle, and enhance this with the addi-tion of embroidery or bespoke print-ing.

Warriors opt for GForce

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COVENTRY Sports Foundation hassigned up three new experts to makesure young people in the city receivethe best coaching.

The organisation has taken on threeof Coventry Rugby Club’s top players– Sebastian Pearson, Elliott Read andJamie Harrop – as sports coaches.

The trio will now visit schoolsacross the area to train the childrenas well as working with youngsters inlocal sports centres.

Sebastian, who has representedCanada at under-20 level and hasalso played for Leicester Tigers andStourbridge, said: “When I signed forCoventry in the summer I needed tofind work and the director ofRugby at Coventry Rugby Club rec-ommended Coventry SportsFoundation.

“It has been great so far and we are all really enjoying workingwith the kids who have been verygood.

“The best thing is getting to knowthe kids, helping them have fun andhopefully we are benefitting them bypassing on what we know throughour coaching.”

All three coaches work five days aweek to take sessions in a wide rangeof sports including rugby, footballand athletics.

Wendy Jackson, sports developmentmanager at Coventry SportsFoundation, said: “We are delightedto have these three highly qualifiedpeople working with us.

“The fact that they play their sportsat such a high level seems to makethe youngsters even more receptiveto their sessions and the children will

benefit hugely from the experience ofthe three of them.

“Sport in schools has a very impor-tant role to play and we think theseappointments underline our commit-ment to continue to provide coachingof the highest level while otherorganisation are being forced to cutback.”

Back, from left, Coventry Rugby Club’s Elliott Read, Sebastian Pearson and Jamie Harrop.Front, from left, children from Earlsdon Primary School: Eva Courtney, Elysia Picken, CamDale and James O’Leary

Rugby trio sign upas sports coaches

Hopes thatnew facilitywill motivatestudentsSTREETLY School in Sutton Coldfieldhas installed a new fitness facility tohelp motivate students and incorpo-rate Olympic values.

The school has brought in state ofthe art equipment and a range ofbespoke branded images to represent‘Inspiration, Determination andCourage, Respect and Friendship andEquality’.

Adam Hughes, the school’s directorof sport, wanted these images to dis-play the school’s vision and to moti-vate and inspire the students.

He said: “Creating this gym has beenan integral part of developing ourschool values and bringing to life theOlympic and Paralympic associationfor all students to see.”

The school teamed up with LifeFitness to install the 22 pieces ofstrength and cardiovascular equip-ment and the Youth Sports Trust tohelp them achieve community exel-lence.

The resistance area has beendesigned in a circuit format to allowone teacher to oversee the wholeworkout session from anywhere in thegym facility, making it ideal for use inlessons and the school will also beopening the gym for use as a com-mercial facility in December.

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Events lead topupils doing alot more sportANTICIPATION about the 2012Olympics and the growth of NationalSchool Sport Week has encouragedschool children to take part in a lotmore sport.

Research released by Lloyds TSB hasrevealed the positive impact that theseevents are having on young peopleacross the country.

Registration has now opened for thisyear’s National School Sport Week,which is set to take place from June 27to July 1, and organisers are hoping tobreak last year’s record of over 14,000schools and five million pupilsinvolved.

The study has revealed that of thesefive million, nearly three quarters ofprimary school and over a third of sec-ondary school pupils have beeninspired to take part in more sport.

Teachers also reported the positiveimpact the week had on pupil’s behav-iour, with three quarters stating thatthe week had a good or very goodimpact on behaviour.

Jonathan Edwards, Olympic goldmedallist, said: “It is great to see first-

hand the excitement that Britishschoolchildren have for trying newOlympic and Paralympic sports.

“By giving more children the oppor-tunity to try a wider variety of sports,we hope to increase participation lev-els and help young people be moreactive.”

The report also showed that childrenare feeling increasingly proud andexcited about the 2012 Games, andthat interest is higher still amongpupils who have participated in theSports Weeks themselves.

Sebastian Coe, chair of the LondonOrganising Committee of the OlympicGames and Paralympic Games(LOCOG) said: “The fact that nearly14,000 schools took part in NationalSchool Sport Week in 2010 confirmswhat we witness every time we travelaround the UK – that children areexcited about trying new sports.

“The enthusiasm up and down thecountry and overall support for theLondon 2012 Games is clear, and it isgreat to see the impact it is alreadyhaving on school children.”

BEBINGTON High Sports Collegehas hosted a girls’ sports festival topromote leadership skills at theschool.

The event was run by the college’syoung sports leaders and 62 girlsfrom local primary schools took partin a range of activities, ranging fromdance and trampolining to dodge-ball and netball.

The leaders had prepared theirsessions and practised their deliveryduring extra curricular clubs tomake sure the sessions were of a

high standard. Throughout the day, all pupils

were provided with warm-up activi-ties, followed by skill drills and finalcompetitions in order to show offthe skills they had learned.

Kevin Byrne, the Wirral’sPartnership Development Manager,said: “It was a fantastic achievementthat the activities were run by thesports leaders and it shows theexcellent training our leadersreceive throughout the school, rightfrom when they start in year seven.”

College’s young leadersorganise girls’ sports festival

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SPORT Wales wants to get one in tenWelsh adults involved in sport coach-ing and volunteering by 2016 – dou-bling the current number of coachesand volunteers to an all time high ofnearly 250,000.

The organisation has made thispledge in order to make sure thatsoon every person who participates

in sport in the country will haveaccess to an appropriately skilledcoach.

The scheme is part of ongoingefforts to get children involved insport for life and create a nation ofchampions – just some of the aspira-tions outlined in a new six-yearcoaching strategy.

Professor Laura McAllister said:“This strategy is taking us forwardfrom our 2005 coaching plan.

“We felt that it was the right time torevisit the strategy and look at whatwe were doing right and what wecould do better.

“We want to get every child hookedon sport for life and to do this weneed to get kids involved in sport,enjoying sport and staying in sport.”

The strategy has been endorsed bythe Welsh Assembly Government andhas received an additional £1m fund-ing - taking Sport Wales’ annualcoaching investment to over £5m.

This money will go towards makingsure that every coach recruited isappropriately qualified, that 100 percent of coaches trained becomeactive and that all coaches are giventhe opportunity to develop in theircareer.

Laura added: “It is really importantthat we provide kids with a qualityexperience.

“But at the same time I don’t thinkthat coaching is a specialist thing -the best coaches should be workingwith all levels and standards, provid-ing enjoyable activity that is availableto all.

“It should not be something that isonly for the elite, it should be verymuch for the whole spectrum of par-ticipants.

“To make sure this is the case wewill be measuring progress carefullyand talking to the kids involved tofind out what they think and to see iftheir experiences are improving.

“I have every confidence that it willmake all the difference and I am verykeen to see the scheme move for-ward.”

In order to achieve these targets,Sport Wales has launched a numberof new initiatives.

These include a TV recruitmentcampaign for coaches and volunteersand a photographic exhibition show-ing the coaches behind famous ath-letes in order to help celebrate theprofession.

The organisation will also be work-ing to support all the new coachestrained to make sure they all get theopportunity to put their skills intopractice, and also to retain them, bymaking sure that the experience ispleasurable and rewarding.

Finally they aim to make sure thatthe sign up and training process isnot overly bureaucratic to ensure that people like parents and grand-parents are not put off by technicaljargon.

Laura added: “We are very opti-mistic about the whole scheme andin particular we have had a very posi-tive response from schools.

“We know that this is an importantarea where there is more work to do,because currently there is littleopportunity to PE coaching trainingfor teachers.

“However, lots of teachers are pas-sionate about getting more involvedin sport and we hope that this willgive them the opportunity to domore.”

Image of hurdles champion Dai Greene and former coach Darrell Maynard used in theBehind Every Star photographic exhibition

Sport Wales has announced its aim to double the number of coaches in the country by getting ten per cent of alladults involved in sports. Future Fitness talked to Professor Laura McAllister, chair of Sport Wales, about theirambitious plans.

‘We want everychild hooked on sport for life’

Laura McAllister

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By Louise Cordell

A DISABILITY coach has taken thetop prize at this year’s Sport WalesCoach of the Year Awards.

Peter Pearse, Boccia Wales headcoach and former Paralympian, wasnamed Coach of the Year for his workheading up the Welsh academy since2007.

This year his squad has won titlesacross the UK and Europe and hisplayers are on the GB fast track pro-gramme for a place at the 2012Olympics.

He said: “It is a reflection of the hardwork and success of the athletes Icoach that is most pleasing.

“There are so many positive aspectsto being a coach, particularlyempowering individuals throughboccia.

“In the future I’d like to see one ormore of the Welsh athletes I firstcame into conact with a couple ofyears ago reach the podium for GB.”

Other winners at the ceremonyincluded elite coach Bud McAllisterof the British Swimming IntensiveTraining Centre and Glyndwr Evans,who picked up the volunteer award,while GB basketball coach DamienJennings was recognised for excellingin his sport.

Professor Laura McAllister, chair ofSport Wales, said: “The winners arethe perfect role models for what wewant to achieve in Wales - every oneof them should be rightly proud oftheir achievements.

"More than ever, there is agreementand appreciation that coaches andvolunteers are the lifeblood of sport.

“Without the fantastic work of thethousands already making a differ-ence in communities, from grassrootsto elite level, we wouldn't haveopportunities to take part in sport inWales, and to excel.”

Other winners included:

� Anthony Palmer, who was namedCommunity Coach of the Year for histen years working in various sports.

Anthony leads on all festivals andcompetitions in the Upper RhymneyValley, as well as delivering a DragonRugby community programme fivedays a week in the local primaryschools.

He leads three breakfast clubs aweek in a secondary school and alsoworks a Friday evening at a leisurecentre delivering racquet sports.

� Rebecca Daniels, who won theYoung Coach/Leader of the YearAward, for her work coaching hockey.

She is credited with helping toestablish the renowned hockey funcentres in Llanelli and helped to pio-neer primary school work inCarmarthenshire.

Head coach of UWIC's 2nd teamand assistant coach at WhitchurchSaints, she is also assistant coach atthe Welsh Hockey Union RegionalAcademy and assistant coach atCardiff Performance DevelopmentCentre.

� Betty Gray was presented with theLifetime Achievement Award for her50 years as a ‘living legend’ in Welshtable tennis.

The 90 year old from Swansea hastaken honours all over the world –raising the profile of the game andacting as official ambassador for thesport and Wales.

She was Welsh champion for morethan 10 years, winning gold in theEuropean and world singles champi-onships for her age group and bronzein the doubles.

Betty is still an active coach andoversees weekly sessions and compe-titions at leisure centres across thecity.

Betty Gray Rebecca Daniels Anthony Palmer

Coaches arerecognisedwith awards

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Relief expressedas partnershipswin reprieveBy Louise Cordell

SCHOOL Sport Partnerships havebeen expressing their relief after edu-cation secretary Michael Gove par-tially backed down over his decisionto scrap the £162m scheme.

He has promised to salvage over£47m from his department budget toensure the partnerships survive untilthe summer.

This has been seen as a positivemove by the many campaigners whostepped up following the originalannouncement, including teachersand more than 70 top British athleteslike Denise Lewis.

They wrote to the Prime Ministersaying that ending the partnershipswas ‘ill-conceived’ and risked effortsto deliver a ‘genuine legacy’ from the2012 London Olympics, in terms ofencouraging sports participation.

After the scheme goes in summer2011, the government is promisingthat £65m will be available in 2011-12 and 2012-13 to ensure onePE teacher per school is released for a day a week to ensure efforts toboost competitive sports are ‘embed-ded’.

In a statement, Mr Gove said: "Iwant competitive sport to be at thecentre of a truly rounded educationthat all schools offer. But this must be led by schools and parents, not by top-down policies fromWhitehall.

"It's time to ensure what was best inschool sport partnerships around thecountry is fully embedded and moveforward to a system where schoolsand parents are delivering on sportswith competition at the heart."

Associationdisappointedby lack ofprovisionfor collegesTHE Association of Colleges hasannounced its disappointmentat the lack of provision forhigher education in the govern-ment’s new plans for schoolsport.

The revised funding arrange-ment, providing every second-ary school with the money topay for one day a week of a PEteacher’s time, does not includea reprieve for the same posts infurther education and sixthform colleges.

Martin Doel, AoC chief execu-tive, said: “Encouraging stu-dents to increase their involve-ment in sport was a key role inthe work of Further EducationSports Co-ordinators, so it issurprising and discouragingthat colleges have not also beenprovided with the one day perweek role in the revised settle-ment.

“Colleges provide a setting formore than 800,000 young peo-ple each year and a continuedrole for the FESCo posts isessential in keeping these stu-dents involved in sport.

“Young people in collegedeserve the same opportunitiesas those in schools; thisannouncement means thatthey will not receive thoseopportunities.”

What do you think?Please give us yourviews. Email:lcordell@whpl.netor call 01226 734694

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AfPE’s response to the Government’s U-turn:

“AfPE is delighted with theannouncement that some funding will now be made avail-able to support school sport partnerships.

“We have worked tirelesslybehind the scenes to support col-leagues in achieving some finan-cial support to secure a sustain-able future.

“The Association always tried totake a pragmatic view with regard

to the way forward in the hopethat the Secretary of State would atthe very least make sure therewould be additional funding inschool budgets to go some way toensuring that partnerships couldcontinue.

“We believe that local funding will prove to be very successfuland by making additional moneyavailable Michael Gove hasdemonstrated that he is not ‘closing down’ school sport part-nerships.”

Delight at announcement

‘We are fully committed to supportschools as they transition into thisnew phase of development’The Youth Sport Trust welcomed theannouncement with its chair, Baroness SueCampbell, saying:

“We are absolutely delighted thatthe coalition Government has takenthe decision to build on the greatwork that is being delivered acrossthe country in school sport and isproviding a level of investment thatwill allow all young people to contin-ue to have opportunities to take part,and compete, in sport.

“We are fully committed to supportschools as they transition into thisnew phase of development.”

The Department of Education hasalso announced that it will fund theYST to expand its Young Ambassadorsprogramme so that every secondary school and some primary schools can create moreYoung Ambassadors in the approachto London 2012. Baroness Sue Campbell

‘Overruling by PM is avictory for thousands’Andy Burnham, Labour’s shadow educationsecretary, said:“Gove's overruling by the PrimeMinister is a victory for thousands ofyoung people, teachers and athletes.

“But this package from theGovernment, after weeks of scrab-bling round for funding to save some-thing it branded a ‘complete failure’,only raises one cheer at best.

“Now, in conceding the success of

our School Sports Partnerships, theGovernment has nevertheless failedto put in place a proper fundingpackage that will allow us to capi-talise on the excitement of the 2012Games.

“We are still looking at the prospectof fewer children playing sport in therun up to the Olympics, and noanswer on what will happen to schoolsport following the Games."

Foundation chief’s huge relief at funding decisionRussel Findlay, chief executive of theLondon Youth Games Foundation, said:

“It is a huge relief to learn that funding will continue to the SchoolSports Partnerships, who help buildthe foundations of youth sport inEngland, allowing organisations like ourselves to flourish and deliver a real legacy from London2012.

“There is a growing consensus thata core legacy of London 2012 should

be more young people taking part incompetitive sport and this year wehad over 50,000 school children tak-ing part in the London Youth Games – the most in our 34-year his-tory. We are the perfect example ofhow a competitive inter-school andinter-borough environment caninspire participation and the removalof the SSPs would have threatenedour continued endeavours to delivera critical legacy in the LondonOlympic Games.”

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YEAR seven and eight gifted andtalented pupils from Broxbournesecondary school took part in aday of activities organised by theA10 School Sport Partnership atthe Grundy Leisure Centre.

One activity was a boxing-relatedfitness circuit programme calledBox2Bfit where the children com-peted to see how many repetitions

they could complete at each of the12 stations. The programme wasput together by John McCormack,a professional boxing trainer whosaid: “Box2Bfit gets you fighting fitwithout getting hit and is a perfectset up for schools to engage in thefitness only boxers do in gyms upand down the country.

“Box2Bfit is all done to highly

motivating music throughout thesession that the kids love, musicreally is a great way to motivateyou to achieve your personal bestin each exercise.”

Partnership development man-agers Marcia Alcock and JayneJarvis said: “The kids had loved theday and it was rewarding, chal-lenging and fun – just what the

students needed. We will certainlybe having John back in soon sothat many other children can enjoythe Box2bfit experience.”

All the children and staff weretreated to fresh blueberries follow-ing the circuit to encouragehealthy eating from John’s spon-sors Berryworld in Broxbourneand Winterwood Farms in Kent.

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Nutrition should be curriculum mustINDUSTRY experts are calling for thestudy of nutrition to become a com-pulsory part of the education of everysecondary school pupil.

The British College of OsteopathicMedicine has made the commentsafter conducting a study that showeda direct and positive correlation in anincrease in nutritional knowledge andhealthier eating.

The students who took part in thestudy showed a reduction in sodiumand fat intake and an overall increase

in fruit and vegetables.Zoe Mundell, the report’s author,

said: “It may seem obvious, that anincrease in students’ nutritionalknowledge directly affects what theyeat, but often it is the most obviousand simplest that is overlooked. Theresults of this study imply only tooclearly the benefits to students ofdirectly studying nutrition as part oftheir studies, both at secondaryschool and progressing into highereducation.”

Funding allows Friday nightyouth project to continueA FRIDAY night youth project organ-ised by Freedom Leisure is set to runfor a second year after receivingfunding from Crawley BoroughCouncil and the Sussex PoliceAuthority.

Due to the success of the project –including a 15 per cent drop in youthrelated anti social behaviour – theywill receive a total of £8,000 towardsrunning the award-winning scheme.

The project initially began inOctober 2009 and has attracted atten-dance of over 4,000 young peoplethroughout the year.

Sessions every Friday, offeringyoung people between the ages of 11and 19 the chance to participate insubsidised sports activities includingbasketball, football, climbing, tram-polining and streetdance.

Dave Downey, Freedom Leisure’scommunity sport development offi-cer who devised the project, said:“The Friday Night Project has been agreat success – when I was planningthe project, I anticipated attracting 50young people a week, but atten-dances have averaged 100 in the firstyear, with some weeks reaching near-ly 150.

“It’s been particularly encouragingto see almost half of the participantsattending from Crawley’s neighbour-hood improvement areas, whilst over400 young people from ethnic minority backgrounds have alsotaken part.

“It’s been a great example of howcommunity groups and agencies canwork in partnership to have a positiveimpact on young people’s lives.”

Ellesmere College has upgraded its fitness suite following a bequest from a formerteacher. Frank Sutterby was Head of English at the college from 1953 to 1984 and left alegacy that allowed the school to invest further into its sports facilities, transformig theold gym into a modern fitness suite. Head teacher Brendan Wignall said: “Both pupils andstaff can now enjoy and benefit from a state of the art gym. We are very grateful for thegenerosity of the Sutterby family and acknowledge their gift with thanks.”

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