May 2008

Sportsmatch relaunched to help funding
Published 29 May 2008 Sport England is delighted to announce the return of Sportsmatch with a new web-based facility enabling applicants to apply online. Designed to encourage new or additional ... read more...

Mini Hockey Finals2
Published 28 May 2008 The Tyne and Wear School Sport Partnership Mini Hockey Finals took place on Thursday 8 May at the Centre for Sport at Westgate Community College in Newcastle and comprised of ... read more...

Badminton serving up success after success
Published 28 May 2008 IRA IS A DOUBLE NATIONAL CHAMPION Ten year old Ira Banerjee from Newcastle, a pupil at Dame Allan's Junior School, has just become a Double National Badminton Champion! She ... read more...

Cultural Olympiad - Make Some Noise
Published 28 May 2008 To mark the official handover of the Olympic Games from Beijing to London on 24 August 2008, a UK-wide party will kick-start the Cultural Olympiad. This is the first ... read more...

Festival of Sport '08
Published 16 May 2008More than 400 secondary school age young people from across Tyne and Wear stepped out of the classroom and into the sports centre yesterday to take part in the annual Festival ... read more...

Nominate Now!
Published 16 May 2008 The sixth North East Disability Sports Achievement Awards sponsored by npower will be held on Tuesday 10th June at Durham County Cricket Club. Nomination forms are now ... read more...

Time for a conference success
Published 09 May 08 The Regional Equality in Sport Conference "The Time is Now" took place on Wednesday 30 April and had the support of leading names in sport including great local Paralympian ... read more...

The Launch of the UK Coaching Framework
Published 09 May 2008 sports coach UK has unveiled the industry blueprint to create a world-leading coaching system in the UK by 2016. The Framework was launched at the 3rd UK Coaching Summit ... read more...